Final Word From Carla Brings Record Flood Across Kansas City Area
Heavy rains from dying Hurricane Carla caused record rushes in the Lower Missouri River valley. Six deaths are linked to the floods, with damage in the Blue River corridor and Kansas City area. Gov. Dalton mobilized National Guard units for evacuations as rivers rose before receding.
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Kansas City
Carla
Missouri River
Blue River
Independence
Robert P. Weatherford
Kansas
Eldon Ackerman
Waverly
Kan
Emporia
Edward Daley
Fort Scott
Missouri
Bob Coy
Boonville
John M. Dalton
National Guard
Oklahoma
Iowa
Kingfisher
Oklahoma City
City Hall
Kansas-Missouri
Two American Youths Held By Reds in Berlin
Two 20 year old Americans from Tustin California Victor S Pankey and Gilbert P Ferrey touring Europe are held by East German authorities on charges of smuggling a German woman from East to West Berlin. They were reportedly found hiding the woman in a car luggage compartment at Friedrichstrasse checkpoint. The pair face Communist court action after investigations while others including a British man and a Dutch man are said to have similar arrests for taking East Berliners out of the city. West German minister Lemmer cites a wave of political arrests and continued high refugee escape figures despite border barriers.
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Berlin
Europe
West Berlin
Victor S. Pankey
Gilbert P. Ferrey
Tustin, Calif
East Berlin
Interior Ministry
ADN
Friedrichstrasse
United States
Ferrey
David McFadden
Tustin
Calif
East
Bernhard J. Collett
Henri J. Pierrot
Ernst Lememner
West Germany
East Germany
A Likely Story
In Richmond, a police lineup yields a terse exchange as a detective questions why the prisoner was found on a building roof last night and the answer cites a police pursuit. The brief dialogue captures a moment of dramatic contention during the investigation.
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Richmond
Youth recounts Carla hit home in Freeport
Twelve year old Robert Dunn spoke of Hurricane Carla tearing through his family in Freeport Texas. Eight bodies were recovered from Bastrop Bayou, three people remain missing. He described clinging to a roof raft for days, sharing a crust of bread and guiding younger siblings to safety amid the storm.
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Freeport
Tex
Robert Dunn
Bastrop Bayou
Robert
R. W. Dunn
Walter Allen
Wallace Royce
Carl Theodore
Viola Eunice
Joseph John i Drvar
Drvar
Floyd Galen Ham
Bobby Joe Ham
Dunn
Ted Allen Ham
Carla
Weather Forecast for Miami Valley Tonight and Tomorrow
Cool conditions prevail with a low near 52 tonight and a high in the low 70s tomorrow. Rain ends tonight with cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Yesterday’s official high reached 9 at 3 30 p.m. and the overnight low was 70 at 5 a.m. The Middletown area recorded 0.03 inches of rainfall in 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today.
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Miami Valley
the Weather Bureau
Middletown
Production Hindered Talks Too Slow For GM Plants
GM faces slow progress toward a new three year national contract as 53 local agreements emerge overnight among 129 plants while 90 plus plants remain idle from the strike. UAW President Reuther expects momentum but top level talks pause. Local settlements include Cleveland New Departure Sandusky Lansing Mansfield and Van Nuys with thousands of workers affected.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Chevrolet
Cleveland
Ohio
Sandusky
Oldsmobile Assembly
Lansing
Mich
Fisher Body
Mansfield
van Nuys
Calif
Desegregation protest lands 15 priests in Jackson jail
In Jackson Mississippi 15 Episcopal priests including Rev Robert L Pierson son in law of Gov Rockefeller were arrested for breach of peace during a Prayer Pilgrimage after they refused to leave the white waiting room of a bus terminal. The group led by white and Negro clergy from New Orleans onward faced authorities as they challenged segregation. Trial set for 3 pm with capt J L Ray overseeing. Rockefeller and neighbors voiced support.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Robert L. Pierson
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jackson
J. L. Ray
New Orleans
J White
Pierson
New York City
Evanston
Ill
Ann Rockefeller
U.S. Expected To Begin Testing Again Within Days
The United States plans underground nuclear tests within 10 days as Congress reviews a new American series. Top officials from AEC and Defense briefed for a secret session while noting tests would start with low yield blasts. The result follows Soviet tests and Geneva diplomacy.
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Washington
United States
Joint
Congressional Atomic Committee
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Senate House Group
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Holifield
Joint Committee
Glenn T. Seaborg
F. J. Rodenhauser
Nevada
Soviet Union
Geneva
America
Kennedy
U.S
Red Military Warn About War Damage
In Moscow two Soviet marshals warned that any Soviet Western clash would become a nuclear holocaust. Defense minister Malinovsky said Soviet rockets would reach the aggressor in his own den and claimed vast nuclear forces. Deputy Andrei Yeremenko, flying from Stalingrad, echoed that small wars could turn nuclear, noting past wars began with rifles and tanks but ended with nuclear weapons.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West
Rodion Malinovsky
Pravda
Andrei Yeremenko
Stalingrad
Red Army
Yeremenko
International Life
U.S
Malinovsky
Germany
Woman amputates tongue after quarrel in Spain
Catalina Morales del Pozo, 52, arrived at a Barcelona hospital with about one third of her tongue missing. Her son said she self amputed the tongue after a dispute with her husband.
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Barcelona
Spain
Catalina Morales del Pozo
Kadar assumes Hungary premier post in government shakeup
Janos Kadar takes dual roles as premier and party chief in Budapest with a plan to boost military spending. He replaces Ferenc Muennich and becomes government spokesman while Endre Sik is ousted as foreign minister. The five year defense budget is raised by 25 billion forints.
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Budapest
Hungary
Communist Party
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Ferenc Muennich
Soviet Union
Nikita
Khrushchev
Muennich
Endre Sik
Janos Peter
Reform Church
Hun
Party Central Committee
Missing Tshombe Is Congo Mystery
Congo reports center on President Moise Tshombe of Katanga as guerrilla fire persists after a U N takeover. Elisabethville cut off from outside world while Ya Barely a cross border flight is suggested. Premier Adoula seeks Tshombe’s return and unity. Egide Bochely Davidson named Katanga administrator amid Western fears. Dag Hammarskjold arrives for a U N mission.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
U.N
Free
Elisabethville
Adoula
Patrice Lumumba
Egide Bochely-Davidson
Bochely-Davidson
Dag Hammarskiold
Security Council
Chuckle On The Smallest Package A Man Wrapped In Himself
A light joke notes the smallest package is a man who is all wrapped up in himself and self involvement.
Successful Orbit Ups Confidence In Space Drive
NASA pressed toward a year end goal of placing a U S astronaut in orbit after a Mercury capsule completed a 109 minute mission circling the globe. The capsule splashed down 161 miles east of Bermuda and was recovered by the destroyer USS Decatur.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Decatur
Mercury capsule tests show minor faults but still aim for next flight
Project Mercury director Robert Gilruth said a faulty inverter a possible oxygen leak and loss of the recorder voice during tests do not require another preliminary flight. He added officials will inspect the capsule to assess seriousness before attempting another quick-release escape hatch test prior to manned orbit.
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Robert Gilruth
Project Mercury
Nin
Gilruth
Newport Officials Indicted In Conspiracy Case
Newport Ky city officials including Mayor Ralph Mussman City Manager Oscar Hesch and police leaders were indicted by a Campbell County grand jury on misdemeanor conspiring to obstruct justice. The panel returned 238 indictments 93 felonies with gambling among the charges. Mussman called the action politically motivated and said officials would continue in duties.
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Newport, Ky
Newport
Campbell County Grand Jury
Thomas Hirschfeld
Ralph Mussman
Oscar Hesch
George Gugel
Leroy Fredericks
Roland Vories
Clarence Lehkamp
Joseph Schaber
Mossman
Campbell County
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Rochester, N.Y
Robert Kennedy
John Marvin Evans
All Saints Church
Toledo
Vernon P. Woodward
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Woodward
Robert Pierson
AEC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Public Health Service
Phoenix
Ariz
Health Service
Crane Pere
Ann Enee
Theater Valley News
Enee
Gary
U.N. General Assembly
Sik
Karoly Kiss
Istvan Dobi
Radar
Tshombe
Central African Federation
Sir Roy Welensky
Welensky
Federation
Cyrille Adoula
Central
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