Ditching drill saves lives on Flying Tiger crash voyage
48 survivors describe calm escape as Flying Tiger Super Constellation ditched in the Atlantic 500 miles west of Ireland. 12 of 76 aboard dead. 16 missing. Crew and navigator briefed passengers with life jacket use. Bonaventure and Celerina crews aided rescue and medical supplies reaching Antwerp.
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London
Atlantic
U.S. Air Force
Bonaventure
Ireland
Antwerp
The
Three St. Louis police shot amid Kinloch violence
In Kinloch near St. Louis, three white police officers were wounded by a shotgun blast while dispersing a crowd of about 300 protesting a Kinloch fatal shooting. A civilian was hurt, and fires burned in vacant buildings and a school as authorities questioned more than 70 people.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis County
Kinloch
Roosevelt Hoskins
Dunbar
Billy Rushing
Hugh Hodges
Kenneth Armstead
Rushing
Clarence Lee
Darnell Dortch
Israel Mason
Mason
Dortch
Armstead
Canine Corps
Ike
Refugee Cubans Invited to Train for U S Armed Forces
In Miami, Cuban refugees may volunteer for special Spanish speaking units to train for service in the Army and Navy. Exile leaders urge participation as Pentagon confirms a program to help refugees employ their skills through basic and advanced training, with no stated cap on numbers.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Navy
Rafe Nennetemant Svhink
Ine Veicnse
Pentagon
Cruiter
Coral Gables
Fidel Castro
George A. Smathers
D.fla
United States
Defense Department
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Jose Miro Cardona
Washington
Weather improves as high pressure settles over area
A wet-weather boundary moved out of the Miami Valley this morning, replaced by a high pressure ridge bringing clear skies and mild temperatures for several days. Tonight will be cooler with a low near 50, and Wednesday is expected to reach about 68. Yesterday's high reached 75 at 1:30 p.m. with a 60 overnight low. Middletown reported 0.32 inches of rain last night.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Kennedy Wins House Vote For 150000 Reserve Muster
The House approved and sent to President Kennedy a bill to authorize calling up 150000 Reservists to act as cold war crisis responders. The measure passed 342 to 13 after GOP objections, with Rep. Ford warning of just a leaf in a forest impact and Rep. Alger urging broader power. Senate had earlier approved the bill unanimously.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Cuba
Senate
Carl J ‘Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Berlin
Laos
South Vietnam
China
Congress
Fred Marshall
D-Minn
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Alger
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Robert R. Barry
New York
Walter L. McVey
Kansas
Neal M. Mason
Illinois
Robert H. Michel
John H. Ray
Katharine St. George
Eugene Siler
Kentucky
John Taber
James B. Utt
California
Ok Negro Appeals Court Backs Meredith
The 5th Circuit barred Gov. Barnett and numerous state officials from interfering with James Merediths enrollment at Ole Miss, ordering readiness for a Friday hearing in New Orleans. Meredith awaited registration in Jackson as state actions and countermeasures unfolded, while Barnett vowed to resist desegregation measures.
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New Orleans
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ross Barnett
James H. Meredith
University of Miceiccinni
Wee See Vrerereere Eppret
Barnett
Mississippi
Joe T. Patterson
U.S. Justice Department
Meredith
Jackson
Ole Miss
State College Board
Oxford
Highway Patrol
Guido Now Beset By Navy Crisis
Mass resignations from the council of admirals threaten President Jose Maria Guido as the air force alerts units for new trouble in Argentina. Brig. Gen. Alsina and Gen. Ongania press for loyalty while navy resignations spark fears of a wider split in the armed services.
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Guido
Buenos Aires
Council of Admirals
Jose Maria Guido
Air Force
Argentina
Army
Army Command
Cayo Antonio Alsina
Jose Cornejo Saravia
Juan Carlos Ongania
Alsina
Ongania
Navy
Navy Council of
Schirra Prepares for Space Flight Earth Photos and Rays Study
NASA reports Walter M. Schirra Jr. will undertake a six orbit space mission starting Oct. 3 to photograph the earth and study cosmic rays and atmospheric light attenuation. He will use a photometer and carry emulsions to measure rays and light intensity for Goddard Space Flight Center while handling most light and photography tasks.
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Houston, Tex
Walter M. Schirra Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Schirra
Earth
NASA
Goddard
Space Flight Center
Inter
Woomera
Australia
Durban
South Africa
Castro says Soviet to build major Cuban port for Atlantic fleet
Bulletin from Key West reports Prime Minister Fidel Castro announces that the Soviet Union plans to construct a major port in Cuba to serve as a base for its Atlantic fishing fleet.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Cuba
Canadians Helping OTTAWA ships linked to USSR Cuba trade
An informant claims eight Canadian owned ships carried cargo between the Soviet Union and Cuba over the past year. The report notes Ottawa involvement and emphasizes the import of goods through these vessels.
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Ottawa
Soviet Union
Cuba
Buenos Aires Clean-Up Drive Continues Amid Turmoil
Argentina's five day army revolt barely stopped Mayor Alberto Prebisch from campaigning to keep Buenos Aires streets and parks the world's cleanest. Tanks rolled through boulevards as civilians sheltered while Prebisch's team plastered posters reading Let's clean up Buenos Aires and set wire baskets with Drop it here signs downtown.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Alberto Prebisch
Prebisch
Vote Victory For Steel 9.5
The Senate Judiciary Committee halted contempt of Congress charges against four steel companies Bethlehem Republic National and Armco and nine top executives. A 9 to 5 vote favored the firms for resisting subpoenas seeking detailed unit cost figures, with executives arguing disclosure would hurt trade secrets and the industry.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Antitrust Subcommittee
Congress
Bethlehem
Republic
National
Armco
James 0. Eastland
D-Miss
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kennedy
Kefauver
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Thomas F. Patton
Gromyko and Rusk discuss Cuba and Berlin at UN
Secretary of State Dean Rusk was to tell Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko that Soviet arms and technicians to Cuba raised serious U.S. concerns. The two met at a luncheon in New York amid U.N. General Assembly talks, with Berlin and the Cuban crisis top of their agenda as Stevenson pressed Gromyko on Soviet actions threatening Western Hemisphere peace.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cuba
United States
Rusk
Geneva
Laos
Berlin
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
U.S
Adlai F. Stevenson
Western Hemisphere
Stevenson
Cost Of Living Holds Firm In August
Washington AP report says consumer prices stayed at the record level in August with food housing medical care and personal care unchanged. Higher costs for used cars gasoline reading and recreation items were offset by late summer clothing discounts. The Labor Department index remained 105.5 percent of the 1957-59 average, the same as July, while year over year prices rose 1.2 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Light-Skinned Negro Attends Ole Miss in 1945 46
Harry S. Murphy Jr., a Fair-skinned Black man who passed as white, says he spent nine months as a V-12 student at the University of Mississippi in 1945-46. He notes Mississippi’s current fight over admitting James Meredith, and describes his own Navy service and later education at Morehouse College.
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Ole Miss
NEW York
All White
University of Mississippi
Harry S. Murphy Jr
Jover
James H. Mereidith
Murphy
Atlanta
New York Times
Oxford
Navy
Morehouse College
the Times
Morehouse
Mississippi
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