Underworld figure Valachi guards secrets of Cosa Nostra
Washington AP reports Joseph Valachi a 60 year old New Yorker once high in the mob tells FBI he will testify to Senate Investigations on the Cosa Nostra structure and Apalachin meeting. He is guarded in a secret FBI hideout as hearings on narcotics resume under Sen. McClellan.
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Washington
United States
Senate
FBI
Joseph Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Valachi
John L. McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
Billie Sol Estes
America
Apalachin
N.Y
Edwin 0. Guthman
Justice Department
Public Information
U.S
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Washington Star
Vito Genovese
Atlanta
Genovese
Genejvese
Pressure Builds On To Ease Drop In Wheat Prices
Washington reports rising pressure from farm state Democrats including Sen. Hubert Humphrey to soften the anticipated drop in wheat price supports for 1964. Kennedy notes farmers voted against the administration plan, and observers expect some administration rethink within a month. Without a new program, price supports fall from $2 to $1.25 per bushel next year, with eligibility tied to voluntary planting restrictions.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Senate
Humphrey
Moscow
Administration Farm
Congress
Automobile costs prove lazy critics wrong, says Chuckle
A witty quip notes that paying for a car challenges the idea that vehicles make people lazy, implying ownership demands effort and planning rather than ease.
Thirteen Americans Repel North Korean Raiders in Korea
In pre-dawn darkness near a demilitarized zone outpost, thirteen U S soldiers fought off seven grenade-hurling North Koreans in a two hour clash. Three Americans were scratched by fragments while there were no known Communist casualties. Captain Jerry Scott of Ada Oklahoma led the group, with Private James Hamby of Puxico Missouri spotting the invaders. The action occurred about 13 miles from Panmunjom as UN fighters warned North Korea earlier.
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U.S. First Cavalry Division
Korea
Panmunjom
United Nations’ Command
North Korea
North
South Korea
U.N
Jerry Scott
Ada
Okla
Scott
British astronomer says Soviets out of moon race
Sir Bernard Lovell of Jodrell Bank claims the Soviet space program has halted manned moon goals due to cost. He notes Moscow aims for soft lunar instrument landings and a space platform with a five to seven day orbit for viewing from a space telescope. He suggests possible future cooperation and warns the US to continue its own program.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Bernard Lovell
U.S. News & World Report
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Bernard
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Sir Bernard
United States
England
America
Hugh Dryden
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Science
Exaulson of Negro Student Considered for Expulsion
University of Alabama officials investigate James Hood a Negro student over remarks at a July 16 rally in Gadsden. Hood criticized Gov Wallace claimed university officials tried to trap him and said a professor might be fired for aiding Hood and others.
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Montgomery
University of Alabama
James Hood
Tuscaloosa
Hood
Gadsden
George C. Wallace
Chou En Lai calls world summit to ban nuclear weapons
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai, opposing the nuclear test ban pact, urged a world summit to prohibit and destroy nuclear weapons and their delivery systems. The appeal, sent to world leaders and broadcast by the Communist News Agency, drew Soviet criticism accusing China of heightening tensions.
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Robert Metcalpe
Tokyo
UPI
Chou En-lai
United States
Britain
Russia
Chou
Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
China
Malinovsky
Chi
France
West Germany
Monroe City Planning Postpones Meeting To Next Monday
The Monroe City Planning Commission postponed its meeting tonight to next Monday, announced commission chairman Otis Johnson. In Baton Rouge, former Gov. Robert Kennon said he will make his formal gubernatorial announcement on August 15.
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Monroe City Planning Commission
Otis Johnson
Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
Pennel Sets Pole Vault World Record in London Meet
John Pennel of Miami topped his own pole vault world mark with 16 feet 10% inches as U S track and field teams beat Great Britain 120 to 91 over two days. In Buffalo, Associate Justice Douglas aged 64 wed recent college graduate Joan Martin in a noon ceremony at the Unitarian Universalist church per the Buffalo Evening News.
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London
John Pennel
Miami
Fla
U. S
Great Britain
Buffalo, N.Y
William C. Douglas
Buffalo Evening News
Douglas
Joan Martin
Amherst
Buffalo
Unitarian Universalist
Hurricane shows signs of life as it nears tropical storm status
Miami reports that a deflated hurricane now a line of squalls has new signs of violent life. The Weather Bureau said it would not take much to push it back to tropical storm strength as conditions remain favorable.
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Miami
UPI
Weather Bureau
Admiral to Tell Story on Sinking of Luxury Yacht
SAN DIEGO Calif A retired vice admiral and his crew of six were to appear before a U S Coast Guard board of inquiry in an informal routine session today to recount the sinking of the luxury yacht Freedom II valued at 250000 dollars.
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San Diego
Calif
UPDA
Gerald F. Bogan
U. S. Coast Guard Board of
Arkansas Man Killed By Auto East of Crossett
Enoch Frank Kelley, 60, of Hamburg Route 1, Ark., was killed about 8 p.m. Sunday when he stepped into the path of an oncoming truck on Highway 82, six miles east of Crossett. The truck, a large van driven by C. T. Pendleton of Coldwater, Michigan, belongs to Ingalls Amusement Company setting up a concession in Crossett. Deputy Sheriff J. B. Stell said evidence suggested Kelley was drinking. Skid marks and impact evidence were on the highway.
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Crossett
Enoch Frank Kelley
Route 1
Hamburg
Ark
Highway 82
C. T. Pendleton
Coldwater
Michigan
Ingalls Amusement Company
J. B. Stell
Ashley County
Kelley
Youth Admits Setting 33 Fires In Chicago Area
Chicago police say 16 year old Alan Norutt admitted setting 33 fires in the area, including a basement blaze at an abandoned building that killed two men. He faces 13 counts of arson after signing a statement stating he used a time limit fuse from a cigarette and matches to ignite a rooming house fire on May 6.
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Chicago
Alan Norcutt
Noreutt
Police Disperse White Youths In Race Row
About 200 white youths were dispersed in Asheboro North Carolina after a Saturday night shotgun blast wounded four white teenagers near a recently integrated theater. Police arrested several white men on disorderly conduct charges.
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Asheboro
N.C
Lake Charles At Stake In Arkansas Louisiana War Exercise
The 39th Infantry Division of the Arkansas Louisiana National Guard advances into Kisatchie National Forest to rehearse a two day paper war. Staff officers at division brigade and battalion levels will simulate an attack to retake Lake Charles.
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FT. Polk
39Th Infantry
Arkansas- Louisiana National Guard
Kisatchie National Forest
Lake Charles
Continued hot humid forecast for northeast Louisiana
The forecast calls for continued heat and humidity in northeast Louisiana today and Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Winds will be 5 to 15 mph. High today around 92 to 95 degrees, tonight 70 to 74. Sunday's high reached 92 and low 74. Sunset 7:03 p.m., sunrise 5:25 a.m. Tuesday. No rainfall registered.
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Louisiana
Salary violations audit hits Caldwell Parish police jury
State audit finds Caldwell Parish police jury paid members as if earning a regular salary, four and one third days per month with 52 days maximum, totaling about 1560 a year per member, while Caldwell ended 1962 with a 41959 surplus. An audit of the Fifth Louisiana levee district and the Tensas joint district notes a taxpayer financed 882.21 entertainment at Tullulah Country Club for the Mississippi River Commission president, split between districts. such spending is deemed improper. Fifth Louisiana levee district ended 1962 with a 432710 surplus.
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Caldwell
Caldwell Parish
Louisiana
Tensas Levee
Tallulah Country Club
Mississippi River Commission
Awaiting Inquest in Slaying at Vatican Lounge
Lafayette AP report says Sheriff Harsons awaits coroner's inquest and autopsy before filing charges in the death of 59 year old Ovey Sonnier of Scott who was shot five times after an argument in a Vatican lounge. The sole witness named special deputy Martin Faul of Vatican.
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Lafayette
W. FE. Harsons
Ovey Sonnier
Scott
Sonnier
Vatican
Martin Faul
Ford II Tied to Italian Widow in NYC Newspapers
New York papers report Henry Ford II seen with Christina Austin, an Italian born widow, as Ford and wife Anne separate after 23 years of marriage. Ford heads to Europe while Austin denies plans. papers note she may be leaving for St Moritz. Austin previously divorced, says they are good friends.
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New York
New York City
Henry Ford II
Christina Austin
Ford
Anne
Mirror
World-Telegram & Sun
Austin
Europe
William Austin
Dever
Paris
Monaco
Prince Rainier II
Princess Grace
Grace Kelly
Milan
Now You Know Hummingbirds Energy Output Fact
A New York Zoo logical Society report states hummingbirds have the highest energy output per unit weight among warm blooded animals, highlighting their remarkable metabolism and sustained flight.
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New York Zoological Society
Syncom 2 test relays world wide news and photos
The Syncom 2 satellite carried three U.S. news stories and two photographs in a groundbreaking test linking continents. Transmissions from Lakehurst New Jersey bounced off the 22 823 mile high satellite and were received by the Kingsport ship in Lagos harbor Nigeria. The test included a Kennedy portrait relayed to Lagos and a photo of Azikiwe sent back to Lakehurst. NASA launched the satellite from Cape Canaveral on July 26 and praised the clear reception on both ends.
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New York
Lakehurst
N.J
Kingsport
Lagos
U.S
Kennedy
Nigeria
Azikiwe
Syncom 2
Associated Press
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
NASA
Three powers sign first step toward nuclear ban
In Moscow the United States Britain and the Soviet Union signed a treaty banning tests in the atmosphere space and underwater calling it an important initial step toward peace. The pact opens for signatures August 8 in Washington London and Moscow with Khrushchev in attendance and a three power communique expressing hope for further progress.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Washington
London
Kremlin Grand Palace
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Halleck Predicts Passage of Tax Rights Legislation
Washington (RP) House Republican leader Charles A Halleck predicts a tax reduction revision bill and civil rights legislation will pass the House but he expects stiff Senate opposition. Forecasts from Halleck given on NBC Sunday Report contrast with earlier GOP views. Committees may decide on tax cuts and civil rights this week as Ways and Means votes focus on reduced rate schedules. Kennedy proposed a net cut of about 10.2 billion dollars phased in. Rep Thomas B Curtis noted in a Sunday interview. Senate Commerce Committee has completed public hearings on a key civil rights public accommodations measure and may begin deliberations this week.
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Washington
Charles A. Halleck
House
Senate
Indianan
NBC
Ways and Means
Kennedy
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
New York
Senate Commerce Committee
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