Soviet Union refuses Berlin ultimatum and seeks dialogue
In Geneva, Andrei Gromyko rejected withdrawing the one year Berlin ultimatum despite Western warnings. He called his plan a position statement and pressed for Western troops to leave Berlin, while signaling possible private concessions. The Big Four discussed clarifying intentions as talks continued.
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Geneva
UPI
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Christian Herter
East
West Germany
Coed Victim Testifies In Rape Case Of Four Youths
In Tallahassee on Friday the female victim described fleeing in terror as four white youths abducted her and a Black classmate at gunpoint after a college dance. The defendants, Willion Collinsworth Patrick Scarbrough David Beagles and Ollie Stoutamire, face trial for their lives amid a charged debate on race and justice in the South.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Edna Richardson
Miss Richardson
Willion T. Collinsworth
Patrick G. Scarbrough
David E. Beagles
Ollie Stoutamire
Florida
Cuban cabinet reshuffle as Castro advances reform plan
In Havana Prime Minister Fidel Castro reshuffles five ministers including foreign and agriculture heads as U.S. concern over Cuba's agrarian reform grows. Raul Roa becomes foreign minister replacing Roberto Agramonte. other replacements include agriculture minister Pedro Miret and public health minister Serafin Ruiz.
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Havana
U.S
Fidel Castro
Castro
Revolucion
Washington
U.S. Senate
Latin America
North Amercan
Hoy
United States
Raul Roa
Organization of American States
OAS
Roberto Agramonte
Pedro Miret
Umberto Lori Marin
Miss Raquel Perez
Fiona Mederos
Serafin Ruiz
Julio Martinez Paez
Jose Naranjo
Orlando Rodriguez
Psychopath Suspected in Boston Elevated Station Blast
Investigators favor a theory that a psychopath planted the explosive at a Boston elevated station, injuring 38 with three serious. Police seek a man who threatened Fidel Castro and fled Bellevue Hospital as a suspect image is released to victims.
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Boston
Fidel Castro
New York
Bellevue
City
Red China shells Matsu Islands in new attack
Communist China launched a sea and artillery attack on Nationalist China's Matsu Islands. The Nationalist Defense Ministry announced the assault and said Washington noted only a minor exchange of fire with a Communist ship and a shore battery about 24 hours earlier.
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Taipel
UPS
China Today
China
Matsu Islands
Defense Department
Washington
Matsu
Weekend forecast clouds and showers sweep northeast Louisiana
Scattered showers lingered in northeast Louisiana with a warm trend continuing. Federal Aviation data show Winnsboro's heaviest rain at 1.10 inches while Monroe recorded 0.06 inches at Selman Field. Temperatures yesterday peaked at 92 with a 70 degree low. Tonight's lows range 70 to 74, with tomorrow's highs 86 to 90.
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Louisiana
Winnsboro
Monroe
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Twin City Chit Chat Beagle Puppy Feud Ends Quietly
A friendly rivalry among Rochelle avenue families escalated over a beagle litter. Two sides claimed a single puppy, but the owner resolved it by giving each side a puppy. All four rivals and the dogs are back together. Residents of Kiroli Woods urged to attend a Kirol i Elementary School meeting tonight.
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Rochelle Avenue
News-Star
John Cale
Danny Bingham
Kiroli Woods
Kiroli Elementary
Virginia O’Hanlon Honored for Santa Question Legacy
In Brooklyn, 70 year old Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas received a retirement dinner after 43 years as a public school teacher and principal. The longtime admirer of Santa Claus is celebrated for inspiring the timeless 1897 Sun editorial answering “Is there a Santa Claus.”
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New York
Virginia
Virginia O'Hanlon
New York Sun
Santa
Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas
Brooklyn
Kris Kringle
Harold
Public School
Gremillion to Meet Registrars Before Hearings
Baton Rouge AP reports Attorney General Jack Gremillion will meet seven north Louisiana registrars to prepare for civil rights hearings. The Civil Rights Commission will hold July 13 in Shreveport on Louisiana voter registration complaints. Gremillion will offer legal guidance under the state constitution and urged openness.
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Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillon
North Louisiana
Federal Civil Rights Commission
Louisiana
Shreveport
Gremillion
Chatham Man Hurt When Tractor Flips in Timber Field
Stewart Johnson of Chatham was seriously injured when the tractor he operated overturned in a hardwood timber clearing 12 miles southeast of Chatham. The machine pinned him for over an hour until coworkers dismantled it to free him. He was taken to St Francis Hospital with severe injuries to his lower body and heavy blood loss. Johnson is married with two young daughters.
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Chatham
Stewart Johnson
Forestry
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Johnson
St. Francis Hospital
McElroy proposes cuts and boosts for air defense program
Secretary of Defense McElroy proposed cutting about 2.12 billion dollars from manned bomber missile defenses while increasing roughly 150 million dollars for ballistic missile defense. Senator Russell noted the plan as a mixed Nike Hercules and Bomarc system, reflecting interservice rivalry in the study results.
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Washington
Neil H. McElroy
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
McElroy
Russell
Air Force
Infant Recovers From Rare Skin Disease After New Serum
Seven month old Michael Scully of Pawtucket Rhode Island was pronounced out of danger after receiving a serum flown from Colorado for eczema vaccinatum. Dr Arturo Longobardi at Memorial Hospital said the serum likely aided the recovery as the baby's fever normalized for the first time in 18 days.
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Pawtucket
R.I
Michael Scully
Colorado
Arturo Longobardi
Memorial Hospital
Longobardi
Report on Atom Tests May Be Muffled by Concealment
A White House advisory board states underground atomic tests could be muffled and ongoing inspection is needed to enforce a testing ban. The panel, sharing findings with Soviet delegates in Geneva, estimates three more years of research to develop reliable detection of underground blasts and notes decoupling techniques could reduce seismic signals by tenfold.
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Washington
White House
Geneva
Presidential Advisory Board
U.S
Nevada
Five Vacationists Die In Flaming Two-Car Wreck
In Tuscola Illinois a family group of four women and a man returning from New York trip plus two young women died when two cars collided on U S 36. The Harmon family of five perished including Joseph and Josephine Harmon and their daughter Greta along with Agnes Pistorious and Constance Bean. Miss Rosalee Bragg 21 survived as a passenger in the Bragg car. The crash occurred about 9 30 p m three miles east of Tuscola.
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Tuscola, Ill
New York
Atwood
Illinois
Young Victiy
Eugene Miller
Rosalee Bragg
U.S. 36
Joseph Harmon
Harmon
Josephine
Greta
Greta, 19, and Mrs. Harmon's Sisters, Agnes D. Pistorious
Constance Bean
Evelyn Louise Smith
Miss Bragg
Chuckle Dialog Sparks Laughs Over Money Jest
A playful exchange has readers laughing as one spouse jokes about marrying for money and the other counters with a witty comeback. The light exchange highlights humorous banter in everyday life.
Ouachita Parish politics open as Sparks and Faulk retire
Ouachita and Jackson parishes face a wide opened legislative field after Sen James Sparks and Rep Gilbert Faulk withdraw from re election. Rumors name Fred Fudickar Jr as a possible Senate candidate while Rep Lawrence Gibbs weighs a run or retirement and other locals including Paul Ransom Jamar Adcock and Jake Usrey emerge as potential contenders.
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Ouachita Parish
James Sparks
Gilbert Faulk
Fred Fudickar Jr
Sparks
Ouachita
Jackson Parishes
Faulk
Lawrence Gibbs
Senate
Gibbs
Fudickar
Albin P. Lassiter
Paul Ransom
Fred Huenefeld Jr
Parish
James C
Jake) Ussery
Jaycee
Jamar Adcock
Politi
Rainach criticizes federal voting rights probe and hearing
State Senator Willie Rainach denounces the Federal Civil Rights Commission plan to hold a July 13 hearing in Shreveport Louisiana over alleged Negro voting disenfranchisement in Northwest Louisiana. He forecasts a favorable view for his segregation committee and calls the commission an ineffective, weakened entity.
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Willie Rainach
Federal Civil Rights Commission
Shreveport
Louisiana
Rainach
South
Civil Rights Commission
Sen. Rainach
Joint Legislative Committee On
Juveniles in Twin Cities Reflect Intelligence on Delinquency
In Ouachita Parish the News-Star reports on juvenile views showing insight and logic. A wide range of youths discuss causes of delinquency, emphasizing love and freedom at home as key factors. Their quotes illustrate thoughtful considerations that challenge adult assumptions.
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Ouachita Parish
News-Star
Judge orders hearing for ailing Governor Long in Galveston
District Judge L D Goddard signed a writ of habeas corpus for Earl K Long to appear for a Monday hearing in Galveston after Long was allegedly illegally confined at John Sealy Hospital. Long seeks a fourth term while his attorneys challenge the confinement as unlawful and forcible removal from Baton Rouge. A sanity hearing is set for Tuesday in Rory Gibson's court.
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Galveston
Tex
L. D. Goddard
Long
Baton Rouge
John Sealy Hospital
Goddard
122Nd District Court
Hugh’ Gibson
David Bobbitt
Governor Long
Gov. Long
Hugh Gibson
The
Louisiana In
Kidnap Victim Escapes Three Arrested in Oklahoma
Jeanette Bailey, 25, of Akron Ohio, escaped a kidnapping in Albuquerque New Mexico and slipped into Guymon police HQ to report it. She identified a male kidnapper and a second couple arrested in a separate room. The woman, Lois M. Stripling 32 Farmington New Mexico, faces gambling charges from a prior raid. FBI agents seek names of the two men.
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Guymon
Okla
Ohio
Albuquerque
N.M
R. L. Shephard
Jeanette Bailey
Akron
Shephard
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