U S and Soviet Tanks Face Off at Friedrichstrasse Berlin
American and Soviet tanks trained guns at each other within 200 yards at the Friedrichstrasse crossing in central Berlin. Five U S tanks faced seven Soviet tanks as East and West Berlin remained officially connected by border rules. West Berlin police noted the border was still open.
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Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
West Berlin
East
East Berlin
Vopos
United States
B52s Carry 50 Megaton Bomb Loads Says Rutherford
Rep J T Rutherford claims B52 bombers can drop 50 megaton atomic bombs anytime. Pentagon refuses to confirm nuclear yields. An Army Navy Register report notes 20 megaton capacity, while SAC cites two Hound Dog missiles and possible Skybolt use. Rutherford cites Biggs AFB 25 megaton wing bombs and contrasts US power with Russia.
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Odessa
Tex
J. T. Rutherford
D-Tex
Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Army and Navy Register
Omaha
Strategic Air Command
KOSA
Rutherford
Russia
United States
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Inmate Knifed to Death at Angola Penitentiary
A 25 year old inmate from Tulsa Oklahoma was stabbed to death at Louisiana State Penitentiary Angola early today. Warden Victor Walker said Jerry Lopez was stabbed three times with a kitchen knife at about 6 15 am aboard a truck carrying inmates to fields. About 50 inmates were aboard. The warden did not know who attacked him and asked authorities to notify Lopezs wife.
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Angola
UPI
Tulsa
Okla
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Victor Walker
Walker
Jerry Lopez
Loper
Canine Leads Searchers To Lost Child
QUITMAN Special Paul Ray Anderson four year old son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Anderson of the Pumpkin Center Community about three miles south of here is safe and sound today thanks to his pet German Shepherd dog Ronnie Ronnie led a searching party to the child who had been missing for four hours last night The youngster was sound asleep on the ground about two and one half miles from his home when a neighbor J B Fullerton heard the dog whining nearby He followed the dog which led him to the child at about 10 p m Neighbors and officers of the Jackson Parish Sheriff Department and Jonesboro and Hodge Police Departments assisted in the search The child was checked at Hodge Clinic last night and released at about 11 p m apparently suffering no ill effects.
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Quitman
Paul Ray Anderson
Raymond Anderson
Pumpkin Center
Ronnie
J. B. Fullerton
Expectant Mother Sought in Infant Kidnapping Case
A warrant was filed for 37-year-old Margaret McKeown in the alleged kidnapping of 2-month-old Jacqueline Marie Willett. The infant vanished while under care of McKeown, who was babysitting for Ruby Willett and three other children. The mother waited days before reporting the disappearance, fearing harm to the child. Darrell McKeown reportedly told Ruby Willett not to worry.
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Sioux City
Iowa
UPI
Margaret McKeown
Jacqueline Marie Willett
Ruby Willett
Willett
Twin City Streets Commissioner Missing in Action
Street Commissioner W. D. H. Rodriguez was out of town and unavailable at City Hall, with officials declining to disclose his whereabouts. The absence prompted questions about city street matters and ongoing projects.
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W. D. H. Rodriguez
City Hall
Searbeck Convicted of Giving Secrets to Polish Agents
Former U.S. diplomat Irvin C. Scarbeck was found guilty by a federal jury of three counts for passing American Embassy secrets to Polish Communist agents. The jury acquitted a fourth count on removal of a classified document from the Warsaw embassy. The case spanned 32 weeks, with sentencing to follow after presentence reports. Scarbeck admitted deliberate distortion of documents and said he was blackmailed, while his lawyer announced an appeal.
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Washington
U.S
Irvin C. Scarbeck
Scarbeck
Warsaw
Poland
FBI
Ursula Discher
Leonard P. Walsh
Samuel C. Klein
Tragedy at Transylvania: Coed Found Dead in Car on Campus
Betty Gayle Brown, 19, a Transylvania College sophomore from Lexington, was found choked to death in the front seat of her foreign-made four door car parked near Morrison Hall. Police say no rape occurred. her father reported her missing after a 2:51 a.m. call.
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Lexington
Transylvania College
Betty Gayle Brown
Hargis Brown
Rollie Leach
Morrison Hall
Radiation fallout linked to future cancer risk says ACS chief
Dr Thomas Carlile, new president of the American Cancer Society, warns fallout from Soviet nuclear tests could raise cancer in children and deformities. He cites rising pediatric cancer and birth defects over 10 to 20 years, with bone and leukemia risks for those alive now. He notes mutations could affect unborn children, with possible severe congenital outcomes.
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New York
Khrushchev
American Cancer Society
Soviet Union
Thomas Carlile
Carlile
Virginia Mason Hospital
Seattle
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Washington State Radiological Society
John W. Cline
San Francisco
Cancer Society
Avoiding Of Cancer Quacks Urged By AMA
In New York the AMA chief urged the public to identify cancer quacks before seeking treatment. Dr Leonard W Larson said the AMA investigaton department holds a vast file of quack nostrums devices and proposed drugs. He spoke at the American Cancer Society annual dinner.
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New York
American Medical Association
AMA
Department of Investigaton
Leonard W. Larson
American Cancer Society
Kennedy cutback praise greets spending reduction plan
Washington leaders hailed President Kennedy for a substantial cutback in federal spending. Senate figures noted earlier defense overspending, with Mansfield stressing savings across programs. Health and Welfare hinted at about 100 million in cuts, while experts estimated potential annual savings up to 1.5 billion across agencies. Bush urged the president to pursue real businesslike reductions.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Capitol Hill
GOP
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Congress
Congressional
Albert Thomas
D-Tex
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Banking Committee
World Bank
Vienna
Northeast State Names Columbia Junior Queen for Homecoming
Pansy Riser a Columbia junior will reign as Homecoming Queen during Northeast State College activities November 3 4. She heads a court of six maids including maid of honor Kirby Jane Mooney granddaughter of Monroe residents. Maids are Sonya Bowden Sylvia Sue Hayden Linda Lane Judy Reagan and Tommie Stockstill. Queen Riser is active in Alpha Mu Upsilon Student Council Dance and Drill Team and previously earned Who's Who honors at Columbia High School.
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Columbia
Northeast State College
Pansy Riser
Dike Duchesne
Northeast
Kirby Jane Mooney
Cleo Hanson
Monroe
Sonya Bowden
Jack Bowden
Tallulah
Sylvia Sue Hayden
Chuckle: Determined man with rusty wrench outdoes toolkit
A light humor item notes a stubborn man with a rusty wrench can achieve more than a man with a full kit. The gag emphasizes grit over ready-made tools and the value of persistence.
Shortage of influenza vaccine hits nationwide
Bulletin from Washington AP notes unusual demand triggers a nationwide shortage of influenza vaccine. Berlin UP I reports U S Army says the garrison is on alert at 5 10 p m due to the seriousness of the situation. Baton Rouge UP I says Attorney General Jack Gremillion aims to quell rumors of a tidelands settlement by Jan 1. United Nations AP says Western strategists block an Asian African move for quick UN action on a voluntary moratorium on nuclear testing.
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Berlin
UPI
U. S. Army
Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillion
Louisiana
Tidelands
United Nations, N. Y
U.N
Senator Horace Wilkinson III Dies After Stroke
State Senator Horace Wilkinson III died after a stroke suffered while addressing an agricultural society in Baton Rouge. The 48-year-old LSU board member from Port Allen collapsed at the Gamma Sigma Delta event and died hours later in the hospital with his son nearby. He represented Iberville Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes and had a long career in politics and agriculture.
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Wilkinson
LSU
Louisiana Agriculture
Gamma Sigma Delta Honorary Agricultural Society
West Baton Rouge Parish
Senate
Agriculture College
Theriot warns Louisiana faces real financial trouble over tidelands
New Orleans UPI report quotes State Comptroller Roy R. Theriot at a Marrero Lions Club event. He warned that without a tidelands settlement Louisiana may struggle to meet payments to school boards the homestead exemption program the highway department and other agencies before the fiscal year ends. He urged that any settlement not be used for political expediency or to hide budget miscalculations.
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New Orleans
UPI
Roy R. Theriot
Louisiana
Tidelands
Theriot
Lions Club
Marrero
Highway Department
Walking Dead Man Kills Wife and 4 Others in Ohio
In Cleveland a man named Phillip Alabise 28 vowed to kill his family before a sixth wedding anniversary. He shot his estranged wife Eleanor 28 and their year old daughter Sheri, plus two other girls. The 7 year old Constance King died at the scene and 3 year old Laurie died hours later. Neighbors heard an argument and a gunfire blast. Temperatures in the area ranged from the high 60s to 80s with forecast for warm weather ahead.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Phillip Alabise
Anni
Alabise
Eleanor
Sheri
Cleveland
Khrush Claims Albania Quit To Get Western Aid
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said Albania split from the Communist bloc to seek Western aid. He accused the West of paying large bribes to split Communists and warned Berlin peace talks must advance or face grave consequences.
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Khrush
Albania
Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Congress
Khrushchev
Russia
East Germany
West Berlin
West
Soviet Union
What a Panic Sisters Visit East Berlin Opera
Two American sisters Mary Barber 19 and Nancy 22 visited the East Berlin opera in a rented car. They observed Soviet tanks near the Communist opera house as they crossed back to the Western zone and described border police as friendly. The sisters, studying in Paris, found life in the East not beautiful.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Mary Barber
U.S
Mary
Nancy
Ee Joliet
Paris
Germany
University of Illinois Fine Arts
East
Saturns first heavyweight rocket test boosts U S moon bid
CAPE CANAVERAL The Saturn rocket completed its first test flight delivering 1.3 million pounds of thrust and rising to about 95 miles high before splashing down 200 miles southeast of the launch site. The eight engine launch marked a historic US display of strength in the moon race, aligning with President Kennedy’s pledge. Only the first stage was tested with two ballast upper stages. The NASA report said the flight lasted about eight minutes and the booster landed within about 6 miles of its target.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Soviet Union
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Russia
Kennedy
West Monroe Sets Reduced City Budget for 1962
City officials approve a total expenditure of 547,330 for the new fiscal year starting July 1, 1961, down from the prior year by 60,235.06. Water revenue remains strongest at 190,000 with occupational licenses rising to 63,000, cigarette taxes fall to 74,000, and notable department changes include police costs up to 88,300 and fire expenses up from 68,500 to 88,300. Other department totals: Administrative 90,821.48, Streets and Parks 58,136.16, Sewerage 25,959.68, Cemetery 6,710, Garbage 56,362.43.
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West Monroe
Water Department
Police Department
For Sale by Owner Low-Cost News-Star Ad
Classified notice offering a 1984 Olds 88 with two-tone paint, white-wall tires, power options and tinted glass for 450 dollars and a FA 3 Hearth Glo gas heater, 20 inches wide, used one season, 15 dollars. Call FA 23445.
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News-Star—World
Oldsids
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