Ex Turkish Premier and 14 Others To Hang
Fifteen former Turkish officials including ex Premier Adnan Menderes were sentenced to hang for violations of the constitution during the decade of civilian dictatorship on Yassiada. A revolutionary court handed out 32 life terms and 447 prison terms while 98 others were acquitted. Bayar appeared unmoved as Menderes collapsed at the prison island hospital. The death sentences require junta approval before execution within 24 hours.
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Yassiada
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Democratic Party
Celal Bayar
Menderes
Bayar
Fatin Rustu Zorlu
Typhoon Nancy Hits Southern Japan Forcing Distress At Sea
Typhoon Nancy battered southern Japan with twenty foot waves and heavy rain causing floods. Two merchant vessels were in distress and one with 28 aboard missing. Kyushu reported one dead, one missing, and 11 injured. The Greek freighter Tinos and the Japanese Tama gawa Maru were drifting or out of control after the storm menace.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nancy
Kyushu
U.S
Ikinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Shikoku Island
Honshu
Osaka
Tinos
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Minami Daito Island
Search For Pilots Missing In Gulf
Coast Guard cutters and Air National Guard helicopters joined a search for wreckage of two F-102 jets after contact was lost at 8 30 p m during a night interception drill over the Gulf of Mexico. Pilots Capt Clarence P Reeves of Algiers and Capt Joseph X Trauth of Harahan were named and officials hoped they ejected before the jets went down.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
State Air National Guard
State Adjutant General's Office
ANG
Clarence P. Reeves
Algiers
Joseph X. Trauth
Harahan
Gulf of Mexico
News Coverage Banned On U S Nuclear Tests
The Kennedy White House orders secrecy for all new U S nuclear tests with no media coverage until a post shot statement by the White House. Pierre Salinger says this breaks past practice, and the decision appears to be presidential.
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U.S
Washington
America
White House
Pierre Salinger
Eisenhower
Truman
Nevada
Pacific
Salinger
Kennedy
Pentagon
Atomic Energy Commission
Stamp Bill To Pass Despite Unfair Terms
Washington United Press International reports a five cent stamp and higher postal rates bill likely to pass the House on a take it or leave it basis. Critics say the plan imposes steeper percentage increases on ordinary mailers than on commercial users. President Kennedy urged heavier hikes on publishers and advertisers, with the bill cleared by the Rules Committee and no amendments allowed to meet Senate terms set by Senator Olin Johnston.
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Washington
UPI
House
Kennedy
Rules Committee
Olin Johnston
D-S. C
Senate Post Office Committee
Johnston
Senate
Twin City CD Meeting Leader Heads to Training
Capt James B Scruggs Monroe area four representative for the Louisiana Civil Defense Agency departs this weekend for Battle Creek Michigan to attend a special two week CD training course. He will return October 2.
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James B. Scruggs
Monroe
Area 4
Louisiana Civil Defense Agency
Battle Creek
Mich
Civil Defense Meet Held Near Bastrop
About 250 officials attended a civil defense briefing at Chemin ahaut State Park near Bastrop to discuss fallout shelters and mass evacuation options in a nuclear attack scenario. Officials noted park acreage could shelter up to 1000 people in good weather, or 300 indoors during bad weather, highlighting shelter shortages as a key risk.
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Bentrup
Frank G. Spies
Civil Defense
Louisiana State Park and Recreation Commission
Louisiana Civil Defense
Cleanup Job After Carla Remains Monumental Task
Hurricane Carla left southern Louisiana flooded and devastated with mud filled roads and salt water bogs. Tornadoes struck small communities as 35 000 residents were stranded and crops including rice and sugar cane faced losses.
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Carla
New Orleans
Louisiana
Gulf
Kaplan
Hodge
Westwego
Berlin air tensions rise after West German jets land in city
West German F84 fighters landed in Berlin's French sector provoking Soviet and East German reactions. Soviet MiG jets shadowed U S airliners and Washington protested to the Soviet representative at the Berlin Air Safety Center. An Allied official downplayed the incident saying there is nothing to worry about.
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Berlin
U.S
Hamburg
United States
Tegel
Air Safety Center
Bonn
West Germany
Fall Cold Front Suppressed by Hurricane Carla
The Monroe area felt a cool air surge with temperatures as low as 57 at dawn the Louisiana low. Forecasters expect 52 tonight and 78 to 82 tomorrow under mostly clear to partly cloudy skies as Carla’s path previously disrupted the cold front through Texas and Oklahoma. Winds will stay around 15 mph from the north with rainfall measured at Selman Field yesterday.
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Louisiana
Carla
Monroe
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Shepherd Warns Liberals Threaten Nation in Mason Address
William B. Shepherd, a prominent Masonic worker and Arkansas Power and Light executive, warned last night that liberalism and welfare programs erode American freedoms. He said socialists aim to replace free enterprise with a flawed blueprint and named ministers teachers and journalists among those swayed by liberal thinking.
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William B. Shepherd
Shepherd
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Junior
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Some Highways Remain Closed
Louisiana highways still closed due to Hurricane Carla flooding and rain. The list covers Lake Charles area, Lafayette area, Baton Rouge area, New Orleans area, and Alexandria area, with sections under water or passable. Roads include 284, 682, 675, 330, 946, 39, 315, 56, 57, 55, 647, 50, 494, 478, and 120 across multiple parishes.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana
U.S. 51
Laplace
Pass Manchac
Lake Charles
Holly Beach
Johnson Bayou
Bridge
Comite River
New Orleans
Junction 46
Bohemia
Houma
St. Charles Parish
Alexandria
Cypress
Natchitoches Parish
Flora
Vowells Mill
Shepherd seeks time save as council weighs $600 trip
Los Angeles city councilman Thomas D. Shepard appears to have avoided a vote on a $600 appropriation to attend a Minneapolis convention. He thanked colleagues and asked them to spare the time, signaling a possible political first.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Thomas D. Shepard
Minneapolis
Shepard
Soviets Launch 10th Nuclear Blast and New Rocket
The Soviet Union claims its 10th atmospheric blast in two weeks and a long range rocket flight over 7 400 miles to the Central Pacific. Tass reports the rocket landed near target. a parallel Arctic explosion occurred Thursday. US testing remains on hold with a Nevada restart anticipated within a week.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Central Pacific
Tass
Arctic
United States
Nevada
Moscow
Berlin Military Chiefs Seek Freer Hand Against Reds
Pentagon sources say U S and Allied forces in Europe need broader on the spot authority to counter Soviet harassment of movements in and out of Berlin. They contend Gen Lauris Norstad operates under too restricted power in the Berlin crisis. Officials aim to anticipate scenarios and set detailed coping instructions, though not all situations can be foreseen.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
Berlin
Pentagon
Lauris Norstad
State Department
Defense Department
Thousands march in New York protest against nuclear tests
About 500 persons, carrying flashlight torches shaped like mushroom clouds, marched from Times Square to the United Nations in protest of nuclear bomb tests. A pre-march meeting with about 2,000 attendees featured Socialist leader Norman Thomas who warned fallout shelters would not save people from attack.
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New York
Times Square
United Nations
Committee For A
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Thomias
Mixed Reaction From Bishops Over Desegregation Clergy
In Jackson Mississippi Episcopal bishops split over 15 ministers arrested for desegregating a bus terminal. Archbishop Lichtenger praised their witness while Bishop Campbell condemned the tactics as immoral, urging acceptance of consequences. One arrested leader, Rev John Morris, led the group Cultural and Racial Unity.
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Robert L. Pierson
Evanston
Ill
New York City
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jackson
Arthur C. Lichtenberger
Detroit
Episcopal Church
U.S.A
Wilburn Campbell
Charleston
W. Va
Episcopal Diocese
West Virginia
Campbell
John B. Morris
Atlanta
Episcopal Society For Cultural and Racial Unity
Katanga Attacks UN Forces in Congo Secession Fight
President Moise Tshombe directs Katanga forces in strikes across Elisabethville Kamina Jadotville and surrounding areas as UN troops reinforce. Swedish battalions rush in to bolster the beleaguered garrison amid reports of armored trains and heavy shelling.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Congo
Elisabethville
Tshombe
United Nations
Leopoldville
U.N
Shire
Kamina
Jadotville
Bank Manager Harry Rountree of Gilbert Dies
Winnsboro report states 74 year old Harry B Rountree longtime Gilbert State Bank manager died after a three week illness. Born in Huntsville Alabama he joined Gilbert State Bank in 1918 and stayed on after its sale to Winnsboro Bank in 1926. He served as Dan Gilbert Lodge No 405 F and AM treasurer for 30 years and leaves a widow Bertha Osborn Rountree and a son Charles. Funeral Friday at Gilbert Methodist Church with Masonic graveside rites. interment Myrtle Memorial Cemetery Winnsboro.
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Winnsboro
Harry B. Rountree
Gilbert
Winnsboro State Bank and Trust Co
Mr. Rountree
Huntsville
Ala
Gilbert State Bank
Winnsboro Bank
Gilbert Methodist Church
Dan Gilbert Lodge
First National Funeral Home of
Bertha Osborn Rountree
Charles
Palembang
Indo
Todays Chuckle Bill collectors call at the worst moment
A light humorous line notes bill collectors always ring when you are at home, highlighting timing as the punchline.
New York to California Families Plan Survival Move
About 50 Long Island families prepare to relocate to Chico California seeking survival in a nuclear era. Spokesman Alvin Bauman cites war scare and habitable conditions. 30 people form initial group. Ohsawa Foundation members join, including lawyers artists actors teachers and businessmen.
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Smithtown
N.Y
Long Island
Chico
Calif
Alvin Bauman
Bauman
United States
California
Oregon
Montana
Chico Real Estate
Ohsawa Foundation
Orient
West
George Ohsawa
Ministers to Consider Action Over Plane Buzzing
Washington reports two Soviet fighter incidents near the Berlin air corridors as Western ministers finish talks on Berlin policy. Officials weigh protective measures including potential Western fighter deployments near corridor terminals for rapid reaction.
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Washington
U.S
Berlin
State Department
West Germany
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Rountree
New York-To
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