Fischer quintuplets grow. switch to formula planned
The Fischer quints, four girls and a boy, remain healthy after 72 hours deemed most dangerous. They may switch from sugar water to a formula diet today as Dr. James Berbos reports both mother and babies doing well. Father Andrew Fischer tends to other children and farm chores while gifts arrive for the family.
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Aberdeen
S.D
James Berbos
Andrew Fischer
Fischer
Nash-Finch Co
Berbos
Senators Split Over Ratification of Nuclear Test Ban
In Washington, Senator A Willis Robertson warns the limited test ban could invite Soviet blackmail if ratified, while Senator John Sparkman argues it may not prevent future nuclear war. Support grows from Neuberger and McGovern, as debate moves into its second week with 67 votes needed and Mansfield ordering overtime sessions for speeches.
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Washington
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
United States
Soviet Union
Robertson
Senate
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
South Dakota
Earth
Len Neuberger
Sen
Clair Engle
Dcalif
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Birmingham Bombings Spur Special Grand Jury Action
Across Birmingham a climate of violence followed a deadly Sunday church bombing that killed four children and injured 23. FBI bomb experts hunted clues as 300 state troopers and 500 National Guardsmen stayed on alert while officials urged faster civil rights action.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S
FBI
Allgood
U.S. Senate
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Robert F. Kennedy
Philadelphia
Washington
Albert Boutwell
Geoge C. Wallace
Melvin Bailey
John Golden
Nations Bordering Reds Get Most Aid Kennedy
President Kennedy told Congress that military aid to nations near Communist neighbors remains the largest U.S. foreign aid item for fiscal 1962. The report shows military aid at 1.4 billion with continued emphasis on the Far East and Latin America, naming Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Thailand, South Vietnam, Nationalist China and South Korea among top recipients.
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Kennedy
Washington
U.S
Congress
Far East
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Thailand
South Viet Nam
China
South Korea
Louisiana Weekend Traffic Toll Tops 11 Victims
The Associated Press reports weekend accidents in Louisiana caused 15 deaths, including 11 from traffic incidents. Names include Chevis Guidry 61 of Midland and Oza Duncan 18 of Guerdan among others.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Midland
Crowley
Chevis Guidry
Oza L. Duncan
Guerdan
Gerald Schexnarder
Kaplan
Duncan
Twin City Chit Chat Airman Loflin assigned to Greenville training
Shirley A. Loflin daughter of Mr and Mrs Cullen A Loflin of 118 McGuire St Monroe has been assigned to Greenville training as a United States Air Force personnel specialist She is a Ouachita Parish High School graduate Friends of Lena Wallace 609 K St Monroe will be glad to hear she has greatly improved after training referenced on page 5 A
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WAF
Shirley A. Loflin
Cullen A. Loflin
McGuire St
Monroe
Greenville
United States Air Force
Ouachita Parish High School
Lena Wallace
K St
Pittsburgh reading prodigy reads 10000 words a minute
Bill Carmack a 17 year old from Pittsburgh's Mt. Washington section impressed teachers with speed that reaches 10000 words per minute. He clocked 1500 word article in 15 seconds and accurately summarized Alexander the Great's military strategy. He breezes through about 50 newspaper columns per minute at top speed.
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Pletsburgh
Pittsburgh
Bill Carmack
Mt. Washington
South Hills High School
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Roy T. Mattern
Bill
Mexander the Great
Alexander
Elsie M Murphy
George Orwell
Cindy forms in Gulf nears hurricane strength
Tropical storm Cindy was born in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and could reach hurricane force before landfall on the Texas or Western Louisiana coast. The Weather Bureau issued gale warnings from Freeport Texas to Grand Isle Louisiana and a hurricane watch for that stretch of coast. An explosion near Chicago damaged the Sahara North Motel, owned by Gene Autry, with no injuries reported.
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New Orleans
Cindy
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Texas
Louisiana
Chicago
Gene Autry
Paul Ellis
Sahara North
Kennedy to address nation on tax bill Wednesday night
President Kennedy will speak to the nation over television and radio on his tax bill Wednesday night the White House announced today. On the trail in South Dakota 2000 steers begin the second day of a 125 mile drive to Fort Pierre as dawn breaks over the plains.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
South Dakota
Fort Pierre
Attorney General Kennedy Cancels Philadelphia Talks
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy cancels two Philadelphia speaking engagements to stay in his office amid rising racial tensions in Birmingham Alabama.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Philadelphia
Birmingham
Ala
Queen Elizabeth to Expect Fourth Child Early Next Year
Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth is pregnant and due early next year, marking her fourth child. The statement confirms the royal pregnancy amid UK headlines.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Soviet grain pact tops Canadian deals in history
The Soviet Union signed the largest wheat purchase pact in Canadian history, ordering about 500 million dollars of wheat and flour for delivery over the next 100 months.
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Ottawa
Soviet Union
McGovern seeks tax relief for Fischer quintuplets
Sen. George McGovern urged Congress to grant special tax exemptions and benefits for the Fischer quintuplets of South Dakota and their parents. The proposal aims to ease financial burdens from a high profile multiple birth case in the state.
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Washington
George McGovern
D. 5.D
Congress
South Dakota
Denning Report to Shape Macmillan Scandal Course
Lord Denning finished a 50 000 word inquiry for Prime Minister Macmillan detailing security breaches tied to the Profumo affair. The document cites 160 witnesses from ministers to call girls and highlights the relationships of John Profumo, Christine Keeler, and Yevgeny Ivanov.
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London
Macmillan
Lord Denning
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Yevgeny Ivanov
Denning
Twelve Duvalier Opponents Leave Haiti Under Protection
In Washington AP reports Colombian Ambassador Alberto Zuleta Angel said twelve political foes of Haiti dictator Francois Duvalier have departed Haiti under diplomatic protection. Zuleta leads an OAS committee examining tensions between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Washington
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Alberto Zuleta Angel
Zuleta
Organization of American States
Dominican Republi
Police Jury Race Draws 54 Candidates in Ouachita
Ouachita Parish races see 54 candidates for Police Jury with key incumbents unopposed at noon. Sheriff Bailey Grant and others were listed as unopposed. Ward 5 rises to 17 contenders as J. H. Brown and G. Hilton Owens enter. Republican filings due Thursday total nine for committee posts.
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Ouachita
Bailey Grant
Bert Coverdale
B. S. McRaney
John Burton
Rankin W. Earle
Henry FE. Wells
Lawson Smith
L. B. Thompson
O. W. Roberts
Smith
J. H. Brown
Ward
G. Hilton Owens
Jesse W. Wilson
Constable
Edward Higgs
Jimmy R. Towery
Justice of the Peace
George E. Meredith
Ouachita Parish
Republican Executive Committee
Republican Committee
Hillman W. Madison
Sanford G. Stephens
Sophia L. Blanks
Leolene L. Fox
Vera A. Whitfield
John A. Salisbury
Russell A. Brown
Kenneth W Lee
George Snellings Jr
State Central Committee
Marie Louise Snellings
William G. Smith
Weather Forecast For Ark La Miss Region
Cloudy skies and a good chance of rain are forecast for the Ark La Miss area as a low pressure system develops in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. The New Orleans Weather Bureau warns small craft off the upper Texas and Louisiana coasts should stay ashore. Monroes high today should reach mid to upper 80s with a low near 70. Sunday’s high was 85 with a 69 low.
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Ark-La-Miss
New Orleans
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf
Monroe
Malaysia Birth Faces Hostile Neighbors And Violent Protests
Malaysia declares independence with Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman urging readiness to defend the federation as Indonesian and Philippine governments refuse recognition. In Jakarta crowds clash, tearing down a British flag and setting an envoy’s car ablaze. Singapore joins Malaysia with Lee Kuan Yew emphasizing equality among states.
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Indonesia
Malaysia
Manila
Philippine
North Borneo
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Yangdi Petnam Agong
Malaya
Jakarta
Singapore
Sarawak
Ghazalie Shafie
Philippines
Shafie
Federation of Malaysia
Rahman
Southeast Asia
Nies
Lee Kuan Yew
Federation
Kuala Lumpur
Freedom Stadium
Kennedy voices grief over Birmingham church bombing
President Kennedy expressed outrage and grief over the Birmingham bombing that killed four Black children. He urged the nation to reject racial injustice and violence and unite for peaceful progress before more lives are lost.
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Washington
Kennedy
Birmingham
Ala
United States
North
South
IMF Holds Largest Quick Credit Reserve Worldwide
The International Monetary Fund has more than 15 billion in gold and national currencies, making it the world’s largest source of readily available international credit per the World Almanac.
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International Monetary Fund
Identity Revealed Korean Defector Safe At Last
A former North Korean pilot defected to the West ten years ago, received a $100000 reward, and now lives in San Diego. Kenneth Rowe, born Ko now 31, says he feels safe in America and has settled with his mother Virginia Rowe in naturalization proceedings. He works as a thermodynamics engineer at General Dynamics Astronautics and has three children from a previous marriage.
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San Diego
Calif
API
Komsok Ko
Kenneth Rowe
America
Rowe
Washington
Montana
Delaware
California
San Diego Superior Court
Virginia Rowe
United States
Seattle
General Dynamics Astronautics
Boycott Pressure Grows on Alabama Integrated Schools
In Birmingham four schools faced reduced attendance amid a segregationist boycott as Tuskegee, Mobile and Huntsville also reported mixed enrollment. West End High saw 466 of 1 442, Ram say 76 of 249, with police on hand at times and parents driving students in. Two segregationist groups urged complete boycotts but sought to end demonstrations.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tuskegee
Tuskegee High School
West End High
Graymont Elementary
Ramsay High School
Mobile
Huntsville
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Paulina
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Roy F. Tyler
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Ile
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John C. Russell
Monterey
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