Nuclear submarine Shark performs manuvering feats for reporters
Lt Commander Zeh Alford piloted the $90 million diesel submarine Shark on a tour for visiting Midwest newsmen. The crew demonstrated depth shifts to 400 feet and banked turns as the sub rolled like a plane while reporters observed from the torpedo room and noted the absence of live torpedoes on display.
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Midwest
Mississippi
Seek to Halt Car Stealing at Fair
Police set up roadblocks around Poznan International Trade Fair to deter thefts after fifteen cars vanished since the fair’s opening ten days ago. The report blends crime with unrelated war-era musings and a submarine feature, concluding with an atomic submarine note and a page continuation reference.
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Poznan
Pound
Europe
Convicted Slayer Charles Kelley Sane, Reports Say
Des Moines report states no medical board finding proves Charles Kelley sane. Governor Erho noted Kelley, 21, of Minneapolis, awaits possible rehearing by the Town Supreme Court after a July 28 hanging sentence for the 1961 fatal shooting of IRS employee Alvin Kohrsen in Council Bluffs. Brown, 29, of Bedford, Ind., is set to hang July 24.
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Noveman Erho
Charles 2. Kelley
Kelry
Town Supreme Court
High Court
Kelley
Minneapolis
Charles Nael Brown
Beford
Ind
Alvin Kohrsen
Internal Revenue Service
Walnut
Council Bluffs
Brown
Frenchman jailed for carrying $247400 as he tried to flee
Antoine B. Rinigue, a French national described as an international art dealer, was sentenced to six months in jail for refusing to reveal the source of $247,400 he attempted to smuggle into the United States. A Federal Narcotics Bureau agent, noting Rinigue’s notoriety, said he had been under surveillance since arriving in the county.
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New
Malfunction in System Scraps Nuclear Test Shot at Johnston Island
Joint Task Force 8 said the shot was scrapped due to a malfunction in the system. The nuclear device blew apart and dropped into the ocean with no detonation and no radioactivity danger reported for Johnston Island or Sand Island. The Atomic Energy Commission confirmed missile failure due to a malfunction, noting no injuries or hazardous activity. The test would have been the Pacific series’ largest, visible from Hawaii, about 730 miles away.
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Joint Task Force 8
Tsk Force
Johnston Island
Sand Island
Washington
Atomie Enemypyy Commission
JTES
Johnston
Hawaii
Kennedy poised to head off airline strike threat
President Kennedy was expected to act today to avert a walkout threat at American Airlines amid a broader labor dispute. He planned to invoke the Railway Labor Act to delay action for 60 days while talks continued with the Transport Workers Union over 10,000 ground personnel, as secretary Goldberg’s terms were reviewed. Meanwhile, in Des Moines Pearl Thomas, 17, drowned in a sandpit near Rynear, and her body was recovered.
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Washington
Kennedy
American’ Airlines
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Flight Engineers International Association
Arthur J. Goldberg
Transport Workers Union
Des Moines
Pearl Thomas
Ryne Wolls
Rusk Opens NATO Talks After Meeting De Gaulle
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk began a round of consultations with NATO military and political leaders after a meeting with French President Charles de Gaulle. He arrived in Paris for a West European tour aimed at uniting NATO, meeting Norstad and Pinette before talks with Stikker and the NATO council.
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U. S
Dean Rusk
North Atlantic ‘Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Rusk
Baris
NATO
de Gayle
Gen. Norstad
Thomas. K. Pinsette
VU. 5
NATO Council
Dirk A. Stikker
Council
Draw Up Plan for Home Rule by Iowa Counties
A county charter plan by the Iowa County Officers Association aims to grant counties more home rule to operate outside the legislature. Clinton County treasurer Paul Z Tastland, executive secretary, says the plan seeks freedom from legislative restraints as county officials discuss the proposal at six district meetings ahead of the 1963 session.
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Des Moines
Iowa County Officers Association
Paul Z. Tastland
Clinton County
County Officers Association
Aene Tha
Eastand
S.officern Association
Board of
Erbe Names Friend as Iowa Development Chair
Gov Norman Erbe announced the appointment of Marvin Schmidt of Des Moines as chairman of the Iowa Development Commission. Schmidt begins a four year term July 1 and will oversee plans to grant local government more autonomy through a proposed county charter system. Eastland said legislation may follow district meetings and county officers may contribute ideas for a new charter, aiming to let boards draft and adopt charters with citizen voting approval.
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Des Moines
Norman Erbe
Marvin 3Ehmidt
Iowa ,Development Commission
Erbe Lota
Commission
Huce
Erbe
Four arrested in counterfeit money order ring sweep
New York Secret Service and police busted a ring linked to counterfeit money orders. Four Canadians and one U.S. man were detained after authorities seized about $11,500 in Canadian Pacific Railway drafts and $18,100 in counterfeit drafts. Three Toronto men were arrested in Detroit and nearly $9,000 in bogus money orders were seized in Buffalo.
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U.S
Secret Service
Toronto
Detroit
Buffalo
N.Y
Barriers Raised Along Red Wall After Border Shootings
West Berlin authorities announced sandbags barriers and shelters are being erected at exposed border points to protect police from East German gunfire. A recent tunnel escape attempt left an East German policeman dead and border guards reportedly trigger happy after over 100 shots were fired Monday night and at least 20 more Tuesday night.
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West Berlin
View
Red Wall
Tiros Step Toward Cooperative Space Plan
Cape Canaveral launches Tiros V, the latest weather satellite, to photograph cloud cover over a larger area including most of the Soviet Union. The mission signals growing US Soviet data sharing and potential space research cooperation, though no joint launch plan exists yet.
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Tires
Atlantic
Caribbean
Cape Canaveral
AP Photofox
Fla
America
United States
Soviet Union
Juded
Geneva
Jook
Rostow faces grilling over foreign policy paper
Washington Pr wall Rostow heads the State Department Policy Planning Council and his foreign policy paper has been sent to the White House for review. Senator Barry Goldwater called it dangerous and historic, urging swift congressional scrutiny by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
Prwall W. Rostow
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rostow
State Departments Policy Planning Council
White House
Barry Goldwater
Aviv
America
Senate
Algerian Ultimatum Raises Western Zone Demand
Algerian unions warned that autonomous zones must be created in Western Algeria for Europeans or settlers may be urged to flee the country. A joint labor communique demanded a signed partition agreement by June, threatening forced departure to avoid genocide. The alert followed a new ultimatum from European channels and nationalist leaders' condemnation.
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Algiers
Algeria
Joint Committee of Labor
Oran
Alexiers
Youssef Ben Khedda
American Pilot Killed In Cologne Jet Collision
An American Air Force instructor Captain Jon G. Speer 29 of Los Angeles dies when four US built F 104 Starfighters collide in a low level box formation near Cologne Germany during a rehearsal for an air show. Three West German pilots also die. The crash cancels the air show.
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Cologne
Germany
Jon G. Speer
Los Angeles
Speer
Lockport band wins title without steppers in Iowa tour
Lockport High School band directed by Ernest Caneva won the national marching band championship in Mason City Iowa, stressing musicianship over showmanship. The event overlapped the North Iowa Band Festival with Willson’s The Music Man premiere, drawing 100000 spectators for a daylong parade and awards. The band earned 10719 dollars in instruments, and a second prize of 1940 for an electronic organ. Nicky Ross of Brith won the North Town Band Festival queen title at Roosevelt Field.
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Iowa
Lockport
Ill
Ernest Caneva
Uband
North Iowa
Warner | Bros
Roosevelt Field
Willson
Norman
Robert Preston
Hollywood
Meredith
Lockport Band
Canava
Super Rr of
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Skirle
Bossier City
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Playview
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Als
North Town
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Brith
Charmer
North Towa
Minnesota
Miss Ross
Elaine Douglas
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