One Dead In Oil Barge Blast On Mississippi River
A barge carrying crude oil exploded about 130 feet below Lock and Dam 26 at Muscatine. One man, Clommie Jessie Adams of Montgomery Alabama, was killed. The Double D towboat backed off with three other barges. fire spread but was later contained as smoke and flames diminished.
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Harford
West Transportation Co
Greenville
Miss
American Legion
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Los Angeles Faces New Heat Record Amid StiflingHeat
Los Angeles baked under two days of record heat as a third day loomed with a forecast high near 108. Smog broke through the normally protective haze while downtown traffic and beaches drew crowds. Beachgoers sweltered in 76 degree water as air reached 107 in the city and a Santa Monica sand temperature topped 137. The downtown high 109 marked the second highest in city history, behind 110 on Sept 1 1955.
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Bray Backs Opposition to Peek-a-boo NIH Plan
Representative William G Bray rebuked the National Institutes of Health child research bureau for using peek-a-boo surveillance. He warned the $5.4 billion appropriations bill would fund researchers observing newlyweds through one way mirrors.
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William G. Bray
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Childesearch Bureau
National ‘Institutes of Health
House Thurstisy
Byrd Holds Control of Committee
Senator Harry F. Byrd firmly controls the Senate Finance Committee and can block speedier action on Kennedy's tax cut bill. A committee member said Byrd could count on at least nine votes, likely earning backing from Gore and Talmadge and six Republicans, with most other Democrats expected to support the administration's view.
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Senate Finance Committee
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Albert Gove
D-Tenn
Byrd
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Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate
Macmillan weighs decision on new term as leader
London reports Prime Minister Macmillan retired to his county home to ponder whether to seek another term amid turmoil over the Denning report and the Profumo affair. He said his priority is what is best for the country and the Conservative Party. a decision may come after Parliament debates the Denning findings in November.
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Macmillan
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Quilh Lim
Uhere
Rockefeller
Macmilan
Denning
Delay Decision On Wheat Sales In Washington News
The Kennedy administration sought congressional and public support to clear the way for any Soviet offer to buy U S wheat. Cabinet members Freeman and Horges met with House Agriculture and Foreign Affairs committees but results were inconclusive. No decision expected before next week.
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Thennedy
U. S
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Secretary of Commerce
Luther
Horges
House
Agricultural’ and Foreign Affairs
McNamara Sees Progress in Viet Nam War Effort
Secretary of Defense McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor toured Viet Nam's central highlands as reports suggested Buddhist campaigns affected urban areas more than the countryside. Sylvester, reporting from Saigon, described a favorable U S military posture and noted improving operations with continued cooperation from villagers and fewer Viet Cong attacks as South Viet Nam voters went to a 124 member National Assembly election viewed as largely symbolic under Diem rule.
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Western Diplomats Meet Review Cold War Issues
Western diplomats from the United States Britain and West Germany met to review Cold War issues ahead of a meeting of the three big nuclear powers. Rusk and Home were said to favor limited progress on some points while a broader pact remained contentious. The parties noted East West tensions, Berlin disputes, Sino Soviet splits, and a U S Polaris missile fleet proposal for NATO finance and operation.
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Kennedy Warns Against Right Wing Policies In Talk
In Salt Lake City President Kennedy assailed radical right ideas echoed by conservatives including Goldwater, warning they would lead to retreat and weaken U S strength. He did not name his GOP opponent but labeled several policies as unacceptable proposals from ultraconservatives.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Runaway Pair Plan Quiet Wedding in Des Moines
Philadelphia teens Mary Lee Davis, 11, and John Paul Jones Jr., 18, plotted a simple quiet wedding while missing from wealthy homes for a month. The time and place were not disclosed. Mary Lee is described as Princess Grace of Monaco’s niece, and the couple had recently moved into a modest apartment where authorities found them.
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Mary Lee Davis
John Paul Jones Jr
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Monaco
Four NYC Men Indicted in Cuban Student Trip Probe
Four New York City men were indicted on charges of conspiring to illegally organize and promote a trip by 39 American students to Cuba last summer. Lee Levi 24 Phillip Abbott Luce 26 Stefan Martinez 24 Anatol Schlysser 26 face charges for illegally traveling to Cuba and back and for conspiring to recruit and arrange the trip. The grand jury investigation into the Cuba student trip continues.
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Justice Department
Lee Levi
Phillip Abbott Luce
Stefan Martinez
Anatol Schlysser
Valachi Describes Cosa Nostra Bosses and Death Threats
Convicted killer Valachi testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee about the power of the underworld. He named Genovese as the “boss of bosses,” described a secret commission, and said he faced a price on his head. Valachi detailed early life, prison ties, and decades in the narcotics rackets.
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Hair Dye Disguise Aims to Foil Assassins Says Valachi
Joseph Valachi testified on Capitol Hill that his reddish brown hair is dyed to disguise his age and hide from undercover killers he believes will target him. The 60 year old former mobster arrived to testify against former bosses as part of a national crime syndicate case.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
Capitol Hill
Valachi Testimony Describes La Cosa Nostra Structure
In testimony before senators, Joe Valachi described La Cosa Nostra as a secret criminal group with a ruling power and a New York City branch led by Genovese. He outlined a hierarchy of bosses, underbosses, and soldiers, noting estimates of Geno Vese’s underworld army ranging from about 300 to 450.
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LaCosa Nostra
Costa Rica Calls Ministers to Discuss Dominican Coup
Costa Rica urged foreign ministers of the Americas to review the Dominican Republic seizure of power and consider joint actions to prevent more coups. United States and Venezuela suspended relations. a hemispheric ministerial meeting was proposed to address Dominican affairs and measures against military takeovers. A provisional government held exiled President Bosch and prepared his fate.
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$20,191 Is Asked for in Damage Suit
Evelyn Liedtke seeks 20,191.30 for medical expenses and 20,000 for pain in Muscatine district court. She claims her husband, Oscar Liedtke, was eastbound on Highway 61 turning into Durant road when Latimer’s truck hit them, injuring her on Dec 4, 1962. A jury trial is requested.
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Virgil Latimer
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