River Traffic Resumed After Barge Blast At Lock No 16
Public hearing slated by the U S Coast Guard into the explosion of an air barge below Lock No 16 on the Mississippi River above Muscatine. Death of Clem mie J Adams, 41, of Delhi La, will be reviewed. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr John Parker leads inquiry with Capt. Bil Pickett of the Double D and Muscatine lock attendants among witnesses. Accident investigated for potential causes including cigarette, spark, or wiring fault. Traffic resumed 1:49 p m Saturday after fires extinguished and damaged barge moved. towboats, including Bull Durham, resumed passage with empty barges following, oil barge still burning.
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Mississippi River
Muscaline
Clemmie J. Adams
Delhi
Dubunne
John Parker
Eherve
U.S. Coast Guard
Dubune Post Office
Dubuque
Pine Blut
Minn
Petro
Bil Pickett
Muscatine
Richard Hennessy
Rock Island
US. Corps of Engineers
Adams
Mississippi
Lock No. 16
Corps of Engineers
Ohio River
Cal Hennessy
Iowa
McKee
Viet Nam News Access Criticized by House Subcommittee
A House information subcommittee charged the State Department with hiding facts from the American public by restricting reporters in South Viet Nam. The panel urged full disclosure and criticized a 1962 cable guiding news coverage, including guidance on reporting Diem era events and military transports to Vietnam.
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Washington
State Department
South Viet Nam
House
John E. Moss
Calif
Subcommittee
Viet Nam
Esch Tae
U. S
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kennedy to decide on wheat sale to Soviet Union
Washington discusses a possible policy shift to permit selling wheat to the Soviet Union with a veto on resale to Cuba. Ottawa talks floated a deal involving millions of tons, as officials weigh Congressional opinion and a White House decision expected soon with Secretary Rusk signaling a resolution in days. Canada recently exported sizable wheat amounts to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Ottawa
Congress
Dean Rusk
Cleveland
Ohio
Soviet’ Union
Cuba
Canada
Soviet Union
Illinois Toll Rates Increase At Midnight
Illinois Tollway officials announced new toll rates to take effect at midnight. Passenger vehicles will pay 25 cents at toll plazas, up from 30 cents, while small trucks rise similarly. Large trucks rise about five cents, and the Elgin to South Beloit corridor toll climbs from 1.05 to 1.90 for a Senville trip, affecting travelers from Indiana to Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Tmungis
Jase Truth
Minois
Milwaukee
Indiana
Wisconsi
Illinois
Arrest 10 After Venezuela Clash
Caracas authorities arrested five men and five women after a group of terrorists posing as tourists engaged national guardsmen in a gun battle on an excursion drain 20 miles from Caracas. Four guardsmen and several passengers were injured, including children. The clash ended with multiple fatalities among guardsmen.
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Caracas
Veneela
Ihr
Cayacas
Rusk and Home Confer on United Nations Matters
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Home met to discuss U.N. issues. Aides focused on colonialism amid General Assembly talks, while East-West arms or allied nuclear force were deferred for later talks. Tonight they will dine with Andrei Gromyko.
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United Nations
N.Y
Rusk
Britain
Lord Home
U. N
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
W. Thant
U.S
U. S
Algerian Troops Move To Stem Revolt By Berbers
Algerian forces loyal to President Ahmed Ben Bella moved into Tizi Ouzou in Kabylie to quell Berber unit revolts. Col El Hadj commanded thousands of troops, streets filled with armored carriers and machine guns, while government officials called the action a putsch and warned of a serious crisis. Berber protests and a socialist group claimed war on Ben Bella as Moscow talks loomed.
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Tiai Ouzou
Algeria
Ahmed Ben’ Belle
Kabylie
Tizi Ouzou
Tovstem
Mofiand
el Hadj
Py Ben
Bella
Tiai-Ouzou
Tiei Quaot
Tix’ Ouzou
Algiers
E Hadj
Corficurs
Dienne
Soviet Union
Kabylia
Ben Bella
Tie Trent
Socialist Forces
FFS
TLE
May Call Halt To Night Games At Des Moines
Des Moines educators consider ending night football after a tear gas bomb was thrown into a Roosevelt versus Tech crowd at Drake University stadium Friday. Principal Dr. A Rathick urged banning night games. Supt John Harris planned to discuss the incident at Tuesday’s board meeting. Police arrested 15 year old John Franklin Jackson for the blast, saying he tossed the device from Kirkwood Elementary School playground. He faces delinquency charges and is held in the Polk County juvenile home.
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Des Moines
A. Rathick
Des Moines Roosevelt High School
John Harris
Board of Education
Drake University
Des Moines Roosevelt
Des Moines Tech
John Franklin Jackson
Willard Jackson
Wie Kirkwood
Young Jackson
Polk County
Toll Taker Robbed by 2 Masked Men
Two masked men crossed the Brownville bridge over the Missouri River and robbed toll collector Fritz Harms of Rockport, Missouri, of about 100 dollars and his car a 1953 white Chevrolet. They fled to Nebraska. sheriff Joe Gaines and Trooper Ly Thompson pursued leads but found no trace.
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Brownville
Neb
Missour River
Joe’ Gaines
Atchison County
Thompson
Fritz Harms
Rockport
Nebraska
Siines
Auburn Paling
Seven Die as Auto Dives Into Canal
Seven youths drowned when an automobile failed to navigate a sharp curve, slammed through a steel fence, and plunged into the Black Rock Canal. Rescue crews found six bodies inside the car and a seventh the next morning after raising the wreck from the water.
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Buffalo, S. Us
Div
Black Rock Canal
Fireman Killed In Rail Mishap In Suburban Minnesota
A fireman was killed and four train crew members injured when a Minnesota Transfer Railway Co intercity freight train struck several large boulders on a track at an intersection in suburban New Brighton near St. Paul Minnesota. The derailment occurred Sunday night, disrupting rail service in the Twin Cities area.
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St. Paul
Minn
Twin Ses
Minnesota
Transfer Railway Co
Supurban
New Brighton
Intensified Probe Into Birmingham Bombings
Birmingham authorities widen a state led inquiry into a string of bombings. Two white men Chambliss and Cagle were jailed for questioning while other suspects faced surveillance. Officers tied the case to the Sixteenth Street Church blast era though no link was confirmed.
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al Lingo
Alabama
Birmingham
AP Photafax
Ala
Col
State Highway Patrol
Sothers
Chambliss
Cagle
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Lingo
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Ivy
Im & Highway Patrol
Montgomery
George J. Wallace
Metro
A. G. Gaston
Arthur, D. Shores
Martin Luther
Ring
Ting
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Vatican Council Resumes With Focus on Church Structure
The Ecumenical Council resumes as cardinals and bishops discuss a redefined church structure. Aimed at reform and unity, the sessions seek speed and efficiency, with a young American bishop noting renewed clarity of purpose for Church reform and world engagement.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica
Stron “Bly
Vatican
Paul Tion
Ex-President Bosch Flees Dominican Republic By Navy Frigate
Santo Domingo ex-president Juan Bosch sailed into exile aboard the Dominican navy frigate Mella after a coup that toppled him. He said the coup was organized before his inauguration and eyed Guadeloupe or Puerto Rico as likely destinations with Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera and his wife aboard for protection.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Bosch
Guadeloupe
Mella
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Rosch
Rafaell
Trujillo
Miami
Francisco Aguirre
Mexico
Imbert. Barrera
Sife
Navy
Imbert Barrera
Luis Amiama Tio
Cour
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Mazin
McNamara Delays Trip Home From Saigon Visit
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara postponed his departure from Saigon delaying his return to Washington to Tuesday to finish work on the White House top secret report. He canceled a 34 hour field trip to central Viet Nam and will report progress of the war and its political impact to President Kennedy.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Roberto McNamara
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. Joint Chief
Kennedy
Ngo: Dinh
Diem
McNamara
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Fla
Jannetes
Sunist Beach
Treasure
Sland
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Charles Cagle
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