Record Death Toll Feared During July Holiday
United Press International reports the National Safety Council fears a record number of deaths during the Independence Day period. Traffic fatalities reached 108 with total holiday deaths around 304 to date, far above usual counts. The council predicted a potential record for all summer holidays and noted the four day span increases risk.
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Britain Deploys Tanks and Troops to Kuwait Amid Iraqi Threat
Kuwait asks UN security council for urgent session as British forces land by sea and air to defend the oil rich sheikdom. Saudi Arabia mobilizes units while Kuwaiti volunteers from Bedouin tribes rush to the border ready to fight.
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Odessa CPA Dies In Town Car Crash At 15th Street
Odessa certified public accountant Calvin Sparkman, 33, died after a two car crash at the 15th Street intersection with East County Road. Jerry Miller, 32, of Midland, survived with facial cuts and possible injuries, while three passengers in the other vehicle escaped harm. Sparkman was a father of three and employed as an accountant for Jake Lawless Drilling Inc. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hubbard Funeral Home.
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Sea ordeal survivor Terry McClelland released in San Diego
Terry McClelland the boy who survived three days on a flimsy raft in the Pacific was released from a naval hospital in San Diego in good condition. He had been rescued Friday by a fishing boat some miles southwest of San Diego after boarding the raft with his step grandfather Russell Bradford and Alvin Hartman.
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Moslems Protest De Gaulle Plan Across Algeria
Protesters in Algeria demonstrations against Charles de Gaulle’s partition plan turn violent as police fire to restore order. Authorities report several killed and about fifty wounded, including officers, amid nationalist leaders urging disruption if peace talks fail. Army troops and police fired over the crowds as unrest spreads.
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Riots in Algiers Amid Moslem Demonstrations
In Algiers mixed Moslem European districts flare into riot with deadly and wounding clashes. Two Moslems killed, three others hurt in smaller police confrontations as unrest spreads to nearby towns. Rebels demand resumption of peace talks and call for a Moslem general strike.
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Chances Seem Slim For School Aid Bill During 1961 Session
Nashville AP report notes slim prospects for a state school aid bill in the 1961 legislative session. An accompanying item details a troubling incident in which a 7-year-old girl secretarial trainee threatened self harm and caused a tense air pursuit before an instructor intervened and talked her down after she fled from Tunepal airport.
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Kennedy's parochial school aid bill faces House vote
UPI reports a battle over federal aid for parochial and non profit schools with Kennedy's plan split among Democrats. The fight centers on 375 million in loans for church and private schools and 1.4 billion for defense education, amid intra party tensions and district concerns. A separate note recounts a woman pilot who survived an attempted self harm after flight lessons, her family unaware of childcare.
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Recent Evidence of Mao Resistance Breaks with Moscow
William L. Ryan analyzes signs that Moscow has subdued Chinese resistance to Soviet-led world communism. He notes Khrushchev’s potential victory ahead of the 22nd Congress, the Moscow meeting of 81 parties, and a shift toward economic and political offensives short of war, amid China’s internal troubles and dependence on Soviet aid.
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