Canaveral Set For Moon Shot
Cape Canaveral wins NASA selection to launch the Nova moon rocket. Brevard County to acquire 80,000 acres for pads and facilities at a cost of 60 million dollars, forcing relocation of about 500 residents and affecting citrus groves and beaches. Governor Bryant calls it Florida’s biggest development, with expected multi‑billion state impact and thousands of new jobs.
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Udy Lhdbah Wimpu Cap
Cape
NASA
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Merritt Island
Charles W. Skelly
Missile Test Center
Brevard County
Rougham Club Holds Weed Prize at Flower Show
In Rougham England an old people’s club offers a prize for the best weed at a local flower show amid complaints from would be entrants that gardens contain only weeds.
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Rougham
England
UPD
Rougham Old People's Club
Move For France To Quit Tunisia United Nations vote expected
The United Nations General Assembly closes Tunisian debate with strong support for a resolution urging France to withdraw troops from Tunisian soil and negotiate a full withdrawal schedule. Expected two thirds support despite U S abstentions. colonial powers likely to vote no or abstain.
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United Nations, N, Y
Va, N
France
Bizerte
Nelson Given Tax Package
Gov. Gaylord Nelson seeks a compromise on a tax revision package with a luxury sales tax while balancing the budget. The Republican plan includes property tax relief and a tax on luxuries with exemptions debated. A source says Nelson may veto or support as he negotiates with party leaders ahead of a public move next week.
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Madison
UPI
Gaylord
Nelson
Democratic Party
United Purpose
Press International
Warren Knowles
Senate
Lawrence Larson
Jewel Thieves Take $100,000 In Jewels At Hotel
Antibes France AP thieves forced a salesgirl at the Hotel du Cap d Antibes to hand over jewelry worth up to 100000. The items belonged to jeweler Jean Martin who runs a shop at the hotel.
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Antibes
France
Wisconsin fugitive hunt tightens around Lake Delton area
Authorities search the rugged Lake Delton region for fugitive William J. Welter and two accomplices in a Lake Delton shooting. Deputy Jantz was killed and Chief Kohl wounded after the trio tried to flee a roadblock. Nutley and Nickel face first degree murder charges.
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Baraboo
Wis
Wisconsin
Lake Delton
William J. Welter
Chicago
Sauk County
Lake Dellon
Welter
James Jantz
Lawrence Nutley
Janiz
Richard Nickel
Janz
Robert Kohl
Dells
Min
Nekel
Weber
Lake Dehon
Natley
Andy
Britain warns USSR over Berlin air corridor interference
London says any Soviet bid to block Western flying rights into West Berlin would be dangerous and Moscow to blame. Foreign Office tells British travelers to East Germany they travel at their own risk as three powers prepare notes denying alleged Allied abuse of air corridors.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Moscow
Foreign Office
East Germany
United States
France
Berlin
Berlin Flights Continue Despite Soviet Threat
Washington rejected Soviet charges that Western powers airlift spies to West Berlin and said civilian and airliner flights would keep operating. The White House statement, approved by President Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk, cited precedent and agreements allowing Berlin air traffic and denounced the Kremlin note as cynical amid East West Berlin tensions.
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Washington
U.S
West Berlin
Unon
Berlin
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Helpful London Prison Programs Aid Former Inmates Marrying
The assistant governor reports many ex-inmates are marrying successfully due to prison courses in home economics cooking and baby care. The annual remarks highlight rehabilitation through skill training and family readiness for reintegration.
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London
UPD
Mexican Diplomat Shot in Havana
Mexican diplomat Jesus Flores Aguirre counsellor at the Mexican Embassy in Havana was shot to death Thursday night in Marianao. Radio Havana quoted witnesses aboard a passing bus saying two men fled from Aguirre’s car after hearing shots. Aguirre had served as a diplomat for 15 years and had been in Cuba eight months.
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Key West
Fla
Jesus
Flores Aguirre
Havana
Marianao
Aguirre
Asurre
Cuba
Tension And Tempers High In Berlin Border War
Communist guards fired warning shots at West Berliners near the French sector barbed wire barrier. A crowd was told to retreat or be shot as NATO and East German forces kept a tense border watch. The U S Army in Berlin added six 103mm howitzers to its arsenal, while East German police killed a refugee and American MPs rescued Soviet soldiers amid ongoing clashes.
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U.S. Army
Berlin
McNair Barracks
John L. Sanders
Amarillo
Tex
West Berlin
East Berlin
Reichstag
Red Army
Brandenburg Gate
West
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
East Germany
Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht
Frederick C. Hartel
U.S
Federal Republic
Germany
Soviet Union
Pravda
East
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Floods Kill Three in Thailand Blast
Three people died and hundreds were left homeless as flash floods surged across Thailand inundating towns and rural areas. Authorities mobilized aid and warned residents to evacuate low lying zones.
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Bankok
Thailand
Piracy Attempt Thwarted by Reds
Berlin police say twelve German youths attempted to seize the East German pleasure ship Bing with 250 aboard to reach a NATO port. The crew overpowered the youths and handed them to authorities.
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Berlin
Mediw
Bing
ADN
Mother in Hospital Father Kills Four Children and Self
A father killed his four children and himself in a crash after deliberately colliding with a stalled stock truck on the shoulder, per county medical examiner Dr. A L Scuovino. Maguire and Danny died. brothers found the older children dead in bed afterward.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
API
Maguire
Judith Maguire
Wilred
Mary Frances
Floyd
Willam
Danny
A. L. Scuovino
Pravda Claims Allies Trapped in West Berlin Mousetrap
Pravda denounces Allied forces in West Berlin as trapped and political not military in significance. It says U S garrison growth signals provocation and shifts blame to Adenauer for risking war in defending West Berlin.
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Pravda
Moscow
Communist Party
West Berlin
United States
Cost of Living At Record High
Washington report shows July consumer price index rising to 123.1 from 127.6, the largest nine month advance. Prices 28.1 percent above the base period with a 0.4 percent month to month increase. Food costs led the rise with notable gains in gasoline sporting goods used cars and women’s clothing.
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Washington
Labor Department
Sears
Hinsker
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Don Holt
Chamber of Commerce
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Lawrence J. Natley
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Reds
West Germany
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