AEC Builds Nevada Test Tunnels Amid Nuclear Debates
In Yucca Flats Nevada the Atomic Energy Commission accelerates a vast underground tunnel complex at its test site despite a 32 month nuclear test ban. Some experts warn the tunnels could host an ultimate neutron bomb test, sparking fear of a weapon that harms people but spares property.
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Larry Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
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Girl Admits Binding Boy Found Dead
BUFFALOS NY JAP-Chyrc dolls a schoolgirl with mental disturbances sobbingly confessed she bound and gagged Andy Ashley and left him at the park lake edge where he was found dead on June 2 police report. She denied drowning the blond neighbor boy. Police say Chyrel told a psychiatrist she also kidnapped Richard Edgington 3 who was found bound and cuffed but unharmed the day before the Ashley slaying. She has been undergoing mental tests at a hospital since Tuesday. Authorities obtained a warrant charging her with the Edgington kidnapping, pending psychiatric results.
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South Africa Masses Troops In South West Africa
Johannesburg AP report says South Africa has moved troops and air and sea forces into South West Africa to guard against a black revolt or invasion from Portuguese Angola. UN investigators face a ban, with threats of arrest if border crossed. SA deems the issue domestic.
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No Soviet Buildup In Army Evident
Washington reports no major Soviet troop shifts in East Germany beyond normal summer maneuvers since Khrushchev reopened Berlin talks. Estimates place 20 Soviet divisions in East Germany with 13,400 men each, while East German and satellite forces add further divisions, amid potential Western reassurances and possible repositioning of French and British units.
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Mexico Seizes Red Propaganda Shipment at Airport
Federal police in Mexico City report seizure of over seven tons of Communist propaganda arriving from Cuba. Commander Jesus Madrigal Nieto said the seizures began by presidential order and noted much material was entering illegally via diplomatic pouches.
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Precour to Build New Oshkosh College Dorms
Precour Construction Company of Oshkosh wins the general contract for two dormitories at Oshkosh State College priced at 763078 dollars. Bids from Rohde Brothers and Wenzel Brothers plus Uptown Electric total 1077652 dollars. Construction to house 246 students per building, occupancy planned for September 1912, site work to begin soon with renovations and razing on Elmwood Avenue.
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No Rabbit Stalls Hollywood Mascot Mission Disrupted
Mark Wilson a TV magician misplaced a rabbit on a jet en route to Atlantic City New Jersey where he was to serve as the mascot for the International Brotherhood of Magicians convention. Basil the Bunny disappeared as the act broke apart leaving officials puzzled and fans disappointed.
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Basil
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Tensions Boost Kennedy Foreign Aid Plan Prospects
Washington AP report notes Senator Fulbright and Secretary of State Rusk say global tensions in Berlin Laos and Cuba bolster approval odds for Kennedy foreign aid. Rusk says adjustments likely as committee drafts final version and debates Latin American military aid and Treasury borrowing.
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Oshkosh High School build delays spark board action
Oshkosh board of education moved Thursday to press the Hoffman Company on the high schools construction timetable after delays. Aubrey Nichols 37, arrested on forgery and concealed weapon charges, was ordered held in Eau Claire County jail with preliminary hearing set for July 10 before Kenosha County authorities arrive on the forgery charge.
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Appleton
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Removal Of British From Kuwait Asked
UNITED NATIONS AP report says the Soviet Union will press the UN Security Council to demand a deadline for Britain to withdraw troops from Kuwait. The Soviet delegate argues Britain seeks to justify presence in the oil-rich sheikdom, while Kuwait seeks affirmation of independence before any British withdrawal. Kuwait’s ruler seeks protection from Iraq, and Kuwait’s education director Abdel Aziz Hussein says withdrawal should wait until independence is affirmed by the UN.
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Watermelon Festival Postponed in Raleigh Due to Rain
Excessive rains and a cool June delayed the North Carolina watermelon crop and forced the planned festival in Raleigh to be postponed. Officials had prepared for July 19 but could not secure the watermelons in time for the event.
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Tax Bill With 13 Amendments Heads to Passage
The Republican tax revision bill with 13 amendments cleared the Joint Finance Committee on an 18 to 6 vote amid party splits. Amendments broaden exemptions from the 3 percent sales tax while preserving key changes. prescription drugs were added to exempt units, and manufacturing inputs gain tax relief. Savings and loan firms face roughly $1 million in biennial tax, banks about $550,000. CAPE CANAVERAL rocket test marks long Atlas E flight, first long-range success, improved thrust and guidance confirmed.
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Bear Creek
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Hartland
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Robert Collins
Milwaukee
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Athens
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Cape Town
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U.N. Proposes Samoa Freedom
United Nations trusteeship council discussed immediate steps toward independence for Western Samoa, a former New Zealand trust territory. A U.N. plebiscite last May 9 showed 22,800 voting for independence against 5,108.
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Tot Strangled Climbing Fence in Forty-Fort
In Wilkes-Barre area a child attempting to climb a wire fence behind a home in Forty-Fort Thursday was strangled by the fence strands after she slipped and fell, causing a fatal accident. Diane Gilbert reports.
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