Two Survive Upstate Crash In Wisconsin
A six engine B47 jet bomber crashed in Giles Flowage area in extreme northern Wisconsin. Capt Frank Meade was unhurt and another crew member with a broken leg survived, rescued after ground parties followed radio beacons from rescue planes.
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Hurley
Wis
Northwoods
Air Force
Anyironwood
Frank Meade
Iron County
Angelo Baldovin
K. J. Sawyer Air Force Base
Marquette
Mich
Sawyer
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Kan
Forbes
Baldevin
Tronwood
Midh
Fire damages home forcing Lancaster family from apartment
A blaze in Lancaster caused 15000 in damage to an apartment above the former Schuneman Supermarket. James Schuneman and his wife with their 11 children escaped after smelling smoke and seeing flames in a ventilator shaft. Fire chief John Turner said the fire started in the basement. cause under investigation.
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Lancaster
Schuneman
James Schuneman
Ttheir
John Turner
Castro Bans Elections For Socialist Cuba
Castro proclaims Cuba as a Socialist state vowing no elections and moves to nationalize church schools while expelling foreign clergy. He denounces U S influence, warns against U S aggression, and salutes the Cuban working class amid a May Day rally watched by millions.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Havana
Castro
United States
U.S
Hiroshima
Kennedy
Khrushchev
JFK
Latin America
Kennedy And Security Council Meet On Test Ban Again
President Kennedy conferred with top strategy aides of the National Security Council for a fifth time in 11 days on a nuclear test ban. A crisis in Laos prompted a reinforced meeting, with attendance details withheld and officials silent on any decisions.
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Washington
National Security Council
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Laos
Security Council
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Secretary of Treasury
Douglas Dillon
White House
Witness Says Nazi Atrocity Drove Jews To Give Up Hope
New Jersey witness Dr. Leon Wells testified in the Eichmann trial that Nazi brutality destroyed the will to live for thousands of Jews. He recalled a 1943 mindset where life lost meaning and some prisoners chose death, including a man who surrendered to guards and a woman who spat at a guard before being killed.
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Jerusalem
New Jersey
Adolf Eichmann
Leon Wells
Poland
Fort Lee
N. J
Wells
Tte
Keli
RAF base reports theft of 135500 sandbags
The Royal Air Force reports 135500 sandbags stolen from its base in Newton England. The incident is noted by UPI as a major heist at a military facility with security implications.
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Bircham Newton
England
UPI
Royal Air Force
Alan Shepard To Make Trip
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP weather delayed Americas first manned space shot. Alan B Shepard Jr 37 year old Navy commander sat in a hangar awaiting launch and underwent constant medical observation for 48 hours. John H Glenn Jr remains backup. If Shepard is fit the next launch window remains.
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Cape Canaveral
Alan B. Shepard Jr
U.S
Fla
America
Jhemle Uldb Oke
Glenn
Cape
Shepard
Shepard Chases Everlasting Challenges Before Spaceflight
Cape Canaveral reports Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr selected as first American in space. He seeks challenges in life balancing Navy duties, private flying, and hazardous mission prep, while Louise Shepard notes he creates challenges when none exist.
Spaceman To Receive $70 000 For Space Stories
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP There will be no flight pay from the government for the first U S spaceman but he will receive more than $70 000 as his share of a $500 000 Life magazine payment to seven astronauts for personal accounts Life signed contracts last fall for exclusive rights to publish their stories The astronauts have received only regular officer pay plus flight pay for time in jet aircraft
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Cape Canaveral. Fla
U.S
Hell
Life Magazine
Life
Airliner Hijacked Over Florida Heads to Havana
An armed hijacker on a National Airlines flight over Florida forced the plane to Cuba. The self described pirate cited Rafael Trujillo's $100000 offer to kill Fidel Castro but claimed no intent to carry out the mission. Seven passengers cowered as the aircraft landed near Havana.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Cuba
el Pirata Confresi
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Fidel Castro
Castro
National Airlines
Havana
Laos Front Lines Pause After Talk Between Officers
A government officer and a Pathet Lao major held a trace meeting 45 miles north of Vientiane, halting fighting provisionally by 5 pm. Cabinet optimism arose that contact could lead to a broader cease fire while doubts persisted about accepting rebel terms.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Here
Phou
Mi Nosavan
Tino Sopsaisana
Vang Khu
Prince Boun Oum
Senate House strike wage bill compromise approved
Senate and House conferees approved a compromise wage bill raising the minimum from 1.00 to 1.25 by 1963, adding about 3.62 million workers mainly in large retail stores. The plan preserves the Senate framework and backs Kennedy administration aims, with final action set for Wednesday after Senate clearing vote and anticipated House battle.
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Washington
Senate House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Senate
House
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N. Y
House Labor Committee
Powell
Boy Confesses to Murder Over Urge in Pa Home
In Ephrata Pennsylvania a 13 year old boy confessed to killing Joan Fink 21 a mother of two after waking with an urge. The deputy coroner said she was stabbed 55 times in her bedroom as police identified Leroy Fink her husband employed by Pennsylvania Power and Light Co.
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Ephrata. Pa
Joan Fink
J. G Wagner
Lancaster County
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