Knight claims secret offer to drop bid from Nixon ally
Former Gov Goodwin Knight alleges a wealthy Los Angeles Republican and close Nixon ally offered him any California job including chief justice if he quit the 1962 gubernatorial race. Knight says he has two witnesses and telephone records to prove the call. Nixon denied similar charges via campaign manager Robert Finch.
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Knight
Los Angeles
Goodwin J. Knight
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
William A. Munnell
Robert Finch
el Dorado Hotel
Sacramento
Bob Finch
State Supreme Court
Tremor Shakes Massena Area Across U S Canada Border
Residents from Prescott Ontario to Lancaster Ontario and Massena New York felt a tremor about 1 30 am with windows rattled and no reported damage. Authorities considered a plane crash or jailbreak alarm but no plane or incident occurred. Seismologists said instruments did not record a tremor and Plattsburgh base confirmed no jets in the area.
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Massena
U. S
U. S. Customs Office
Rooseveltown
Prescott
Ont
Lancaster
Fordham University
New York City
Ottawa
Montreal
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Plattsburgh Court Clerk Charged With Misusing Funds
A 25 year old Plattsburgh City Court clerk Shirley T. Clinton is charged with taking 3556 dollars from fines bail forfeitures and civil fees. She was arraigned on misusing public funds and released on 500 dollar bail pending grand jury action. Clinton resigned after about three years in the post.
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Plattsburgh
Shirley T. Clinton
Justice of the Peace
Clinton
East German Women Aid In Clearing Border
East German women joined thousands of workers clearing sections of the Berlin border under armed guard. They labored along a 25 mile zone near the Teltow Canal opposite the American sector. Escapes continued as hundreds crossed to the West amid tighter security and Western relief efforts.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Information Bureau West
East German
Foreign Ministry
United States
Steinstuecken
West Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
President Kennedy
Tropical storm Sally bypasses Hong Kong
Sally, weakened from its peak strength, moved north of Hong Kong today. The storm caused little damage as it swept past the British colony, with no major losses reported.
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Sally
Hong Kong
LeMay Orders Exercise Plan for 91 Air Force Generals
Gen Curtis LeMay moves to require 91 generals at the Pentagon to exercise regularly. The plan, drafted by Maj Gen Oliver Neiss, calls for medical exams and options including golf or gym workouts with supervision to ensure fitness. LeMay reportedly plans to lead by example and follow the regimen himself.
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Washington
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Pentagon
Oliver K. Neiss
LeMay
Defense Department
U S Maintains Hands Off Stance On Syrian Revolt
Washington says the United States remains noninterfering in the Syrian anti-Nasser revolt, noting the upheaval appears internal and not directed by a foreign power. State Department confirms friendly ties with the Nasir regime and that about 400 to 600 Americans are in the region. No evidence of Moscow directing the revolt is found, though past interventions are considered.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Joseph W. Reap
U. S
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Reap
Syria
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Britain
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
East Germany
Home
Gromyko
Rusk
London
Two Sailors Save Sub From Sinking
Lt Cmdr Harold Skelly credited John Joseph McGee of Chula Vista California and Douglass Webster of Kennewick Washington with saving the submarine Charr after its engine room flooded near San Diego. They sealed the compartment and used air pressure to slow the flooding while under 250 volt risk. The sub was towed to San Diego and the sailors were to be commended.
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San Diego
Calif
Cmdr
Harold Skelly
Charr
John Joseph McGee
Chula Vista
Douglass Webster
Kennewick
Wash
Skelly
McGee
Webster
Casey Stengel to Manage New York Mets in 1962
Casey Stengel agreed to a one year contract to manage the New York Mets starting in 1962. Mets president George Weiss announced the deal by telephone as Stengel, 70, returns to baseball after leaving the Yankees following 10 pennants in 12 years. The Mets expand to 10 clubs next season, with roster moves from other league teams after World Series.
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New York
Casey Stengel
New York Mets
Stengel
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh
George Weiss
Mets
California
Houston
Weiss
Yankees
Titan Missile Scores Seventh Straight Success
CAPE CANAVERAL Fila The Air Force fired its nearly operational Titan intercontinental range missile on a seventh straight successful test flight. One of the 98 foot rockets completed all flight requirements for combat readiness, with final declaration pending squadron completion at Lowry Air Force Base Colorado despite labor troubles. Titans will be stored in underground silos designed to withstand a direct nuclear blast.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Air Force
Defense Department
Lowry Air Force Base
Colo
UN Seeks Interim Secretary General As Hammarskjold Funeral Here
Western diplomats and neutral envoys pursue an interim UN chief after U S and Soviet talks on a four man executive stall. Adlai Stevenson and Valerian Zorin met as U N operations paused for Hammarskjold’s Stockholm funeral and a likely Monday assembly vote on an interim candidate including U Thant and Mongi Slim.
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United Nations
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Valerian A. Zorin
United States
Zorin
Soviet Union
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Stockholm
U Thant
Burma
Assembly
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
Frederick H. Boland
Ireland
Bel Dnubenanion
Ralph Enckell
Finland
Norman Rockwell Plans to Wed New England Teacher
Artist Norman Rockwell reportedly plans to marry a New England schoolteacher. Frank Punderson of Springfield Mass speaks of his sister Miss Mary Leete Punderson of Stockbridge Mass as Rockwell’s fiancé. Rockwell, a widower, lives in Stockbridge.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Norman Rockwell
Frank Punderson
Springfield
Mass
Mary lLeete Punderson
Stockbridge
Rockwell
Syrian Rebels Seize Power Installs New Civilian Government
Syrian army rebels announced a new civilian government after overthrowing Nasser’s Cairo backed regime. Damascus radio proclaimed the end of tyranny and condemned Arab leadership claims as the rebellion moved to form a technocrat cabinet led by Dr Mamoun Kuzbari with Leon Zamaria as a key figure.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Damascus Radio
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Syria
Nasser
Latakia
Cee
Jordan
Amman
Hussein
London
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
Mamoun Kuzbari
Egypt
Syran
Revolutionary Command
Leon Zamaria
Sabri Assali
Kuzbari
Adib Shishekly
Adnan Kuwatly
Shukri Kuwatly
Elec
Deadline Set In Ford UAW Talks
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers aimed for an early three year labor contract settlement despite a strike deadline set by UAW President Walter P. Reuther. He said the union would strike at 10 a.m. next Tuesday to push urgency.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Corp
Ford
Malcolm L. Denise
Douglas Urges Recognition of Outer Mongolia
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas urged quick U S recognition of Outer Mongolia and its entry into the United Nations. He criticized China's veto threat by Nationalist China and contrasted Mongolia's need for Western contact with the absence of recognition.
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Douglas
Outer
Mongolia
Moscow
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
U.S
Outer Mongolia
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
United States
China
Chiang Kai-shek
London
Elizabethtown Man Killed In Essex County Crash
Joseph Massell 46 of Elizabethtown was killed when his car left a county road, struck a rock ledge and overturned near Elizabethtown. State Police said he was alone in the vehicle.
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Elizabethtown
Joseph Massell
Essex County
Massell
Boy Killed by Car Near Potsdam Village
Eight year old Bernard Beaulieu died when struck by an automobile near his home in a St. Lawrence County village. The incident occurred Thursday as the boy was near his residence.
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Potsdam
Bernard Beaulieu
St. Lawrence County
Last of Havana gambling casinos shuts as Castro vows clean-up
Fidel Castro announced a city clean-up at a rally in Havana Square of the Revolution. The last of about five state-run gambling casinos closed quietly as he pledged penalties for vice and urged dealers to leave for Miami. He cited six million pesos moved through casinos last month and outlined broader anti counterrevolutionary and U S policies.
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Havana
Havannas
Fidel Castro
Castro
Miami
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
United States
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
Communist Bloc
Hoover Urges Support for Youth Centers
Former President Herbert Hoover urged greater public backing for Boys' Clubs and children's aid centers. He said such character-building organizations are the sunlight for America's future.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Amer
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