Capital Puts Shepard First American Space Traveler in Welcome
Washington brims with celebration as Cmdr Alan B Shepard Jr the first American in space returns aboard Freedom 7. A 10 99 a m Monday arrival at Andrews Air Force Base starts a national homage capped by a White House ceremony on the South Lawn and a broadcast news conference.
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Ottawa University fund drive covers workers at hotel
The Ottawa University annual fund drive will launch Monday at 6 30 PM with a dinner for workers at the North American Hotel. Ed Haley chairing the drive says several thousand dollars have already been raised by mail and about 30 workers are enlisted to help reach a $10 000 goal.
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Rebel French General Turns Himself In
ALGIERS AP A rebel French general hiding since the failed Algeria insurrection surrendered today turning himself in to the Algiers police. Gen Andre Zeller 63 said he was ready to give up after living with relatives since April 25 when Salan Jouhaud and Challe revolts collapsed. Zeller ranks behind them in the command chain and faces trial and possible execution.
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Weather forecast for county shows warm afternoon and clear night
Fair and warmer this afternoon with a clear, cool tonight. Sunday generally fair with highs near 70 and a low around the mid 40s.
Ottawa Community Theater Players melodrama runs pure corn
The Ottawa audience loved the pure corn melodrama as stars such as Sylvia Fogle Mildred Jamison Prudence Hopewell and John Sheldon dazzled in a tale of romance and railroad stocks at stake. Gordon Nordquist Jim Summers Dale Moser and Jack Rutter gave standout support in a sell out production praised for music makeup and dancing.
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Khrushchev Urges U.S. to Engage Cuba
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged the United States to open negotiations with Cuba to resolve differences on a live-and-let-live basis. He spoke in Erevan at a Armenian Parliament event marking Soviet rule’s 40th anniversary, condemning U.S. intervention in Cuba and urging mutual advantage through normalization. He also cited Laos measures aimed at countering U.S. actions and maintaining neutrality under the 1964 Geneva agreement.
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Kennedy Urges U S Push On Space Efforts
President Kennedy praised Alan B. Shepard’s flight while stressing the nation still has a long way to go in space. He called for more congressional funding, citing a House committee proposal of 126.66 million dollars above the administration request, and urged peaceful collaborative sharing of space findings with the world. He also pressed the Soviet Union to provide information from Yuri Gagarin’s orbit.
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Secretary Rusk To NATO Meeting
Secretary of State Dean Rusk flew to Europe to urge Allied foreign ministers to unite and strengthen military forces due to aggressive Communist bloc operations in Laos and Cuba. He departed at 8 05 a m for the NATO foreign ministers council meeting in Oslo Norway starting Monday.
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Kennedy Eyes Inter-American Meeting To Block Communism
President Kennedy signals shift from invasion training to joint action with American republics. He seeks an inter American Economic and Social Council meeting, likely July 15 in Montevideo, to advance alliance for progress programs. James Loeb, new U S ambassador to Peru, confirms Kennedy’s interest.
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Canadian Jockey Killed In Mishap
Canadian jockey Charlie Boland 21 from Chelsea Quebec died after a fall from Wyvern at Fort Erie. He suffered a fractured skull and died in hospital Friday, marking another North American rider fatality in the past month and the 60th jockey killed on tracks in 20 years.
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River Crest High At Ottawa And Osawatomie
The Marais des Cygnes river is forecast to crest at Ottawa around 26.5 feet near noon, with Osawatomie reaching 36% to 37 feet the highest since 1951. Rain totals surpassed three inches statewide, with Garnett at 6.24 inches. roads and rail lines are disrupted by high water and some routes closed or rerouted.
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Oklahoma Town Cut In Half By Twister
A massive tornado ripped through Howe Oklahoma and Reichert killing nine in Howe and four in Reichert. Survivors sought shelter in a ditch and a hospital as the First Baptist Church was left a rubble pile.
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Six Persons Lost In Mohican River Flood Evacuation
Six people are presumed drowned after a 16-foot outboard boat sank while evacuating residents from a flooded Mohican River area near the Ashland Wayne County line. The boat carried nine people as water backed up behind flood control locks closed after heavy rains. The incident occurred after dawn when the motor stalled near higher ground as it approached a road.
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Injured Ottawa student improving after lab accident
Sally Criser, 20, a University of Ottawa junior, was injured Thursday when a glass flask shattered during a lab experiment. She underwent surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City and was reported improving and resting comfortably, with full extent expected to become clear in several days.
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