Runaway Police Tear Gas Rocket Hits Ottawa House
Ottawa firemen battled a mysterious airburst at 721 Cleveland Street when a 1.5 millimeter tear gas rocket fired during a Kansas City demonstration drifted 350 yards to hit the Davis home roof. Fire Chief Harry Gilliland and police traced the shot to the field near the house. Paul Gant accepted responsibility and paid for the damage.
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Ottawa House
Harry Gilliland
Occa
Sion Arises
Davis
Ottawa
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Paul Gant
Kansas City
Gant
Davis House
James Fitzgerald
Police Seek Pro Castro Terrorists In Caracas Raid
Venezuelan police surrounded Central University seeking pro Castro students tied to a bold raid on air force headquarters in downtown Caracas. Four attackers killed a guard and wounded a passerby while one reportedly injured. Officers traced the getaway car to campus and seized two students and weapons.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Central University
Air Force
European Unity Expert Robert Schuman Dies
Robert Schuman, 77, father of European unity, dies in Metz after a long illness. He drafted plans for the European Coal and Steel Pool linking France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, paving the way for the Common Market and the European Economic Community.
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Metz
France
Robert Schuman
Schuman
European Coal and Steel Pool
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Common Market
European Economic Community
Europe
Ottawa Pursuit for State Prison Escapees Extends
Ottawa authorities issued a bulletin seeking Veil Dean Bennett 26 and Frank McGee 32, both former inmates from Lansing, in a manhunt after they fled Aug 23 from Osawatomie while seeking food and money. They fled in a 1961 brown and white Plymouth LV-6273, after Bennett visited his mother Dorothy. both men are serving 5 to 10 years for burglary. Bennett is described as 5 feet 11 inches, 175 pounds, brown hair, hazel eyes. McGee is 5 feet 9 inches, 156 pounds, light brown hair, blue eyes. It is unknown if they traveled together.
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State Penitentiary
Lansing
Osawatomie
Veil Dean Bennett
Dorothy
S. H. Crouse
Bennett
Frank McGee
McGee
West Palm Beach
Fla
Ottawa
Wildcat Strike at Gary U S Steel Reaches Settlement Likely
Gary Indiana U S Steel works resume normal operations after a wildcat walkout idling 15000 workers. A hearing is set to decide if grievance committee member Jack McLaughlin should be reinstated or fired following suspension for an alleged attack on a management official at a grievance session.
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Gary, Ind
Gary
U.S. Steel Corp
Jack McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Ottawa School Board Trims Bond Plan For New High School
Ottawa school board moves to a 1.18 million dollar bond issue for a new high school with a 70 000 square foot plan. The district would cut size from 750 to 600 students, drop remodeling, and consider expansion later. Architect notes reduced waste space and adds a central kitchen plan and future expansion options.
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Ottawa
Kansas City
Ollin Wallen
Don Waymire
Anderson
John Shaver
Salina
Shaver
Two Negroes Enroll In Alabama School
Two Negro brothers Dwight and Floyd Armstrong enrolled in Graymont grammar school with white pupils, triggering brief white demonstrations. Police used riot squads. several arrests occurred as about 100 protesters balked at desegregation. State forces did not appear at the three desegregated Birmingham schools. Gov. Wallace remained silent.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dwight
Floyd Armstrong
Graymont Grammar School
George Wall
National States Rights Party
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
West End
Ramsay High
Ramsay
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Board of Education
Wallace
Marriage declared void in Georgia clash over Hunter union
Atlanta AP reports Charlayne Hunter, first African American UGA graduate, and Walter Stovall said to have secretly wed last spring in the North. Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook says the marriage is void under Georgia law and unlawful for whites to marry blacks. Cook notes such out of state ceremonies aimed at residing in Georgia carry the same legal effects. He investigates where the ceremony occurred.
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Atlanta
Charlayne Hunter
University of Georgia
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Miss Hunter
New York
Walter Stovall
Douglas
Cook
North
Bond push by Tauy school board persists
Tauy school board members push for voter approval of a bond issue, maintaining steady effort despite not yet securing consent. The district officials emphasize long term school improvements and community support while awaiting next election opportunity.
Khrushchev Seeks Economic Ties in Yugoslavia
In Belgrade Khrushchev argues for economic cooperation among Communist states and seeks closer ties for Yugoslavia with Comecon and the Eastern bloc. Observers say Moscow aims to regain influence through economic means while Yugoslavia seeks observer posts in Comecon and the European Common Market as trade with both blocs grows.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Moscow
Students of Communist Affairs
Soviet Union
Stalin
Romania
Comecon
Asia
Africa
South Viet Nam Rejects Kennedy Reform Plea
In Saigon the government dismisses President Kennedy's call for reforms to bolster support for Ngo Dinh Diem and the anti Communist war. A government spokesman says Kennedy's criticisms are wrong and based on insufficient information, while U.S. officials fear deteriorating Viet-Nam relations and question policy personnel changes.
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South Viet Nam
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Diem
Vately
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Washington
Nhu
South
Viet Nam
Weather County Forecast Outlook
Cloudy to partly cloudy with a few thundershowers tonight. Thursday will be partly cloudy with a high in the mid 80s and a low tonight in the upper 60s. The forecast calls for continued unsettled conditions into the day Thursday.
President To Name Arbitrators In Rail Work Dispute
President Kennedy is expected to name three neutral arbitrators today or Thursday for a seven member panel handling key issues in the railroad work rules dispute. With new legislation aimed to avert a potential Aug 29 strike, the president has until Saturday to finalize three neutrals. A government source said selections would likely be announced before Friday as Labor Secretary Wirtz meets union and rail officials on procedures and negotiations for locomotive firemen's jobs crew makeup and other issues.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
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