Lightning and Rain Strike Ottawa Area Storm Damages Several Utilities
A gusty storm hit the Ottawa area with 1.03 inches of rain at the station and over two inches at the town edge. Winds around 40 mph damaged trees and a barn burned from lightning, with $5,500 loss. Lightning interrupted telephone and electric service, knocking out about 25 toll circuits and 40 local phones. Repairs by linemen extended into the night.
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Ottawa
Municipal
Norman Scott
N. Cedar
White Motor Co
Hickory
Orchard’ Heights
County Forecast Quiet and cool spells ahead
Clear in parts with a cooler turn tonight and Thursday. Low near 60 tonight and a Thursday high around 80 to 85. Yesterday's high 88, low 65. Record highs 102 in 1936 and 1956, record low 40 in 1940. Hourly temps ending 8 am show scattered readings with midday highs near 83 and 87 and nightly lows around 66 to 67.
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Leneaps
Oers
Piston action saves boy in France pipe incident
In Nancy France a 3 year old boy fell into a 50 foot pipe and was saved by compressed air. He broke an ankle but escaped more serious injuries after stepping into a pipe 11 inches wide housing an elevator counterweight. Firefighters freed him after two hours.
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Nancy
France
Jean Knochel
Reds Strike Coastal Viet Nam Towns in Wide Offensive
Massive Viet Cong coordinated attacks hit government towns across southern Viet Nam. Dam Doi, Cai Nuoc, and surrounding posts saw heavy combat with many enemy casualties. district HQ turned into morgue as U S aid missions rushed emergency kits. US air strikes and a marine battalion fought fleeing guerrillas with over 100 enemy killed and 60 bodies counted.
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Cai Noc
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Dam Doi
U.S
Cai Nuoc
Cau Mau
Soviets Ignore Chinese Attacks
Moscow resists bait from Red China amid a two day Siberian border protest. Izvestia reports Chinese passengers jeered Russians at Naushki, roughing staff and urinating in the station, raising Moscow's fury while Kremlin aides prepare a reply to Beijing's charges.
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Moscow
Red
China
Kremlin
Peking
Khrushchev
Siberia
Izvestia
Naushki
Bell Stops Draft For Married Men Amid JFK Order
Hundreds of married men, nearly to induction, avoid the draft as President Kennedy issues a temporary halt. Some return home, others press on, including three of eight Atlanta inductees who choose army service anyway. In Seattle a groom runs home after learning the order, while others face delays and dilemmas as the order prioritizes single men in the 1925 age group.
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Charles Ray Morgan
Jackson
Miss
Kennedy
Atlanta
Thomas Byers
Rome
Earl G. Wheeler
Trenton
Jerry E. Doughman
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Moss Point
Morgan
Pvt
Tony's Toot The Gospel According to Harry Controversy
A provocative column argues for wider acceptance of Harrys Gospel among racists, stirring debate over religion and bigotry, with readers split on whether faith can bridge or justify prejudice. Community reactions vary from cautious support to firm condemnation.
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Gospel
Harry
Public School Integration Turmoil Bases In Alabama
In Birmingham hundreds of white students attended integrated schools with minimal disorder while Mobile Tuskegee and Huntsville also desegregated. National Guardsmen stood by in Birmingham. West End High saw disturbances Tuesday with nine arrests. Ramsay High and Graymont Elementary remained peaceful. Ramsay enrollment reached 857 with 575 at West End and 116 at Graymont. expected attendance was higher. West End was the sole trouble spot in the Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee integration efforts.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mobile
Tuskegee
Huntsville
Ramsay High
Graymont Elementary
Ramsay
Charles Willcox
National States Rights Party
West End
Graymont
Board of Education
Kennedy pleased as federal role in Alabama school case grows quiet
Washington reports the Kennedy administration avoided using federal troops to enforce court orders in Birmingham Tuskegee and Mobile. National Guardsmen were federalized then withdrawn through paperwork while local police kept order, a plan praised by officials though Wallace may pursue further moves. The clash over integration continues to loom decisions seen as favorable to federal strategy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Birmingham
Tuskegee
Mobile
Truman Opposes Racial Intermarriage in Bible View
Former President Truman told reporters on an early morning walk that racial intermarriage is against Bible teachings and hopes it will not become widespread in the United States. He praised Kennedy for federalizing the Alabama National Guard to aid school integration, saying the situation worked out and was handled in first class shape.
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New York
Truman
United States
Kennedy
Alabama National Guard
Tension High At High Point
At High Point North Carolina hundreds of Negroes and whites confronted each other during two marches as the anti segregation drive intensified. Police reported a Negro officer slightly wounded by a rock and multiple rock throwing incidents on the outskirts. Authorities restrained about 2,000 whites from attacking nearly 700 Negroes during the first march, then separated a smaller second group at a main street intersection before a brief prayer and song service.
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High Point
N.C
Senator Fears Test Ban Will Block Inspection
The article reports Senator Richard B. Russell opposing ratification of the nuclear test ban, fearing the treaty may bar on site inspection and hinder verification. President Kennedy backs detection systems. Other leaders like Dirksen Goldwater and Church react, noting security implications and reservations amid debates on Cuba and arms control. Secretary Rusk warns rejection could bolster Red China’s stance.
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Washingon
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Russell
United States
Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Britain
Soviet Union
Miami Beach
Dean Rusk
American Legion
Red China
Riots Target Christian Sites in Jerusalem Haifa Jaffa
Prime Minister Eshkol vows prosecutions after Orthodox youths clash in Jerusalem Haifa and Jaffa. Demonstrators opposed Christian missionary work, breaking into schools, assaulting a police officer and a teacher, and holding placards against missions. Archbishop Hakim and other officials condemned the actions.
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Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Israel
Eshkol
Haifa
Jaffa
Hever Hapeilim
Circle of
St. Joseph
Zerah Wharhaftig
Committee Urges Out In Spending
Washington AP reports Congress will urge the President to pledge limited government spending if the $11 billion tax cut bill passes in its present form. The House Ways and Means Committee added language demanding any new revenue first reduce deficits and the public debt. Republicans aimed to tie tax cuts to spending limits, counting on conservative Democrats to back curbs. The effort follows moves against Kennedy administration plans and fiscal restraint discussions amid ongoing budget debate.
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Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Crete
Auns
Kennedy
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