Kennedy memorial mural planned for Birmingham road project
A 60 by 10 foot memorial mosaic of John F Kennedy will be built as part of Birmingham inner ring road scheme. The design by Kenneth Budd and Associates was selected by the Kennedy Memorial Committee of St Catherine's Church. The memorial features a 40 foot mosaic with two inscribed panels of Green Valley quartzite.
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U.S
John F. Kennedy
Birmingham
Enc.p
Kennedy Memorial Committee
St. Catherine's Church
Kenneth Budd and Associates
Green Valley
Mrs Birch Free On Bail After Shooting Incident
Los Angeles widow Otis Birch freed on 30000 bail after three days in County General Hospital on two counts of attempted murder. The 205 pound former nurse fired at police and a tenant’s relative during a Compton rent dispute. Arraignment set for Thursday in Compton Municipal Court. Silent screen star Gertrude McCay dies in Atlanta hospital aged 83.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Albert
Otis Birch
County General Hospital
Foot
Compton
Rex Council
Rod Ferguson
Ferguson
Birch
Miss McRae
Atlanta, Ga
Gertrade Lyon McRae
Sugar Valley
McRae
Gertrude McCay
New York
Nigeria Flight Swells Amid Evacuation Plans From Biafra
About 3,000 white Americans and Europeans prepare to flee the secessionist region of Nigeria converging on Port Harcourt for evacuation aboard the Tsonzo. The exodus includes oil men, planters, missionaries, and Peace Corps workers as Lagos reports mopups of rebel pockets and moves toward Enugu.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPI
Port Harcourt
Republic of Biafra
Tsonzo
Naukka
Ogoja
Enugu
Radio Enugu
Odumegwue Ojukwu
Nuskka
London
Anthony Enahoro
Information and
Baita
Africa
Congo Plot Blamed on Tshombe Amid Kidnapping Clash
Mobutu alleged former Premier Moishe Tshombe orchestrated a Western backed plot to stage mercenary uprisings in Kisangani Bukavu and Kindu at the Congo end of July to regain power. The plan unraveled after Tshombe was abducted in Spain and held in Algiers, with Kinshasa pressing extradition. Mobutu credited the army with suppressing the revolt nine casualties included.
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Kinshasa
the Congo
UPI
Joseph D
Mobutu
Moishe Tshombe
Congo
Algeria
Tshombe
Algiers
Palma
Majorca
Supreme Court
Kisangani
Bukavu
Kindu
Congo Army
Tenneco, Kern Land to Merge
Tenneco Inc and Kern Land Co win final shareholder approval to merge with Kern Land operating as a Tenneco subsidiary. The deal follows a heated takeover bid by Occidental Petroleum and offers one share of convertible preferred stock for each Kern Land common share, with a $9.50 a year dividend and $100 liquidation value.
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San Francisco
Kerr County Land Co
Midas
Homestake
Tenneco Inc
Texas
KCL
Tenneen
KCL Control
Armando Marmer
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Dr. Hammer
Ile
Occidental
Dwight M. Cochran
Haramer
Stanford
Gardiner Symonds
Hammer
KCL Sontrol
Tenneco
KCI
Red Chinese Fortify Hong Kong Bank of China Roof
Hong Kong reports Chinese communists fortifying the Bank of China building with sharpened steel poles and barbed wire on its roof. The 16 story block serves as a command headquarters with radio gear, water, power, and supplies, and is considered an unofficial embassy for Red China. Authorities note helicopters have not landed troops on roofs and have avoided direct assault on the fortresslike site.
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Hong Kong
Bank of China
Communist Command
Government of
Red China
College Aide Dies in Waco After Long Illness
Dr. Roy McKnight financial vice president and comptroller of Waco University died Monday after a long illness. He was 60. The university and colleagues mourn the longtime administrator who guided financial operations and budgeting. A funeral service will be announced by university officials.
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University of “Pennsylvania
U.N
Waco,tex
UPI
Roy McKnight
Waco University
Escape convict McCarthy recaptured after kidnapping
Ada Okla UPI reports Emmet Ray McCarthy a 6 foot 10 inch 245 pound inmate who fled the jail held a man and his wife and daughter as hostages. He later commandeered the hostage’s car while police set road blocks. Troopers stopped them and the hostage was recovered unharmed. Kaiser the former MLB pitcher described McCarthy as tougher than any he faced.
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Ada
Ok Ja
UPI
Don Kaiser
Im Emmet Ray McCarthy
Pou
Kaiser
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Braves
Detroit Tigers
McCarthy
Jack Timmons
Timmons
Bill Price
Don Compton
Timmins
Seven Die in One Car Crash at Lake Michigan Resort
NEW BUFFALO Michigan UP A rear end collision Monday night killed seven people in one car six from prominent Detroit and Chicago area families vacationing at a Lake Michigan resort. Dead were Arthur Buhl Hudson and Sara Hudson of Grosse Pointe Farms their children Sara seven Phair nine and Christian four plus Marcia Sims thirty four of Chicago and her two sons Stephen eight and Laslie three and their governess Ann Clark about twenty. Sole survivor was driver Robert Watkins twenty six of Lakeside. Mrs Sims was wife of Frank Sims president of Harris Trust and Savings of Chicago. The Hudson children were members of a socially prominent Detroit family.
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New Buffalo
Mich
Detroit
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Arthur Buhl Hudson
Grosse Pointe Farms
Sara. Hudson
Phair
Christian
Marcia Sims
Stephen
Laslie
Ann Clark
Hudson
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Rock ‘N’ Roll
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Beverly Hills
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Motiple Pictures
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A Therger
Warner Bros. Pictures Inc
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Seven Arts Productions Ltd
Toronto
Hyman
Seven Arts
Kalmenson
Warner Bros. Pictues
Jerome A. Newman
Warner Brothers
Lurleen
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Tumor Institute
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Houston
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Pentagon
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Kern Land
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