Japanese-born Aurell dies in Tokyo hotel fall
Paul W. Aurell, 66, a Japan-born American insurance executive and Tokyo managing director of Rolibec International Co., plunged from the 10th floor of the Tokyo Prince Hotel. Police called it a suicide, noting a note cited business troubles. He had a five year Rolibec contract ending around his death and had lived in Tokyo since 1945 after time in Hillsborough, California.
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Paul W. Aurell
Tokyo
Tokyo Prince Hotel
Aurell
Rolibec International Co
New York
Rolibec
Hillsborough
Calif
Fourquet Named Head of French Armed Forces
The French government announced Air Force General Michel Fourquet as armed forces chief of staff replacing General Charles Ailleret who died in a plane crash earlier this month. Fourquet, 53, will take command of all armed services and oversee strategy and defense policy.
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Air Force
Michel Fourquet
Armed Forces
Fourquet
Charles Ailleret
Farrow Delayed by Illness in London
Actress Mia Farrow, 22, fell ill with a stomach ailment after a weekend party hosted by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Filming of Secret Ceremony was postponed. Farrow, recovering at her London apartment, expects to resume by Thursday or Friday. Press rep Jack Piter denied reports she was treated at a private psychiatrist clinic.
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Mia Farraw
London
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Farrow
Jack Piter
Meteorologist cites UFO mystery and New Guinea sighting
James E. McDonald, a University of Arizona professor, told a Los Angeles news conference that aliens from other planets are unlikely. He cited a June 26, 1959, New Guinea incident with 38 witnesses and four waving figures atop a glowing saucer. Across Cuba, Fidel Castro bans cock fighting, labeling it an enemy of the revolution, per Radio Havana.
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Matt
James E. McDonald
University of Arizona
Earth
McDonald
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Los Angeles
New Guinea
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Radio Havana
Miami
Spaak brands De Gaulle a pravedigger of Europe
Spaak, former UNGA president and ex-NATO head, told 3,000 at the Ada Stevenson Memorial Lecture at Winnis Wesleyan University Bloomington that Charles de Gaulle is destroying the system that kept Europe peaceful for two decades. He warned the French leader is dangerous and offers no valid replacement.
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Paul Henri Spaak
U.N. General Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
Adlai Stevenson
Winnis Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Belgium
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
de Gaulle
de Gaulie
Spaak
Pravedigger
Atlantic Alliance
European Unity
Atlanta Integrationist Archbishop dies at 56
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta dies at home from acute hepatitis at about 5 a.m. He had suffered hepatitis since December 1963 after contracting it at the Ecumenical Council in Rome. His 1962 desegregation order affected Catholic schools and hospitals across 71 counties with about 7,500 pupils.
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Paul J. Hallinan
Atlanta
Hallinan
Ecumenical Council
Rome
Noel C. Burtenshaw
North Georgia
Silver Seekers in Rush at U S Mint San Francisco
A silver rush formed after the June 24 deadline to exchange silver certificates for silver bullion. At the U S Mint atop Market Street, people trade certificates for bullion at 1.29 per ounce, with open market prices around 2.25 per ounce. The shift follows Congress ending silver backing for paper money, sparking a surge of hoarded certificates. Notables include Philbert Vierra of San Luis Obispo exchanging 600 in certificates and Robert T. Hamilton of Alameda Naval Air Station converting 700 in certificates, tallying about 1200 exchanged since starting a year and a half ago.
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San Francisco
U.S
U.S. Mint
Market Street
San Luis Obispo
Philbert Vierra
Domingo
Naval Aviation
Robert T. Hamilton
Alameda Naval Air Station
GM Canada Strike Ends Near Settlement Reach
A 47 day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors of Canada ends with a tentative settlement announced. About 25,000 GM workers in Ontario and Quebec were affected as the union and company prepare to sign an agreement to end the walkout.
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Toronto
United Auto Workers
General Motors of Canada
UAW
General Motors
Ontario
Quebec
Drive On for Reagan in Oregon
A Oregon citizens group launches a Reagan for President movement to entice Reagan to campaign in the state. Reagan has said he is not a candidate and will not authorize efforts in his behalf in Oregon. A 30 minute film aired on statewide TV to spark interest and support.
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Portland
Ore
UPJ
Oregon
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Bob Hazen
Citizens For Reagan
Hazen
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Regan
Paul Beck
Firemen Fight Blaze Under Threat of Guns
In High Ridge Missouri an angry crowd armed with guns and clubs forced volunteer firefighters to battle a blaze at a home. Assistant Chief Robert Ellison said about 75 people mobbed the scene, grabbed a hose, and threatened more violence if the fire was not put out. Police and patrols were called as the home sustained extensive damage and injuries were reported.
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High Ridge
Robert Ellison
Ellison
Beecause
State Highway Patrol
Jefferson County Sheriff's
St. Louis
Last of Mail Planes Rebuilt to Fly Again
Santa Paula reads like a postcard as the 50-year-old DeHavilland DH4 airframe known as Old No 249 is rebuilt for a final cross country flight from San Francisco to Washington to join the Smithsonian. Once wrecked in the Washatch Mountains in Utah on December 15 1922 its pilot escaped and trekked 36 hours through a blizzard. J W Bill Hackbacht a former mail plane pilot from Rock Springs Wyoming led the recovery 600 pounds of salvage were loaded into a jeep with help from Air Mail Pioneers 570 members keeping Old 248 intact for display.
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Bil) Hackabarth
Rock Springs
Wyo
Santa Paula
San Francisco
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
DeHaviland
Washatch Mountains
Coalville
Utah
Aban
J. W
Bill) Hackbacth
Air Mail Pioneers
Toxic cabin materials threaten presidential plane safety
Washington sources report the Airline Passengers Association warns that the presidential plane Air Force One could be a flying death trap due to toxic cabin materials. Aviation safety director William A. Jennings offers to fund a study on whether hydrogen cyanide is produced in fires by acrylic materials used in rugs seats and interior fittings.
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Washington (A
Airforce
William A. Jennings
Airline Passengers Association
House Commerce
Jennings
Reagan Opposes Guard Cut and Airlift Group Action
Governor Reagan plans to visit Washington in April to oppose Defense Department plans that could end the 148th Military Airlift Group. The Van Nuys unit provides California National Guard air transport, essential for rapid mobility across the state if needed. Reagan will press California's U.S. senators and representatives to block the phase-out.
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Sacramento
Reagan
Washington
Defense Department
California National Guard
California
U.S
Air Transport Service
148Th Military Aidiff Group
van Nuys
Port Tie Up By Longshoremen Halts New York Cargo
New York faces a 10 day longshoremen strike that idled 114 ships and left about 500000 tons of export cargo tied up. The Association of American Railroads imposed an embargo on almost all foreign freight to the Port of New York to prevent yard jams. Military cargo was exempt. petroleum products could be stored. Arbitrator Burton Turkus met with shipping and union leaders to resolve the dispute tied to plans to add 750 men to the harbor registry for automated piers. The strike has disrupted shipments, with some lines diverting ships to the South Atlantic and losses estimated at over 13 million dollars.
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New York
Association of American Railroads
Association
Washington
Burton Turkus
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen's Association
Waterfront Commission
New York Harbor
Port Newark
Port Elizabeth
South Atlantic
Alexander Chopin
New York Shipping Association
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U.S. Assay Office
John Carr
GM Canada
Post Office Department
Bryans
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