Michigan Governor Romney Delivers Odd Grandchildren Scene
Detroit Thursday produced a quirky moment as Governor Romney gathered his grandchildren at a gate, counted heads amid photographers, and later a frantic search found five year old Billy Keenan, child of Lorex Keenan and Lynn Romney, near the dairy barn. The event featured Romney’s family ties with Birmingham roots and a note of calm after the scare.
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Michigan
Lorex Keenan
Birmingham
Lynn Romney
Miner Trapped Ten Days Hears From Below
A Korean miner Kim Chang Sung, 36, trapped 374 feet underground after a cavern collapse, telephoned to report he is alive after ten days. Rescuers estimate three more days to reach him through 15 feet of rock while he relies on bark for food and two 100 watt bulbs for light. Doctors report a normal pulse but extreme hunger. President Park Chung Hee sends aide to oversee rescue and offer prayers.
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Kim Chang- Sung
Chongyang
Seoul
Kim
Park Chung-hee
Raft Questioned By Federal Grand Jury In Los Angeles
George Raft, unemployed screen tough guy, was questioned for 15 minutes by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles about alleged crooked gambling at the Friars Club. He denied patronizing the club as a card player and said the session centered on whether he knew certain people had named him. A subpoena had been issued for Raft, and he agreed to testify.
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Ssa Federal Grand Jury
Los Angeles
George Raft
Friars Club
Club
Raft
Soldier's Death Delays Baby's First Cry Tape
In Cleveland a wife recorded her baby's birth while awaiting her husband Nick Palumbo Jr. in Vietnam. The tape captured the baby's wail and the doctor's joke but was later sent. the husband was reported killed in action days earlier.
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Nick Palumbo Jr
Solltier
Vietnam
Cleveland
Dana Wynter Sues for Divorce in Los Angeles
Dana Wynter files for divorce from lawyer Gregson Bautzer in Los Angeles Superior Court citing happiness destruction. The couple, married June 1956 and separated 17 months, share a son Mark and a $2000 monthly alimony arrangement for 10 years.
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Dana Wynter
Gregson Bautzer
Los Angeles Superior Court
Miss Wynter
Bautzer
Mark
Agreement May Rescind Teacher Resignations in Florida
Clearwater and Broward county officials reached a 14 point program plan for higher salaries to resume public classes. About 2 000 teachers had submitted resignations as Pinellas teachers association officials and Dr Thomas Southard signed the agreement. The Broward board voted to close schools for a professional day as teachers press for $5 615 for the current year despite a raised base offer.
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Clearwater
Fic
Pinellas County
tHiam Williams
Thomas Southard
Pinellas Classroom Teachers“Association
Southard
Broward County
Pinellas
Broward Classroom Teachers Association
Broward Board
Viet Cong kidnaps civilians amid Saigon vote turmoil
In Saigon and provinces Viet Cong units abducted and killed civilians as a presidential vote neared. U.S. bombers flew 140 missions against North Vietnam while three Navy jets were shot down near Haiphong. The chaos included mortar strikes on Phu Bai and attacks around Saigon as General Westmoreland ordered street closures.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
U.S. and
Marine Division
South
Vietnam
North
Haiphong
U.S. Navy
SOF
Senate
U.S
3Rd Marine Division
Phu Bai
Kim Nam
Vinh, Thanh
Cholon
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Vietnam
Ellsworth Bunker
U5. Army
South Vietnam
Route 1
Demo Party figure Daisy Harriman dies at 97
Florence Jaffray Harriman known as Daisy led a lifetime in service to the Democratic Party. A founder of Women for Wilson and head of the Womens National Democratic Club, she served as minister to Norway under Roosevelt and remained a social and political influencer until her death in Georgetown.
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Washington
J. Borden
Daisy) Harriman
Florence Jaffray Hurst
Daisy
New York
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Colony Club
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
New York Reformatory For Women
Wandrow Wilson
Women
Wilson
Democratic Party
Federal
Austria
Europe
Red Cross
Women's National Democratic Club
Uplands
Winston Churchill
Norway
Oslo
Weather Seen for Cool Belt Warmer and Dry
The U S Weather Bureau says Labor Day weekend looks generally dry with a warming trend in the plains to the western Great Lakes and into the east and south. Pacific Northwest may feel some relief from heat but most areas face a prolonged heat wave and little or no rain. Readings expected 5 to 10 degrees above normal in many places, with 2 to 6 degrees below in parts of New England and Kentucky.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
California
Montana
Wester Idahy
Southwest Desert
Maine
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Plains
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Oregon
Georgia
Alabama
Wyoming
Colorado
Schoolmarm Loses Suit in Bold Breach of Promise Case
In Greensboro a 1960s breach of promise suit ended with a Guilford County jury finding no enforceable contract to marry. Miss Louiss Hutchins claimed $50,000 against Russell Day, who admitted a nine year friendship and two marriages. Day stated he refused to marry Hutchins while he wed Colleen Long. Hutchins attended the wedding and sprayed ink on the bride. Day and his wife now reside in California. An earlier Supreme Court order sent the case for a new trial. In a separate note, an Air Force F100 crash near Como, Italy left Maj James H. Fagge safe after parachuting from the jet.
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Greensboro
N.C
UPI
Russell V. Day
Day
Louiss C. Hutchins
Miss Hutchins
Sumner
Colleen Long
Miss Long
Hutchins
Maryville
Calif
Envoy expulsions mark second U.S.-Soviet clash
Two American diplomats were expelled from the Soviet Union in a rapid second diplomatic spat with Washington. Richard Chapman and Brice Meeker were ordered out over alleged status violations and espionage concerns, following a U.S. move restricting two Soviet diplomats from returning.
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Moscow
UPT
Union
U.S. State Department
United States
Russia
Richard Dabney Chapman
Tass
Brice'Meeker
Chapman
Lexington
Meeker
Ted
Krerlin
Coast Guard
Vilk Itski Strait
Arctic Ocean
Soviet Union
Donald Resh
Valentin A. Revin
Washington
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Friars Club Proce
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Judy Garland
New England
Trelley
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Colling
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Joey Luft
Sid Luft
Mike
Tanya McMurry
Marin County
Bismarck
N. C
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Mont
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Borden
North Vietnam
Vinh
Hanoi
China
Demo Party
Daisy’ Harriman
Herriman
State Department
Associated Press
Schoolmarm
Como
Italy
James H. Fagge
Pall Mall
Tenn
Viatersa
Acme Mattress Factory
Acma
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Long Beach
E. Anebeter St. Mos-Fri
Tanta Ana
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