Tragedy at Niagara Falls Claims Four Victims in boat crash
Four people die in a Niagara Falls boat accident on a windy Sunday night. A Buffalo couple Stanley Tessman and Gladys Tessman and a Ridgeway Ontario couple George Stewart and Jean Stewart were swept over Horseshoe Falls after their 16 foot boat Pink Lady capsized in the upper Niagara River. One man aboard was drowned in the forebay of the Canadian Niagara power plant. Only one survivor, 7 year old Roger Woodward, previously saved from a fall in 1960, remains a point of reference.
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Niagara Falls
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N.Y
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Gladys
George Stewart
Jean
Ridgeway
Stewart
Niagara River
Niagara State Park
Jean Artman
Murrysville
Tragic Falls Incident On Old Barge Underlines Dangers
Witnesses recall a man vanishing after slipping from a decades old barge while women were swept over the falls ahead of a boat. Police recovered the Stewarts car and boat trailer at a Chippewa Ont landing as Capt. Lawrence McGinn of Maid Of The Mist Corp. directs rescue efforts.
Belgium pope criticized over pregnancy leak controversy
Belgian Prime Minister Theo Lefevre blamed Pope John XXIII for a regre ttable indiscretion surrounding the Queen's pregnancy disclosure made during a state visit. He cited language confusion and claimed the Vatican was informed in confidence. Belgian papers protested inviting Vatican announcement.
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John XXIII
Belgium
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Vatican City
Jeff Chandler
Culver City
Calif
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Warm Humid Conditions
Mostly sunny and warm in West Virginia with highs in the 80s and lows around 66 to 72. Tuesday remains hot with building risk of scattered afternoon thundershowers. Five day forecast shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal. precipitation mainly scattered showers and storms Tuesday through Friday totaling about half an inch. River readings include Greenbrier and Lake levels listed as normal with a new gauge at 2.9 feet.
Drownings Across States Set Weekend All Readers
Warm weekend lures thousands to beaches and resorts as an UPI tally records at least 66 drownings across 15 states. Pennsylvania leads with nine deaths followed by Michigan and New York with seven and Illinois and Ohio with six each. Other states report five to three deaths, and four perish in a Niagara Falls Ontario boating accident.
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Harriman seeks more ICC authority after Laos talks
The United States ended a five day boycott of a Laos cease fire conference in Geneva and pressed for expanded ICC powers. Averell Harriman urged funding and on the spot inspections for ICC from Britain and Russia, while noting progress toward stricter enforcement despite accepting a watered down compromise.
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U S General Rebuked For John Birch Acts
Washington UPI Maj Gen Edwin A Walker former 24th Infantry Division commander in Germany was rebuked by the Army for derogatory public statements about prominent Americans. Army ordered reassignment changes. Thomas R. Yancey to command 8th Corps in Austin with Walker pending reassignment within the United States.
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UPI
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8Th Corps
Austin
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Ft. Devens
Mass
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S. Army Europe
United States
Kennedy Returns from Florida on Crutches after Back Injury
President Kennedy flew home from Palm Beach on crutches and was helped from his jet by a power lift to protect his back. He had traveled for a weekend rest and treatment, with a hydraulic crane lifting him aboard at Palm Beach before the 10:14 a.m. departure and a lift at Andrews Air Force Base after landing at 12:05 p.m. EDT.
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Tractor Experts Leave For Cuba
Four American agricultural experts planned to depart late today for Cuba to discuss a proposed prisoners for tractors swap with Fidel Castro. They would fly to Miami then Havana to assess the machinery Castro wants in exchange for 1,214 Cuban exiles. Prof Roy Rainer leads the team, with visas still pending at the Czech Embassy.
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UPI
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Women and yard work style provoke playful digs
A humorous remark notes women enjoying yard work by wearing light loose clothing and directing men where to dig, reflecting cheeky social banter.
Miller charges Kennedy ruined Ike Cuba invasion plan
William E. Miller GOP chairman charged that Kennedy revoked Eisenhower's plan to protect Cuban freedom fighters with American air power. Scott and Clark joined, saying the invasion failed without U.S. naval, air, and supplies support or due process. Udall faced GOP criticism for tying plans to the Eisenhower era.
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UPI
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Miller
New York
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Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
GOP
Eisenhower
U.S
Scott
Clark
Latin America
Stewart L. Udall
Canton Man Reveals Hatchet Slaying of Local Operator
Wilford Burge, arrested in Moundsville West Virginia on a drunkenness charge, told Canton police he witnessed two men murder Ernest Eggert with a hatchet four months earlier. He said the victim was buried under four feet of ash in his basement. Burge previously lived in Moundsville and served time for a shooting incident.
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Stark County
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George Hinerman
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51 Arrested At Cock Fight
Logan arrest report states state police raided a barn near Logan early Sunday where a cock fight was in progress. Four officers plus a justice of the peace fined 50 men $5 each for gambling law violations and one man $100 for operating a cock fight. Magistrate J. C. Barber noted the event had lasted for hours and several dead fighters with steel spurs were found nearby.
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Soviet Trawler Anchored Off Boston for Medical Aid
A 150 foot Soviet fishing trawler CPM 184 anchored in Boston Harbor for up to three days at President Roads Anchorage. Captain Artsev Vladimir Grigorievich aged 34 and Seaman Nikolai Ivanovich Kulakov aged 23 were treated at the U S Public Health Service Hospital for gastritis and acute back strain. Other crew remained aboard while the ship, part of a Lithuanian fleet that left April 23 for Grand Banks, has drawn attention as Soviet trawlers operate near the Eastern Seaboard.
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Rusk calls Soviet Berlin proposals unacceptable
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the Soviet memorandum on Berlin and Germany was unacceptable. He noted the United States would consult with NATO allies before replying, with talks likely among the United States Britain France and West Germany and possibly more NATO members.
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Milkman Plans Wedding Day Honeymoon Drive
Tom Maines sixty year old milkman who never missed his rounds even on his wedding day plans to take the long delayed honeymoon with his wife Kate. In Philadelphia about two hundred theater patrons evacuated the Family Theater as smoke filled the venue during Girl in the Bikini starring Brigitte Bardot and firefighters cited an overheated air conditioner. In San Diego waitress Inez Sutton gains support for a raise after attaching a pedometer to her leg and proving her eight hour shift covers about twelve miles. In London a zoo official explains a 52 foot earth worm brought for study would not be on display to the public.
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Adlai Denounces Castro in Brazil Visit
Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson called Cuba a Communist state and a menace to the Americas during a Brazil news conference ending a two day visit with President Janio Quadros. He expressed confidence Brazil would cooperate with Western Hemisphere nations against the Red threat.
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Camp Pickett honors for 150th Armored Cavalry unit
Beckley's Camp Pickett event crowned Troop C of the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment as the Outstanding Unit. A Raleigh County resident won the Outstanding Soldier award, with M. Sgt. Willard P. Riffe receiving the Okey Patteson Cup. Capt. Frank Rodriguez holds the Eisenhower Trophy for the unit.
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Two GI youths admit interstate murder spree across nations
SALT LAKE CITY UPS two AWOL soldiers Gerald R. York 18 and James Douglas Latham 19 confess to a rob kill and run crime spree spanning the United States Starting May 27 in Louisiana and ending near Grantsville Utah The pair describe seven murders two assaults six car thefts and a possible rape with a pistol notched to record each killing and an eighth notch for a supposed victim They face interstate charges as authorities pursue jurisdiction and further charges across states
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Mauriceville
Texas
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Utah
Dale Carson
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Florida
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New Roads
Edward J. Juidorz
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Patricia Ann Hewitt
Cadillac
Senate Expected To Pass Housing Measure Today
The Senate nears final passage of a $6 billion housing bill favored by President Kennedy, a core item among his priority laws. Chairman Byrd assailed the measure as extravagant and inflationary, citing decades of subsidies in housing and urban renewal programs. The plan also covers college dorms, public housing, FHA mortgages, and veterans housing loans. Proxmire and a national primary proposal are noted in later coverage.
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UPI
Senate
Kennedy
Harry F. Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William Proxmire
KLM Electra Crash on Cairo Ridge Kills Up to 20
A Royal Dutch KLM Lockheed Electra with 36 aboard crashed during approach to Cairo International Airport. Officials report 18 to 20 dead, 17 injured, and one missing. The plane, en route Rome to Karachi with Cairo as a stop, struck a 900 foot ridge near Runway 34. No Americans aboard. Previous KLM incidents noted within 13 days.
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Passengers Sing Amid Atlantic Plane Plunge Escape
An eight member KLM crew and 73 American passengers aboard a DC7C chartered by General Dynamics nearly crashed into the Atlantic en route from Hartford to Prestwick and Amsterdam. A wing engine failed and fell away after fire broke out, but Capt. Willem F. Bellink guided the plane to a safe ditching at Prestwick. Passengers kept calm and sang Row Row Row Your Boat as life jackets were donned and survival warnings issued. The flight continued to Amsterdam in a subsequent plane.
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