Mr Rayburn Emerged as a U.S. Institution in Politics
Washington memory piece profiles Sam Rayburn famed as Mr Speaker and Mr Democrat. From a Texas youth inspired by Bailey to lead a life of persistent public service, Rayburn rose from state legislator to the youngest Texas House speaker, then U.S. congressman, shaping the House as its enduring boss.
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Norman Runnion
Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
House of Representatives
Capitol
Texas
University of Texas
Texas House of Representatives
U.S
Battle Hymn of the Republic origins and global borrowings
Washington UPI reports on the long lineage of the tune The Battle Hymn of the Republic from pre Civil War composer William Steffe to Julia Ward Howe gold revival, abolitionist verses, and later college and national anthems. The piece notes global copying of national anthems with God Save the Queen and My Country Tis of Thee among the widely borrowed tunes. PMID: none.
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Washington
UPI
William Steffe
John Brown
Jonn
Brown
Georgia
Julia Ward Howe
U.S
Cornell
Notre Dame
Maryland
Texas
National Geographic Society
Britain
United States
God
George Washington
Lucy Monroe
Iron Curtain Churches Join World Council of Churches
NEW DELHI UP I The Orthodox churches of Russia Poland Bulgaria and Rumania became members of the World Council of Churches today. Delegates voted to admit the four churches giving WCC its first large Christian presence behind the Iron Curtain. Russian Orthodox Church alone claims 25 million members. Pickets protested with claims of Communist influence. The assembly also admitted 19 other churches including two Chilean Pentecostal groups. Six hundred delegates from 60 countries voted to integrate the International Missionary Council into the world movement.
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New Delhi
UPI
Russia
Poland
Bulgaria
Rumania
World Council of Churches
WCC
World Organization
Nikodim
Ernest Zingers
Latvia
India
Servants of God
Franklin C. Fry
Central Committee
Communist Party
Chile
Mission Group
International Missionary Council
World Movement
East German wall reinforced amid tense Berlin standoff
East German authorities under searchlights reinforced the Berlin wall through the night and bolstered tank traps at key points. The move followed Adenauer demand for the wall to come down as part of an East West settlement, with Gen. Lucius D. Clay and President Kennedy involved in the broader context.
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Berlin
UPI
East
West Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Bern
Adenauer
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Bigamist Arrested in Charleston Case
Charleston police arrested John M. Angel for bigamy after he admitted to maintaining two wives, one in Charleston and one in Belpre Ohio. He reportedly spent alternate weekends with both women, who did not appear to know of each other.
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Charleston
UPI
John M. Angel
Angel
Belpre
Ohio
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Conditions
A cold cloudy day with a few snow flurries in the north and highs near 35 to 40. Tonight and Tuesday will be partly cloudy with lows in the 20s and continued cold Tuesday. Five day forecast shows near normal highs and lows from 49 to 27 in the north and 53 to 33 in the south, with a one third inch precipitation around Friday and warmer Thursday. River gauges indicate Greenbrier River normal and clear, Lake Bluestone normal and clear with 1.6 gates open, and Hinton gauge at 2.1 feet.
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Beckley
Sore Nnnes
Pei Nooo
Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Hinton
Red haired Lucy Ball Marries Gary Morton Quietly
Lucille Ball and Gary Morton wed in a subdued ceremony led by Rev. Norman Vincent Peale. Outside, 1,500 fans pressed police lines while chanting I love Lucy as the couple tied the knot. Eisenhower to speak in Augusta on vacation. An Air Force bomber accident near Tokyo causes property damage but no casualties. Kennedy to skip news conference this week. Eichmann verdict pending in Jerusalem. Jerry Gietler released from hospital after heart attack. Tennessee Unitarian Conference calls for repeal of evolution teaching ban. John Scopes noted.
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Lucille Ball
Night Club
Gary Morton
Norman Vincent Peale
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Augusta
Eisenhower
Savannah River Area
Association of the U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Kakaminato City
Tokyo
Kennedy
White House
Adolf Eichmann
Dee
Jerusalem
Jerry Gietler
Hollywood
Tennessee Unitarian Conference
Tennessee
John Scopes
Dayton
Balaguer Seizes Control in Dominican Power Shift
President Balaguer, aided by U S warships and planes, ousted Trujillo family members from the Dominican Republic and took command of the armed forces. Rafael Trujillo Sr. was assassinated May 30 after three decades of rule, as Ramfis Trujillo and associates fled to the United States. The Truillos arrived in Fort Lauderdale under security, while Balaguer moved to fill a potential power vacuum by assuming emergency control of the army, navy, and air force.
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Ciudad Trujillo
UPI
Joaquin Balaguer
U. S
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Hector
Jose Arismendio Trujillo
Generalissimo
Rafael Trujillo Sr
United States
Rafael Jr
Ramfis
Angelita
Trujillos
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Balaguer
Dominican Army
Navy
Air Force
D. A
Army
Dutch navy rescues Rockefeller son’s companion at sea
Dutch ethnologist R S Wassink, 34, was rescued after the companion of Michael Rockefeller, the New York governor’s son, disappeared while attempting to swim to shore near New Guinea. Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller and his wife announced their separation. President Kennedy offered aid as the rescue effort continued.
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William J. Fox
United Press International
Michael Rockefeller
New York
New Guinea
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hollandia
Defense Ministry
Hague
Netherlands
Rockefeller
R.S. Wassink
Michael
Mary Rockefeller Strawbridge
San Francisco
Kennedy
Girl Survivor Recalls Bluebelle Tragedy and Sinking
Terry Jo Duperrault, 11, says she found her mother and brother in a pool of blood on the Bluebelle cabin floor before the 60 foot yacht sank after a fire. Coast Guard details confirm Harvey abandoned the family and that she was rescued days later.
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Terry Jo Duperrault
Atlantic
Miami
Terry Jo
UPS
Bluebelle
Coast Guard
Julian A. Harvey
Harvey
R.F. Barber
Air Force
Éife
Barber
John Duperrault
Green Bay
Wis
Five Children Die In Virginia Fire Tragedy
STONY CREEK Va UPI Five children died when flames swept a frame house after their father poured kerosene on ashes in a wood stove. Carroll Shine was hospitalized in Richmond with third degree burns over 9 percent of his body. Mrs Shine and two other children escaped by leaping from a second story window. Victims were Catherine 8 Leon 5 Helen 4 Rachel 2 Regina 8 months all identified as Negroes.
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Stony Creek
UPI
Carroll Shine
Richmond
Shine
Catherine
Leon
Helen
Rachel
Regina
To Escape Bomb Briton Seeks Island Colony Plan
London man Bernard Stanbury, a former real estate agent and Conservative member, pivots to a radical migration scheme. He placed a front page Times ad seeking people to join a self sufficient island community near a shipping lane, protected from hydrogen bombs, with prefabricated huts and a selective process from over 300 replies.
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London
UPI
Bernard Stanbury
Stanbury
Conservative Party
Hyde Park Corner
Conservative
Labor Party
Geneva
Trafalgar Square
Khrushchev
Times of London
William Faulkner
Britain
Royal Geographical Society
Missing Rockefeller son in New Guinea jungle described
United Press International quotes John Scofield noting Dutch New Guinea coast jungle is so thick patrol boats struggle to locate river mouths where Nelson Rockefeller's son Michael is missing. Balaguer orders staff chiefs to take direct presidential guidance. Edgar Hiestand cites internal threat to nation. Senator Henry M. Jackson calls out overstaffing in national security agencies.
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U.S. Pat
United Press International
Washington
John Scofield
National Geographic Magazine
Dutch New Guinea
New York
Nelson ‘Rockefeller
Michael
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
National
Mass Hunger Strike Ends in Algeria and Paris
In Paris the hunger strike by Algerian prisoners ends as thousands resume eating after a three point agreement. Lawyers for rebel ministers report the pact aims to treat jailed Moslems as political prisoners while some leaders continue to fast for additional demands.
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Paris
UPI
Ministry of Justice
Mohammed Ben Bella
France
FAA Concerned Over Woman's Balloon Ride
FAA officials warned aircraft to avoid the drifting balloon carrying Mrs. Alford Wolf 56 toward potential conflicts with air traffic as she attempts a world endurance record. The open gondola floats near 300 feet over Oklahoma and Texas after lift off from Big Spring, Texas, at 1 am Sunday.
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Hammon
Okla
Texas
Mrs. Wolf
Big Spring
Tex
Khrush the mule ride ends with single bidder
Buddy Harper was the only contestant at a $25 offer to ride a wild mule at the Andalusia saddle and bridle club rodeo. His ride on Khrush chev lasted one round as spectators watched a single participant attempt the challenge.
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Andalusia
Ala
UPI
Buddy Harper
Harper
Khrushchev
Kennedy Adenauer Open Berlin Crisis Talks at White House
President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer began a two day series of Berlin crisis talks at the White House with plans for two more sessions and a windup conference. Adenauer voiced strong support for U S peaceful solutions and said Western Germany is fully on the side of the United States in the struggle against communism.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
White House
Adenauer
Germany
West Germany
United States
Dean Rusk
Missing UN Plane Found. Six Survive
The wreckage of a United Nations Italian C119 plane missing with 10 men aboard on a Uganda to Leopoldville flight was found in Tanganyika. Four killed and six survived the crash while seven Italians were aboard, with earlier Congo soldiers having slain 13 Italians last week in Pisa. The wreckage was sighted east of Kigona near Lake Tanganyika by a UN plane with a Norwegian crew.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
United Nations
Uganda
Tanganyika
Italian Ministry of Defense
Rome
Nairobi
Kenya
Pisa
Italy
Kigona
U.N
Lake Tanganyika
Albertville
Mabscott MacArthur Highway Fully Open
The Mabscott MacArthur highway from Cora Street bridge to MacArthur is open to traffic with cleanup remaining. State Road Commission resident engineer Jess Gravely says Vecellio Grogan finished the job ahead of schedule, but Leo Vecellio was unavailable for comment.
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Mabscott - MacArthur Highway
Rt. 16
Jess Gravely
State Road Commission
Gravely
Vecellio & Grogan
Cora Street Bridge
MacArthur
Mabscott Hill
Leo Vecellio
Jungle Escape Saga Reveals 1942 New Guinea Crash
Six to eight planes carried 126th Infantry troops from Port Moresby toward the front in New Guinea when a C47 crash on a mountaintop sparked a jungle survival tale. Veterans Edward Holleman and William Sikkel recount the telegraphed mission, crash, and the mystery of 23 missing men unearthed by explorers and reporters in Holland Michigan.
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Red Arrow
Michigan
Wisconsin
126Th Infantry
126Th
Port Moresby
Popenpepa
New Guinea
U.S
Holland
Mich
Sentinel
AL Brandsdofer
Roger Snow
Holland Sentinel
UPI
Edward L. Holleman
Hudsonville
Sikkel
Holloman
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