Donna Storm Wreaks Havoc From Florida to New York
Florida grapples with massive repairs after Hurricane Donna. Gov. Collins seeks federal disaster declaration as 250,000 homes lose power and 75 injured in the Southeast. Marines and military teams rush aid, restore the Overseas Highway, and ferry bridge girders to damaged keys. New York and New England brace for Donna’s fringe with evacuations, school disruptions, and high tides up to 14 feet.
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Miami
Fla
Leroy Collins
Eisenhower
South
Florida
Red Cross
Atlanta
The
Florida Keys
Fort Myers
Lee County
Flanders Thompson
Michelle Hitzing
Keys
Marathon
John Spottswood
Key West Naval Base
Navy
Army
Air Force
Key West
Donna
Pope Air Force Base
N.C
Ft Benning
New York
Long Island
New England
Fire Island
Weather Bureau
Cape May
N.J
Carolinas
Portsmouth
Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod
Rhode Island
National Guards
Mitchel Air Force Base
Bradley Air Force Base
Hartford
Conn
New York City
Coast Guard
Caribbean
Florida Peninsula
Bennett Named League Officer
A. L. Ramsey, mayor of St. Albans, was elected president of the West Virginia League of Municipalities during the annual two day convention in Wheeling. George Bailey became first vice president, William Meyer and W R Bennett were regional vice presidents. Barron and Neely spoke on taxation and funding for schools and cities though bad weather halted Neely's travel.
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Wheeling
A. L. Ramsey
St. Albans
West Virginia League of Municipalities
George Bailey
William Meyer
Fairmont
W. R. Bennett
Oak Hill
W. W. Barron
Harold Neely
West Virginia
West Virginia Weather: Clearing trend with cool periods
Gradual clearing this afternoon and evening with lingering north cloudiness tonight. Tuesday to be partly cloudy and cool. Temperatures through Saturday forecast 2 to 7 degrees below normals, with normal highs 76 north 85 south and lows 55 north 56 south. Rain showers expected Thursday or Friday, 0.2 to 0.5 inch. Beckley highs around 58 to 60, Oak Hill around 57, Greenbrier River normal, Lake clear, gauge 2.6 ft.
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Beckley
S-Sesseee
Seeessess
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
West Virginia police vow steady enforcement amid gambling raids
Charleston AP Hazen Fair WV State Police Supt says last week's Northern Panhandle gambling and liquor disclosures will not alter law enforcement. He notes troopers averaged over 63 hours weekly pursuing crimes and will continue with existing personnel. Cruikshank urged stronger action. Fair defended ongoing enforcement. Governor Underwood offered no comment.
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Charleston
Hazen Fair
Northern
Panhandle
Cruikshank
Fair
Crime Commission
Wheeling
Hancock
Brooke
Ohio
Marshall
West Virginia
Underwood
Internal Revenue Service
West Germany Tightens Travel for East Germans
Berlin AP reports Western powers reply to Communist travel curbs by restricting East German travel papers. Officials review travel facilities, with stringent rules forcing East Germans to obtain a temporary travel document and visas through Allied offices. Bonn Cabinet may discuss an embargo on East German trade.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
East Germany
Bonn
One Way To Get Police Notice
James B. Kelly raced his car the wrong way on Sixth Avenue to flag down officers. He claimed to chase a burglar who had broken into his building. Patrolmen pursued a man on the sidewalk and arrested Ernest Mitchell, 24, after a struggle. Police recovered $6,000 in stolen goods from Mitchell’s Harlem apartment.
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New York
James B. Kelly
Sixth Avenue
Midtown
Kelly
Ernest Mitchell
Mitchell
Harlem
Miss America Winner Loses Michigan State Scholarship
Nancy Anne Fleming Miss America 1961 from Montague Michigan says she will forfeit the $10,000 Michigan State University scholarship. She aims to become a fashion writer after travel and fame. Second place Susan Ream Miss California receives $3,000. Third Ann Herring Miss North Carolina $2,500. Fourth Ruth Rea Miss District of Columbia $2,000. Fifth Tommy Glaze Miss Indiana $1,500.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Nancy Anne Fleming
Michigan State University
New York
Nancy
Montague, Mich
Lynda Lee Mead
Natchez
iShe
Suzanne Reamo
California
Ann Herring
North Carolina
Ruth Rea
District of Columbia
Indiana
Tommy Glaze
Kasavubu asks UN to train Congo army
Congo President Joseph Kasavubu urges the United Nations to reorganize and train the national army under his supreme command. He proposes four points including police formation and UN aid to revive Congo’s judicial system, with contingents and leaders traveling to New York as Security Council weighs Congo representation.
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United Nations, N.Y
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Kasavubu
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
New York
Dag Hammarskold
Moise Tshombe
Albert Kalonji
Leopoldville
Brazzaville
Congo River
Justin Bomboko
Senate
Joseph Heo
Thomas Kanza
Abandoned Foster Girl Begins Kindergarten In Old Bridge
Pretty five year old Alice Marie Combs, once at center of a welfare dispute over foster care in New Jersey, starts kindergarten in Old Bridge as her foster parents Mr and Mrs Richard Combs win the legal right to keep her. The child, praised as near-genius, had been abandoned before adoption.
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Alice Marie Combs
New Jersey
Nixon Begins Campaign Trip
Vice President Richard M. Nixon officially kicked off his presidential bid promising to carry the peace issue to voters in all 50 states. He spoke at Baltimore Friendship Airport amid rain from Hurricane Donna and departed on a 9,000 mile first leg to Indianapolis Dallas and San Francisco with Eisenhower and other GOP leaders.
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Baltimore
Richard M. Nixon
Friendship
Nixon
Eisenhower
Indianapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Religion Leaders Decry Religious Voting Influence
A group of 100 Protestant, Jewish and Catholic leaders urged Americans to oppose using religious affiliation to influence presidential voting. The leaders, including Bishop Arthur Lichtenberger and Cardinal Richard Cushing, warned that interfaith politics could deepen divisions and harm the nation amid the Nixon Kennedy race.
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New York
Norman Vincent Peale
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Arthur Lichtenberger
Protestant Episcopal Church
Metho
JFK Campaigns in Texas Ties to Address Catholic Issue
AP reports Senator John F Kennedy pressed to answer religious attacks as he campaigns across Texas with Senator Lyndon B Johnson. In Houston he faces the religious issue ahead of the November 8 election, amid fears of last minute charges before voters cast ballots. Kennedy rejects a cut off in discussing religion, arguing he must respond to attacks on his Catholic faith.
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Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Houston
Nixon
NBC
Meet the Press
Dr. Finch On Stand In retrial for murder charges
In Los Angeles AP reports surgeon Dr. R Bernard Finch testifies under cross examination as prosecutors attack his claim that his estranged wife was accidentally shot. He and his red haired mistress Carole Tregoff are being retried after a deadlocked first trial in the murder case.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Lightning May Have Caused Mine Fatality
WELCH AP Lightning may have indirectly caused a coal mine death in McDowell County Kenneth Williams 50 entered Olga Coal Co mine No 2 for patrol duty Sunday and was found dead two miles in an explosion believed linked to a lightning strike that knocked out ventilation. The area suffered slate falls and masonry stoppings as investigators prepare a formal hearing in a week or 10 days.
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Wilson
Moon Trip Dreamers Face Tall Taxes and Big Bills
Sherwood Glutz mocks moon mission ambitions noting the expense and effort to reach the moon, comparing it to prohibitively high costs and political rhetoric. The humorous piece portrays space travel as distant and costly, lampooning the era’s enthusiasm.
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Lissenin
Congo regains control with Lumumba jailed and Kasavubu picks new government
In Leopoldville Patrice Lumumba is imprisoned as President Kasavubu appoints Senate President Ileo to form a coalition government. Lumumba's family remains in his custody amid UN backed security measures. Delegations head to New York to press their views before the Security Council while Lumumba allies face discredit from Kasavubu’s camp.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Lumumba
Congo River
Senate
Joseph Tleo
Kasavubu
New York
U.N. Security Council
Justin Bomboko
Bomboko
Security Council
Congo
House
Brazzaville
U.N. Command
Radio
U.N. Ghana
U.N
Ileo
Katanga
Kasai
Alphonse Songolo
French Congo
PRR Union Reach Accord Ends 12 Day Strike
Negotiators sealed a settlement ending a 12 day Pennsylvania Railroad strike that halted service for the first time in 114 years. TWU and System Federation members ratified the pact after 15 hours of talks, with the agreement covering job security and work rules and striking down $14 million in lawsuits. The PRR, linking 10,000 miles of track across 13 states and DC, plans to restore service gradually.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Transport Workers Union
System Federation
PRR
America
District of Columbia
Pennsy
Transport Workers
TWA
Altoona
Richardson Dilworth
Francis O'Neill Jr
Federal (Railway) Mediation Board
O'Neill
Michael J. Quill
TWU
Quill
Two Stills Raided in West Virginia Counties
Federal alcohol tax agents raided moonshine stills in Braxton and Clay counties this weekend, charging Hughie Sherman Hosey, 60, near Centralia with operating a still and possession of moonshine, and Willie Ramsey, 60, of Dixie in Rock Camp Fork of Bell Creek with operating a still and untaxed whisky. Both arraigned before the U.S. Commissioner and waived to the grand jury.
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Charleston
Hughie Sherman Hosey
Centralia
Braxton County
Rock Camp Fork
Bell Creek
Clay County
Willie Ramsey
Dixie
U.S
Bus Wreck Kills 20 Near Cordoba Argentina
A bus carrying 22 passengers plunged into a river 18 miles from Cordoba Argentina Sunday night, killing 20 people. Police and rescuers recovered survivors and bodies as authorities investigated the cause of the crash.
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Cordoba
Argentina
Laos King Calls Talks to Avert Civil War
In Luang Prabang King Savang Vathana urged rival leaders to meet amid a growing split in Laos. Premier Souvanna Phouma heads a neutralist government while Gen. Phoumi Nosavan leads southern revolutionary forces. Prince Boun Oum may head the revolutionary committee, though actions remain unconfirmed.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Savang Vathana
Laos
Luang Prabang
Souvanna Phouma
Vientiane
Phoumi Nosavan
Boun Oum
Champassak
Revolutionary Committee
Phouma
Tiao Somsanith
Radio Vientiane
Phoumi
Svannakhet
Savannakhet
Venezuela Foils Rebel Plot Against Betancourt Regime
In Caracas a military plot was put down early today. Lieutenant Saldivia and about 20 men seized radio stationContinente and held it for about an hour before arrest. Betancourt’s moderate Socialist coalition faced repeated plots from domestic and foreign sources amid his presidency. The June dynamite attack on Betancourt’s motorcade heightened regional tensions with the Dominican Republic blamed for the attempt and the OAS backing the charge. Military officers seeking a dictatorship have persisted.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Saldivia
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Betancourt
Abduction Charge Follows Child Bride Case In Tennessee
In Sneedville Tennessee Charlie Johns husband of Evelyn Johns 17 yesterday filed abduction charges against John Henry Antrican 20 claiming he abducted Evelyn from the Johns family farm last Thursday. Evelyn and Antrican wed Friday in Sneedville after Evelyn’s mother reportedly objected to the match. Johns also charged Antrican and his mother with falsely listing Evelyn as 21 on a marriage license near Rutledge. The incident recalls Johns and Eunice Winstead who wed in 1937 when Eunice was 9, spurring state action to raise marriage age to 16.
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Sneedville
Tenn
Charlie Johns
Eunice Winstead
John Henry Antrican
Evelyn Johns
Here
Upper East
Tennessee
Knoxville
Johns
Antrican
Evelyn
Rutledge
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Stewart Air Force Base
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N.Y
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Cape Henry
Virginia Capes
Tidewater
Virginia
Bennett
W. Va
Crime Prober Answered
Col. Fair
Mich. State
Dist
G. Bromley Oxnam
Scarsdale
William C. Martin
Tex
Lloyd C. Wicke
Iakovas
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Reinhold Neibuhr
Union Theological Seminary
William F. Rosenbloom
Synagogue Council of America
JFK
Dr. Finch
Sherwood Glutz
Llee
Union
Pennsylvania Railroad Board
James H. Symes
Michael Quill
Savang
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