Father Climbs Tower With Baby Surrender Ends Standoff
In Austin Texas a 36 year old man Joe Avila Garcia perched 150 feet with his 2 month old son for 40 minutes threatening to jump. Priest Antonio Gonzales persuaded him to hand over the infant and descend. Garcia was detained on an unspecified charge while the baby was unharmed.
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Joe Avila Garcia
Austin, Texas
Anton
Austin
Tex
Garcia
Antonio Gonzales
U S Bestows Top Honor on Pearl Harbor Planner
Gen Minoru Genda, former air fleet staff officer who helped shape the 1941 Pearl Harbor plan, receives the Legion of Merit from Gen Lyman Lemnitzer. Genda, 57, now heads Japan's air force and seeks a Diet seat. He lauded postwar U S cooperation during a Far East tour.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Legion of Merit
Minoru Genda
Genda
Diet
Lemnitzer
U.S. Far Eastern
Air Force
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Air Fleet
Ash's Hash In Diner Note on Gripe License and Registration
A private note from ASH WING to two Alabama tourists in a Sarasota diner jokes about Alka Seltzer and privacy. The piece ends with SARASOTA SOPHIE claiming one must register and vote to gripe about government, noting tomorrow is the last day to register for the May primaries.
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Sarasota
Sophie
The Plaza Restaurant Celebrates 32 Years in Sarasota
The Plaza Restaurant marks 32 years serving Sarasota with continued neighborhood support. Patronage, local events, and longtime staff reflect the milestone in this community feature.
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Plaza
Sarasota
Italian Snow Slide Kills 3 Workmen
A Mt Blanc tunnel project avalanche near Courmayeur Italy killed three workers and injured three others as bunkhouses were buried while miners elsewhere celebrated. Rescuers recovered three bodies and rushed injured men to hospital.
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Courmayeur
Italy
Mt. Blanc
Jeweler Put Tax Filing Off Too Long
Ralph A. Padgett a 64 year old jeweler from Charlotte told jurors he delayed income tax work and feared investigations. Federal agents found no returns since 1929 and he was convicted of evading taxes for 1955 1956 and 1958. Judge Warlick fined him 15000 with 13000 more due in taxes interest and penalties.
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Jeweler
Charlotte, N.C
Internal Revenue Service
Ralph A. Padgett
Padgett
William Warlick
Wave of extremism hits Algeria with deadly attacks
In Oran and Algiers a new surge of violence blamed on the Secret Army Organization leaves twenty dead and many injured. Bank holdups net large sums and weapons seized. police report 35 arrests after dawn raids near the University of Algiers.
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Algiers
Oran
Ain Temouchent
Bank of
Algeria
University of
Four Indicted in $24 Million Texan Fraud Plot
A federal grand jury indicted Billie Sol Estes and three other Texans on conspiring to defraud nine finance companies with fake mortgages. Security for loans included liquid fertilizer tanks some of which may not have existed. District Judge Thomason received the report as investigator probed the death of Estes employee George Krutilek, found in his car near Clint, Texas, with exhaust fumes noted but not confirmed as the cause due to body decomposition.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
R. E. Thomason
George Krutilek
Krutilek
Clint
Frederick Bornstein
Milton Debris Blows 27 Miles After Florida Tornado
UPI reports a tornado from Milton sent debris 27 miles to a Northwest Florida community. A family photo, door, rug pieces and shingles littered yards near Grady Barber and two friends. Ronnie Helms lost his wife and infant daughter. he and his 17 month old daughter were hospitalized with others killed.
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Baker
UPI
Milton
Florida
Grady Barber
Ronnie Helms
Helms
Weather Delays U S Atlas Centaur Maiden Flight
Bad weather at Cape Canaveral postpones the maiden flight of the 107-foot Atlas Centaur rocket. Officials consider rescheduling for Saturday as heavy clouds winds and rain persist, keeping the rocket in its service gantry.
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Cape Canaveral
U. S
Dirksen Attacks Colleagues Over UN Aid Fight
Senate approves Kennedy request to extend 100 million dollars in aid to the United Nations amid partisan debate. Everett Dirksen defends Kennedy and condemns critics as he warns against undermining the UN effort begun 17 years ago.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
United Nations
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Glenn Favors Ham Sandwich In Orbits
Washington AP reports astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. urged ham sandwiches for future space crews while presenting NASA’s detailed findings on his triple Earth orbit to over 1,000 scientists including some from Communist blocs. NASA called the mission an unqualified success with Glenn’s health normal and only minor injuries and weight loss due to dehydration.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
The
Space Agency
Space
Matadors fly secretly to South Viet Nam from Fort Bragg
The New York Herald Tribune reports six plane loads of American soldiers recently departed Fort Bragg after intense counter guerrilla training. The soldiers are the first graduates of the new MATA program and will teach local villagers to defend against the Viet Cong.
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New York
South Viet Nam
Fort Bragg
N. C
New York Herald Tribune
Army
The
Herald Tribune
South
Viet Nam
McClellan Sees Large Nike Profit Despite Testimony
Senate subcommittee hearings on Nike Missile contracts show Douglas Aircraft and Western Electric earning large profits. Douglas officials contest staff claims of a $45.58 million profit in Nike contracts totaling $598.97 million while noting 82.8 percent of work was performed by subcontractors.
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John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Douglas Aircraft Co
Western Electric
McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Douglas
Subcommittee
Nike
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