Air Force rescues U2 pilot from swamplands near Picayune
Air Force rescue team plucks Captain Charles Stratton from a cypress swamp near Picayune Mississippi and transports him to Keesler Base Biloxi. The single seater U2 remains missing with search teams expanding west of Picayune near the Louisiana Mississippi line.
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Picayune
Miss
Air Force
Charles Stratton
Stratton
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Detroit
del Rio
Tex
Louisiana-Mississippi
Soviet Union
Love Trumps Chess As Lane Drops Hastings Event
Lisa Lane, 24 year old American chess champion from Philadelphia now in New York, withdrew from the Hastings international chess congress after falling for man named Neil Hickey. She could not concentrate on games and defaulted four of five in one section, drawing her only completed game against Eileen Tranmer. Lane worried her feelings may not be returned and noted she is homesick and will fly back to New York. The report also mentions a Soviet espionage trial and two named air force veterans, Stratton and Powers, as unrelated personal notes.
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Lisa Lane
Philadelphia
New York City
Neil Hickey
New York
Eileen Tranmer
Mysterious Slaying of Socialite Doris Bowman in Pacific Palisades
Doris June Bowman, 32, a community leader and mother of three, was found beaten and dumped in a water-filled bathtub at her $100,000 home in Pacific Palisades. Investigators cite blunt force trauma, lack of forced entry, and a blood-stained scene. her husband Dr. Frank Bowman, 39, was summoned from downtown Los Angeles.
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Pacific Palisades
Calif
Doris June Bowman
Southern California Seacoast
Frank Potter Bowman
The
Southern California Edison Co
Expelled Student Warns of Soviet Africa Plan
Madhi Ismael a 23 year old Somali student expelled from Czechoslovakia says Moscow officials outlined a plan to bring Africa under Communist rule within 10 to 20 years. He cited Makhedin Bakhitov and Lev Soukhanov as sources and said hundreds of Somali students are abroad as cadres for expansion. Ismael plans to return home to pursue anti Communist politics though he studied economics and planning for years.
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Bonn
Germany
Moscow
Africa
Madhi Ismael
Makhedin Bakhitov
Lev Soukhanov
Solidarity Committee
Ismael
Czechoslovakia
Somali
Peiping
East Germany
Poland
East Africa
Vatican Aide Says Castro Excommunicated By Canon Law
A Vatican official stated Fidel Castro can be considered excommunicated for expelling Havana’s auxiliary bishop Msgr. Eduardo Boza Masvidal. The canonist explained automatic excommunication applies when one impedes a bishop’s duties, with no decree needed.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Fidel Castro
Dino Staffa
Vatican Secretariat of State
Castro
Havana
Msgr
Eduardo Boza Masvidal
Masvidal
Weavers Barred From NBC TV Show Over Loyalty Oath
The folk quartet The Weavers was barred from appearing on the Jack Paar show after members refused to sign loyalty statements. NBC cited that two members had invoked the Fifth Amendment during congressional inquiries and did not testify about Communist party associations. Milton Brown said NBC seeks facts from performers when such ties arise. Fred Hellerman and Lee Hays confirmed they invoked the Fifth Amendment.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Jack Paar
NBC
Milton Brown
The
Weavers
Communist Party
Brown
the Weavers
Fred Hellerman
Quartet
Lee Hays
Nokomis Blast injures seven firemen on boat
Seven men including six Nokomis volunteer firemen are hospitalized after two explosions and a fire aboard the 30-foot Tahiti ketch Voyager at Nokomis Marine Ways. Fireman Russ Smith suffered burns, owner Captain Sandler estimates vessel loss at 75 000 to 100 000.
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Melody Sipson
Venice
Nokomis
Nokomis Marine Ways
Albee Road
Paul Taylor
Marineways
Joe Brown
Bill Miller
Earl Smith
Bruce Cheesman
Frank Hyder
Hyder
Russ Smith
Tahiti
Voyager
Smith
Fred Sander
Gulf 'N Bay
Nokomis Union Volunteer Fire Department
Venice Memorial Hospital
Indonesia Rejects Dutch West Irian Talks Offer
Foreign Minister Subandrio rejected the latest Dutch proposal to negotiate over West Irian West New Guinea. He said Indonesia will only talk if the Dutch agree to transfer administration in advance, otherwise Indonesia will seize the western half of New Guinea by invasion. The Dutch government declined to comment and expected official notice through the U.S. or U Thant.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Subandrio
West New Guinea
West Irian
Jan de Quay
Indone
Sia
de Quay
Netherlands
Hague
U.S
U Thant
Netherlands East Indies
Shelley Winters Jewel Robbery Baffles New York Police
New York detectives faced a baffling jewel theft at Shelley Winters' Central Park West apartment. The $10,000 loss included a $5,000 diamond necklace a $3,700 diamond pendant and three wristwatches valued at $1,300. The gems were returned the next day in a plain white envelope by a special messenger. Winters stated the case is closed.
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New York
UPI
Shelley Winters
Central Park West
Miss Winters
June and Allyson Powell End Year-Old Divorce Saga
Hollywood confirms June Allyson and Dick Powell have reconciled and canceled divorce proceedings filed a year ago. Allyson received a 2.5 million settlement last year amid charges of extreme cruelty. They plan a Newport Beach home on Lido Isle with their boat docked nearby and hope the house is ready by September.
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UPI
Hollywood
Allyson
Dick Powell
Powell
Newport Beach
Lido Isle
Virginia Republican And Haley Lauded By Constitutional Group
Rep. Richard H. Poff of Virginia is named the Souths most ardent conservative by Americans for Constitutional Action with a 97 percent alignment. Florida Democrat James A Haley posts 84 percent, Sarasota resident. Least conservative marks go to James W Trimble of Arkansas 8 percent and Albert Rains of Alabama 10 percent, with state by state leaders listed. The ACA scores reflect positions on safeguarding individual dignity and limiting centralized economic power.
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Washington
UPI
Richard H. Poff
R-Va
South
Americans For Constitutional Action
ACA
Poff
James A. Haley
Florida
Haley
Sarasota
James W. Trimble
D-Ark
Albert Rains
D-Ala
Trimble
Alabama
George W. Andrews
Arkansas
Catherine D. Norrell
William C. Cramer
Georgia
John J. Flynnt Jr
Mississippi
John Bell Williams
North Carolina
Charles Raper Jonas
South Carolina
Preliminary Legislation Plans Urged For Sarasota
A call went out for constitutional city and county officers attorneys and Sarasota County Bar members to form a committee to draft preliminary legislation for the 1963 session. County Commissioner Fred Haigh proposed the plan with a committee to meet within weeks to start drafting. The aim is to have drafts ready ahead of the Sarasota Legislative Weekend January 12 to 14.
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Sarasota County
Fred Haigh
Sarasota
Ringling Redskins Day Proclaimed For Youth Bowl
Sarasota Mayor John O. Binns issues a proclamation declaring Ringling Redskins Day to honor a non profit youth program in Sarasota. The second annual Cereal Bowl Saturday night at Shing Field features 9 12 year old players.
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John O. Binns
Sarasota
Ringling Pedskins
Shing Field
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4080Th Strategic Wing
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Englewood
M. Sandler
Sandler
Hawai
Nokomis Marineways
Shelley
N.Y
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By Vernon Scott
Miss Allyson
Allen T. Lynch
Santa Monica
Pamela
Rickie
Virginia
Constitutional
Rains
Dante B. Fascell
Carl Vinson
Frank E. Smith
Horace B. Kornegay
Robert W. Hemphill
Tennessee
Ross Bass
Pat Jennings
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