Eastern Airlines Plane Hijacked From Miami
An Eastern Air Lines prop-jet with 33 passengers and 5 crew was taken to Havana after departing Miami at 9 05 a m It landed safely at Jose Marti airport NORAD dispatched an F102 jet interceptor to shadow the craft within three miles of Cuba and a NORAD spokesman said the pilot reported landing at gunpoint The flight had been scheduled for Miami Tampa Fort Worth and Dallas and was diverted en route to Havana
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UPI
Eastern Air Lines
Havana
Jose Marti
Colorado Springs
Colo
North American Air Defense Command
Cuba
NORAD
Homestead Air Force Base
Tampa
Fort Worth
Dallas
Tex
Here
UN envoy fliers to Tunisia as ceasefire effort grows
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold speeds to Tunisia on a peace mission amid reports of French troop landings near Bizerte. The Arab League pledges material aid to Tunisia and volunteers to join the fight, while Tunisian officials claim heavy casualties in the Bizerte clashes. Meanwhile NASA gears up for Ranger I to place a satellite in parking orbit as the U.S. aims for a Moon probe.
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Tunis
Tunisia
UPS
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Bizerte
Cape Blanc
Cairo
Arab League Council
Hammarskjold
Zurich
Rome
France
Sahara
New York
Sears
Security Council
Bourguiba
Cape Canaveral
UPI
United States
NATO Preview on Kennedy Berlin Crisis Speech
Paris dispatch reports the NATO permanent council heard a 40 minute briefing on President Kennedy's planned Berlin crisis speech. U S Ambassador Thomas K Finletter delivered an advance report on the message Kennedy will make Tuesday night.
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Paris
UPI
NATO Permanent Council
Berlin
Kennedy
U. S
NATO
Thomas K. Finletter
Hurricane Anna Hammers British Honduras Coast
Miami forecast notes Hurricane Anna making landfall on the British Honduras coast with 85 mph winds and 10 ft tides. The system moves inland at about 8 mph and heavy rains threaten dangerous flash floods across the region.
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Miami
UPI
British Honduras
Miami Weather Bureau
Anna
Anna Strikes Honduras Weather Update and Florida Forecast
Weathermen warn coastlines to expect tides up to 100 feet as Anna impacts Honduras with heavy rain and squalls. In Florida, Tampa and Tallahassee report severe thunderstorms but the state otherwise enjoys a peaceful weekend with above normal temperatures and scattered afternoon thundershowers.
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Anna
Miami
Honduran
Belize
Associated Press
Tampa
Tallahassee
S.E
Peninsular Florida
Wisconsin frog jump contest opens with light politics
In Dousman Wisconsin the annual frog jump contest starts Saturday with no political overtones. Last year a frog named Kennedy beat a frog named Nixon in the event drawing spectators and local interest. A Northampton England teacher notes a humorous Biblican revision about adultery and a Miss Australia contestant in Long Beach complains of a misspelled Australia sign on a parade float. Rocket scientists at Aerojet General investigate an igniter failure blamed on foreign material mistaken for a fire hydrant by a mongrel mascot.
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Dousman
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Nixon
Los Angeles
API
Aerojet General
Cramer presses feud with Bryant over Florida highway plan
Rep. William Cramer challenges Gov. Farris Bryant to obtain a written pledge from the Bureau of Public Roads on building an Interstate 95 coastal route from Daytona Beach to Fort Pierce if the turnpike is extended to Orlando. He accuses Holland and Whitton of equivocation and warns bondholders would influence Florida’s highway future.
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Rex Whitton
Whitton
Daytona Beach
Fort Pierce
Cramer
Florida
Weary Eichmann Ends 5 Weeks Of Testimony
Adolf Eichmann, exhausted after five weeks of testimony, finished his defense in the Jewish court at Jerusalem. He admitted tearing a New Testament in anger, insisted he was not anti Semitic, and acknowledged a contradiction in his earlier statements about remaining in the Nazi party and the SS.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Landau
Nazi Party
Bryant Drives Move to Replace Florida Democratic Chairman
Governor Farris Bryant leads a quiet effort to oust State Democratic Chairman James M. Milligan of Orlando who has held the post since 1954. The plan targets revitalizing the party with younger, active members and filling lower level positions with committed Democrats.
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Tallahassee
UPI
James M. Milligan
Farris Bryant
Milligan
Orlando
Bryant
LeRoy Collins
Monroe County
John Spottswood
Tom Adams
Ciples
Alabama House to vote on jail and fine for freedom riders
Alabama legislators move to jail and fine up to 300 dollars for anyone who publicly declares intent to join a freedom ride. In Jackson, 267 riders jailed after seven white protesters refused to leave a train terminal waiting room. The 5th Circuit denied a writ of habeas corpus, upholding Judge Mize’s ruling that state avenues were not exhausted.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Alabama House of Representatives
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
R. Alan Williams
A. Roy Huddleston
Canada Lall
Morton G. Lember
Margaret Oakley Ira
Alexander Weiss
Michael Powell
San Francisco
U. S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Local area news and notices page summary
Classifieds and sections outline on back page show 13 14 15 for comics editorial entertainment and radio TV. Sports and women’s section referenced with page numbers 9 10 6.
Chiang Sends Two Top Men to Petition Kennedy
Nationalist China dispatches Premier Chen Cheng and Foreign Minister Shen Chang-juang to Hyannis Port to urge Kennedy against U.S. recognition of Outer Mongolia and Red China U.N. membership. Fulbright supports Mongolia recognition as a diplomatic move, while Keating denounces it as aiding a Red puppet and destabilizing Asia.
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Washington
UPI
China
Kennedy
U.S
Outer Mongolia
U.N
Red China
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Chen Cheng
Shen Chang-juang
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of China
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Fulbright
Mongolia
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Weekend Toll: Florida Sees Twelve Drownings and Crashes
The report lists twelve fatalities from drownings and traffic crashes across Florida over the weekend. Electrocution of 16 year old William Nowlin and multiple fatal vehicle incidents on U S 1 near Sharpes, state road 500 near Orlando, and in Dade County contribute to the tally, with victims including Roland Galinas, Jane Spangler, Doris Meyers, Frank Rossy, and others.
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Associated Press
Florida
Hosford
William Franklin Nowlin
U.S. 1
Sharpes
Cocoa Beach
Roland John Galinas
Patrick Afb
Jane Mary Spangler
Doris Geanne Meyers
Wyoming
Mich
Frank Rossy
Orlando
Charles Wayne Bloodworth
Wauchula
Eddie Green
William Davis Foster
Ernestine Moss
Miami
North Dade County
Doris Smith
Providence
R.I
Golden Beach
Pablo Enrique Class
Puerto Rico
Deerfield Beach
Winter Park
Bradley Palmer
Ponce de Leon Springs
Clarente Jones
Lake Ocheessee
Foreign Aide Quits Under Demo Fire
Washington confirms that N. Carter dePaul Jr. resigned as chief of investment development, formerly head of the Laos mission, after a June 2 hearing where Rep. Wayne Hays demanded his dismissal for past Laos activities. Hays vowed to oppose Kennedy foreign aid bill until action is taken.
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Washington
UPI
Laos
International Cooperation Administration
N. Carter dePaul Jr
Wayne Hays
Ohio
dePaul
Hays
House Affairs Committee
Kinsey Family Tragedy Disturbs Midland Area
In Midland area a farmer Fred Milton Kinsey 58 and four of his five children were found shot dead in their modest home. Louise Kinsey 15 crawled 24 miles after being wounded to warn a neighbor. Kinsey allegedly killed his children then himself with a pistol, while a rifle jammed. The mother resides in Fort Worth.
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Midland
Tex
UPI
Louise Kinsey
Fred Milton Kinsey
Justice of the Peace
David M. Ellis
Sheriff
Kinsey
J. D. Kinsey
Johnny
Jay
Lilly
Fort Worth
JFK To Spell Out American Action On Reds Threats
President Kennedy returns to Washington from Cape Cod to announce key decisions this week to meet Communist threats in Berlin and around the world. He worked over the weekend with his advisers as he prepared a public address on policy and actions ahead.
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JFK
Reds
Washington
API
Kennedy
White House
Berlin
Cape Cod
Andrews Air Force Base
Scientists Study Gas For Clues On Suborbital Flight
NASA officials weighed whether to send another man on a suborbital flight with Gus Grissom. If approved, John H. Glenn Jr. would be next, possibly in late August or September. A shift to orbital flight in 1962 would include Shepard and Grissom among eligible astronauts.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
Gus Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Grissom
U.S
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Federal Space Agency
James E. Webb
Washington
Second Series InBus Hearing Opens Today
The State Public Utilities Commission launches a second round of hearings in Miami on overlapping St. Petersburg to Miami bus routes, pitting Greyhound against Tamiami Trailways. Tamiami, the current exclusive holder, cites route changes tied to SR 72 improvements and state road conditions. Greyhound seeks four daily trips via Sarasota Fort Myers and through Arcadia Sarasota.
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Miami
State Public Utilities Commission
Greyhound
Tamiami Trailways Cor
St. Petersburg
Sarasota
Tamiami Trailways
J. J. Reardon
Tamia
Arcadia
Fort Myers
Ocala Doctor Elected State Health Board President
Ocala physician Dr. Eugene J. Peak Jr. was elected president of the Florida State Board of Health, succeeding Dr. John D. Milton of Miami. The board also named Dr. William H. Wright as assistant state health officer for Sarasota County, who will start August 1.
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UPI
Eugene J. Peak Jr
Ocala
State Board of Health
John D. Milton
Miami
Willam H. Wright
Sarasota County
Wright
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