Tanganyika Gifts JFK New Canoe in Peace Delivery Thanks
A C124 cargo plane from Tanganyika presents President Kennedy with an 18 foot hollowed-out log canoe. The gift from the Rufiji area of eastern Africa acknowledges U.S. grain deliveries for peace. The boat bears the inscription Presented to The C124 operated by the 63rd Troop Carrier Wing from Donaldson Air Force Base.
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Kennedy
Military Air Transport Service
Rufiji
Tanganyika
Africa
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Donaldson Air Force Base
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President Kennedy names McCloskey U.S. ambassador to Ireland
President Kennedy nominated Matthew H. McCloskey of Philadelphia 69 a former Democratic National Committee treasurer to be the United States ambassador to Ireland. He will replace E Grant Stockdale who resigned effective July 6.
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UPI
Kennedy
Matthew H. McCloskey
Philadelphia
Democratic National Committee
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Ireland
E. Grant Stockdale
Republicans Approve 2000 Word Declaration of Principles
Congressional Republicans endorsed a 2000 word declaration of party principles for 1962 campaigns, attacking Kennedy administration policies and calling for tax system overhaul. The document, drafted by Melvin Laird, stresses freedom at home and abroad and outlines broad policy alternatives while signaling some dissent from Cooper and Young on specific foreign and farm references.
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Two OAS terrorists executed near Paris
Two OAS men convicted of killing an Algiers police commissioner died by firing squad in a Paris area forest clearing. Claude Peigts cried Algerie Francaise, while Albert Dovecar paid tribute to the Legion and Austria. De Gaulle framed the move as a stand against terrorism in Algeria.
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Algeria
Mexican Attacks U S Western Movie Mentality
Mexico's ambassador to the OAS Vicente Sanchez Gavito condemned the United States for a western movie mentality and for drafting an amendment to the OAS budget without Mexico. The clash occurred during a council debate on quota contributions amid expectations of President Kennedy visiting Mexico at month end.
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School loan paid off note found in envelope to board
A Lafayette School Board envelope received Wednesday contained four 20 dollar bills and a note stating the money belongs to the fund used to pay teachers. The incident was reported by UPI reporting from Lafayette Indiana.
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County Board Debates Garbage Franchise Bids and Public Input
County commissioners clash over how many garbage franchises to award and whether to continue the current five franchises. Commissioner Gernhard backs bidding while Haigh cites a 4000-card survey showing broad support for the existing system with audit reform. Spanos has not issued a report.
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James Spencer Jr Heads Sunny Land Council Reelected
James G. Spencer Jr of Sarasota was reelected president of the Sunny Land Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the annual meeting in North Port Charlotte Recreation Center. Officers James Spencer Jr, Judge Robert Hensley, George Sanders, Jack O Neill, and Chester Armstrong were reelected for second terms with several Sarasota district members named to the executive board.
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Bradenton
George Sanders
Fort Myers
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Chester Armstrong
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Washington, D.C
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Jack B. O'Neill
Robert Baynard
Ex-Convict Opens Posh Sahara Inn Nightclub in Chicago
Ex-convict Manny Skar opens Sahara Inn North a multi million dollar motel and nightclub near O Hare airport with Bobby Darin and George Jessel headlining. Attendees include Zsa Zsa Gabor and Sandra Dee as police monitor for possible gang activity and license issues. Skar faces liquor license investigations by five law enforcement agencies.
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Salty City Water Incident Triggers Flush and Review
City officials revealed a malfunction at the water plant released salty Bay water into the system. About 17,000 gallon softener tank was involved with 2,900 ppm chlorides at peak, far above the 250 ppm normal, and flushing via fire hydrants continued to dilute the salinity. Final quality tests and new well details awaited.
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Sarasota
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Manatee
Zoller and Whitehead Deaths Mark Bradenton Venice Notices
Sarasota area obituaries recall Bradenton leader Zoller co owner of Zoller Lumber with his brother and noted community roles. Venice resident and longtime State Road employee Whitehead died in Naples with several children and grandchildren listed as survivors. Funeral services are scheduled in Bradenton and Englewood. Scattered references to a Hollywood actor nicknamed Big Boy recounts a cowboy era life.
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Englewood
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Bill Davis
Oscar W. Whitehead
Newark
N.Y
Rawles Funeral Home
D. W. Hughes Sr
Deaths Elsewhere Quinn Williams Dies in California
Guinn Big Boy Williams 62 a cowboy movie star of the 1920s and later Western comic relief died Wednesday in Van Nuys California from uremic poisoning.
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Big Boy) Williams
George Wolf, 70, Ex-U S Steel Export Co President Dies
George Wolf, 70, retired president of the United States Steel Export Co., a subsidiary of United States Steel Corp., died Wednesday in New York.
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New York
UPI
George Wolf
United States Steel Export Co
United States Steel Corp
Dr. Erich Mosettig Dies at 63 in Vienna
Dr. Erich Mosettig, 63, an organic chemist and chief of the steroid chemistry section at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, died of a heart attack last Thursday in Vienna, according to UPI.
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Bethesda, Md
UPI
Erich Mosettig
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
Vienna
Bloomington Zoo Lions Return To Horsemeat
The Bloomington Zoo will continue feeding the lions horsemeat after a brief switch to beef following the donation of three cows killed by lightning. The state agriculture department intervened due to the zoo lacking a license to dispose of animal carcasses.
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Bloomington, Ill
UPH
Bloomington Zoo
State Agriculture Department
Weather Eye Forecast Touches Rainy Season Ahead
The forecast notes widely scattered showers and thundershowers moving in from the Gulf with west winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs near 89 with 68 to 74 lows and variable winds 5 to 15 mph. Florida forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and scattered thunder showers with highs 82 to 90 and nightlys 68 to 74.
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Hollis Bacon
Gulf
Miami
UPI
Florida
Mail Oddities Face Ban By Post Office
The Post Office Department will ban nonstandard mail starting Jan. 1, 1963. Letters under three inches high or four inches long or nonrectangular shapes such as curved or animal forms will be rejected to ease mechanization and machine handling.
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Washington
UPI
Post Office Department
Weather forecast for today and Friday
Brief showers likely at night into Friday morning. Otherwise fair with highs 88 to 93 and lows 68 to 74. Variable winds turning westerly at 5 to 15 mph.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers into Friday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon or early evening showers through Friday. Expect variable rain chances and no significant temperature change across the period.
Bayfront Plan Funds Sought For Development in Sarasota
Citizens Bank president Arch Wheeler Jr told the Sarasota Junior Chamber of Commerce that funds are being raised for the first step of a 13 million Bayfront Center Development. A corporation will be formed to develop Five Points to Sarasota Bay into a shopping complex with retail hotel office and marina. A model is to be prepared and a project manager hired to coordinate with the city and property owners.
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Storms Leave Wide Areas With Rain and Tornadoes
Storms rained across the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic and funnel clouds touched six states. A tornado hit near Amarillo Texas but caused no damage. Rain totals included 1.86 inches at Goodland Kansas and 1.53 inches at Charleston South Carolina. Skies cleared over the Great Lakes as fog faded, disrupting travel in Chicago and Buffalo. A drifting motorboat trapped a couple for 19 hours off Michigan City Indiana.
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Sgt Alvin C. York Released From Nashville Hospital
Sgt Alvin C. York, 74, Medal of Honor recipient, was released from a Nashville hospital and returned to his home in Pall Mall Tennessee. Doctors said the internal bleeding that hospitalized him May 29 had stopped.
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UPI
Alvin C. York
Nashville
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