Fallout From Soviet Nuclear Tests Warns Of Global Spread
An editors note reviews radioactive fallout from Soviet tests, outlining troposphere and stratosphere contamination, residence times, and regional patterns. It cites AEC data on natural versus bomb-related radiation, cautions on potential genetic risks, and recalls Troy New York’s 1953 spike as an example of hot spots.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Radiation Council
Charles L. Dunham
AEC
Biology and Medicine Division
United States
Dunham
Nevada
Troy
N.Y
Second Trial Starts In Drag Race Death Case
James Claude Bombay Jr. and Paul Neal Etter face a second trial for manslaughter in the Phoenix drag race death of Harold Warren Stacy. Jury selection began before Maricopa Superior Judge Yale McFate after the first trial ended in a hung jury. Prosecutor Gerald Machmer plans new witnesses. defense for Etter is Marvin Johnson and for Bombay Harold Whitney.
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Phoenix
UPI
James Claude Bombay Jr
Paul Neal Etter
Maricopa
Yale McFate
UAW Turns Big Guns Against Ford in Strike Threats
The United Auto Workers pressed Ford with a settle-or-strike threat while GM workers returned to jobs after a two week strike that idled 250,000 and closed 100 plants. UAW President Walter P. Reuther planned to press Ford to at least match GM’s wage and benefit package as West Mifflin Pennsylvania plants threatened broader disruption.
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Detroit
UPS
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Aeemely
WSL
VEU Velats
Verity Gatlu
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Pittsburgh
West Mifflin
Louis G. Seaton
Atlanta
Arthur Goldberg
Reuther
Autopsy Ordered In Miner Death In Arizona
Superior Arizona April report states Melvin Thompson 42 an employee of Magma Copper Co died after hospital treatment for burns from a fire at his home. Pinal County deputies say he an epileptic had taken several pills before Friday sleep. fire started from a cigarette on the bed.
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Superior
APS
Melvin Thompson
The
Magma Copper Co
Magma Hospital
Pinal
Thompson
Local Arabian Horse Grand Champion at New Mexico State Fair
Arabian mare Poco Gor do owned by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Anderson won grand champion mare in the all Arabian show at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque. The Andersons list Jen-Mar ranch in Scottsdale as their home, while Desert Arabian Ranch of Scottsdale earned eight firsts and several other ribbons.
Phone Threat Made Against Kennedy's Life
Police learned of a telephone call threat against President Kennedy shortly before his arrival in New York. Police Inspector William Brown said there was nothing to it and that no extra guard was assigned because the existing force was strong enough. Brown did not identify who received the call. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said he was not aware of any threat.
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New York
UPI
Kennedy
William Brown
Brown
Carlyle Hotel
White House
Pierre Salinger
Ken
ASU Opens Season With Memorial Union Open House Friday
Arizona State University hosts the first season open house at Memorial Union from 8 p.m. to midnight featuring entertainment, art lectures, floor shows, a movie, games in the basement, magic shows, and dancing to Bob Roth's Octet in the ballroom. Oliver R. White urges students, faculty and staff to attend. Tom Harter will lecture at 8:15 p.m. on the American Watercolor Society exhibit.
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Arizona State University
Memorial Union
Oliver R. White
Tom Harter
ASU
American Watercolor Society
Clancy
Hungry We Trio
Phoenix
Bob Roth
Cuban police seize 12 plotting to kill Castro in operacion Sport City
Cuban police announced the capture of 12 men accused of planning to ambush Premier Fidel Castro with a machinegun bazooka and grenade assault. Raids in three provinces recovered radios code messages and weapons including bazookas and rifles. Mastermind named as Luis Torroella 30 married to an American, linked to anti Castro activity in Las Villas.
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Castro
Havana
UPI
Fidel ‘Castro
the Interior
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Segundo Borges
Las Villas
Fulgencio Batista
Sport City
Sporting City
Zookas
Luis Torroella
Teachers Attend ASU Institute In Inservice Program
Forty-two junior and senior high school teachers from 12 Arizona communities enroll in an ASU in service institute funded by an NSF grant of 11135 dollars. Dr. Ernest E. Snyder directs the nine month program with weekly Saturday sessions in biology mathematics chemistry and physics teaching techniques.
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Arizona
Arizona State University
National Science Foundation
Ernest E. Snyder
ASU
Troika On Disarmament Extended By Soviet Union
The Soviet Union announced it has expanded its three man troika approach to general disarmament. Tass reported talks between John J. McCloy and Valerian Zorin yielded demands for a four to five year disarmament timeline under strict international control with a neutral Western and Communist bloc representative on an international control body. The United States opposes a veto through this troika mechanism, fearing loss of action leverage.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Tass
John J. McCloy
Kennedy
Valerian Zorin
All Nations
United States
Large Warehouse Damaged By Fire
A block-long warehouse in Phoenix was nearly destroyed by a Sunday fire. Damage was estimated near $300,000. The wood-frame structure housed Southern Pacific Motor Trucking Co and the Robert W. Kunkle Transfer Storage Co. Contents burned including refrigeration units sinks and stoves.
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Phoenix
UPS
Southern Pacific Motor Trucking Co
Robert W. Kunkle Transfer & Storage Co
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Joseph L. Myler
Russia
Siberia
Atomic Energy Commission
Harold Warren Stacy
Bombay
Etter
Stacy
Gerald Machmer
Maricopa County
Marvin Johnson
Harold Whitney
Miner
ASU Institute
Reds
Troika
Boots Scottsdale Garage
E.ast
Scottsdale
ARIZ
National
Heritage Eng
Trifari
Sterline
van Dell
Hamilton
Bulova
Wyler
Kreisler
Speidel
Syracuse
Haviland
Castleton Johnson Bros
Milk Glass
Bryce - Fostoria Duncan Miller
TIMEX
Holloware
Wallace & International
Wilcox
Wallace
International
Sterling
S. Forster
Embler
Sonic
Eagle
Shrine
Elks
Eastern Star
Odd Fellows
Eastern Star Masonic
Bankamericard
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