Pilotless Navy jet crash kills seven at Pennsylvania picnic
A pilotless FJ Fury crashed on a Willow Grove day camp field near Philadelphia during a rainstorm, killing seven and injuring at least 17. Four children died among the victims, including Jennie Klein and her daughter Sandra. The pilot bailed out safely. cause under Navy investigation.
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Lee Linder
Willow Grove
Abington Memorial Hospital
Jennie Klein
Sandra
Harvey Klein
Jeanne Arnold
Judy Arnold
Emanuel Milton Fine
Caroline Hershfield
Philadelphia
John W. Butler
Boiling Springs
Marine Reserve
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Navy
Albert Waldman
Green Hill
Roseman Cousins Club
Fineman
Samuel Weiner
Jack
Weiner
Pilot bailout follows jet fuel fire at base crash
Witness Weiner and his son suffered severe burns as Jet fuel ignited after a crash. A Norfolk naval safety team led the investigation. Captain Waldman explained Butler, of the 511th Marine Fighter Squadron, likely lost control and bailed out. the pilot’s precise cause remains unresolved. Butler sought seclusion after the incident.
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Weiner
Naval Air Safety
Norfolk
Waldman
Butler
511Th Marine Fighter Squadron
Financial Deals With Cuba Banned
The United States bans all financial transactions with Cuba to isolate the Fidel Castro regime. The State Department will outline details, allowing Cuban refugees with valid reasons to send money home. Officials say the move will place Castro's Cuba alongside Red China in financial dealings.
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Washington
F AP
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
State Department
Hemisphere
Castro
China
Two Women Die In Auto Crash Near Nash Texarkana
Two women died in a two car crash at Nash five miles west of Texarkana. Victims were Georgia Ruth Barnard 58 Nash and Melba Powell Singleton 41 Texarkana. Injured but not critically were Bonnie Sue Farland 29 Wake Village and Donna South 13 Tanner Ark. Police said Farland’s car skidded on slick pavement into Singleton’s path.
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Texarkana, Tex
Nash
Here
Georgia Ruth Barnard
Melba Powell Singleton
Texarkana
Bonnie Sue Farland
Wake Village
Donna South
Tanner, Ark
Record 553 Killed In Holiday Traffic
The Associated Press reports 553 Americans died in traffic during the Independence Day weekend, a new record for a four day period. The toll reflects widespread high speeds and unsafe driving, with 70 percent due to avoidable factors.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Council
Argentina voters back Illia as Peronists face setback
In Argentina a 1963 presidential vote placed Arturo Illia in the lead with about 25 percent as many ballots were counted, while the Peronist call to boycott produced a low blank ballot total. Electors will decide the president if no candidate wins a majority, with the top names including Illia Alende and Aramburu.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
South America
Juan D. Peron
Vincente Solano Lima
Arturo Illia
Congress
Illia
Oscar Alende
Pedro Aramburu
Don Nadie
National and Popular Front
Peron
Spain
Arturo Frondizi
Push For Tax Cut Aims At International Balance
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon told the Joint Economic Committee that the Kennedy administration will push for tax reduction price stability and export promotion as its core method to fix the balance of payments. He argued the tax program is central to balancing international accounts and preserving dollar confidence. Dillon said a tax cut would not be inflationary given slack economy and high unemployment and that a tight policy would be inappropriate. he noted the Fed could raise short term rates, though no plans exist to tighten credit.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Kennedy
Dillon
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Dilon
Federal Reserve Board
Acreage Of Cotton Dips
The Agriculture Department reports 1958 cotton planted area at 14,856,000 acres, down 9 percent from 1957. Texas accounts for 6,250,100 acres, down 9.7 percent. No production forecast yet. first estimate due August 8. If yield matches last year, output could reach about 13,073,000 bales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Research Slated On Drug For TB
The State hospitals and special schools board accepted a $15,000 grant from Eli Lilly & Co to research capreomyen an experimental drug aimed at curing tuberculosis The work will be conducted at the Tyler Harlingen San Angelo and San Antonio hospitals and schools
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Austin
Board For State Hospitals and Special Schools
Tyler
Harlingen
San Angelo
San Antonio
Ely Lilly & Co
Kennedy Wirtz meet on rail strike risk in July crisis
President Kennedy and Labor Secretary Wirtz discussed the railway labor dispute amid threats of a nationwide walkout set for Thursday. Officials expect possible legislation to bar the strike as unions reject government settlement plans and railroads push new work rules affecting thousands of jobs.
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Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Congress
Labor and Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committees
White House
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Railway Conductors and Brakemen
Switchmen's Union of North America
Secretary of Labor
J. F. Wolfe
Wolfe
Worthington Rites Pending for Odessa Resident
Funeral services are pending at Enger Funeral Home in Minneapolis for Mrs. C. Brice Worthington of Odessa former Snyder resident. She died at Parkland Hospital in Dallas Saturday evening. Born January 2 1916 in Minneapolis she is survived by parents Mr and Mrs S A Paulson of Minneapolis husband C Brice Worthington of Odessa three sisters and two brothers.
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Enger Funeral Home
Minneapolis
Minn
C. Brice Worthington
Odessa
Snyder
Worthington
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Bolger
Bolger Funeral Home
A. Paulson
Jeannette Giersdal
Lois ‘Twite
Helen Klein Jahn
St. Paul
Arthur Paulson
James Paulson
Khrushchev Holds Kiev Talk With Belgian Minister Spaak
Premier Khrushchev meets Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak in Kiev to ease East West tensions as China and Soviet leaders face a growing split. Tass notes the talks continue a 1961 dialogue with Podgorny and Zorin present. Meanwhile Beijing considers a split and Chinese officials urge unity.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kiev
Paul- Henri Spaak
Belgium
NATO
Tass
Germany
West Berlin
Spaak
Presidium
Nikolai Podgorny
Valerian Zorin
Chen Yi
Peking
Red China
Chen
United States
Yugoslavia
China
Soviet Union
Violence Overshadows Peaceful Racial Integration Efforts
Racial violence in New York and Baltimore overshadowed peaceful integration steps by two churches. A Bronx teen was wounded by a gunman in a diner's vicinity amid earlier picketing by CORE for hiring more Negro workers. crowds clashed and police dispersed youths as tensions rose.
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New York
Baltimore
Bronx
Jack Cippolla
Cippolla
Congress of Racial Equality Core
White Castle
Woodlawn
Tucson
Ariz
Richmond
Pueblo Gardens Methodist Church
Wilbur Johnson
Robert W. Hare
Cambridge
Soth Division Returns to Field After Weekend Rest
The 36th Division resumes tactical training at North Fort Hood after a weekend rest. About 4 000 of 8 900 soldiers move to woodlands for night convoys as Maj Gen Silden Simpson of Amarillo, commander, expresses satisfaction with Week One.
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North FT. Hoodap
Woodlands
Silden Simpson
Amarillo
Weather snapshot across Texas regions today and tomorrow
North Central and Northeast Texas clear to partly cloudy and warm today and Tuesday. A few late thunder showers in Perth area. Low tonight 74. High Tuesday 80s. Southeast Texas partly cloudy and hot with widely scattered late thundershowers. Low tonight 72 to 78. Southwest Texas partly cloudy and hot with isolated late thundershowers in extreme northwest. High Tuesday around 90.
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Texas
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