Foreign Policy Base Is Strong Says Rusk in News Conference
Secretary of State Dean Rusk defended U S foreign policy against GOP criticism and Goldwater talk saying U S policies have been bipartisan and steady since World War II. He warned rivals will not roll over and emphasized American resolve to protect vital interests and allied goals.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
U.S
Rusk
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Johnson
Smuggling Convictions Reversed by U S Court of Appeals
The United States Court of Appeals reversed 11 men's convictions for membership in an international heroin smuggling ring that imported over 100 million dollars of narcotics since 1950. New trials were ordered due to improper jury instructions about the conspiracy and statute of limitations.
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New York
United States Court of Appeals
United States
Ranger 7 Moon Photos Show Smooth Surface Cratered by Tiny Impacts
Ranger 7’s first close ups reveal a smooth lunar plain in the Sea of Clouds, pocked with hundreds of small craters. Scientists from JPL released five pictures on Friday night with more promised, noting crater clustering likely from rocks ejected by Copernicus.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cap
Ranger 7
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ranger
Gerard Kuyper
Lunar Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson
Voyager
Kuyper
Earth
Hodges Attacks Goldwater Over Reckless Peace Rhetoric
Secretary Luther Hodges charged Barry Goldwater with being reckless of peace at a Democratic unity dinner in Charlotte. He warned that Goldwater’s language could unsettle NATO, threaten the Cuban missile crisis era, and jeopardize the civil rights law, urging restraint amid racial tensions.
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Charlotte
N.C
Luther H. Hodges
Barry Goldwater
Hodges
Democratic Unity
Goldwater
Johnson
South
White House
Harlem
Mississippi
Two-Car Crash on W Main Street Causes No Injuries
A 11 p.m. Friday crash on W Main Street in Somerset caused $750 damage. Harry Rankin, 23, of Somerset, R D 6, said to have fallen asleep, hit a parked car head-on. The unoccupied vehicle belonged to Dorine Hauger of 615 W Main St. Rankin’s car sustained $350 damage while Hauger’s car had $400 damage.
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W. Main Street
Somerset
Harry FE. Rankin
R.D
Dorine M. Hauger
W. Main St
Rankin
Hauger Auto
Peking Advisers Linked to Slaughter in Cai Be
Saigon government charged that Red Chinese advisers directed a July attack on Cai Be in which 40 women and children died. The communique named North Vietnamese regular battalions 261st and 514th as the attackers, while U.S. officials doubted the claim. The incident followed a claim that Hanoi regiments moved toward South Viet Mekong frontier. An ambush killed eight soldiers and wounded 14 nearby.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Red China
Mekong
Cai Be
North Viet Nam
Control Commission
Viet Nam
India
Canada
Poland
Mekong River
Khanh
Hanoi
South Viet Mekong
Red
Three Hurt As Route 219 Crash Involves Tractor
An eight year old Berlin boy remains in serious condition at Somerset Community Hospital after a three vehicle crash on Route 219 Friday morning. David K. Hay, Karl Hay, Walter L. Williams, and William K. Pugh were named in state police reports with damages estimated at 100 to the tractor, 600 to the car, and 800 to the truck. The collision occurred one mile north of Somerset.
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Berlin
Somerset Community Hospital
David K. Hay
Main St
Walter L. Williams
Boswell
Karl Hay
Williams
Somerset County
William K. Pugh
Somerset
R.D
Population Growth High in Mexico City
Officials report 22.5 births per hour in Mexico City boosting growth to among the world’s fastest for large cities. The population is just over 3.3 million.
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Mexico City
Thousands Drop 2000 Prizes Balls In Somerset Sale Promotion
Thousands of shoppers jammed the Somerset diamond area as 2000 plastic golf balls were dropped from a helicopter owned by Coal Operators Casualty Co. Wayne Vincent piloted the craft for the Somerset Retail Merchants Committee to promote Old Fashioned Bargain Days. More than 200 balls were numbered for redemption at local merchants. An estimated 3000 to 5000 people attended Friday afternoon. Children under 15 needed an accompanying adult to claim a prize, and each merchant offered 10 prizes totaling 270 prizes.
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Somerset
Coal Operators Casualty Co
Wayne Vincent
Somerset Retail Merchants Committee
Soviets rope off two Pacific rocket test zones
Moscow says the five month program runs Aug 4 to Dec 30 with two impact areas about 1400 miles south southwest of Honolulu. Tass warns ships and aircraft to stay 75 miles from centers daily noon to midnight. No details on rocket variants are given.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Central Pacific
Honolulu
United States
RFK Named as Possible New York Senate Candidate
U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy surfaces as a potential Democratic contender for the New York Senate seat. Erie County chairman Peter J Crotty and other party leaders express support while Kennedy claims no firm plans and has not announced any candidacy.
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New York
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Peter J. Crotty
Erie County
Johnson
Bob Kennedy
Samuel S. Stratton
Amsterdam
Crotty
Kennedy
Senate
Today's Weather Forecast Western Pennsylvania
Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday with a high near 79. Saturday night steady in the mid 60s as a few valleys dip toward 50. Sunday remains mostly sunny and warmer with highs around the low 80s.
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Pennsylvania
Massive Stoystown barn fire destroys structures and livestock
A two story barn on Elmer Snyder’s Stoystown RD 1 farm burned Friday evening, with livestock and farm machinery lost. Fire departments from Stoystown Boswell Jenners town Friedens and Hooversville fought the blaze starting at 6 15 pm. No injuries reported and exact loss undetermined.
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Stoystown
Elmer Snyder
Stoystown RD
Boswell
Jennerstown
Friedens
Hooversville
Soviets Reject Laos Conference Plan Rejects British Conditions
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told visiting British Foreign Secretary Richard Butler that Moscow refuses a 14 nation Laos conference with conditions. Britain likely to push a solo bid to unite Souvanna Phouma neutralists conservatives and Pathet Lao leftists.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Laos
Britain
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Andrei A. Gromyko
Richard A. Butler
Butler
Souvanna
Gromyko
Wagner Rejects Demands From Civil Rights Leaders
New York Mayor Robert F Wagner rejected demands for an independent nonpolice review board to handle police brutality complaints. Negro leaders expressed disappointment as Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant riots prompted continued protests. Police lifted street meeting bans, enabling a United African Nationalist rally in Harlem. James Lawson said 17 black Nationalist groups would join to call for police changes. The mayor avoided addressing calls to remove Police Commissioner Michael J Murphy and Lt Thomas Gilligan.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Nonpolice Board
Harlem
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
United African Nationalist Movement
James Lawson
City Hall
Michael J. Murphy
Thomas Gilligan
Ranger 7 success sparks elation at Cape Kennedy
AP reports Cape Kennedy officials celebrate Ranger 7 launch as NASA and contractor teams from General Dynamics, Lockheed, Rocketdyne, GE, Burroughs, JPL, and Air Force range support earn praise for flawless target hit on the moon after years of failed attempts. Robert Gray and Kurt Debus laud the teamwork and progress for the space program.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Cape Kennedy
United States
Orion H. Reed
Reed
General Dynamics Astronautics
Lockheed Aircraft
Rocketdyne Division
North American Aviation
Atlas Engines
General Electric
Burroughs
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Air Force
Robert Gray
Goddard National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kurt Debus
Kennedy Space Center
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Keating
Sen
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Justice Department
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