They Buried Freddie Harrowing Messages From The Young Camper
A humorous Associated Press feature follows Wenceslas at Camp Zumi Nawitana as cryptic postcards and letters arrive. The parents uncover odd clues about Freddie, a mock crisis driven by camp rituals, and a final note requesting an extended stay with promises of a bees and birds trip.
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Freddie
Bill
Wenceslas
Mom
Dad
Zumi Nawitana
Mommy
Herman
Uncle Bill
Atlas ICBM delays force new combat readiness
Secretary of Defense McElroy announced a delay of at least 60 days in making the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile combat ready. Testing is suspended for corrective work and will resume before July end. He noted Soviet delays may be similar and warned of hundreds of missiles needed for a credible attack.
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Quantico
Neil H. McElroy
Defense
Air Force
McElroy
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
Serum Saves Boy's Life in Maine Sourcing Lifesaving Serum
A 3 year old boy Stephen Harriman in Portland Maine fights a critical virus infection. Doctors and police across Maine Colorado and Denver coordinated a race to obtain a rare serum. The vial shipped from Denver arrived at Logan International Airport but arrival timing remained crucial to the boy's prognosis.
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Portland
Maine
Stephen Harriman
Bernard W. King
Colorado
Denver
Maine Medical Center
Ralph Heifetz
Hifetz
Boston
Dr. Heifetz
Logan International Airport
Bos
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
C. Henry Kempe
University of Colorado Medical Center
Rhode Island
Stephen
Donna
Det
Sleifert
Red Planes Violated Chinese Air Space Charge
Tokyo reports Communist China names two U S Navy patrol planes as intruding into China territorial air space over Yunghsing Pei and Shu Islands and over Tung Island in the Hsisha group. Beijing warns a 52nd serious note but relays to Portland via New England troops.
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Tokyo
China
U.S. Navy
Radio
Peiping
Yunghsing
Pei and Shu Islands
Hsisha Islands
Kwantung Province
Tung Island
Hsisha
Foreign Ministry
Rural Mail Service Expands From West Virginia
The Rural Free Delivery program began in West Virginia with Vermont as the second state to initiate rural mail delivery, marking an early expansion of the U S postal system.
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RFD
West Virginia
Vermont
Civic groups oppose Garfield Park site for UIC campus
A federation of 30 Chicago community organizations led by the Association of Community Councils opposes Garfield Park as the University of Illinois Chicago campus site. In letters to Mayor Daley and park district and university trustees, Frank Sulewski argues Garfield Park fails the park-per-capita ratio and would limit recreational facilities. He supports Daley’s proposed South Loop site.
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Chicago
Garfield Park
University of Illinois’ Chicago
Assn. of
West Side
Richard J. Daley
Chicago Park District
University Board of Trustees
Frank G. Sulewski
University
Sclewski
Sulewski
South Loop
Daley
Mistaken Identity Quarantine Cleared in Naples
In Naples on June 27 the British liner Orion was quarantined then cleared after a suspected smallpox case proved to be chicken pox.
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Naples
Italy
Orion
Crucial Test in Washington: Eisenhower Veto Threats Rise
President Eisenhower and Congress face a decisive test of divided government as veto threats loom over major spending bills including a $1.375 billion housing bill and a $4.056 billion health labor measure. Senate and House leaders aim to trim agendas to avoid overrides, while Democrats plan to campaign on vetoes affecting tobacco, wheat, housing, taxes, and social programs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Democratic Congress
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Sen
Ate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Republican National Committee
Johnson
West German presidential vote sparks Moscow protest in Berlin
The Soviet Union issued strong protests from Moscow against electing a West German president in Berlin. Berlin is the meeting site for the electoral college to choose Heuss's successor, with West Germany insisting on Berlin as the venue and no change planned despite the diplomatic note.
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Bonn
Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
West Germany
Theodor Heuss
Moscow
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Bundestag
Henrich von Brentano
Will Rasner
Christian Democrats
City
United States
Four Airmen Die in Twin Plane Crashes Near San Antonio
Four airmen were killed when two jet aircraft crashed near San Antonio, Texas. Lt Roy Owings Jr of Homestead AFB died in a T33 trainer crash southeast of the city, while Capt James Junge 1st Lt William McCasland and Airman 2.C. Michael Kemp perished in a Langley AFB RB66 crash 20 miles northwest of town. The bomber was en route to Kelly AFB and one parachute opened. The wreckage injured cattle and burned for hours on the L White ranch near San Geronimo.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Florida
Virginia
Here
Roy Owings Jr
Homestead Air Force Base
Miami
Great Falls
Oakland
Calif
Lavernia
Langley Air Force Base
Langley
James L. Junge
York
Neb
William H. McCasland
Logansport
Michael J. Kemp
Leon
Iowa
Kelly Afb
Max Dittmer
Valve Failure Causes Lunar Rocket Off Course
NASA confirmed a pressure valve malfunction during Monday's Vanguard satellite launch diverted the missile from its intended path and sent the moonlet plunging into the sea. The same valve had functioned properly in many earlier missions.
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Washington
Vanguard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Death By Natural Causes Stripper Found In St Louis
In St Louis a 24 year old night club stripper known as Lorrie Vincent was found dead in the apartment of narcotics defendant Marvin Roth. Autopsy cites natural causes air bubbles in blood with possible abortion under investigation. Roth is held on narcotics and related charges as police probe the circumstances.
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St. Louis
Raymond I. Harris
Gloria Pascual
Harris
Pascual
University City
Marvin Roth
Set
Walter Gorman
Roth
Lorrie Vincent
PBS
Gorman
FBI
John Luciano
East St. Louis
Calif
Thunderstorm blamed in 68 dead TWA Liner crash near Milan
A violent storm is deemed almost certainly responsible for a TWA airliner crash 15 miles north of Milan. All 68 aboard died including 28 Americans. The aircraft from Athens to Chicago via Rome and Paris exploded in flames. Italian and TWA investigators work to determine exact causes.
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TWA
Jack Davis
Dee
Decatur
Ill
Bearsdale
Davis
Westchester
Dulio Fanali
Italy
New York
Trans World Airlines
R. M. Dunn
Idlewild
Rome
Milan
Athens
Chicago
Paris
Fourth dose urged for Salk polio vaccine
Surgeon General Burney endorsed a special committee recommendation for a booster dose of the Salk polio vaccine for all persons under 40 who completed the basic three shots a year or more ago. Live vaccines were not approved for general use yet, with a statement on those expected soon. The review shows a 75 percent reduction in paralytic polio for those with three doses versus non vaccinated individuals, though protection remains strong for groups vaccinated over three years ago.
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Washington
Leroy E. Burney
Public Health Service
United States
Burney
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Hugh A. Mulligan
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Poison Om
Camp Zumi Nacitana
Tepee B
Tribe 8
McClellan Committee
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Whistler
Atlas Combat
Boy
Chicago U OF Campus
Erich Ollenhauer
Heuss
Busto Arsizio
U.S. Army Post Office
Fanali
Mary Belknap
Ath Salk
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