Levee Break Floods West Terre Haute. Evacuations Underway
A 230 foot Sugar Creek levee breach in Terre Haute forced about 1,000 residents to flee as floodwaters rose in West Terre Haute. Gov Handley declared a state of emergency with extra police, National Guard, and sandbag crews mobilized. The Wabash River crest was forecast at 28 feet, while Terre Haute itself remained relatively safe.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sugar Creek
West
Indiana
Civil Defense
Harold W. Handley
National Guard
Putnamville
Indiana Air National Guard
Kansas City
Louisville
Terre Nante
Anderson
White River
Too Many Show For Bear Hunt Called Off In Wise County
In Boyd Texas the Wise County bear hunt was canceled after amateurs swarmed the area. Residents had reported sighting a mother bear and two cubs believed to have wandered from a carnival. Chief Lee Cockrell called in Virgil Goodman to track the bears, but more than 30 amateur hunters joined the pursuit, some bringing pickups with hounds.
Heat Drops Five In Four Mile Hike At Fort Sill
A Saturday evening march of 120 officer training candidates at Fort Sill resulted in five men hospitalized with heat prostration after a four mile hike in 90 minutes. Names include John W. Crowe Moscow Idaho Wilbert Carter Sumter D C Wray A Jones Batesville Ark Williams A Burden Hudson Mich and Jack L Hoaglin Albion Mich.
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FT. Sill
Okla
William Bowdoin
Bowdoin
John W. Crowe
Moscow
Idaho
Wilbert Carter
Sumter
D.C
Wray A. Jones
Batesville
Ark
Williams A. Burden
Hudson, MH
Jack L. Hoaglin
Albion
Mich
Rabbits flood drive for blind children prompts plea
Los Angeles AP report shows the Foundation for the Junior Blind overwhelmed by pet donations after a week, with 2345 rabbits and many other animals offered. Executive director Norman Kaplan asks for ponies or horses while thanking donors and noting the joy pets bring to blind kids.
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Los Angeles
Foundation
Norman Kaplan
Kaplan
Catholics Urge Open Inquiry Into Faith And Reason
Bishop Navagh urged Americans to examine Catholic doctrine with learning and science. He said faith is reasonable, supported by history and philosophy, and rejects state absolutism. He called for open investigation and invited Americans to reexamine the Church as a dawn of openmindedness.
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Navagh
One World Boys
Universal Brotherhood
Paul Blanchard
Nero
Church
Macauley
Adams From Page Onc cords showeng that Goldfine picked up a tab
Adams and Mrs. Adams faced questions over a 262.29 charge at the Mayflower Hotel in Plymouth Massachusetts last year. FTC Chairman Secrest testified that Adams had not contacted the commission about Goldfine’s troubles and that the staff acted in routine fashion. Howrey and Rayburn offered cautious responses as Texas oil firms total about 6,500.
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Adams
Mayflower
Plymouth
Mass
FTC
Robert T. Secrest
Sherman Adams
Federal Trade Commission
White House
Commission
Edward F. Howrey
Goldfine
Washington
Howrey
Boston
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Tito Blasts Khrushchev and Red China
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP Tito defends accepting U S aid and attacks Khrushchev for criticizing Yugoslavia. He says American wheat and other products are needed and vows to stay true to Yugoslav independence. Tito also accuses Peiping of waging war to advance world communism and cites a Chen Po ta remark labeling Tito valuable to imperialists.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
U.S
Heiping Radio
Judas Iscariot
Labin
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
Stalin
Khrushchev
China
Peiping
Red China
Chen Po-ta
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peiping Radio
Judas
Indonesia Launches Full Scale Drive to Crush Rebellion
Indonesia moved to end the four month North Celebes uprising with a land sea and air invasion. About 5 000 troops landed near Menado after dawn with coast landings at Bitung and Kema forming a surrounding strike. Government forces aim to seal the peninsula and wipe out rebel strength of 10 000 to 12 000 as Menado falls.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Celebes
Menado
Kema
Bitung
Navy
Sumatra
Menshikov Flies Home as Ambassador Heads Brief Moscow Trip
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov left New York for Moscow on a temporary mission. He flew via Copenhagen on SAS and a Soviet airliner, to return within a couple of weeks. Embassy officials cited no specified reason for the recall and noted improved U S relations during his tenure.
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Washington
Mikhail Menshikov
Moscow
Menshikov
New York
Scandinavian Airlines
Copenhagen
Georgi Zarubin
United States
Russia
Curious Boy Drowns After Falling Into Geyser at Yellowstone
In Yellowstone National Park a 6-year-old boy from Austin Minnesota died after falling into a steaming pool near Old Faithful while inspecting the water. He suffered second and third degree burns over his entire body. His father William Lewis had been fishing nearby and pulled him from the pool.
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Yellowstone National
Unwed mothers problem viewed as national issue
The Methodist magazine Together says about 176000 young girls conceive out of wedlock annually. It notes that unwed mothers mainly come from normal families. The report cites 4000 cases at the Methodist Home Hospital in New Orleans and claims few repeat the issue.
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Chicago
Methodist
Methodist Home Hospital
New Orleans
Animals Exempt in 700 Strike Hits New York Museums
Bronx Zoo keepers and maintenance workers enter a third day of strike over pay classifications. The walkout closes Hayden Planetarium, Coney Island Aquarium, Staten Island Zoo, the Met and Cloisters, American Museum of Natural History and Brooklyn Museum while unions and city await negotiation moves.
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New York
Bronx Zoo
Zoo
Hayden Planetarium
Aquarium
Coney Island
Staten Island Zoo
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cloisters
American Museum of National History
Brooklyn Museum
Union
The
American, Federation of State
Germans Demand Credentials to Free Kidnapped Americans
Berlin reports the United States refused to pay ransom to the Communists and would not send official State Department credentials with negotiators. Col. Robert P. McQuail, acting for Gen. Henry J. Hodes, met at the East German Foreign Ministry with an unidentified U.S. major. The talks lasted about 40 minutes. no prisoners were released as the hostage crisis continues.
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Berlin
UPI
United States
State Department
U.S
Robert P. McQuail
McQuail
Foreign Ministry
Henry J. Hodes
De Gaulle Plans Second Algerian Trip to Tighten Control
Paris AP reports Premier De Gaulle returns from North Africa to a permeating Algeria crisis. Gen Raoul Salan takes over as resident minister in Algiers with Rene Brouillet arriving as civilian aide. De Gaulle eyes a second Algerian trip within a month to consolidate authority over the army while neighboring Morocco and Tunisia cite shifting troop withdrawals and diplomacy. Ferhat Abbas heads to Tunis amid rebel efforts.
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Paris
de Gaulle
North Africa
Raoul Salan
Algiers
Algeria
Salan
Morocco
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Tunis
Ahmed Balafrej
Ferhat Abbas
Rabat
Llama Is Born at Baltimore Zoo on Health Concerns
Stella the llama gave birth to a baby yesterday at the Baltimore Zoo. Zoo Director Arthur Watson noted llamas cannot be imported due to hoof and mouth disease, so zoos must breed their own. We have a small fortune here.
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Baltimore
Stella the Llama
Baltimore Zoo
Arthur Watson
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