West Berlin Standoff Solidifies US Congress Backing
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter won broad congressional support for resisting pressure to yield West Berlin. He warned Moscow that only peaceful German crisis solutions are possible, urging Soviets to halt moves to enlarge East German captivity. The Geneva talks paused to July 13 after six weeks of deadlock.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
West Berlin
Congress
U. S
Moscow
Herter
Geneva
Germany
Europe
Britain
France
United States
America
Andrei Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
Race Survival Seen Despite H-Bomb War
A scientist told a congressional subcommittee that human survival after a US USSR H-bomb war is possible though catastrophic. Dr. Robert R. Newell of the San Francisco Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory warned the price would be immense with mass killings and generations of mutations. He advocated seeking peaceful avenues despite the grim genetics outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
Russia
United States
Robert R. Newell
Newell
Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory
San Francisco
Congressional Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Rioting Prison Inmates Subdue With Tear Gas At Springfield Facility
In a 16 hour uprising at the federal prison hospital in Springfield, 106 inmates in the 10 North unit seized guards and vandalized offices and medical chests. Leaders Taylor Roberts and Reed faced charges. guards remained hostage until authorities used tear gas M-9 to restore control.
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Springfield
Federal
Appleby
Earl Taylor
Taylor
North
Carl Roberts
Bryan D. Reed
Russell C. Settle
Weather Summary From Noon To Morning
The U S Weather Bureau reports at noon and 9 am a temperature of 73 degrees. Sunrise is 5 23. The river stage is 2 7 feet and falling. Sunset is 8 21.
Local Weather Snapshot
Yesterday saw a high of 88 with a low of 66 and no precipitation reported. Clear to partly cloudy conditions dominated the day with no notable weather events.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity and Illinois
Partly cloudy warm and humid conditions with scattered showers or thundershowers tonight into Thursday. Cooler air moves in for extreme northern Indiana and Illinois. lows range from 64 to 79, with highs Thursday in the low to mid 80s and some variability across regions. Temperature readings noted at 68 and 77 at 8 am and 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Starkweather Due To Die Thursday In Nebraska
Charles Starkweather sat calm as he faced possible execution for an 11 victim, with his parents seeking a new reprieve. His father Guy pressed Lancaster County Court for a stay and a writ alleging trial errors as authorities prepared for the electric chair at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI _Mass
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Guy
Starkweather
Lancaster County District Court
Fire Chief Dies in Evansville At 44
Clarence J. Bassemier, 44, longtime Evansville fire chief, died Tuesday night from a heart attack while walking from his garage to his home. He had led the department from 1956 and previously from 1948 to 1953.
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Evansville
Ind
Clarence J. Bassemier
Quadruplets Born to Brooklyn Couple in Public Health Hospital
A 26-year-old Brooklyn woman gave birth to quadruplets three boys and a girl at the Public Health Service Hospital in Clifton Staten Island. The Ka jouras family of Brooklyn reports this is their first child set. The father, Alex Ka jouras, 30, a Columbia College graduate class of 1958, studies law at Columbia and works as a taxi driver by night and a truck driver during summer vacation.
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New York
Brooklyn
Public Health Service
Clifton
Staten Island
Alex
Bessie Kajouras
Columbia College
Columbia Law School
Coroner Rules Reeves Death Self Inflicted
Hollywood actor George Reeves died by his own action per a second autopsy led by Coroner Theodore Curphey. The findings noted Reeves was intoxicated at death and left a party at his Benedict Canyon home before a gunshot ended his life.
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Hollywood
APD
George Reeves
Theodore J. Curphey
Curphey
Reeves
Benedict Canyon
Night Prom Dreams Ended in Tragic Death Near Mattoon
Saul Pett chronicles a devastating prom night tragedy as seven teens lose their lives at a grade crossing two miles north of Mattoon Illinois. The piece reflects on youth, love engagements and birthday joy overshadowed by fatal accident.
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Ivan
Dorothy
Jerry
Irene
Lyle
Judy
Mattoon
Ill
Saul Pett
THE
Tribune-Star
Seeks to Avoid Testifying at Sanity Hearing
First Lady Blanche Long fled Louisiana while Gov Earl Long faces a sanity hearing for possible removal of executive powers. She left to avoid testifying about her husband’s alleged homicidal tendencies, leaving subpoena papers unserved. Judge Robert D Jones, appointed by Huey Long's successor, will oversee the case as drama builds over governor fitness.
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Reeves
Toni Mannix
Helen Lescher Bessolo
Galesburg
Ill
Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana
Blanche Long
Earl Long
Long
Earl
Huey
Robert D. Jones
Indianapolis Rape Attempt Suspect Held
Merrill L. Gilpin, 23, was captured after a county wide hunt. Police say he kidnapped and threatened tele phone operator Phyllis Ann Strange 18, forcing her to drive on back roads near New Castle. a pistol discharged injuring him, he was hospitalized in fair condition. He faces charges of kidnapping and assault with intent to murder. Strange had dated him in high school and he previously abducted and beat her in 1956.
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Indianapolis
Merrill L. Gilpin
Phyllis Ann Strange
Gilpin
Gilpen
New Castle
General Hospital
Miss Strange
Satchmo Improves in Spoleto Hospital Stay
Louis Armstrong reported much improved at Spoleto Italy after pneumonia attack. Doctors say he rested well and expects discharge in a few days. Armstrong, who turns 59 on July 4, was stricken early Tuesday with chest pains initially thought to be a heart attack.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong
Rojas demands Frondizi quit as president in Argentina
Rear Adm. Isaac Rojas, a Peron topple hero, calls for President Arturo Frondizi to resign. The government rejects the ultimatum as the armed forces split into rival factions. Vitalo vows to meet any revolt with full power as Frondizi clings to office amid a growing crisis.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isaac Rojas
Juan Peron
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
Rojas
Alfredo Vitale
Vitalo
Painting Sets Auction Record at Sotheby's in London
A London art dealer bought Rubens Adoration of the Magi for 770000 pounds, the highest bid ever at public auction. The piece, from the late Duke of Westminster collection, was sold at Sotheby’s to raise inheritance taxes.
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London
Duke of Westminister
Sotheby’s
Four jurors seated in Terre Haute gambling tax case
Four men were permanently placed on the jury for the Terre Haute international gambling syndicate tax evasion trial. The defense used peremptory challenges to dismiss four others and replace them with four new jurors as noon approached.
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Leo Shaffer
Chicago
U. S
Morris Shenker
St. Louis
Dan Davies
Newport, Ky
Palmer K. Ward
Indianapolis
Charles
Terre Haute
Ollie T. Bosse
Jeffersonville
Clenn R. Clark
Winchester
William J. Conlin
William Embree
Bedford
Robert M. Lewis
Greencastle
Ralph E. Black
Danville
Jerry L. Girton
Julian Duling
Spencer
Earl Buchanan
Ray A. Carter
Cleo Emswiller
Rushville
Cecil H. Gladish
Oakland
Philip Goweau
Rockport
Wilber R. Hasler
Greenfield
Charles F. Bain
Harold E. Boyll
Hudson Avenue
Atomic Spy Fuchs Says No Grudge Against West
Klaus Fuchs, released after 14 years for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union, disappeared behind the Iron Curtain Tuesday night and said he bears no resentment toward Britain or the West. He left England for East Germany on a Polish airliner, after losing his British citizenship. newsmen were barred from interviewing him in his final hours in England.
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Berlin
Klaus Fuchs
Iron Curtain
England
Soviet Union
East Germany
Fuchs
Germany
Britain
Eisenhower seeks long term basis for foreign military aid
President Eisenhower urged Congress to place U S foreign military aid on a three year basis and shift control to the Defense Department to end bickering. He endorsed 12 recommendations from a 36 page report and said he would act by executive action where possible.
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Washington
UPD
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Defense Department
Sam Rayburn
Richard M. Nixon
New Sugar Creek Trustee Named
Harold Ross, grocery store operator at Ferguson Hill, AR 3, West Terre Haute, appointed to fill the unexpired term of James Clark Sugar Creek Township trustee. Clark died after an extended illness. Ross is a life-long Democrat and brother-in-law of Clark's wife Catherine, chief clerk. No staff changes expected.
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Harold Ross
Ferguson Hill
AR 3
West Terre Haute
James Clark
Sugar Creek Township
Joseph Silcock
Ross
Clark
Catherine
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Leonard Appleby
Gets Reeves
Calif
Eddie Mannix
MGM Studio
Superman
Lenore Lemmon
U. S. Weather Bureau
Satchmo
By Brian Bell
Merriman Smith
White House
New Sugar Creek
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