Britain Kuwait reject Iraqi attempt to seize Kuwait oil state
Britain and Kuwait rejected Iraqi Premier Kassem's bid to annex Kuwait while vows to aid if asked. The ruler did not request immediate help. both sides prefer calm pressure to avert a larger Middle East crisis. Kuwait, oil supplier to Britain, produced over 68 million tons in 1959.
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London
Britain
Kuwait
Abdel Karim Kassem
Persian Gulf
Kassem
Middle East
Titan Job Man Knifed In Heart
A 26 year old missile construction worker Larry Kelly was found unconscious with a knife wound that pierced his heart at the Riviera Motor Lodge. He and two fellow Re-Bar Construction Steel Co. employees were attacked after leaving the Barrel House Bar. Police say the stabbing occurred outside the motel and Kelly was rushed to St Marys Hospital. Other Re-Bar workers Jerry E. Bingham and Clifford Livingston reported a separate assault at the 21 Club nearby.
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Larry Kelly
Riviera Motor Lodge
Miracle Mile Strip
Robert McCleary
Miracle Mile
Richard Boykin
McCleary
Kelly
Barrel House Bar
Carrol Crutchfield
Jerry E. Bingham
Flowing Wells Rd
Clifford Livingston
Water St
Mrs. Nan Hayden, Wife of Senator Hayden, Dies at 83
Nan Hayden, born July 24 1877 in Wilmington California and wife of Senator Carl Hayden, died at 83 after years of illness. She met Hayden at Stanford, married in 1908 in San Bernardino, and supported civic life but avoided publicity. Funeral services are planned in Washington with Chaplain Harris officiating.
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Lee Funeral Home
Washington
Frederick Brown Harris
U.S. Senate
Wilmington
Calif
Hayden
Stanford University
San Bernardino
Maricopa County
House
Senate
Sallie Hayden
Phoenix
Nan
Carl
Lost Purse Incident Ends Happily In Tucson
A Tucson woman misplaced a purse with 126 dollars last night. A man and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sedlacek, found the purse on a downtown crosswalk and returned it to the police station. Loretta Genzer identified and claimed the item after her driver's license was located in the purse.
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Tucson
Joe Sedlacek
N. 3Rd Ave
Loretta Genzer
Paris Promenade
Columnist On Vacation
Don Schellie, whose column usually appears on this page, is vacationing. His column will resume on his return.
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Don Schellie
U S accuses Peiping of Laos takeover push
The United States charges Communist China is promoting a Laos takeover to create a gateway to Southeast Asia. Ned Nordness of the U S Laos conference delegation issued the statement after Beijing rejected Western proposals for a free neutral Laos. Chen Yi condemned iron clad guarantees against aggression.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
China
Laos
Southeast Asia
Ned Nordness
Nordness
Chen Yi
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Woman Sought In Child Slayer Case In Buffalo
Police pursue a slender brunette described as about 35 and possibly a distressed mother after 3 year old Andrew Ashley was found drowned in a park lake with hands and feet bound. Earlier abducted children were found tied near railroad tracks. FBI and local detectives investigate the linked cases.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Andrew Ashley
Park Lake
North Side
Delaware Ark
Webb Predicts U S Moon Victory In Race
U S space chief James E Webb says the United States will beat Russia to a manned moon landing and return by decade’s end. He estimates total cost between 20 and 40 billion dollars with likely benefits to other sectors.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
James E. Webb
United States
Russia
Earth
Five Tucson bankers admit wives handle their money
A Tucson group of bankers says their wives run the household finances, with several noting wives manage most purchases, bills, and budgets. Bank heads Robert Jaap and Ashley Purse praise wives’ budgeting, while J. W. Poynter keeps the checkbook and notes the rise in living costs. Tip OConnell says his wife tracks expenses, and the piece ends noting bankers are like others with family money.
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Robert Jaap
First National Bank
Tucson
H. R. Poynter
Arizona Bank
Venezuelan Rebellion Crushed Near Caracas
A 250-man uprising in Barcelona against President Romulo Betancourt was crushed within five hours. Government forces killed between 12 and possibly 40 civilians, with rebels captured and leaders seized. The attempt aimed to attack Puerto La Cruz and follow a claim of drifting toward communism and foreign oil ties. An additional uprising by four junior officers at La Guaira port in Caracas was also suppressed.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Barcelona
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Puerto la Cruz
la Guaira
County May Build New Justice Hall
Pima County considers constructing a combined justice hall at Mission Road and West 29th Street to house the sheriff's office jail justice courts and the motor vehicle division with the plan in the talking stage. Sheriff Burr says a new jail may be built even if the hall is not approved and notes space shortages at the Courthouse.
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Pima County Justice
Sheriff’s Office
Justice Courts
W. 29Th St
Mission Rd
Burr
Justice
Pima County
Sheriff's Office
Office
Freedom Rider Frank Johnson Jailed Early in Jackson
Frank Johnson 21 of Tucson and 18 other youths joined a CORE Freedom Ride in New Orleans and traveled by train to Jackson Mississippi where they were jailed. CORE said rides are coordinated from New York with the western group leaving New Orleans ahead of schedule. Johnson, a Tucson High School graduate and Navy veteran, has a history of academic and athletic accolades.
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Frank Johnson
Tucson
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Johnson
N. Herbert Ave
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
New York
Tucson High School
University of California At Berkeley
Nation's Baby Boom Continues in Early 1961
Washington reports a record pace of births with 1,382,000 registered in the first four months of 1961. The Public Service estimates the nationwide baby boom remains strong as new births outpace prior comparable periods.
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The
Public Service
Tony
Tucson Firm Awarded Contract To Build Dam
Martin Construction Co. of Tucson won a $295,000 contract from the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to construct Parker Canyon Dam on the Cochise-Santa Cruz line creating a 70 to 100 acre lake. The Lynx Creek Dam bids near Prescott were rejected as too high, with new bids planned. Motorola, Inc. received $60,000 for a two way radio system in field vehicles. $752 was approved to reseed burned areas in Tonto National Forest. Pay raises of about 5.6 cents for Fish and Game Department staff were approved, pending legislative ratification.
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Phoenix
Martin Construction Co
Tucson
Arizona Game and Fish Commission
Parker Canyon
Cochise-Santa Cruz County
C. J
Jack) Mantle
Commission
Lynx Creek
Prescott
Motorola, Inc
Tonto National Forest
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Tip) O’connell
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