Two Youths Die in Frederick County Race Crash on Rt. 522
A car chased by Winchester police crashed on Rt. 522 near Stines Chapel killing Edwin Clark Sibert 18 instantly and William Elwood Guthridge 17 who died at Memorial Hospital. A third youth Donald Mason 18 was injured. The wreck raised Frederick County Highway deaths to 17 for 1962.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Stine’s Chapel
Mt. Falls
Edwin Clark Sibert
William Elwood Guthridge
Memorial Hospi
Donald Allen Mason
Lester D. Mason, Sr
L. P. Coverstone
Coverstone
Rt. 522
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Young Mason
P. W. Foster
Toll hits 537 in Virginia 1962 weekend traffic toll
Seven deaths pushed Virginia's 1962 traffic toll to 537 over the weekend. Victims include John Scott Clarke, 76, of Dinwiddie, in a collision on Virginia 619 near Stoney Creek. Robert D. Urquhart, 16, of Stoney Creek, driver of the car. Roger Smith, 43, of King George, a passenger in a car that struck a parked truck near Lexington. Calvin Lewis Edmunds, 17, of Washington, D. C., in a single vehicle crash near Edgehill. two Winchester teenagers Edwin Clark Sibert, 18, and William Edward Guthridge, 17, in a crash north of Winchester. Galen Eugene Scott, 13, of Buena Vista, struck while bicycling. and Robert Hendricks, 31, of Norlina, N. C., in a crash on Virginia 712 in Mecklenburg County.
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Associated Press
Virginia
John Scott Clarke
Dinwiddie
Stoney Creek
Sussex County
Robert D. Urquhart
Roger Smith
Rt. 1
King George
Rockbridge
U. S. 11
Lexington
Calvin Lewis Edmunds
Washington
D. C
Edgehill
King George County
Donald Boyd Jackson
Winchester
U. S
Edwin Clark Sibert
William Edward Guthridge
Buena Vista
Galen Eugene Scott
Charlottesville
Benjamin C. Jamerson
Robert Hendricks
Norlina
N. C
Virginia 712
Mecklenburg County
Palmer Springs
Playground Improves Traffic At Kent And Boscawen Corners
A new hard surfaced lot at the northwest corner of Kent and Boscawen Streets serves as a temporary playground where at least 20 boys rode bicycles Friday afternoon. A fire truck was delayed by traffic as it responded to a county fire with several Maryland drivers yielding. The Red Cross Bloodmobile at Episcopal Church Parish House will accept donors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow, extended from 3 p.m., sponsored by the Rotary Club.
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Kent and
Boscawen Sts
Star Office
Ets
Virginia
Maryland
Red Cross
Episcopal Church Parish House
Rotary Club
Hungary Purges Stalin Group In Wide Coup
Hungary's former dictator Matyas Rakosi and 24 Stalinist followers were expelled from the Communist party in a Central Committee purge. Karoly Kiss was demoted from the Politburo while Janos Kadar presided over the meeting. Rakosi is believed to be in the Soviet Union in poor health and was expelled for absolute political responsibility for miscarriages of justice based on forged evidence. Twenty-three others were unnamed in the communique.
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Budapest
Hungary
Matyas Rakosi
Communist Party
Karoly Kiss
Janos Kadar
Woo
Rakosi
Ernce Geroe
Gerce
Soviet Union
Interior
Geroe
Redstone workers return to Marshall Center after strike
About 1,500 private contractor workers at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center resumed work under a federal court order ending a nearly week long walkout. Officials noted contractor schedules vary and some pickets remained absent as four days of production were lost in the dispute over non union electricians.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshall Space Flight Center
Flight Center
Russia Threatens U S U2 Flights From Britain
Radio Moscow warned that three American U2 reconnaissance planes now in Britain face the same fate as Francis Gary Powers if they enter Soviet airspace. An Air Force spokesman said the aircraft are on temporary duty to sample radioactive debris from atmospheric nuclear tests over the North Atlantic. The planes flew from Plattsburgh, New York, Sunday and are likely capable of long high altitude flights.
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London
Radio Moscow
Britain
Francis Gary Powers
Air Force
North Atlantic
Plattsburgh
N.Y
VA Studies Special Dividend to Boost Economy
The Veterans Administration will study funds to decide if a special GI insurance dividend can be declared. Administrator James Gleason Jr. ordered the review, to finish by mid September. Last year President Kennedy directed a $230 million special dividend to policy holders to inject cash into the economy.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
James §. Gleason Jr
Kennedy
Kennedy swims as crowd swamps Pacific coast
President John F Kennedy, visiting Santa Monica, waded into the Pacific to a surge of about 1000 sightseers. Secret Service and bystanders alike reacted as bathers, some fully clothed, pressed toward the president during the informal outing at Lawford’s beachfront home.
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Kennedy
Pacific
Coney Island
Secret Service
Santa Monica
Peter Lawford
California
Washington, D.C
Edmund G. Browin
Lawfords
Doris Day
Janet Leigh
Sue Lyon
Lawford
Soviet Fires Fourth Atmosphere Test Over Novaya Zemlya
Soviet scientists report a fourth atmospheric nuclear blast over Novaya Zemlya, detected by Uppsala University and Stockholm institutions at 4:02 a.m. EST. Estimates place yield near 10 to 12 megatons, part of a series begun on Aug 5 with blasts on Aug 7 and Aug 10.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Novaya Zemlya
Russia
Uppsala University Seismological Institution
Stockholm Geodesy Institute
Arne Bjerhammar
Stockholm Institution
Missing Alexandria 7 year old girls spark massive search
About 250 police firefighters and residents comb Brookville area as two seven year old girls Maria Theresa Morley and Rita Ohlgren vanish after 5 PM. Foul play not evident though fear grows with each hour. FBI ready to join if kidnapping suspected.
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Alexandria
Maria Theresa Morley
William Morley
Rita Ohlgren
Marine Major
A. S. Ohlgren
Brookville
G. F. Everly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Morley
Ohlgren
Only Survivor of Florida Sunday School Outing
In Lake Tarquin near Quincy Florida 17 children and the Sunday school superintendent Joseph Bouie 25 drowned during a church picnic. Jerome Maples 11 the sole survivor described the chaotic scene as two white fishermen rescued him while others failed to reach safety. The victims were all from Blessed Hope Missionary Baptist Church and the incident prompted suspension of services.
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Jerome Maples
Joseph Bouie
Bouie
Lake Tarquin
St. John
Tallahassee
Blessed Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Student Driver Causes Times Square Crash Chaos
In Times Square a student driver aged 37 Morris Loewi lost control Sunday causing a chain of crashes. Seven people injured four vehicles and a store front damaged. The taxi on 47th Street near Broadway was hit injuring two women passengers before the car mounted the sidewalk and struck pedestrians and parked vehicles.
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New York
Times Square
Morris Loewi
47Th Street
Broadway
Radiation belt danger from high altitude nuke test
Scientists report a new temporary radiation belt 600 miles above Earth formed by a July Pacific high altitude nuclear blast. The belt could threaten manned space flights including Project Mercury and may interfere with radio astronomy, with unclear duration possibly months to years. Drs Van Allen and Warwick caution further study is needed.
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James Warwick
University of Colorado
Victor Cohn
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
Minneapolis Tribune
Warwick
Southampton
N.Y
van Allen
Fighting Mad Over Slaying and Escape Plan
Berlin turmoil as West Berlin police pledge crackdown after rioters clash with Soviets and Americans. Demonstrations flare at the wall following a refugee's shooting, with thousands marching, throwing stones, and calls to end the divisive line.
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U.S
Watson
Kurfuerstendamm
Charlie
Bernauerstrasse
Wall
West Berlin
Berlin
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