Cuban Exiles Challenge OAS Delegate
In San Jose Costa Rica Cubas exile group Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front denounces Cubas representation at an OAS ministers meeting claiming Cibas chair is held by an agent of extraterritorial movement. The piece notes Raul Roa heads the Cuban delegation as talks focus on Communist influence in Latin America.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front
Latin America
Raul Roa
Americas
Fidel Castro
United States
Organization of American States
OAS
Rafael L. Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Soviet Union
Castro
Ice encases photographer's summer film finds
Star photographer Charlie Tait chilled his exposed pictures by placing them in water then found them frozen solid in ice. The Knights of Erin drum and bugle corps placed second in the Legion Parade at Alexandria, with front page photo in the Alexandria Gazette. Four leaf clovers reported in Kernstown as Dixie Branner and Susan Snapp await mail on Shawnee Drive. Nine five leaf and 28 four leaf clovers found in a yard square patch. Huge potatoes promising in the area. Junior Lee Link brought several weighing up to 20 pounds from Rt. 50 West garden. part of a 20 bushel crop from 50 pounds seed. no special treatment used.
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Charlie Tait
Knights OF Erin
Rouss
Alexandria
Kernstown
Dixie Branner
Susan Snapp
Town’ Crier
Shawnee Drive
Lee Link
Rt. 4
Star
Mr. Link
Rt. 50 West
Popo
Kennedy Pledge Aims to Raise Farm Income and Parity
Kennedy pledges to raise farm income to full parity and to preserve the family farm with a plan to start in January. He backs the promise with Lyndon Johnson and a cohort of party leaders, suggesting a potential 25 percent income rise and a farmer friendly supply policy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
GOP
Johnson
Sens
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minneola
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Jackson
Sierra Fires Rampage Across 55000 Acres in Western States
Sierra forest fires blanked Reno and Lake Tahoe areas, consuming over 55000 acres. Donner Lake fire grew to 24700 acres, moving 17 miles toward the Nevada border. Forest Hill Divide blaze surpassed 30000 acres, evacuating Bath, Michigan Bluff, and Baker Ranch. Nevada County fire reached 7000 acres, threatening North San Juan. Firefighting crews from multiple states aided 1650 and 950 personnel at two fronts. Power outages and logistical chaos disrupted services as casinos and clubs relied on diesel. Transportation and gas pumps faltered while evacuations continued.
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Reno
Nev
Sierra
Lake Tahoe
California
Donner Lake
Nevada
California Forest Service
Forest Hill Divide
North
San Juan
Forest Service
Marilyn Monroe
Tommy
Hurricane) Jackson
Long Island
N.Y
Howard King
Sierra Pacific Power Co
Nixon Plans Second South Campaign Swing
Vice President Richard M. Nixon will tour the South on Friday with stops in Birmingham and Atlanta. He will speak at City Hall in Birmingham at noon after a reception at the airport, then travel to Atlanta for an open air rally at Hart Park. Mrs Nixon accompanies him. they return to Washington the same day.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
South
Birmingham
Atlanta
Nixon
City
Alabama
Hart Park
Caldwell Marks
Marks
Georgia
Stanley Meyerson
Powers family seeks direct clemency plea to Khrushchev
Barbara Powers plans to appeal directly to Premier Khrushchev for mercy for Francis Gary Powers, skipping Brezhnev. Attorneys note the family may file two petitions, one from Barbara and one from Powers' parents, amid a Moscow stay awaiting action on clemency.
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Moscow
Barbara Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Francis Gary Powers
Leonid Brezhnev
Frank W. Rogers
Roanoke
Powers
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Yalta
Black Sea
Brezhnev
Barbara
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Mikhail Grimov
Four Hurt In Weekend Traffic Mishaps
Four people were injured in two weekend crashes on Route 50 near Gore and Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Fike of Arlington received multiple injuries after their 1957 Pontiac left the shoulder and hit a tree, with $800 in damages. M. Forney of Tampa and Thomas A. Shockey, both in a 1955 Ford, suffered head and limb injuries when the vehicle went into a ditch and struck a bank. the car was a total loss. Karen Ann Robinson stopped to view the Gore wreck and was rear ended by a 1955 Buick driven by Melvin.
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Paul E. Fike
Arlington
Memorial Hospital
R. M. Forney
Tampa
Fla
Thomas A. Shockey
Miller St
Fike
Rt. 50
Gore
L. W. Waters
Winchester
L. P. Coverstone
Forney
Shockey
Waters
Karen Ann Robinson
Shinston
W. Va
Melvin
Space Dogs Belka and Strelka Rally After Flight
Pravda reports two mongrel dogs Belka and Strelka showed alarm during takeoff but recovered and ate as their capsule with animals, flies, plants, and fungi landed in a meadow after 18 earth orbits in 24 hours.
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Moscow
Pravda
Medical Care Plans Head for Showdown
Washington AP outlines rival schemes to fund elderly medical care. The Senate faces a clash between a committee plan providing 200 million dollars yearly in federal grants and alternative proposals by Senators Anderson and Javits to expand coverage via higher social security taxes and federal grants.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Ate
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Anderson
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Javits
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Seven Die In Auto Crash In Vermont
Seven youths from Winooski Vermont died in a pre dawn single car crash that sprinkled grief through their close knit town. The 1954 sedan skidded 500 feet on a rain slick hill and hit a maple tree. Two memorial Masses were planned at St Francis Xavier and St Stephen's churches for the victims including Earle DeCarreau Ronald Rogers Maurice Soutiere Edward Foley James Daigle Norman Paquin and William Lanier.
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Winooski
Florence McCarreau
Earle
Vermont
Winooski High School
Burlington
South Hero
Edward Foley
Edward
Msgr
Charles D. Towne
St. Stephen’s Catholic Church
Richard Daigle
James
Msgr. Towne
St. Francis Xavier Church
Earle DeCarreau
Ronald Rogers
Maurice P. Soutiere
Lightning Kills Man and Wife in Michigan Storm
In Bay City, Michigan, a sequence of lightning bolts killed Marjorie Shook, 22, as she sheltered near neighbors, and her husband Robert, 27, who ran toward her. The couple left three young children. the tragedy occurred during a severe afternoon storm in Linwood.
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Bay City
Mich
Marjorie Shook
Robert
Congo Government Reaffirms Stance on UN Congo Mission
Leopoldville reports a reversal as Congo’s government withdraws demands on the UN Congo operation and backs Dag Hammarskjold policy. In New York the UN Security Council endorses his neutral aid direction amid Congo domestic tensions and Belgian troop withdrawal signals.
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Congo
Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Local CAP Hunts For Missing Oklahoma Plane
Civil Air Patrol units and volunteers searched a missing private plane carrying Henry Griffing his wife and two children en route from Teterboro to Oklahoma City. Despite leads and aerial sweeps across Virginia and nearby states a sighting proved inconclusive. A $5000 reward is offered for information, and the Oklahoma Bar Association urged local search efforts.
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Civil Air Patrol
Teterboro
N. J
Henry Griffing
Video Independent Theatres,, Inc
Johnne
Linda
Philip
Oklahoma City
Okla
FAA
Don Patton
Randolph Ritter
James Eyler
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Edinburg
Robert Dehaven
Frederick County
Griffings’ Company
Oklahma Bar Association
W. P. Crowe
The
Oklahoma Bar Association
Bruce McClelland
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Thomas Shockey
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Midwest
Alecia
Norman Garrison
Picnic Chamber of Commerce
Chevrolet
Cadillac Sales Co
C.V.F
Middletown
D.S.T
Southland
Elberta
L. O. Dick Estate
Clearbrook
Hale Harrison
Paul Rhodes
Mt. Airy
Cedar Creek
Pocahontas Coal & Esso Fuel Oil
A. C. Slonaker & Son
St. Stephen’s
Foley, Daigle
Norman E. Pa
William L. Lanalso
Day
Oklahoma
CAP
Federal Aviation Agency
Virginia
Maj
P. D. Muse, Jr
Richmond
White Top Mountain
Kentucky
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