Plane With 94 Aboard Vanishes Over Bombay Storm
An Italian jetliner carrying 93 persons vanished approaching Santa Cruz Airport in heavy rain near Bombay. Search crews scoured 197 square miles as officials feared a crash in mountains or the Arabian Sea. The DC8 flying from Sydney to Rome had stops including Darwin Singapore Bangkok Bombay Karachi Tehran.
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Bombay
India
Santa Cruz
Alitalia Airline
Rome
Sydney
Australia
Arabian Sea
Darwin
Singapore
Bangkok
Karachi
Tehran
Aurana
Ere
Greater
Alitalia
Nuclear Blast Rescheduled For Tonight
In Honolulu the United States moves to detonate a high altitude nuclear warhead over the Pacific after weather delays. The 1 megaton blast is planned 200 miles above Johnston Island using a Thor missile with a 11 p m to 2 30 a m Sunday window.
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Honolulu
United States
Pacific
Joint Task Force
Johnston Island
Here
Odd white bird draws rival labels from readers
Two men submit ideas on the identity of the unusual white bird sent to The Star by Harry Whitlock and Theodore Anderson. Ken Morrison calls it a show pigeon from an 9 month-old bird. Arthur Webber sold two birds for breeding. William Marks suggests Oriental Frill. Meanwhile Tommy Strode, Bluefield College freshman, reports 37 blooms from a student-run sunflower plant.
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Harry Whitlock
Theodore Anderson
Ken Morrison
Jackson Ave
Arthur Webber
William Marks
Front Royal Road
BOYCE
Tommy Strode
Tommy
Bluefield College
Presbyterian Services Set as Usual Tomorrow
The First Presbyterian Church will hold 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services as usual after a Wednesday fire damaged the former Church School building. Dr. George D. Jackson indicated smoke cleanup is complete, organ engineer to assess water-affected organ section, and damage to the educational building estimated at 100000 dollars amid an undetermined fire cause.
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First Presbyterian Church
George D. Jackson
Jackson
Kennedy plan eyed to pass Senate next week in U S
Sponsors predicted the Kennedy social security health care bill would reach a Senate vote by Wednesday or Thursday. The test vote showed a Republican substitute defeated in a light attendance session while Democrats pushed for passage. The administration also suggested boosting the retirement base to raise funds for higher payments.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Thruston B. Morton
The
Treasury
Eigenly
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
County Budget Hearing Sets Tax Rate Steady at 2.80
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors holds a public hearing on a proposed FY budget totaling 32 132.33 less than last year. They propose to keep the current tax rate of 2.80 per 1060 of assessed valuation, in effect since 1959. Expenditures total 1,704,751 versus 1,736,883.33 in 1961 62, with general county fund receipts up 36,050 and expenditures up 8,661.75 over last year.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
General County
U.S. Lifts Soviet Travel Restrictions
The United States ends travel limits on approximately 2000 Soviet visitors, signaling potential easing of U.S.-Soviet tensions. The move, approved by President Kennedy, vows reciprocal steps from the Soviet Union and keeps open talks on direct Moscow New York air service.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Kennedy
State Department
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Moscow
New York
Berlin Wall
Corres
Thant May Seek New U.N. Orders Over Congo Crisis
UN Secretary General Thant indicated he may ask the Security Council for fresh authority to address the Congo crisis. He announced plans for security measures in Katanga to protect Union Minere properties amid threats to destroy mines to block revenues to Leopoldville. He cited Union Minere finances as central to Congo’s troubles and urged Britain and Belgium to ensure fair revenue distribution.
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London
Thant
U.N. Security Council
Congo
Katanga
Union Miniere
Leopoldville
Macmillan
Lord Home
Britain
U.N
Twenty-Five Boys Admit Destruction Of Flags In Nevada City
Twenty-five boys aged 8 to 14 confessed to destroying or ripping more than 100 American flags during a Fourth of July vandalism in Nevada City California. They were released to their parents pending juvenile court charges. Residents had been urged to fly flags Sunday through Wednesday for a community red white and blue observance.
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Nevada City
Calif
Sierra Foothills
Morocco Moves Troops Into Algerian Sahara
Moroccan troops occupied frontier posts in the Algerian Sahara near Tindouf and Colom Bechar claiming frontier territory as Moroccan. Algerian leaders lament the move while internal factions clash over leadership and direction.
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Morocco
Algerian
Sahara
Algiers
Youssef Ben Khedda
Tunisia
Hassan II
Ben Khedda
Ahmed Ben Bella
Cairo
Rabat
Mohammed Khider
Ben Bella
Khider
Algeria
France
Tindouf
Colomb Bechar
Colom Bechar
Hassan
Deadly two-car crash kills eight near Colonial Heights
In a head on collision on a U S 1 hill near Colonial Heights eight people died and at least six were injured. Victims include James Samuel of Brooklyn Samuel Yelman likely of Baltimore Wanda Samuel 6 and others. All killed and injured were Black.
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Colonial Heights
Here
Richmond
New York
Maryland
James Samuel
Brooklyn
N.Y
Samuel Yelman
Baltimore
Wanda Samuel
St. Philip’s Hospital
Sallie Isaac
Haywood Isaac
Philip Isaac
Ollie Patterson
Elizabeth Samuel
Leroy Tapley
Five Democrats Vie for Seventh District Nomination
Five candidates compete for the Democratic nomination in Virginia's Seventh District for Congress. Among them are William C. Gibbons and F. J. Largent Jr., with campaigns focused on visibility, travel, and debates as they court a likely 20 000 to 25 000 vote turnout.
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John O. Marsh, Jr
Congress
Burr P. Harrison
William C. Gibbons
Harrisonburg
Victor E. Glick
Bridgewater
F. J
Jim) Largent, Jr
Winchester
John O
Jack) Marsh
Harrison
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Wsva TV
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L. O. Dick
Clearbrook, Va
Pope’s
Texaco
Loudoun St
Winchester Seed CO
Fravel
Stephens City
Fullam
Norfolk
Cape Henry
George Ball
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Miami Beach
Fla
Japan
Kazuko Hirano
Taipei
Formosa
Hsu Ping-hsi
Civil Aviation Administration
W. E. Brooks
Smalts
Sargent
Glick
Marsh
Gibbons
Largent
Capitol Hill
Bridgewater College
J. Kenneth Robinson
Jison
Mr. Robinson
F. L. Largent JR
John Q. Marsh JR
Claude B. Smalts JR
Chatham
Winchester Savings and Loan
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