Algeria on verge of civil war after independence
Fighting erupts across Algeria as Ben Bella loyalists clash with Ben Khedda forces. Kabylie and Algiers become bastions of resistance while Constantine and Bone fall to Ben Bella troops. Troops and guerrillas move from Tunisian border as power struggle deepens.
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Algiers
Kabylie
Dissirr
Ahmed Bena
France
Algeria
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Ben Khedda
Wilaya
No. 3
Ben Bella
Hr Ben Bella
Constantine
Mediterranean
Bone
Tizi Ouzou
Town Crier Notes Child Play Area Need
The Town Crier reports demand for bigger back yards for children to play away from Kent Street and recalls a red ball incident when a crier returned it to kids. Curt Goundie mixes up a coffee request and teabags. Cats and kittens are being abandoned along Sen Seny Road, risking harm as SPCA is the place for unwanted animals.
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Kent Street
Senseny Rd
The
Crier
SPCA
Brakes Fail On Propane Truck In Berlin NY Killing One
A propane laden tractor trailer ran out of control on a hill near Berlin New York smashing into a village and igniting a blaze that killed the driver and sent 16 others to area hospitals. Fire destroyed a dozen homes and the 179 year old Baptist church as bystanders reported flames shooting high into the sky and witnesses described a thunder like blast. Authorities noted brakes appeared to fail and the truck jackknifed near the village square. many injured were treated in Bennington Vermont and Troy New York hospitals.
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Merrills
Mabel H. Wager
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Samaritan
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
McLucas
Holden Gutermuth
North Carolina GOP Chairman Admits Double Life
William E. Cobb, North Carolina GOP chairman, disclosed a double life after reporters revealed a Roanoke home with a common law wife and two children while he lived in Morganton with his legal wife and an adopted son. He said he would resign as chairman and withdraw from the state senate race.
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Charlotte
N.C
William E. Cobb
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
The
Roanoke
Times
Cobb
Morganton
Observer
C. A
Pete) McKnight
State Senate
Yale
GOP
Nately
W. Edward Cobb
Linda
Time
Roanoke Times
Morganton Hardwoods, Inc
McKnight
Republican Party
New York City
Andover Prep
Mildred Cochran
McDonald's TV Service Stephens City specials weekend sale
Cash card stamps promote a weekend sale at McDonald's TV Service in Stephens City Virginia. Bathing suits sportswear and dresses discounted with multiple price reductions across clothing items. Location Macy 128 N Loudoun St lists hats skirts coats and more at low prices.
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McDonald’s
Stephens City
MACY
N. Loudoun St
Thor Rocket Destroyed on Johnston Island Launch Pad
The Thor booster carrying a nuclear device on Johnston Island was deliberately destroyed after a malfunction. No injuries or radioactivity hazards were reported. This setback comes amid the Pacific test series and Kennedy’s time frame for completion.
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Thor
Washington
Johnston Island
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
U.S
Pacific
Kennedy
New Zealand
Hawaii
Winchester Days Opens Amid Crowds And Strong Sales
Winchester Days kicked off with reports from shoppers and merchants that stores were crowded and sales met expectations. Rob ert L. Pizzano of the Winchester Retail Merchants Assn. praised the event as successful as streets filled and doors stayed open late in anticipation of cash and merchandise awards.
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Robert L. Pizzano
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn
Winchester
Red caboose fading from Florida East Coast rolling stock
The Florida East Coast Railroad is repainting all its rolling stock from red to blue, signaling a shift in livery across the line as older cabooses are retired.
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Miami, Fla
Florida East Coast Railroad
Winchester banks show deposits rise to 42 million
The three Winchester banks report combined deposits of 42,025,000 for June 30 1962, up 3,752,955 from a year earlier. Frederick and Clarke County banks also posted gains with total deposits of 3,031,000 and 7,385,000 respectively, amid regional economic growth.
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Winchester
Farmers and Merchants
Shenandoah Valley
Commercial and Savings
Frederick County
Middletown State Bank
Western Frederick Bank
Gore
Clarke County
Berryville
Skyphone service inaugurated by American Airlines
The first air-to-ground Skyphone call was made by stewardess Hope Patterson on American Airlines Flight 941 flying from New York to Cincinnati at 28 000 feet over Lakehurst New Jersey. The call connected to the Associated Press office marking the launch of the new radio telephone service.
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New York
American Airlines
Hope Patterson
Lakehurst
N.J
Cincinnati
Communist Offensive Expected in Viet Nam
In Honolulu briefings US officials forecast a rising Viet Cong guerrilla push in South Vietnam within 60 to 90 days to counter government forces and threaten a rump regime. Vietnam era observers note Laos patterns as a caution, with limited reinforcements via the Laos border and a small influx of about 1,000 guerrillas between May and mid June, then dwindling.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Honolulu
U.S
Laos
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Climax Looms in Albany Racial Strife
In Albany Georgia racial unrest nears a climax as Negro leaders plan major anti segregation demonstrations. Rev Ralph Abernathy and Dr Martin Luther King Jr urge mass jail actions amid police readiness and widespread arrests.
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Albany, Ga
Ralph D. Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
Prince Edward County Schools Ordered to Desegregate Plans
U S District Judge Oren R Lewis ruled Prince Edward County must not keep its schools closed to sidestep desegregation. He ordered the School Board to draft elementary and high school admission plans without regard to race and to submit them by early September. The county has kept schools closed since 1959 after budget refusals following a federal desegregation order.
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Richmond
U.S
Oren R. Lewis
Prince Edward
Prince Edward's
Lewis
Supreme Court
Commonwealth of Virginia
U.S. District Court
Board of Supervisors
Prince Edward School Foundation
Virginia Supreme Court
Comment on Maxwell Taylor appointment as chief of staff
Two Washington columnists David Lawrence and James Marlow have written their views on the Presidents appointment as chief of staff of the armed services. Their articles appear on Page 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Taylor
The
Armed Services
Evening Star
David Lawrence
James Marlow
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Lousville
Aloysius
Flagstaff
Ariz
Curt Goundie
Fred Goundie
East Whitlock Ave
Curt
Berlin
N.Y
Gene Merrills
Farmers & Merchants
Middletown
Bank of
1St National Bank
Lucille Burkhart
Skyphone
Viet Nam
Albany
King
Abernathy
W. G. Anderson
School Board
Virginia
W.va
Wie
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