Missing Americans Rescued After Laos Outpost Attack
Two U S soldiers Virgil Murphy and Merle Loobey were rescued by helicopters near Houei Sai Laos after an attack by Pathet Lao troops. They reported radio failure and confusion as royal Laotian forces faced mortar fire and fled toward Thailand. British doctors Prentice and Bryceson were also released by orders of Pathet Lao chief Souphanouvong.
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Antoine Yared
Houei Sai
Laos
Thailand
L. C. Virgil Murphy
Marion
Ind
Merle E. Loobey
Olympia
Wash
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
U. S
Mekong
Prince Souphanouvong
Saravane
Colin Prentice
Anthony Bryceson
Prince Bom
Rescuers Find Body Of 12 Year Old Boy
In Shamokin Pennsylvania rescuers found the body of a 12 year old boy nearly ten hours after he fell into a 550 foot mine shaft while chasing a squirrel with a friend Tuesday night.
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Shamokin
Mine Cave-in Drowns Four Year Old in Alberta Shaft
In Ghost Pine Creek Alberta rescuers recovered Kenneth Kowalchuk Jr. after an abandoned 85 foot mine shaft caved in while he played nearby. Miners lowered by rope found the boy dead at the bottom despite a night of efforts.
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Ghost Pine Creek
Alta
District
J. J. Kubin
Calgary
Kubin
Kenny
Peter Kowalchuk
Johnny
Alberta
Kowalchuk
E Mounted Police
Keith Sutherland
Ya Ece
Rubin
Three Hills
Kenneth Shickley Jr
John Varano
Joseph Garcia
Joseph Templin
Shamokin
Templin
Kenneth
Varano
Garcia
Reading Transportation Co
Harrisburg
Warm Weather Returns With Thunderstorms Forecast
Obe Gown Crier reports warm weather moving back into the area. A low of 64 to 68 degrees is forecast tonight with a warm trend tomorrow and possible afternoon thundershowers. The five day outlook shows average temperatures more than five degrees above normal. Daylight saving time was observed by Winchester clock clocks were advanced an hour. The Grim family at 431 W Bellview owns many timepieces and supports the earlier time change.
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Winchester
Crier
Lawrence C. Grims
W. Bellview
Stock Market Rests After Dizzy Rally
NEW YORK AP The stock market paused after a dizzy whirl as it recovered much of Monday s decline. Memorial Day holiday closed exchanges. The Dow rose 27.03 to 603.96 as blue chips led a late rally sparked by mutual funds. Traders hoped the momentum would carry into Thursday but warned the trend remains fragile.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Market Rally Eases Dems as Dow Recovers
Democrats breathed relief after a major stock market rally nearly erased Monday’s losses. Senator Humphrey called the session encouraging and predicted further gains while GOP critics warned about political consequences for the Kennedy administration.
Memorial Day Rites at Winchester National Cemetery
More than 100 people gathered at Winchester National Cemetery for Memorial Day ceremonies. Rear Adm. W. J. Catlett Jr. urged strong national development of youth and praised Sea Cadet training as key to a free America. Local veterans groups sponsored the event with Navy Band performances and a three-shot salute before taps.
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William Shaw
Winchester National Cemetery
New Jersey
Mr. Shaw
Reaves St
24Th
New Jersey Volunteers
Millville
N.J
Winchester
U.S. National Cemetery
Adm
W. J. Catlett, Jr
Warrenton
America
Catlett
Navy League
7Th Army Band
Ft. Belvoir
Gerald Goodman
American Legion
Claude Smalts
Smalts
Lucy Marshall
William E. Eisenberg
Grace Lutheran Church
L. S. G. Miller
VFW
Conrad Hoover
Stonewall Jackson
Major Mosby
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Reported As Peak Expected
Memorial Day travel drew millions onto roads with deaths averaging about two per hour at the holiday midpoint. The National Safety Council projected 80 to 120 traffic deaths by midnight local time after 30 hours. A comparison with 1951 and 1956 shows rising totals, while a recent midweek 30 hour period recorded 69 traffic deaths and 115 total incidents.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Kinzel Drive shooting spurs manhunt for suspect Gordon
A warrant is issued for George W. Gordon after a fatal shooting of Joseph Desrosiers at a Kinzel Drive home and a critical wounding of Desrosiers’s wife Evelyne. Gordon, a carpenter, is described as 5'6" 155 pounds with graying hair. The attack happened after 9 p.m. and the couple’s daughter-in-law Mrs Hower witnessed part of the event.
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Kinzel Drive
George W. Gordon
Joseph Leon Desrosiers
Winchester
Frederick County
Gordon
DeHaven
Virginia
Stephens City
Massie
California
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Desros
Mr. Massie
Mrs. Desrosier
Siamese Twins Separated After Rare Surgery in San Francisco
Patricia and Prudence Lowe, five hour operation at Children's Hospital, were separated after sharing liver and diaphragm. Plastic mesh covered chest with Bethesda Naval Hospital skin bank grafts to follow. Parents Franklin and wife spent the day at the hospital with two other children, David and Susan.
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San Francisco
Patricia
Prudence Lowe
Children’s Hospital
Bethesda
U. S. Naval Hospital
Franklin Lowe
David
Susan
Crow Named Shorty Draws Portland Mothers’ Ire
In a northeast Portland suburb mothers asked sheriff deputies to remove Shorty the crow. The bird drops rocks on children and dogs, dives at people, and follows the Free family car every dawn. William H. Free says the pet may be a trial and could have its wings clipped.
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Portland
Ore
Sheriff's
Shorty
William H. Free
Slayer of 5 Captured Near Lake Wapello State Park
Gayne Gilbert Smith, 24, sought for killing five Andrew McBeth relatives at a Martinsburg area farm, was captured after a farmer tracked him for over four miles. He hid in baled hay on Pete Natheny’s farm near Lake Wapello State Park and was dragged out from the haystack.
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Unionville
Towa
Gayne Gilbert Smith
Smith
Andrew McBeth
Martinsburg
Pete Natheny
Lake Wapello State Park
Here
Pete Smith
100 Years Ago Today Beauregard Evacuates Corinth
Confederate Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth Mississippi as a skirmish unfolds at Fair Oaks Virginia. The brief note marks a century since these civil war events and notes the small engagement near Fair Oaks.
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Beauregard
Corinth, Miss
Fair Oaks
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