Flora Wreaks Severe Damage Across Cuba For Fifth Day
Hurricane Flora battered southeast Cuba for a fifth day, with winds easing but destruction rising. Reports say up to 4,000 killed in Haiti, 11 dead in Cuba, and mass displacement across eastern provinces as crops collapse and breadlines form. U.S. aid and Soviet coffee deliveries discussed amid the crisis.
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Miami
Fla
Flora
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Haiti
U.S
Guantanamo
Jamaica
Tobago
Fidel Castro
Havana
Brazil
Soviet Union
Agrarian Reform Institute
Carlos Rodriguez
U.S.S.R
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Mayari
Castro
Oriente
U.S. Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay
Santiago
Kennedy
Council Meets Tonight Regular October Meeting
The City Council will hold its regular October meeting tonight at 7 30 in the Council Chamber in City Hall.
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City Hall
Local tomato grower touts giant fruits at town event
J M Markle of Rt 5 shows three tomatoes at The Town Crier with one weighing 1 1/2 pounds and 15 inches around. He notes 18 plants on a seven foot high trellis behind his garage and plans to save seed for next year. The Mercury reports highs near 82 today with cooler conditions ahead.
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J. M. Markle
Rt. 5
Principal Admits Looting Historic Shrines Across States
Webster Mass AP report says Paul Lussier and Robert Cook confessed a four month looting spree across New England and Virginia. Artifacts valued around 20000 were recovered at Lussier’s Winchendon home including a 350 year old King James I seal from Jamestown.
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Palmer
Mass
Robert W. Cook
Leominster
Winchendon
Lussier
Cook
Burlington
Massachusetts
Sturbridge
Jamestown
Virginia
James I
Palmer High School
Leo J. Santucci
Fitchburg
Clarke Board Rejects Motel Plan in Clarke County
Clarke County Supervisors refused a 12 unit motel on Rt 50 proposed by Julian Clatterbuck in a 3-1 vote saying location and land were inadequate despite meeting setbacks zoning and sanitation. The board also plans jail remodeling by February under Plan 2 costing 39271 and approved school bus shelters by Shelter All of Virginia with advertising.
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Berryville
Rt. 50
Boyce
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Julian Clatterbuck
Clarke
George Burton
Richard Dole
Virginia
FBI Probes Robert Baker Business Affairs
The FBI opened an inquiry into the business dealings of Robert G. Baker, 36, who resigned as secretary to the Senate Democratic majority. The probe followed a $300,000 civil suit alleging Baker used his office to secure contracts with a government defense subcontractor tied to a vending machine company. Baker, a long time Johnson ally, left his $19,600 yearly post amid the controversy. His wife also works for the Senate payroll. Mansfield praised Baker while noting the difficult situation and Baker’s decision to resign.
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Washington
FBI
Robert G. Baker
Senate
Justice Department
Mike Mansfield
Baker
Pickens
S.C
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Internal Security
Mansfield
Government sees $600 billion economy by next year
Dr. Walter W. Heller, chair of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers, predicts the national economy will top $600 billion early next year. He spoke as the consumer advisory council presented Kennedy with its first report urging action on racial nondiscrimination and consumer protections.
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Washington
Walter W. Heller
Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Consumer Advisory Council
Consumer Council
Helen G. Canover
Cornell University
Council of Economics Advisers
Heller
Middletown Considers Theater Project as Sewer Start
Middletown officials weigh funding a Wayside Theater projector repair to seed a $190000 sewer plan. Mayor Archie Manuel proposed the idea based on a savings split from feature films, with repairs costing about $100. Council deferred decision to next session. Uniforms for Town Officer Fred McFarland approved at $142 total.
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Middletown
Archie Manuel
Herb White
Wayside Inn
White
Wayside Theater
Lize
Manuel
Fred McFarland
Poisoned Whitefish Sourcing Sought in Multi-State Deaths
Investigators hunt for the source of tainted smoked whitefish linked to four deaths across Tennessee and Michigan. The Michigan firm H J Dornbos & Bros halted operations as FDA tests and store recalls from A&P National Food and Kroger spread. Victims include David Cohen and daughter May Beth in Tennessee and Chester and Blanche Mitchell in Michigan.
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Detroit
Michigan
Tennessee
Lake Michigan
Grand Haven
H. J. Dombos & Bros
A&p
National Food
Kroger
Harold Dornbos
Michigan Fisheries Company
Dornbos
David S. Cohen
Knoxville
May Beth
Chester O. Mitchell
Blanche
Kalamazoo, Mich
Mitchells
Cohen
Lake Huron
Dornbos Company
Miami
Fla
Dallas
Minneapolis
Escapee Charles Lamb Fled Frederick Jail During Night
Police and sheriff deputies searched for 42 year old Charles H. Lamb a jail trusty who walked away from Frederick County Jail on S Cameron Street around 6 30 pm He wore khaki pants and had on blue uniform regulations He had a month left to serve and faced multiple fines including 30 75 and 15 75 for various infractions Lamb 5 6 145 pounds with dark hair was last listed in the 100 block of Loudoun Street.
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Sheldon Silk
Silk
Sheldon
Randolph
Mass
Charles H. Lamb
Frederick County
W. Erle Edwards
Lamb
S. Cameron St
A. C. Crowder
Front Royal
DeHaven
Loudoun St
Mafia Tattler Returns to Senate Hearings Glow
In Washington a Senate investigations hearing features Joseph Valachi describing Cosa Nostra heads and operations with NYPD detective chief inspector John F. Shanley presenting charts. Security is tightened after bomb threats and rumors of shootings targeting Valachi as the session opens.
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Senate
Washington
New York
Joseph Valachi
Valachi
U.S
Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese
Carlo Gambino
Gaetano Lucchese
Giuseppe Magliocco
Joseph Bonanno
Genovese
John F. Shanley
New York Police
James McShane
FBI
McShane
Weather outlook for state cools after front passage
A cold front extending from a low north of Vi will move southeastward across the state this afternoon and tonight. Expect scattered cloudiness with little rain. Cooler air will follow the front, lowering temperatures across the state.
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Flera
Caribbean
Lake Champlain
Port Au Prince
Negro
Tobago Island
Venezuela
Obe Town Crier
Eng
Mulvey
Federal Savings &Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan
W. Boscawen Street
Boston
Clarke Board
By Richard Smith
Star
Robert Baker
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Wayne Morse
Valachis
White House
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
W. Averill Harriman
William Fulbright
D.ark
George Smathers
Dfla
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Ical
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Ily
Michigan State Department of Agriculture
Hunt
Robert L. DeHaven
Shanley
Cosa
Nostra
Price
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Capitol
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