Space Age Begins With Echo I Balloon Orbit
The United States launched Echo I a 10 story tall balloon from Cape Canaveral, reaching over 1,000 miles high. President Eisenhower heard his voice relayed via radio from California to New Jersey, signaling dawn of expansive global communications. Maj. Robert M. White then flew the X15 to 131,000 feet, the highest altitude ever reached.
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United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Eisenhower
California
New Jersey
Air Force
Maj
Robert M. White
White
Edwards Air Force Base
U N Force Enters Katanga to Start Talks on Belgian Pullout
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold led a UN task force into Katanga Province in peaceful fashion to begin negotiations for full Belgian troop withdrawal. A minor landing hiccup and airport demonstrations accompanied his arrival as 220 Swedish blue helmets moved into Elisabethville amid a cautious welcome.
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U. N
Dag Hammarskjolg
Katanga
United Nations
Hammarskjold
Weather and Congo news blend in Amaranth erratic report
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Northwest Texas calls for partly cloudy conditions with isolated thundershowers through Sunday and mild temperature changes. In Congo, Moise Tshombe remains defiant yet upbeat amid UN pressure, Lumumba warned by UN Undersecretary Bunche as UN forces prepare to maintain order. Lumumba’s forces monitor patrols amid tensions.
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Northwest
Texas
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Tshombe
U.N
Lumumba
Ralph J. Bunche
Leopolville
Elisabethville
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Cities 1960
Amarillo reports 203 days of sun out of 225 in 1960. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. Friday show Houston and Dallas with 10 and 15 miles visibility, both cloudy. Oklahoma City records 5 mph winds and 15 miles visibility, with Pity Cidy in all entries.
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Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Mystery Gas Sickaens La Porte Residents In Unclear Outbreak
In La Porte Texas a strange gas left 40 people ill with symptoms resembling phosgene. No fatalities reported as investigators struggle to identify the source and origin of the gas.
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Ruth Kistron
Lloyd Donahoe
Donahoe
la Porte
Tex
Harris County
Walter Quebedeaux
Vel P. Whisenhunt
Quebedeaux
Powers' Release as Innocent Pawn Urged
American lawyers urge Francis Gary Powers Soviet defense to claim he was an innocent pawn in a global clash of ideas. They argue Powers acted under U.S. policy and should not be blamed, aiming to influence world opinion as well as Moscow. Virginia lawyers will attend Powers' Moscow trial as observers.
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Francis Gary Powers
Powers
U.S
Virginia Bar Assa
Virginia
Frank W. Rogers
Alexander W. Parker
Barbara Moore Powers
Carl E. McAfee
Oliver W. Powers
Mikhail
T. Grinev
Moscow
Christian A Herter
United States
Mikhail Gorin
U. S. Naval
U. S. Supreme Court
Gorin
Reds Order Student Out
James Shultz a 21 year old divinity student from Hutchinson Kansas has been expelled from Russia on spy activity charges. He was said to be in a Leningrad hospital with grippe while Komsomolskaya Pravda accused him of attempting to recruit a Soviet for an anti Soviet book and giving Russia three Bibles American books and a magazine. He belonged to a 12 member YMCA group touring Europe and his leader said he may be out by tomorrow.
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Hutchinson
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Grippe
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Shultz
Kiev
Crossroads Report Testing Dear Editor
Wellington Texas letter argues that frequent driver testing won t reduce accidents and warns that constant testing would force doctors and undertakers to starve. The writer compares driving behavior under test to acts on Saturday night and doubts testing can reveal perilous drivers.
Discoverer XIII Capsule Recovery Boosts U S Space Lead
Lockheed officials say the successful recovery of the Discoverer XIII capsule marks a milestone in the space race. The 300 pound satellite departed a polar orbit and parachuted into the Pacific Ocean 330 miles northwest of Hawaii, with Russia yet to match the feat. Herschel Brown notes the mission shows the U S can reach space and return, a step toward landing a man in space.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
United States
Lockheed
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Herschel Brown
Missile and Space Division
Brown
Baseball Scores From Texas and National Leagues
Texas League results show Amarillo 9 Poza Rica 3 and Mexico City Reds 8 Tulsa 4 with Mexico City Tigers 6 Rio Grande Valley 5 and Veracruz 7 Austin 6. San Antonio at Monterrey ppd due to rain. National League games score Philadelphia 10 Chicago 6 St Louis 9 Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 4 San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 3 Los Angeles 2. American League Detroit 6 Cleveland 4 10 innings Washington 17 New York 7 Baltimore 4 Boston 3 Chicago 6 Kansas City 4.
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Mexico City Tigers
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Kennedy Johnson deem farm bill action unlikely this session
Sen. John F Kennedy and House leaders agree a general farm bill cannot pass this session. House Agriculture Chair Harold Cooley says it is too late to raise price supports, and key House members sense no sweeping legislation this year. Senate leaders note acting without House support would be pointless.
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John F. Kennedy
House
Senate
Kennedy
Johnson
W. R. Poage
Dtex
Carl Albert
D-Okla
E. C. Gathings
D-Ark
Lester R. Johnson
D-Wis
Cooley
Bees Sting Plainview Officer in Odd Highway Stop
Thurman Keefer and Tony Porterfield stop a truck on U S 87 near Abernathy. The driver’s license was expired a week earlier. Bees escape from the truck and swarm Keefer’s face as Porterfield laughs.
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Plainview
U.S. 87
Abernathy
Thurman Keefer
Tony Porterfield
Keffer
Leaky Radiator Mystery on Page 15
Las Cruces judges allow two attorneys to clear pending divorce cases as detailed in the New Mexico report by Will Harrison. The feature appears on page 4 with local context and commentary from Santa Fe.
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New Mexico
Will Harrison
Santa Fe
The
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Hyannis Port
Mass
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Luron Brown
Porterfield
Phil Dessauer
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Santa Fe Spotlight Comics
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Mary Ann Stanberry Sparks
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Wendene Wilson Shoupe
Findlay
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