US Hurricane Hunter orbits with cameras
The United States launched the hurricane hunting satellite Tiros III from Cape Canaveral. It circles Earth every 100 minutes at 425 to 450 miles out, sending back cloud and storm data to Wallops Island and the National Meteorological Center.
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Washington
UPT
United States
Labrador
Tiros
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Agency
Wallops Island
F. W. Reichelderfer
US Weather Bureau
Reichelderfer
Illinois
New Jersey
Lake Superior
Nova Scotia
Lake Huron
Great Lakes
Bufffalo
N.Y
National Meteorological Center
Suitland
National Weather
Army
Navy
Air Force
Weather Bureau
Tiros II
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Lightning Kills Eight in N Carolina Tobacco Barn
A bolt struck a tobacco curing barn in Clinton Sampson County during a rainstorm killing eight of nine sheltering people. One survivor, 16 year old Eugene Daughtry, was knocked unconscious and treated for shock. The community reels as the tragedy unfolds and authorities investigate.
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Daughtry
Sampson County
Raleigh
Kokomo Police Chief orders barmaids to remove bikinis
Kokomo Indiana AP report: Police Chief Elwood Luellen ordered barmaids to abandon bikini bathing suits. State excise officers backed him and warned licenses would be lifted from taverns that kept scanty uniforms. Luellen said the stunt harmed public morals despite reports of increased business at several taverns.
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Kokomo, Ind
Elwood Luellen
Kokomo
Luellen
Czechoslovak Airliner Hits Power Line Tragedy
A Czechoslovak airliner struck a power line, causing a disaster with 72 fatalities. The incident is detailed in the same report along with local events and Derby news for Anderson, including soap box derby registration and community schedules.
Soviet Ilyushin 18 crashes near Casablanca killing 72
A Soviet built Ilyushin 18 airliner struck a 60 000 volt Moroccan power line while attempting to land at Camp Caze near Casablanca. 72 people died including 64 passengers and 8 crew. Only one survivor died in hospital later. The crew included Capt. Josef Mikus.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Prague
Zurich
Caze
Kouli Baly
Mali Republic
Nuernberg
Germany
Guinea
Ghana
Josef Mikus
Mediterranean
Rabat
Camp Caze
Mikus
U.S
Nouasseur
Ayub Khan Presses U S Aid To Pakistan During Congress Speech
President Ayub Khan urged Congress to continue aid to Pakistan and similar nations. He spoke with frank candor on democracy and economic development after meeting with President Kennedy. Senate leaders praised his frankness while cautioning about differences in policy.
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Washington
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
Congress
United States
Sandhurst
House
Senate
Ayub
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
White House
Kashmir
India
Asia
Midas and Tiros III Launches Mark Space Triumphs
A record setting Midas spy satellite with an experimental missile hunt payload entered a 1,850 mile high orbit, passing over Russia and tracking exhaust flames and nuclear blasts. The Tiros III weather satellite orbited 425 to 450 miles high with 32 daily photographs.
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Point Arguello
Calif
UPD
Midas Sky
Russia
Midas
United States Space
Tiros III
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Midas Ili
United States
Air Force
Tiros
Agena B Midas
Police Nab Thief Near Knightstown
A California hitchhiker, James Benjamin McClain, 22, Bell Gardens, stole a car from Russ Regenald Pontiac Sales in Anderson between 5 and 5 30 p.m. He fled to near Knightstown, refused to pay gas, and was captured by state police. He is jailed in Madison County on vehicle taking charges.
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California
Anderson
Knightstown
James Benjamin McClain
Florence P
Bell Gardens
Calif
Madison County
Charles Smith
Morris Carpenter
McClain
Russ Regenald
George Bowen
Quincy Dr
Eight Firms Sign Pledges to End Workplace Discrimination
At the White House eight large manufacturers pledged to eliminate racial bias in hiring and promotion. Thesignatories include Boeing Airplane Co Douglas Aircraft Co General Electric Martin Co North American Aviation Radio Corporation of America United Aircraft Corp and Western Electric Co President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson hailed the step while Senator Sparkman questioned the constitutional basis for sanctions on government contractors.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Committee On Equal Opportunity
Sparkman
Lockheed Corp
Marietta, Ga
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Boeing Airplane Co
W. M. Allen
Douglas Aircraft Co
D. W. Douglas Jr
General Electric Co
Ralph Cordiner
Martin Co
W. B
Traffic toll climbs as Indiana records 508 deaths in 1961
Nine people injured and one killed when a heavy car hit a parked pickup on U S 432 near Versailles. Lelair Hinds of Jamestown Tennessee dies. others from Muncie and Jamestown injured. A separate Fort Wayne incident claims four year old Michael McDowell fatally struck by a car. Police note state tolls rise as day ends.
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Versailles
U.S. 432
Lelair Hinds
Jamestown
Tenn
Hinds
Indiana
George Johnson Jr
Muncie
Johnson
Zina Johnson
Linda Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Debbie Winnieham
Grady Hinds
Lloyd Hinds
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Madison
W. F. Webb
Osgood
Walter H. Ryan
Michael McDowell
Fort Wayne
Gerald R. Mungovan
Lutheran Hospital
Defense Survey Expansion Noted
Washington AP reports that new mutual aid pacts between the Soviet Union and Red China with North Korea add to concerns in a Pentagon review of U S military capacity ordered by President Kennedy. Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric says the review covers all conventional forces and could involve Cuba Africa the Middle East Southeast Asia and the Far East with emphasis on potential action beyond a West Berlin crisis. Eastern Siberia offers both defensive and offensive considerations for the Soviet Union including proximity to China and North Korea and vulnerable supply lines across tundra and mountains.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Red China
North Korea
U.S
Pentagon
Kennedy
West Berlin
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Cuba
Africa
Middle East
South
East Asia
Far East
Siberia
China
Space Flight Nears as Mercury Candidate Finalizes Prep
Two finalists for the second U S manned space venture, Marine Lt. Col. John H Glenna Jr and Air Force Capt. Virgil I Grissom, completed reflex training to handle emergencies. A final physical will choose the 15 minute sub orbital ride aboard a Mercury capsule atop a Redstone rocket, set for next Tuesday. The mission mirrors the May 5 flight of Navy Cmdr Alan B Shepard Jr about 115 miles into space.
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Cape Canaveral
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Thefts Probe In Elwood Drive-In and Frankton Taverns
State police confiscated a car tied to two or three suspects who fled on foot after attempting to pry a vending machine at the Elwood Drive-In Theatre. Clothing and a birth certificate belonging to a suspect were found in the car. Earlier, thieves broke into the Beech Tavern in Frankton, stealing 700 dollars and 74 bottles of whiskey, with bloodstains guiding investigators to a hidden money box inside an oven.
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Elwood
Elwood Drive- In
William Howard
Harlan
Beech
Frankton
Light rain coolsIndiana with heat to linger into weekend
Light rains fell across Southern Indiana with up to an inch forecast statewide before showers end. The Weather Bureau predicted continued showers and near normal 80s, with a possible weekend cool down in the north. Purdue crop report notes dry soils in the south and southwestern Indiana, adequate moisture in the north, and crops about 7 to 10 days behind schedule with few corn tassels or soybean blooms and melons not yet ripening.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Purdue University
West Germany seeks free elections before peace with Germany
Bonn demands a legitimate German government elected by free self determination before any peace treaty. The reply follows Khrushchev's unity note and precedes Western allies' coordinated response to Moscow. The memorandum was delivered to Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko in Moscow.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Berlin
West Germany
Khrushchev
East Germany
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
Denver Mayor Blames Airport Laxity in DC-8 Crash
Denver officials say United Air Lines did not request extra emergency equipment when a crippled DC-8 with 122 aboard crashed at Stapleton. Sixteen people and a truck driver died as the 138-ton jet struck a panel truck and burned. FAA chief Halaby arrived to oversee the probe and cited potential links to a Miami DC-8 tire blowout earlier.
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Denver
UPS
United Air Lines
Stapleton Airfield
Dick Batterton
UAL
Philadelphia
Miami
Eastern Air Lines
John Grosse
Stapleton
Pas
New Arrivals In Anderson Area Born at St Johns Hospital
At St Johns Hospital in Anderson newborns include a boy to Mr and Mrs James Addington of 218 W 2nd a boy to Mr and Mrs Raymond Vich ken of 1328 W 6th St a boy to Mr and Mrs Ormand Niehaus of 2230 Lincoln a boy to Mr and Mrs Joseph Murphy of 2721 Mounds Rd a girl to Mr and Mrs Charles Coppess of 2403 Delaware a girl to Mr and Mrs Robert Pettigrew of 26 W 4th St a boy to Mr and Mrs Wilber Stickler of 1413 Walnut
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St. John’s Hospital
James Addington
Raymond Vichken
6Th St
Ormand Niehaus
Lincoln
Joseph Murphy
Mounds Rd
Charles Coppess
Delaware
Robert Pettigrew
4Th St
Wilber Stickler
Walnut
Indiana Lake Michigan seaport project faces mixed outlook
Federal official predicts a favorable Army Engineers report on the Burns Ditch site near Porter County likely next month. In Gary, mayors and the Save-The-Dunes Council oppose the Burns Ditch location and invite Udall, Hartke, Douglas, Madden, and Daley to a dunes hike on July 23 while Calumet-area development is urged by state and local officials.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Army Engineers District
Chicago
Gary
Lake County
Save - the - Dunes Council
Burns Ditch
Porter County
Stewart K. Udall
George Chacaris
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Paul H. Douglas
Dill
Ray J. Madden
Richard Daley
Joseph H. McCann
St. Lawrence
Indiana Port Commission
Army Engineers
Save-The-Dunes Council
Calumet
Chacharis
Udall
Dunes
Edward Dowling
Hammond
Walter. Jeorse
East Chicago
Mary Bercik
Whiting
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Tom Teague
Anderson College
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Dennis McDarby
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