NASA Plans Mercury Orbital Flight This Year
NASA aims to launch an unmanned Mercury capsule into orbit within a month and return it to Earth. If successful, a human orbital flight could follow late this year or early 1962, with chimpanzee testing planned before risking astronauts. Apollo ambitions target moon landing within the decade.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Soviet Union
NASA
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grissom
George M. Low
U.S
Grissom
Low
United States
Two Die In Smash Up Near Corn ing Ohio
Two men died in a Sunday night crash along Ohio 13 south of Corning. John Brunton 21 of Columbus was killed instantly in the 42 foot auto plunge after skidding out of control and striking a maple tree. Paul Snyder 23 of Corning Route 1 died Monday at Mount St Mary Hospital Nel sonville after being taken there. Brunton worked for Borden Milk Co. in Columbus and served in the U S Navy. The crash remains under Ohio State Highway Patrol investigation."}
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Corning
Paul Snyder
Brunton
Edgar Place
Borden Milk Co
Columbus
Ann
Brett
Jim Brunton, Jr
James
David
Ima Jean Kincade
Hamilton
Bermuda
Jim Brunton Sr
Lavina Thompson
U. S. Navy
Wiley Funeral Home
Glouster
Post Funeral Home
Politician Rules on Police Officer Pension Redeposit
Atty. Gen. Mark McElroy ruled that a city re employed police officer can restore relief and pension fund rights by redepositing the amount previously withdrawn. The decision clarifies pension restoration procedures for redeployed officers.
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Columbus
Mark McElroy
Democrats Set For Aid Bill Push
Senator Hubert Humphrey said the Kennedy administration has the votes to block a coalition effort requiring yearly congressional approval of long range foreign aid lending. He stressed no compromise is needed and predicted Senate passage of the provision. The Senate will resume debate on its 4.3265 billion foreign aid authorization bill after a timeout over Lawerence OConnor Jr. nomination. The House may vote midweek on adding 95 million to finance the Hanford plutonium plant installation.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Kennedy
Senate
Humphrey
Lawrence J. O’connor Jr
Houston
Federal Power Commission
House
Hanford
Wash
Moon Shot Rocket On River Boat
Huntsville Alabama officials say the Saturn booster built at Marshall Space Flight Center is moving by barge down the Mississippi toward Cape Canaveral for tests. The 82 foot high rocket travels about 10 miles per hour on a 2200 mile journey expected to take two weeks. The first stage will be tested later this year. the rocket is not expected to be operational until 1965.
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Huntsville
Ala
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mississippi River
Soviet Union
Marshall Space Flight Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
East Germans Seek Work At Home As West Access Tightens
East Berlin commuters face pressure under Soviet rule with workers moving to stay in the East. They must pay rent and bills in Western currency, while wage value remains limited. Junge Welt reports rising calls from commuters seeking new jobs since early Saturday. East Berlin’s largest state run department store is hiring salesgirls who formerly worked in West Berlin.
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West Berlin
Junge Welt
East Berlin
Nigerian Ambassador Urges Freedom Drive at OU
Julius Momo Udochi Nigeria’s first ambassador to the United States spoke at Ohio University’s Ewing Auditorium. He urged that peace and world influence depend on moral effort by free peoples. The talk capped OU’s World Affairs Conference and noted ongoing Nigeria US teacher training programs with a possible third phase in 1962.
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World Affairs
U.S
Julius Momo Udochi
Midwest
Ohio University
Gifford B. Coxsee
Udochi
John C. Baker
Ellis Jones
U.S. State Department
Messenger Newsphoto
United States
Ewing Auditorium
Athens
Pres
Nigeria
West Africa
U. S
Africa
Ministers Await Soviet Move For Berlin Parley
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and foreign ministers from Britain France and West Germany said they would talk with the Soviets only on a reasonable basis but warned Moscow has done nothing yet to prepare such talks. They expect Khrushchev to respond to Kennedy's Berlin challenge after his speech tonight on national radio and television.
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Mier Khrushchev
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
Britain
France
West Germany
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
Amintore Fanfani
Jet hijackers plead innocent before grand jury in El Paso
Leon Bearden 50 and his son Cody 16 pleaded innocent as a special session of the federal grand jury heard testimony on possible indictment for hijacking a Continental Airlines jet over El Paso last Thursday. They face $100000 bonds each and are charged with kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft.
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EL Paso
Tex
Dist
R. E. Thomason
Federal Grand Jury
Arizona
Continental Airlines
Thomason
Leon Bearden
Cody
U.S. District Court
Beardens
U.S
Arab League to Deploy 2500 to 5000 in Kuwait Replacement
An Arab League force of two to five thousand men will be ready to replace British troops in Kuwait late this month or early next month. Talks in Kuwait today are expected to determine deployment details and timing.
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Damascus
Kuwait
Five Day Forecast Notes Cooler Periods With Scattered Thunder
Temperatures will average two to five degrees below normal with rainfall around one inch, locally heavier. Scattered thundershowers are possible midweek and again around Saturday.
Flights May Start In 62
The State Department announced a basic U.S.-Soviet agreement to establish a direct New York Moscow air route. Final commercial flights could be signed soon with the first direct passenger service planned for spring, ending current transfers at intermediate points.
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Washington
State Department
New York
Moscow
U.S
Recall GM workers in Cleveland plant
The Fisher Body Euclid plant of General Motors began recalling 900 production workers furloughed for the last two weeks due to annual model changeover and inventory.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body-Euclid
General Motors Corp
Titov Lands After 17 Orbits in Vostok II Flight
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov landed the Vostok II after circling the globe more than 17 times. He was aloft 25 hours 18 minutes and traveled about 435000 miles. Titov, 26, was healthy and on a predetermined landing area near where Yuri Gagarin landed after his historic flight. Khrushchev signaled a triumphal welcome in Moscow as the cabinet pledged further space progress toward the moon and beyond.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
Gherman Titov
Major
Earth
Moon
Titov
Moscow Radio
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
Russia
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Presidium
Central Committee of
Mars
Venus
Dillon To Set Forth New Policy In Latin America
William L. Ryan reports from Punta del Este that Dillon will outline a new U S policy in a speech to Inter-American Economic Conference delegates. President Eduardo Haedo of Uruguay and other Latin American leaders are expected to attend this pivotal address.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
United States
Latin America
U. S
Demi- Dillon
Eduardo Victor Haedo
Plan boosts India income with third five-year plan
New Delhi announces its third five year plan aiming to raise per capita income from $69.30 to $80.85 by 1966. The plan, presented to Parliament, reviews outcomes of prior plans and scales down earlier goals, including a target of $83.16 for India’s 438 million people.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Ride injures five on toppled amusement ride
Five children were injured when a spinning amusement ride toppled on Sunday in Port Clinton. They fell an estimated 10 to 15 feet to the ground as the ride tipped, with responders treating the injured at the scene.
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Port Clinton
Washington Reacts to Soviet Space Feat Amid Cautious Tone
Senate leaders and lawmakers voiced measured concern over a Soviet space milestone. Critics warned a large satellite could be used as a dangerous weapon while supporters praised the scientific achievement and Kennedy administration discussions on U N matters continued at Hyannis Port.
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Roussell
Adiaji E. Stevenson
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
U.N
Roasie
Outer Space
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