Mariner 2 Mission Seen Hinge on Small Space Motor
Cape Canaveral reports a 37.3 pound motor is the key to guiding Mariner 2 on a probe toward Venus. If the craft comes within about 10 000 miles of Venus in December as planned, the U S could achieve a major space milestone. Ground control will attempt a critical motor firing next Tuesday Sept 4 after final trajectory and speed calculations.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Mariner 2
Venus
United States
July living costs rise to record high
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.2 percent July rise in the consumer price index, reaching 105.5 percent of the 1957 59 base. The increase, largely seasonal, lifts the dollar’s purchasing power by a small amount less than a nickel, with food costs up 0.3 percent driven by pork milk and eggs while fruits vegetables and poultry fell.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
House Group Rejects JFK Renewal Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected President Kennedy's plan to renew extended unemployment insurance by a margin of one vote. Administration leaders faced a setback as Kennedy had made a personal plea for the measure. The committee may reconsider next month. In Johannesburg, heavy snowfall blanketed the city with up to 12 inches, triggering playful, yet disorderly, scenes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Kennedy
National Farm Group Moves to Boost Prices
The National Farmers Organization aims to raise farm prices by withholding cattle hogs sheep and grain from markets as members in 15 states vote on the plan. NFO cites disavowals by Ford and Sears of linkage to the plan and notes CEO researchers proposed removing two million farmers from farms and cutting price supports over five years.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Ford Motor Co
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Committee On Economic Development
CED
Theodore O. Yntema
Ford
Theodore V. Houser
Sears
CEO
Leader Calls For Meeting in Eastern Algeria
In Algiers the army chief Col. Houari Boumedienne ordered guerrilla leaders from Wilayas Nos. 1 2 5 and 6 to meet in Setif to form a united front against anti Ben Bella factions. The move aims to weld support around Algiers and its surrounds.
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Algiers
Algeria
Mike Says State Is Under Par In Supplying Graduates
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle charged that the state falls short in producing graduates. He cited figures from the U S Health Education and Welfare Department showing Ohio with 4 7 of national bachelor degree output while holding 5 4 of the population and 5 7 of personal income. He added that in masters and doctorates Ohio performs worse and blamed the Republican controlled Assembly for not funding classrooms or labs.
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Mike
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
U.S. Health, Education and Welfare Department
Ohio
Flood Tragedy Strikes Sunchon City Korea
Rain swollen Dongchung River breaches dikes flooding Sunchon trapping tens of thousands. Officials report 131 killed and 59 missing as waters surge through populated districts.
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Seoul
South Korea
Dongchung
Sunchon
Leipzig Residents Accept Fate Amid East German Cooling
East Germans express resignation as Walter Ulbricht tightens control in Leipzig. A Leipzig streetcar conductor voices acceptance after 17 years of Communist rule, while students and workers describe limited hope, party pressure, and loyalty to the regime backed by Soviet power.
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Loyal Gould
Leipzig
East Germany
Berlin Wall
Walter Ulbricht
Germany
Paris
Greek quake leaves damage across region including Naples and Nafplion
A severe earthquake struck most of Greece for about 20 seconds with one death reported. Tremors were felt in southern Italy with no deaths, but Naples saw nine injuries from falling while five others suffered shock. Reports say Nafplion is near the epicenter, Corinth and Patras reported destroyed homes, and no damage to Athens landmarks was observed. Communication south of Corinth was disrupted.
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Athens
Greece
Italy
Naples
Amalfi
Jacqueline Kennedy
Athens Seismological Service
Nafplion
Peloponnesus
Corinth
Patras
Acropolis
Parthenon
Peoponnesus
Crete
Alma Brushes NC Coast With Light Storm Brushoff
Tropical storm Alma grazed the North Carolina coast and Outer Banks moving northeast at 18 mph. The Miami Weather Bureau called the center poorly organized near Cape Hatteras at 8 a.m. with winds near 45 mph and squalls up to 40 mph extending about 200 miles east of the center. The western side remained weak.
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Hatteras
N. C
Alma
North Carolina
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Chase Ends In Crash During High Speed Roadblock Flight
Dayton police officers Henry Taulbee Jr. and Joseph Kindy were injured when their convertible crashed into a tractor trailer used as a roadblock near Chillicothe after a chase from Portsmouth. The pursuit, reaching speeds up to 120 mph, began on U.S. 23 after a burglary description from New Boston matched the car.
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Chillicothe
Dayton
Ohio Highway Patrol
Set. R. L. Barton
Portsmouth Post
Portsmouth
Here
Chillicothe Hospital
Henry C. Taulbee Jr
Joseph Kindy
Kettering
Taulbee
Kindy
Barton
U.S. 23
New Boston
Ship Heads For Havana
The Soviet motorship Ustyuuzhna left Odessa for Havana with 5000 tons of grain and a 100 ton crane. Tass reports a broad buildup in shipments to Cuba with aims to double 1961 figures as about ten Soviet ships head for Cuba carrying automobiles equipment canned goods and timber.
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London
Ustyuuzhna
Odessa
Havana
Tass
Cuba
Forest fire forces 1000 evacuees from Kelseyville
A blistering forest fire near Kelseyville in Calif forced about 1000 vacationers to evacuate from a popular mountain resort area. The blaze spread amid 90 degree heat as authorities urged residents to seek safety and monitor evacuation routes. Meanwhile in Moscow Premier Khrushchev interrupted a holiday at Yalta to receive U Thant the acting UN secretary general.
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Kelseyville
Calif
San Francisco
Moscow
Khrushchev
Yalta
U. Thant
United Nations
High Altitude Rocket Launched In Florida
A two stage Nike Cajun high altitude rocket was launched from Eglin gulf test range to obtain infrared measurements of the surrounding area and atmosphere. Data supports the manned space program. The Army Engineers seek 804 million for river basin development including 120 million for the Ohio River basin. The FBI reports a 3 percent rise in the national crime rate in the first half of the year.
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Elgin Air Force Base
Fla
Eglin Gulf Test Range
Army Engineers
Congress
Ohio River
Washington
FBI
Banker Heads New Board In Ohio Research Group
John J. Nance, a Cleveland banker, is named to head the executive committee of the Ohio Research and Development Board, formed after four years of groundwork to bolster the state's industrial research and development initiatives.
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Columbus
Ohio Research and Development Board
Indus
John J. Nance
Cleveland
Rhodes Proposes Ohio Youth Commission To Oversee Juveniles
Republican candidate James A. Rhodes advocates a salaried three member Ohio Youth Commission with authority to receive, observe, discharge, parole, and transfer youths, requiring training and making agreements with other agencies. It would be an independent agency replacing the Division of Juvenile Research in the Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Anti-Communism School Opens in New York
Dr. Fred C. Schwarz's five day New York School of Anti Communism opened with around 400 attendees in morning and afternoon sessions. Evening at Carnegie Hall drew about 300, rising to roughly a quarter of the hall's 2760 seats.
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New York
Fred C. Schwarz
New York School of Anti
Troops Stage Alert In American Sector
In West Berlin about a thousand U.S. troops conducted a two hour readiness alert in the southern area of the American sector. An Army spokesman said none were sent to the Berlin Wall or the East German border.
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Berlin
U.S
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
East Germany
Ohio sets plan to map and boost state research
Dr. Gordon Carson of Ohio State University chairs a coordinating committee that forms a board to inventory Ohio’s research and development capabilities. The board may include up to 100 members from higher education, research, basic industry, manufacturing, utilities, finance, and other groups. An executive committee of 12 to 15 will be invited.
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Ohio
Gordon Carson
Ohio State University
Carson
Ex-President Herbert Hoover Undergoes Abdominal Operation
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, entered Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York at 7:30 a.m. for removal of a polypoid lesion in the upper large bowel. No immediate condition report was released. doctors described the growth as typically non cancerous.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Vietnamese Fighter Crashes Killing Two In Viet Cong Village
A Vietnamese Air Force fighter crashed during a strafing run on a Viet Cong village in South Vietnam. The Vietnamese pilot and an American copilot were presumed killed. the American captain's name was withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Soctrang
South Viet Nam
Marshall Space Flight Center Workers Return to Full Staffing
Huntsville reports normal staffing at the Marshall Space Flight Center as 150 electricians who had struck since August 14 resume duties, restoring full work force after the labor action.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshall Space Flight Center
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