Syncom Satellite Reaches Orbit in Bid for Stationary Path
The Syncom communications satellite launched by a Delta rocket entered an egg shaped orbit and faces weeks of maneuvers to achieve a circular 22 300 mile path and a true synchronous hover over a fixed Earth point. If successful, it could enable low cost global space communications. The launch marked Delta’s 15th straight satellite success. Unemployment claims dropped from 21 849 to 16 544 for the weeks ending February 2 and February 9, with an average of 15 722 new claims weekly in February 1962.
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Fla
Delta
Earth
United States
Madagascar
Africa
Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Phoenix Man Carries Woes To The Top
Nathan Wise, 33, of Phoenix, drove his car onto the Justice Department steps in Washington and threatened to attack with a supposed bomb to see FBI Director Hoover. Police evacuated the building, used tear gas to flush him out, and he was hospitalized for mental observation. A later check found no bomb. the suitcase held only newspapers.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Ave
Nathan Wise
Phoenix
Ariz
Justice Department
Wise
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Kennedy
Army
D. C. General Hospital
Sukarno Denounces Federation Plan as Imperialist Encirclement
Indonesia's President Sukarno denounces a plan to form a Federation of Malaysia uniting Malaya Singapore and British Borneo. He warns any move against Malaya or Borneo could bring into conflict with British sea and land power. An unrelated flu outbreak forces Verona School in Preble County to close today and tomorrow.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Malaya
Southeast Asia
Singapore
North Borneo
Malaysia
Dutch West New Guinea
Borneo
Eaton
Verona
Preble County
Rebels Mop Up In Iraq
In Baghdad fighting raged through the night as Iraqi forces and civilians hunted remaining Communist pockets. The clashes marked the heaviest violence since the revolution that toppled Premier Abdel Karim Kassem. President Abdel Salem Aref and Foreign Minister Calib Hussein Shabib stated the regime would honor international pacts.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Red
Abdel Salem Aref
Kassem
Calib Hussein Shabib
Relative Of Lancaster Man Dies Mysteriously
Florida woman Jean Wagner Francis 45, sister in law of a murdered Ohio woman, died in Uniontown Hospital from a brain hemorrhage after a severe head blow. Autopsy found brain injury and prior body bruises. investigators explore mysterious circumstances and cross county links.
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Uniontown
Florida
Ohio
Uniontown Hospital
Jean Wagner Francis
Sarasota
Fla
Fayette County
Francis
Lancaster
Chris Wagner
Virginia
John Hoye
Hoye
Ross E. Boyer
Sarasota County
W. Ralston McGee
Cubans Hijack Freighter Off Venezuela
Venezuelan destroyers scoured the Caribbean for the freighter Anzoategui seized by a guerrilla group allegedly aided by an unidentified warship. Captain Oscar Pereira said the hijackers claimed pro Castro ties and sought world opinion against President Betancourt.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Caribbean
Romulo Betancourt
Anzoategui
New Orleans
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Betancourt
Oscar Pereira
FALN
Armed Forces of National Liberation
Pereira
Cuban Arms Discussed by Officials
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged removal of Soviet troops from Cuba while warning any action must consider nuclear age dangers. He said the Soviet presence poisons the atmosphere and increases risk. Senator Barry Goldwater said the administration is worried but constrained by an agreement with Khrushchev. In Colorado Springs, a 69 day strike against New York newspapers could extend to Times plants in Los Angeles and Paris.
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Los Angeles
Dean Rusk
United States
Cuba
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Khrushchev
Colorado Springs
Colo
New York
New York Times
Paris
France
Printers Union
Father-In-Law of Sam Sheppard Ends Life in Motel
The 62 year old Thomas S. Reese, father in law of Marilyn Sheppard murder suspect Sam Sheppard, shot himself in an East Cleveland motel room. A 16 gauge shotgun lay beside him and a note read I am tired of it all Good bye. Reese had lived there for years and declined comment on the verdict convicting Dr. Sam Sheppard of his wife’s bludgeon killing on July 4 1954.
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Cleveland
Sam Sheppard
Thomas S. Reese
East Cleveland
Fred Schuller
Reese
Marilyn Sheppard
Dr. Sam
Bay Village
Cuba refugees reach Florida on banana freighter
Miami reports 746 refugees from Castro regime arrive in Florida. The group includes 282 men 304 women and 160 children aboard a banana freighter after a last minute Castro decision. Champion Spark Plug Co signs contract to supply spark plugs for Volkswagen vehicles in the United States Canada and Brazil.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Florida
Fidel Castro
United States
Toledo
Volkswagen
Canada
Brazil
Champion Spark Plug Co
UN Plans Farm Aid To Cuba Amid Cold War Tensions
United Nations Special Fund will begin a five year agricultural research station project in Santiago de Las Vegas Cuba with a budget of 1 157 600 dollars. US congressmen are expected to challenge the decision while Communist officials promise replies accusing the move as a political weapon. Paul G Hoffman says no American dollars will be used on the Cuban project despite US funding a large share of the fund.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.S
UN Special Fund
Cuba
United States
Special Fund
Santiago de Las Vegas
Paul G. Hoffman
Kennedy Would Create New Youth Service Agencies
President Kennedy sent a comprehensive youth aid package to Congress outlining the Youth Conservation Corps Home Town Youth Corps National Service Corps and Overseas Peace Corps. The plan calls for thousands of young participants with pay ranging from 6 to 60 dollars a month and funding from federal and local governments.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Youth Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Service Corps
Overseas
Peace Corps
More AEC Non Nuclear Tests Planned in Nevada
In Las Vegas officials report the Atomic Energy Commission will conduct a new test series from April through June, featuring non nuclear explosions as part of ongoing program work.
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Las Vegas
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Will Build Dynamo Cincinnati Facility at Wright Patterson AFB
Work on an $8.1 million electric gas dynamo facility at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton is scheduled to begin next month.
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Cincinnati
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Florida Plane Crash Blamed on Bad Weather
A Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 720B crashed in the Everglades near Miami killing 43. Weather and thunder squalls were blamed as investigators, including the Civil Aeronautics Board, examined wreckage and a black box recording altitude and speed for the brief flight from Miami to Chicago with final legs to Seattle and Portland.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Northwest Orient Airlines
Everglades
Civil Aeronautics Board
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Florida Everglades
Critic Calls High Price of Rhodes Staff Salaries Outrageous
Columbus reports a furor over Governor James Rhodes staff pay as critics label the rates outrageous amid austerity. The piece notes Emma Scholz at $1000 a month for a partial period, later $825 monthly, with broader payroll comparisons to Governor DiSalle and other aides.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Senate
Frank W. King
Toledo
Richard G. Zimmerman
Lumbus
Lorain Journal
Mansfield News-Journal
King
Emma Scholz
Miss Scholz
DiSalle
McElroy
DiSallie
Com
Ayroll
Er A. Keller
Uor Department
Common Pleas Court
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