Telstar brings Europe and America into living rooms
The first live Telstar exchange showed both continents viewing each other in real time. U S audiences saw scenes from Detroit and Mt Rushmore while Europe aired Big Ben Paris street life and Rome’s opera. The cross Atlantic telecast marked a new era in international broadcasting.
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Big Ben
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Senator Young Attacks Diplomacy Costs in Africa
Senator Stephen M. Young of Ohio criticized U S diplomacy in Africa calling it extravagant. He cited a $70000 initial cost for an ambassador’s Kampala house and plans for ten office buildings and residences in Ouagadougou Upper Volta for a group of 30 Americans, accusing them of living high on the hog.
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Congress Sends 373 Million Dollar Money Bill to Kennedy
Congress sent to President Kennedy a 373,550,689 dollar catch-all appropriations bill stalled since April amid a prestige fight between Senate and House committees. The House and Senate approved the measure Monday, funding miscellaneous agencies with supplementals to existing appropriations.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Nuclear Shot Delayed Again by Weather in Honolulu
The United States postpones its planned second high altitude nuclear explosion for 24 hours citing weather. Task Force 8 held the test near 3 a.m. after ten half hour holds. The blast, in the submegaton range, would be 20 000 to 1 000 000 tons of TNT, at 30 to 40 miles altitude.
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United States
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Task Force 8
Monsoon Floods Leave 370000 Homeless on Luzon Island
Manila reports about 370000 people homeless after six days of monsoon rains on Luzon. The constabulary notes seven deaths and unofficial damage pegged at 8.5 million dollars as rains continue.
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Philippine
Luzon
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Kennedy rebukes Soviet tests as Telstar links Europe to White House
President Kennedy addressed European observers as Telstar carried a presidential news conference across the Atlantic. He criticized renewed Soviet atomic tests, warned Berlin progress stalled, and pledged not to devalue the dollar while stating the United States remains reluctant to resume testing unless security demands so require.
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Soviet Union blames West for disarmament talks stall
At Geneva the Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accuses Western powers of blocking progress in the 17 nation disarmament conference. He calls for destruction of all nuclear weapons and criticizes Western proposals. Defense Minister V K Krishna Menon regrets Soviet nuclear tests. U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk cites missed treaty chance and insists on inspection standards.
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Chen Yi
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Deadline Set Today By Eastern Strike Deadline
Eastern Air Lines faces a strike deadline for flight engineers with jobs at stake. Secretary Goldberg’s bid for arbitration on economic issues between Eastern and the Flight Engineers International AFL CIO failed after Eastern President MacIntyre rejected a new proposal. Goldberg suggested settling jet crew numbers on previously agreed points, claiming overlap could form basis for agreement.
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Eastern Air Lines
Arthur J. Goldberg
Eastern
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Afl-Cio
Governor DiSalle Sees Space Problem in Ohio Cropland Loss
Ohio needs more land and better farming science as Gov. Michael V. DiSalle notes 100 square miles of cropland are consumed yearly for nonfarm uses. He cites population rising from 4.1 million in 1900 to nearly 10 million, urges more soil surveys and education to meet future land and food needs.
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Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
India
Board Turns Down Sobell Parole Bid
Morton Sobell, convicted in 1951 of conspiring to commit espionage, had his parole bid rejected. The Federal Parole Board turned down Sobell's appeal late in June. he is serving a 30 year term.
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Morton Sobell
Justice Department
Federal Parole Board
Sobell
Man Nominated for Steubenville Hero Fund Award
A 34 year old Mingo Junction man Paul Voitko is nominated for a Hero Fund Commission Award for saving the life of a 22 month girl last Friday night.
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Mingo Junction
Paul Voitko
Egie Hero Fund Commission
Canadian Pacific Britannia Turboprop Crashes in Hawaii
Canadian and American investigators examined wreckage in Honolulu after a four engine Britannia turboprop crashed during a three engine emergency landing. Twenty passengers and seven crew members died, while thirteen survivors in the tail section sustained minor injuries in Hawaii's first fatal commercial airliner crash.
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Troops to Stay in Laos as Withdrawals Proceed
The United States plans a gradual pullback of about 750 military advisers from Laos. Washington seeks assurances from the International Control Commission that North Vietnam has begun withdrawing before any large-scale removal. The Geneva accord authorizes a 75 day removal window for all foreign forces.
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Pathet Lao
Tshombe Declines Personal Talks in Congo Standoff
Katanga President Moise Tshombe said he will not negotiate again with Premier Cyrille Adoula. He argued Adoula’s government lacks control over the Congo including the Lower Congo, South Kasai, Stanleyville and Kivu, and has no confidence vote from the Assembly.
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Former Official Dies in Indianapolis
Dr. Otto K. Jensen a leading Lutheran layman and former Wittenberg official dies in Indianapolis. Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan ends goodwill visit in Jakarta and flies to Moscow after cutting short a week long trip.
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Otto K. Jensen
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Moscow
Premier Ben Bella gains political bureau in Algeria power shift
In Algiers Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda's cabinet bowed to Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and agreed to a seven man political bureau. The CNRA will review the move for approval as Ben Bella expands influence over Algeria's National Liberation Front.
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Ahmed Ben Bella
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Algeria
Farm Program Faces Senate Committee Test
A Senate fight over President Kennedy's farm program begins with the agriculture committee and moves to the Senate floor. The House bill would extend voluntary wheat and feed grains production, while the Senate version tightens controls. Sen. Ellender plans to seek a committee substitution of the Senate bill for the House measure this week.
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Senate
Kennedy
Agriculture Committee
House
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Striking Doctors Reopen After Saskatchewan Settlement
Saskatchewan doctors begin reopening offices after a 23 day boycott ended with a doctor government agreement to amend the medical care act allowing practice outside the plan. Premier Lloyd to convene a special session to adopt amendments and the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons will dismantle the emergency service spanning 41 of 154 hospitals.
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Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Idaho Senator Dworshak Dies at 67
Idaho Republican Senator Henry C. Dworshak died of a heart attack at 67. His wife found him unconscious in their apartment and he was pronounced dead at Georgetown University Hospital. Dworshak had battled heart trouble. he was the fourth conservative Republican senator to die in eight months, joining Bridges Schoeppel and Case.
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Idaho
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Capitol Hill
Georgetown University Hospital
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Dworshak
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Francis Case
South Dakota
McNamara: Aid To Vietnam Is Paying Off
Defense Secretary McNamara says South Vietnam is winning over the people and Viet Cong actions are hurting the insurgents. He spoke after a 12 hour secret meeting with top U S military and diplomatic leaders including ambassadors Nolt ing and Young, General Harkins, and Admiral Felt.
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Jet Bomber Crash Kills 4 in Montana Mountains
A B47 jet bomber from Dyess Air Force Base crashed on Emigrant Peak in south central Montana killing four crewmen. Ground teams found no survivors amid rugged timber terrain, and Col. W L McDowell confirmed the Dallas Texas origin. Meanwhile Cincinnati heard sonic booms from two B 58 Hustler bombers during practice over the city.
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Secretary Attacked Near Capitol in Church Robbery
Miss Kosterlitzky a 45 year old congressional secretary was attacked near St. Peter's Catholic Church two blocks from the Capitol. A man forced her to a confessional where he choked stabbed her nine times and stole from her before she was taken to Casualty Hospital in serious condition. Representative Frank Becker condemned the assault calling it a disgrace to the nation.
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