First Mercury manned satellite flight plan revealed
Vern Haugland reports NASAs space capital Langley reveals a four hour mission for the Mercury capsule. The craft will orbit Earth three times at 100 miles, land in the Atlantic near the Bahamas, with a trajectory that crosses Africa, Australia, and the Americas before a descent toward the Bahamas.
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Air Force launches missile to test near orbiting satellite
Cape Canaveral reports a B47 bomber launched a two stage ballistic missile near the orbiting Explorer VI to test guidance accuracy. The 37 foot missile lifted from Patrick Air Force Base at 5 am over the Atlantic missile range.
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McCone Sees Plans For Joint Soviet American Atomic Study
Chairman John McCone of the U S Atomic Energy Commission says further collaborative research on peaceful atomic energy will be planned after Soviet and American scientists tour plants. A Soviet delegation will visit U S sites in November. no formal exchange agreement is in progress.
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Alvin Wineberg
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lyman Spitzer
Princeton University
Kenneth Pitzer
University of California
Kept Plans in Notebook Led to Tragedy in LAnse
In LAnse Michigan Eugene Paquet 16 admitted slaying Edward Frosland 44 and his daughter Lila Lynn 10 after his girlfriend's father and sister were murdered. Prosecutor Konstenius seeks juvenile waiver for first degree murder charge. Notes found show planned actions and use of rope gag and pistol.
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Eugene
William G. Konstenius
Edward Frosland
L’anse
Lila Lynn
Konstenius
Van Doren Subpoenaed as Quiz Show Probe Resumes
Congressional TV quiz show probe restarts November 2 with a subpoena for Charles Van Doren, who vanished after being linked to rigging on Twenty-One. Rep. Oren Harris accuses him of evading service as investigators search for the Columbia instructor and former NBC star who earned $129000 on the program.
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Washington
Charles van Doren
House
Columbia University
van Doren
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Harris
Van
Poland Leads in UN Security Council Ballot Fight
Poland clung to a slim lead in the UN General Assembly as voting continued on the Security Council seat. On ballot 14 Poland had 43 votes to Turkey’s 36 with two abstentions and one abstention. two earlier ballots showed Poland with 48. The Soviet Union urged firmness as the United States backed Turkey, fearing a prestige threat if Turkey lost.
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BusCrash Toll Rises to Eleven in New Brunswick
In North Brunswick New Jersey a Friday crash between a bus and an empty tank truck killed nine Trenton State College coeds and professor Ernest Sixta and later claimed Linda Molloy 17 of West Orange. The group was returning from a theater party in New York when the collision occurred.
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Linda Molloy
West Orange
Middlesex General Hospital
Trenton State College
Bowling Night Ends With Police Amid Shootout Rumors
Providence police rushed to an all night bowling alley after a telephoned report of two armed men. Officers found about 50 men present, all armed with hip holsters, who were off duty policemen taking part in the police department bowling league.
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Fate of 11 Airmen Still Held by Russians
U.S. reports Russia has no information on the 11 American airmen aboard a transport that crashed in Soviet Armenia in September 1958. Six crew members’ bodies were returned, while inquiries about the remaining 11 remain unanswered.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Armenia
U.S.S.R
U. S
Wilmington College President Standoff Over Leadership
G Richard Gottschalk, Dayton native and not a Quaker, claims the Wilmington College presidency since Oct 1. The Quaker owning group and college trustees dispute his status, with the board citing Friends teachings and planning a trustees meeting to decide the leadership. Gottschalk intends to assume full duties Jan 1 and will visit the campus weekly until resolved.
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G. Richard Gottschalk
Wilmington College
Gottschalk
Dayton
New York
Syracuse
N. Y
Religious Society of Friends
Wimnington
Police shoot suspect in Middletown killing case
Police identified the suspect as William Simpson after he killed his estranged wife's stepfather and was shot early today when resisting arrest in Middletown.
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Middletown
William Simpson
Eisenhower Names Hickerson U S Ambassador to Philippines
President Eisenhower selects John D. Hickerson a 61 year old career diplomat from Temple Texas to serve as the United States ambassador to the Philippines. He replaces the outgoing envoy and assumes duties in Manila after approval by the Senate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John D. Hickerson
Temple
Tex
U.S
Philippines
Testimony Fight Over Van Doren In NBC Twenty-One Probe
The subcommittee invited Van Doren to testify but received no reply. NBC suspended him pending House inquiry while Columbia University granted a week’s leave. Harris said Van Doren claimed no prior help on Twenty-One, though his name surfaced in producers’ closed-door testimony.
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Harris
van Doren
GOP study outlines 900 billion GNP by 1967 plan
A Republican committee proposed a 900 billion dollar annual gross national product by 1967 aided by a manufacturing tax and tax cuts phased as the federal debt declines. The package, part of a broader Economic Opportunity plan, urged long term tax reductions and fairer burden sharing, drawn by Charles H. Percy’s panel.
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Charles H. Percy
Chicago
Gabriel Hauge
Eisenhower
New York
Labor Chief Loses Temper In Fact Finding Session
Union leader David J. McDonald told the Eisenhower Taft-Hartley fact finding board that the paramount issue in the 91 day steel strike is whether the companies will break the union. He warned there would be no permanent peace and the strike may resume around New Year.
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Washington
David J. McDonald
Eisenhower
McDonald
Steel
Fate of Kalida Elementary School in State custody
Columbus Ohio February board of education takes charge as Kalida Elementary faces allegations of teaching Catholic catechism after official hours. Parents claim pupils are kept until 3 30 p m for bus waiting while investigators report reviewed by state superintendent Dr E E Holt and the state education board.
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Kalida
E. E. Holt
Ohio
Putnam County
State Board of Education
John Phillips
Ike Returns To Abilene Groundbreaking For Presidential Library
President Eisenhower came back to Abilene Kansas his boyhood town for groundbreaking ceremonies for the Eisenhower Presidential Library a final repository for his military and presidential papers The visit carried a nostalgic tone and a warning about a future world that must learn to work together or it will fail.
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Abilene
Kan
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Presidential
OU Youngstown game preview and local notices
The item lists preview lines and notices referencing an OU Youngstown game on page 10 by Sports Editor George Strode, a Rio Grande feature linked to the New York Times on page 5, a DiSalle speaking event in Athens on Oct. 28, plus a page 11 summary from an OU economist on the steel strike and a county visit note.
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Bill Hess
Rio Grande
New York Times
DiSalle
Athens
School Adds 10 Minutes New Class
BELLEFONTAINE City schools expanded the day by 10 minutes to nine class periods, starting in September. The schedule shifts add five minutes in the morning and five in the afternoon to allow larger enrollments and three added credit courses for broader activities.
Early Snow Covers Minneapolis and Surrounding Area
A two inch snowfall blanketed Minneapolis and nearby areas on Monday for the first measurable snow of the season. The wet snow weighed tree limbs and caused short circuits on some power lines. mild temperatures kept freezing at bay and delayed harvest and corn conditioning.
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Court Avoids Race Issues in Public School Desegregation
The Supreme Court, in brief orders, avoided ruling on Prince Edward County Virginia’s stand against integration and rejected an appeal challenging North Carolina’s pupil placement law. Separate notes discuss national unemployment, a steelworkers dispute, and proposed wage terms in bargaining.
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Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Prince Edward County
North Carolina
Venezuela rounds up alleged assassins plot in Caracas
The Venezuelan government says it has rounded up 40 followers of deposed President Marcos Perez Jimenez who plotted to assassinate President Romulo Betancourt and three other officials. Ramon Velazquez said the conspiracy was smashed after a series of minor bombings in Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Romulo Betancourt
Ramon Velazquez
Baby Born Last July Leaves L.I. Hospital
Carolyn Denise Jones born July 7 at 1 lb 6 oz weighed 5 lb 6 oz on discharge from Long Island Jewish Hospital. Mother Elizabeth calls the gain a miracle. A second item notes a UN committee departing Vientiane after investigating Laotian aggression charges by North Vietnam.
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New Hyde Park
N. Y
Carolyn Denise Jones
Long Island Jewish Hospital
Elizabeth
Vientiane
Laos
New York
Viet Nam
Inquiry Set After Crash in Secret British Atom Bomber
London reports an official inquiry into the crash of a secret British atom bomber. The American civilian pilot, William Lewis Alford of Langley Research Center, died with British employee John Joyce of the plane’s maker. Alford, who arrived in Britain 10 days ago, lived in Hampton Virginia with his wife and four children.
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William Lewis Alford
Langley Research Center
Langley Field
John Joyce
Alford
Britain
Hampton
U. S. Avy
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