Schirra Says Astronaut Glenn Falling Behind in Program
Walter M. Schirra Jr says John H. Glenn Jr has fallen behind in space work due to outside commitments. Schirra warned Glenn’s duties have drained his focus though Glenn remains part of ongoing preparations for the next manned flight. Al Chop in Houston said Glenn faces pressure from public appearances but has not fallen behind in training.
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Comar
Walter M. Schirra Jr
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
John
Congress
Kennedy
Houston
al Chop
Manned Spacecraft Center
Mrs Helen Elberfeld of Pomeroy Dies at 61
POMEROY Mrs Helen Laughead Elberfeld 61 prominent Pomeroy resident died Thursday evening at Meigs General Hospital after a heart attack at her Lincoln Hill Road home. She was wife of Alfred M Elberfeld and mother to two daughters and a son. Funeral set Sunday at 2 PM in St Paul Church with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Helen Laughead Elberfeld
Meigs General Hospital
Lincoln Hill Rd
Alfred M. Elberfeld
Elberfelds Department
Richard Laughead
Middleport
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Order of the Eastern Star
Drew Webster
American Legion
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Helen Frances Sargent
Essex Fells
N.J
Richard B
Hillsboro
Mary Laughead
New York City
St. Paul Church
William L. Voris
Beech Grove Cemetery
Call-Up Authority for Reservists Clears House Hurdle
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approves Kennedy request to mobilize 150000 Reservists. House vote expected Monday after Senate approval, with no amendments likely. Senate backed the plan despite a Republican push for tougher Cuba and communist language. The Hague report notes Dutch Senate also ratified the West New Guinea transfer to Indonesia.
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House Armed Services Committee
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
Cuba
Hague
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Indonesia
Kennedy Signs 900 Million Public Works Bill
President Kennedy signed a 900 million public works authorization bill and called it a significant milestone for the economy. He said he will seek Congress for an appropriation to fund the program and issued an executive order naming Luther Hodges as coordinator. The plan targets worthwhile projects in high unemployment areas.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Canada Recommends Vaccine Suspension
Canada calls for a temporary halt to Sabin oral polio vaccine use after four paralysis cases among four million recipients. The U S advisory panel moves its meeting up to review the situation as Canada conducts a full poliomyelitis investigation.
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Washington
U.S
Canadian Health Department
U.S. Public Health Service
Canada
United States
Eisenhower Campaigns In Illinois
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower visited Illinois to back GOP congressional candidates, including Rep. Leslie Arends. He spoke against big government at a breakfast with about 900 attendees after a long motorcade through Illinois, following a rally in Rensselaer, Indiana.
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Kankakee
Ill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
Rensselaer
Ind
Illinois 17
Civic Auditorium
Leslie Arends
Kennedy lays six Cuban security lines for US action
President Kennedy outlined six U S security lines in the Cuban crisis warning Castro against actions that could threaten the United States. He cited Guantanamo Bay Panama Canal Cape Canaveral lives of Americans hemisphere safety and warned Cuba against using force against Western Hemisphere nations. Navy says surveillance of Cuba and supply routes is intensified with patrol planes from Key West Roosevelt Roads Guantanamo Bay and other bases.
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Kennedy
U.S
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Castro
Khrushchev
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Panama Canal
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Soviet Union
Caribbean
Navy
White House
Key West
U. S
Guantanamo Bay
Four Die in Crash Near Norwalk
A single engine plane carrying three NASA Lewis Research Center employees and the wife of one of them crashed on an Ohio Turnpike embankment shortly after takeoff. The four were killed in the crash and fire. A five day forecast notes temperatures two to three degrees above normal with a chance of light rain early next week.
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Ohio Turnpike
Here
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lewis Research Center
Ohto
Middleport Sewer Plea Falls Short
Middleport argues its sewage does not significantly pollute the Ohio River but ORWSC hearing officials reject the claim. Engineers found little difference in water quality above and below the town yet the commission will set a formal hearing to determine if pollution exists and whether legal action is needed.
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Middleport
Ohio River
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
Cincinnati
Ohio
ORWSC
Brazil Cabinet Resigns Over Goulart Powers Referendum
Brazil’s cabinet led by Prime Minister Francisco Brochado da Rocha resigns after failing to win Congress approval for a referendum to grant full executive powers to President Joao Goulart. The move raises fears of a military intervention and deeper political and financial turmoil with elections near.
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Brazil
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Joao Goulart
Congress
Goulart
Brochado da Rocha
Chamber of Deputies
Latin America
Glider Tests aid Gemini landing technique study
A kite shaped Paresev paraglider was towed to 6000 feet at Edwards Air Force Base and released to test landing concepts for the two man Gemini craft. Pilot Milt Thompson controlled the Paresev by tilting its wing during descent. In Columbus Ohio Westinghouse appliance plant workers authorized to strike at midnight Sunday after a two day wildcat stoppage, with production resuming Thursday.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Earth
Milt Thompson
Columbus
Westinghouse
Space flights predicted by National Aeronautics official
Dayton briefing by Brain erd Holmes of the National Aeronautics Administration predicts U S space milestones. A 24 hour manned orbit early next year three men in orbit together by 1965 and a moon mission by 1970 are forecast. Holmes spoke to the Dayton chapter of the National Security Industrial Association. Also noted, a U S District Court panel will hear Ohio apportionment suit starting September 20 in Columbus.
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Dayton
United States
Brainerd Holmes
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Holmes
National Security Industrial Association
U. S. District Court
Columbus
Ohio
Soviets Use Bus After Bowing To West Order
Soviet guards arrive at the Soviet war memorial in West Berlin aboard a green and red bus marking a shift from armored cars. Around 50 West Berliners watch as the convoy passes Sandkrug Bridge after Western pressure. The move follows earlier Allied demands and a prior bus ban.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West
Barnett Defies Federal Order Over University Desegregation
Gov. Ross Barnett orders Mississippi officials to resist a federal court ruling desegregating the University of Mississippi. He says jail is preferable to submitting to judicial oppression and urges resignations of officials unwilling to face jail. He vows Mississippi schools will remain open and not integrate despite Hugo Black’s Supreme Court ruling clearing James Meredith to enter next week.
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Jackson, Miss
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Katanga Leader Says Secession Stays Firm in Warning
Elisabethville Kinshasa Congo head Moise Tshombe declared Katanga remains true to its chosen line but hedged on joining a UN plan to unify the Congo. In a fiery burial speech for two gendarmes killed in a clash with UN troops he warned that new provocation could trigger violence.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
The
Congo
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Corn Crop Growth Slowed by Cool Weather
Washington Weather Bureau reports corn in midwest growing areas matures slowly due to cool weather. The weekly crop bulletin says most acreage in the states with the heaviest production should avoid serious frost damage unless a hard freeze comes unusually early.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Keys resigns to run for Congress in 13th District
Columbus police and state officials note High way Safety Director J Grant Keys received a cake and coffee farewell at Gov. DiSalle's Cabinet meeting. Keys announced his resignation takes effect Saturday to campaign for Congress as a Democrat in the 13th District.
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Columbus
Highway Safety
J. Grant Keys
Michael V. DiSalle
Keys
Elyria
Congress
Pickets Gather at Bacchus Plant Over Missile Work
Pickets marched at the Bacchus plant in Salt Lake City where Hercules Powder Co makes rocket engines for the Minuteman and Polaris missiles. The company said other personnel would continue production.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Bacchus Plant
Hercules Powder Co
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