Complex Space Telescope Explores Space Radiation from Orbit
Explorer XI, a 90 pound satellite atop a 76 foot Juno II rocket, lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 9:17 am to study space rays outside Earth's atmosphere. NASA confirmed orbiting signals via Johannesburg, Woomera, San Diego and East Grand Forks tracking stations. The mission aims to map gamma rays, protons and electrons, recording data on oscilloscopic film every 98 minutes.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Johannesburg
South Africa
Earth
Mercury
Liberal Tax Bill Before Solons Again
The Minnesota Legislature sees a liberal tax package reintroduced by House Tax Committee Chair D. D. Wozniak. It would balance the budget with higher taxes on new cars and trucks, cigarettes, and incomes, extend temporary surtaxes, and bars corporations from deducting federal taxes when calculating state income tax. The bill rejects replacing personal property levies and faces Senate opposition.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
House Tax Committee
D. D. Wozniak
Wozniak
House
Senate
Elmer L. Andersen
Andersen
Three St Joseph Players Expelled Over Gambling Scandal
St Joseph College reports three senior basketball players Jack Egan Vince Kempton and Frank Majewski expelled after New York District Attorney testimony confirms they accepted bribes to influence game point spreads. LaSalle sophomore Ed Bowler not yet expelled. Previous NY and Connecticut connections noted with Seton Hall cases.
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Philadelphia
St. Joseph College
LaSalle College
J. Joseph Bluett
Jack Egan
Vince Kempton
Frank Majewski
LaSalle
Ed Bowler
Jersey City
N.J
Father Bluett
St. Joseph
New York District Attorney's Office
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Ohio State
Kansas City
Utah
Egan
Majewski
Kempton
New York
St. Joseph's College
Seton Hall College
University of Connecticut
Fidel Castros Marathon Harangue Before Cuban Inmates
Fidel Castro delivered a long televised address to about 1000 captured invaders at Havana's Sports Palace. A guard's gun misfire interrupted the speech briefly as he urged calm and insisted the prisoners should lay down weapons. He affirmed a socialist government and faced questions about communism while prisoners identified themselves and appealed for external support.
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Claude E. Erbsen
Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Havana Sports Palace
Castro
Cuba
Havana
Indictment in Corruption of 11 Basketball Players
Gambler Aaron Wagman indicted on 37 counts of corruption of 11 players from six colleges over two seasons. Schools named include Connecticut St Joseph's Tennessee La Salle Mississippi State and Seton Hall. Dist Atty Frank Hogan announced the case.
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New York
Aaron Wagman
Frank S. Hogan
University of Connecticut
St. Joseph’s of Philadelphia
University of Tennessee
LaSalle College of Philadelphia
Mississippi State
Seton Hall
Cooper's Physician Confirms Reports
Hollywood veteran Gary Cooper remains gravely ill with cancer, according to his doctor Dr Rexford Kennamer. The actor's prognosis was described as worsening but Cooper will continue to fight vigorously and is unafraid, in the first medical update.
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Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Cooper
Rexford Kennamer
Duluth Youth Dies in Rural Garage Fire
Dina Rae Youngberg, 22 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Youngberg, died in a late night blaze that swept the family garage in rural Duluth. Her brother Rocky, 4, escaped. firefighters could not reach Dina Rae.
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Duluth, Minn
Dina Rae
Clarence Youngberg
Duluth
Rocky
United Fund Elects Directors for Austin Chapter
Thirteen people were named to the Austin United Fund Inc board for three year terms at the annual meeting. New one year agency representatives include Ger ald Wilson of Girl Scouts James Sydenstricker Dale Cody United Cerebral Palsy Len Wer sig Red Cross Lee Kittelson YMCA Mrs Mabel Miller YWCA Francis Reifenberger Association for Retarded Children Graham Uzick Salvation Army Richard Kelly Boy Scouts William Abraham USC A UF official from Omaha will visit Austin in May to help plans for the local group and a national UF report was discussed. The group eyed a part time executive secretary and strategies for future drives.
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A. Sheldon Berg
John R. Jones
W. C. Brost
Grant Williams
Gerald Wilson
Girl Scouts
James Sydenstricker
Dale Cody
United Cerebral Palsy
Len Wersig
Red Cross
Lee Kittelson
YMCA
Mabel Miller
YWCA
Francis Reifenberger
Association For Retarded Children
Graham Uzick
Salvation Army
Richard Kelly
Boy Scouts
William Abraham
USC
M. G. Rolfson
United Fund
Omaha
Austin
Waltham Pastor Named City’s 1961 Ambassador to Israel
Rev. Richard Lafer 35 of St. Michael’s Lutheran Waltham was chosen as Austin’s 1961 Experiment in International Living ambassador. He will spend June to late August in Israel with a host family, promoting understanding through first hand cultural exchange. Lafer, from Port Clinton Ohio, holds degrees from Michigan State University and Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary. He and his wife have three children and will remain in Waltham after the program, with talks scheduled by Ray Wescott to cover fall and winter engagements.
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Austin
Richard Lafer
St. Michael's Lutheran Church At
Waltham
Ted Gillett
Rev. Lafer
Israel
Gillett
Port Clinton
Ohio
Michigan State University
Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary
Columbus
Preston
Waltham 2
Lafer
LeAnna
Richard
Dorene
Wendell Pew
Yugoslavia
Robert Dufresne
Turkey
Austria
Allen Thiemich
India
Carl Brill
Poland
Jack Knutson
Germany
Elsie Haakonson
Chile
Experiment In International
Putney
Ernest H. Larson
Fredrick Ten Eyck
McClellan presses for more testimony on missile base strikes
Senate investigations subcommittee chair John L. McClellan seeks further testimony from Cape Canaveral and other missile base contractors alleging labor slowdowns and strikes have slowed missile progress and inflated costs. Texas contractor Henry Gable backs the charge, saying unions may be abusing power, while noting no communists are suspected.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Senate
Henry Gable
Texas
Canaveral
Gable
Kennedy to appoint ethics coordinator for all federal agencies
President Kennedy said he will appoint an ethics coordinator reporting to him to harmonize ethical standards across all executive departments. He proposed broad conflicts of interest reform and codes of conduct for agencies, with a no exception rule for private contacts, including lawmakers.
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Jack Adams
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
White House
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Landis
Austin High senior Jan Arney pursues law career
Austin High School senior Jan Arney aims for a legal career. She participates in five groups and holds officer roles in two. Arney is named to the National Honor Society and contributed to the 1961 Austinian feature section. She swam in Catalina Club events and is active in Girl Scouts Job's Daughters Junior Red Cross and Pilgrim Fellowship with parents Mrs Richard Arney and Mr Richard Arney of 210 St SW.
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Jan Arney
Austin
Jan
Austinian
Catalina Club
Girl Scouts
Job's Daughters
Red Cross
Pilgrim Fellowship
First Congregational Church
Richard Arney
St. SW
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Solons
Dist. Atty. Frank
Lege
St. Joseph's
Hogan's Office
JFK
Fidel
Grace of
Monaco
Prince Albert
Caroline
Idlewild
Nice
Grace Kelly
Princess Grace
Prince Rainier
AP Photofax
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United Fund Group
G. Milton Kelly
Dallas
Robert E. Dunne
J. J Bevis
Vandenberg
California
Dunne
Bevis
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