Army Reviews Nike Hercules Missiles Defense Plan
The Army reexamined Nike Hercules air defense missiles amid weak SAMs in North Vietnam and concluded U.S. missiles do not share the same weaknesses, with no major adjustments needed to Nike Hercules defenses.
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Army
Washington
North Viet Nam
U.S
Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
North
Viet Nam
U.S. Army
U.S. Army Air Defense
United States
Volpe Allows Boston Late-Open Bars To 2 A.M.
Gov. Volpe signed a bill letting drinking places in Boston and Suffolk County stay open until 2 a.m. on weekdays. Saturday nights remain midnight closing. The measure targets late-night service amid ongoing debates over city nightlife and licensing.
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Boston
John A. Volpe
Suffolk County
Statue Stolen From Cushing Academy in Ashburnham
A five foot statue of a barefoot schoolboy with a lunch pail slate and books and wearing a straw hat was stolen from Cushing Academy in Ashburnham Massachusetts. Headmaster Bradford Lamson called the statue priceless and irreplaceable noting another similar statue exists only in the Swiss Alps. The base inscription honors a 1850 era New England boy whose wartime valor is matched by peace achievements.
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Ashburnham
Mass
Cushing Academy
Bradford Lamson
Swiss Alps
New England
Why astronauts yearn to reach the moon in the 1960s
A cross section of US astronauts describe motives for lunar flight. Walter Cunningham, Alan Shepard, Edward White, and others frame exploration, human horizons, and technical progress as driving forces, while noting moon as a practical and symbolic goal in space program goals.
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John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Young
Senini
Lon
Navy
Charles “Conrad Jr
Moon
Ur Space
Walter R. Cunningham
Alan
Shepard Jr
Eeven
Air Farne
Edward H White II
Ran
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