Soviet Spacecraft Orbit Earth 50 Times in Historic Double Flight
Soviet cosmonauts Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich completed a combined 50 Earth orbits, covering about 1.27 million miles. Nikolayev logged 33 orbits and 828,000 miles in Vostok III, while Popovich in Vostok IV had 17 orbits and 444,000 miles. The craft remained about 75 miles apart with radio contact.
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Eastern Pledges Full Jet Service Within 10 Days
Eastern Air Lines says it expects to resume full jet service by August 23 and have the rest of its fleet flying by September 30 after a six week strike by AFL CIO Flight Engineers. President Malcolm MacIntyre said engineers will likely return by August 23 and three man jet crews will be ready with certificated pilots and trained engineers.
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Soblen Appeals Deportation Order in British High Court
Dr. Robert A Soblen's lawyers go to Britain's high court for a habeas corpus bid and to challenge Home Secretary Henry Brooke's order for deportation to the United States. The fugitive, 61, faces a life sentence in New York after repeated British delays in the transfer, with El Al flights and Israeli pressure influencing the case.
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New York
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Israel
Anniversary Tear Gas Battle Flares at Berlin Wall First Year
West Berliners clash with East German guards at the wall opposite the former Nazi air ministry. Tear gas, water cannon, and stones fly as crowds boo Soviet cars and a guard seeks asylum. Mayor Brandt and Adenauer urge remembrance of East Germany’s repression.
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Morrissey Begins St Joseph Business College Project
Work started at the Old Bennington site on the 17 000 square foot St Joseph Business College with a $350000 budget. Architect Ernest L Erickson says Gerald E Morrissey Inc will serve as general contractor. The bid results show Morrissey slightly over the lowest of six bids opened.
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Business College
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Labor's Council Seeks to Shrink Hoffa and 40-Hour Week
AFL-CIO Executive Council opens in Chicago with discussion of reducing the Teamsters Union and shrinking the 40-hour work week. Meany and other leaders push for action amid recent CWA trials and Hoffa tensions within the federation.
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Luther H. Hodges
Britain Calls Berlin Wall Illegal and Inhuman
The British Foreign Office spokesman condemned the Berlin Wall as illegal and inhuman on its first anniversary. He expressed sympathy for Berliners who have endured the division.
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Britain Today
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Kennedy Congratulates Soviet Space feat amid U S caution
President Kennedy congratulated the Soviet Union on its space achievement while American officials held a wait and see stance. NASA would comment only after more details emerged. Public broadcasts showed cosmonauts Nikolayev and Popovich in orbit as U S contenders race toward the moon.
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Radioactivity Level Sets Year's Record in Japan
Japan's Central Meteorological Agency reports this year's high radioactivity level in Osaka at 76 micro-cubes per cubic meter of dust. The figure surpasses the January record in Fukuoka but remains far below Osaka's 278 micro-curies detected last November after a Russian test.
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Kennedy hints at tax cut plan in nationwide address
President Kennedy may preview a 1963 tax cut during tonight’s address on taxes and the economy. He is expected to stress stalled stand-by authority for tax cuts and a public works program if recession looms, while signaling a broader reform bill ready for 1963.
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Kennedy sails and works on tax speech at Maine retreat
President Kennedy spent the weekend at John’s Island the Tunney home in Maine sailing the coast aboard the 62-foot Monitour and drafting a televised tax speech. He announced Francis Henry Russell of Turner Maine will be ambassador to Tunisia succeeding Walter N. Walmsley. Kennedy attended mass at Boothbay Harbor with Pat Lawford and Paul B. Fay and departed Brunswick for Andrews Air Force Base.
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