Apollo Moon Project Tops Peace Time Expenditures
NASA’s Apollo program is described as the most expensive peacetime venture, with total costs estimated between 20 and 40 billion dollars. North American Aviation and Grumman receive contracts worth 934.4 million and 387.9 million respectively for the command service and lunar excursion modules, as NASA projects over 20,000 firms and 300,000 workers involved. The program spans testing, launch infrastructure at Cape Canaveral, and Saturn V development with heavy investment in facilities across several states.
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Missouri and Illinois youths win White House space pup
Mark Bruce 9 of Columbia Missouri and Karen House 10 of Westchester Illinois won direct line descendants of Pushinka from the White House kennel after Mrs. Kennedy chose them from about five thousand applicants. Karen will get Butterfly and Mark will receive Streaker among four pups born to Pushinka, daughter of the Soviet dog.
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Ex-Senator Green at 95 Returns Home After Illness
Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island’s veteran statesman and former U S senator, age 95, returns to his Providence home after hospitalizations. The longtime Democrat and New Deal ally remained active reflecting on longevity through moderation and routine, with health concerns recurring in recent years. He first served in the Rhode Island legislature in 1906, rose to governor in 1932, and then to the Senate in 1936, later chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Africa
Khrushchev Visits Belgrade as Yugoslavia Rift Centerpiece
AP analysis notes Premier Khrushchev heads to Belgrade amid a thaw in Soviet Yugoslav ties. The Tuesday meeting with President Tito signals Khrushchev’s political strength and risks widening the world Communist split. Red China labels Tito an arch enemy as observers weigh reconciliation versus greater division.
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