Congo Women Find New Prominence in Independence Era
Leopoldville reports indicate Congolese women are gaining public roles as ministers the wives of premier Cyrille Adoula and other officials escort them to official events. While traditionalists remain, Western dress and education programs for girls grow, though polygamy and language barriers complicate social change.
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Congo
Leopoldville
The
Cyrille Adoula
Hortense Kasavubu
Antoinette Mobutu
Julienne Adoula
Lovanium University
Leopoldville College of Law and Civil Administration
Glenn urges press to favor science over personal life
Lt Col John H Glenn Jr urged President Kennedy that newsmen focus on scientific aspects of his space flight rather than his personal life. Glenn said media attention distracts from Project Mercury and noted public interest centers on Annie Glenn's hair and other personal items. He and Powers pressed to emphasize the orbit plan and the science behind it.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Kennedy
Glenn
Globe
White House
John Powers
Project Mercury
Walter Mitty
Mitty
James Thurber
Ers
Arlington
Powers
Annie
Alan B. Shepard Jr
America
New England Members by Congress Roll Calls
AP records show how N E lawmakers voted on three recent roll calls. Adoption of a literacy tests bill stalled 61 25 with several Northern senators for and against. McCone CIA director confirmed 71 12 with one Maine vote against. college funding bill passed 319 79 with broad party support and one nonvote.
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Washington
New England
Congress
Mansfield
D-Mont
Judiciary Committee
Aiken
Rvt
Cotton
R-N.h
Murphy
Rn.h
Muske
D-Maine
Pastore
D-R.i
Pell D-R.i
Prouty
R-Vt
Saltonstall
R - Mass
Bush
R-Conn
Smith
D - Mass
R - Maine
Dodd
D-Conn
John A. McCone
California
Central Intelligence Agency
Muskie
Mass
Maine
Pell
Ford Bass
R.N.H
Bates
R-Mass
Boland
D-Mass
Burke
Conte
Curtis
Daddario
Donohue
Fogarty
Garland
Giaimo
D Conn
Keith
R - Conn
Stafford
Tupper
Merrow
Space Age Engineer Finally Cops His Cat
Walter Burton, NASA satellite tracking scientist, retrieves his escaped cat Thorny after a week apart. The family, moving from Hampton to Bowie, Md., kept searching with handbills and neighbor tips until Thorny returned safely, allowing Burton to focus on his new Goddard Space Flight Center job.
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Hampton
Walter Burton
U.S
Thorny
Burton
Goddard Space Flight Center
Maryland
Bowie
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Burtons
Republicans Press GAO for Massachusetts Probe Delay
A House hearing opened with Republicans pressing the GAO for why it did not investigate Massachusetts sooner. GAO official Schoenhaut cited limited staff and ongoing investigations elsewhere as reasons and said there was no directive to avoid Massachusetts.
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GAO
Bay State
Washington
House
Massachusetts
Gscial House
General Accounting Office
Schoenhaut
William C. Cramer
Fla
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Jim Wright
Dtex
Cramer
Gordon H. Scherer
Ohio
John F. Baldwin Jr
Calif
New England
Subcommittee
Former Vermont minister dies in Massachusetts at 79
The Rev. Walter A. Morgan, longtime Bedford Presbyterian Church pastor for nine years, died at a Norton nursing home in Massachusetts. He resigned from Bedford in 1958 at age 79 after prior service in Wilder Vermont and at West Lebanon and Dover.
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Bedford, N.H
Walter A. Morgan
Bedford Presbyterian Church
Norton, Mass
Bedford
Wilder Vt
West Lebanon
Dover
Nuclear Subs Breathing OK
Providence report says Navy rejects idea nuclear submarines snorkel to refresh air. Proceedings of the U S Naval Institute suggested air contaminants persist despite purification systems, but Navy maintains subs can stay submerged indefinitely.
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Providence
R.I
U.S. Navy
Navy
Proceedings
U.S. Naval Institution
Graham Crusade Praised by Ecuadorian Leader
In Quito, former President Galo Plaza Lasso lauds Billy Graham as a spiritual guide who can address fears and hopes. The Baptist evangelist attracts large crowds, including many Indigenous worshippers, with about 6 000 attending a city coliseum service. Hundreds responded to the call to commit to Christ.
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Quito
Ecuador
Billy Graham
Galo Plaza Lasso
Newsmen
Graham
City Coliseum
Christ
Probate Notices for Claudia Sanders and Austie Botsford Estates
Public notices in Bennington Vermont detail probate actions for Claudia E. Sanders and Austie E. Botsford. The court schedules proving of Sanders will for February 14 1962 and appoints receivers to settle Botsford claims with sessions on April 26 and July 26 1962, with 6 months to file claims.
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Claudia E. Sanders
State OF
Vermont
Bennington
Bennington Evening Banner
Estates and guardianship notices from Bennington Court
Various probate orders appoint creditors to file claims by six months from January 18 1962. Hearings set for February 7 1962 on accounts of Josephine Houghton estate and guardianship license for Mary C Drysdale. Administrators seek licenses to sell real estate for Roy H Farrington and Ruby Z Wheeler estates with public notices in Bennington.
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Bennington
T. Garry Buckley
Raymond P. Bent
Honorable
Probate Court
District of
Harriet S. Hopkins
Shaftsbury
T. Garry Buckley Francis J. Hogan
Josephine Houghton
State OF
Vermont
William H. Burrington
Pownal
Burton Peckham
Burton Peckham Ernest Wilcox
Bennington County Humane Society, Inc
Catherine C. Behan
Mary C. Drysdale
Molly K. Drysdale
Harrison Avenue
Roy H. Farrington
Leon R. Covey
Ruby Z. Wheeler
Webster S. Temple
Harry Moses
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Sacrecoeur Academy
Sacre-Coeur
N.E
Senate
John A. Blatnik
D - Minn
USAF
General Electric Co
Evendale
Pat Rizzuto
Cincinatti
Usaf Special Weapons Center
Albuquerque
N.M
Crusade
John Glenn
United Presbyterian Church
Cape Canaveral
World Orbit
John David
Lynn
Catherine C. Behan Register
Ellamae S. Dunham
Austie E. Botsford
County National Bank
John P. Geannelis
Honorable Probate Court
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Ann K. Edwards
Catherine E. Behan
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Guardian
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