Glenn Circles Earth in Third Orbit to Return
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. launched aboard Friendship 7 from Cape Canaveral and began a planned three-orbit mission lasting about four hours and fifty minutes. He reported feeling fine and described a tremendous view of Earth as the Atlas booster separated.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Glenn
Mercury Control Center
Kano
Nigeria
Destiny
Mercury
Bennington Seaman In Recovery Fleet
Edward C. Ransom, seaman apprentice and son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Ransom of Pleasant Street, serves temporarily with the USS Randolph in the recovery fleet off Puerto Rico awaiting John Glenn's return. The mission tracks weightless flight and re entry procedures as Friendship 7 completes its three orbits, with Glenn in contact from Kano and reporting good progress and meals in space.
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Bennington
Edward C. Ransom
Edward R. Ransom
Pleasant Street
Randolph
Pureto Rico
John Glenn
Earth
Gand Turk Island
Bahamas
Young Ransom
Weather outlook with cold wind and flurries
The forecast calls for cold windy conditions with partly cloudy skies and a few flurries tonight with lows around 5 to 10 degrees. Wednesday should see fair skies and little temperature change.
N Y Assembly Speaker Cleared in Ethics Probe
The Assembly Ethics Committee found Speaker Joseph F Carlino innocent of ethics violations tied to fallout shelter legislation and urged clearer standards for inevitable versus improper conflicts. Republican Carlino called the ruling a complete vindication while Democrat Mark Lane called the investigation a whitewash. Lane had alleged a conflict for Carlino serving as Lancer Industries director during shelter law deliberations.
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Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Joseph F. Carlino
Manhattan
Carlino
Lane
Lancer Industries Inc
Services Held For Slain U N Officer In Congo Memorial for Lt Col Helen D Stogner at Leopoldville chapel
Congolese and U N officials and diplomats attended a memorial service for Lt Col Helen D Stogner assistant military attaché at the U S Embassy in Leopoldville. U S Ambassador Edward Gullion and aides sat in front as the service conducted in English and French paid tribute to the slain officer. Irish Gen Sean McKeown U N Congo force commander led U N personnel and the Congolese army provided an honor guard.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U.N
Helen D. Stogner
U.S
Edmund A. Gullion
Justin Bomboko
Sean McKeown
U.N. Congo
Corwin Elwell Struck by Car Amid Snowy Street Conditions
Corwin Elwell a local paperhanger was struck by a car while walking on County Street at 7 30 p m in snowy conditions. The collision involved a sand truck backing into a car driven by Mrs Jaska G Elwell of Hoosick Falls New York and a wing plow passing on County Street. Police said Smith Stratton Jr driving west on County near Grove saw a man in the road and braked pulling right to avoid Elwell. Continued on Page 10.
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Corwin Elwell
County Street
Marcel J. Lattre
Memorial Park
Bennington
Jaska G. Elwell
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Smith Stratton Jr
Woodford Road
Grove Street
Stratton
Elwell
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Cocoa Beach
Riverside Presbyterian Church
Anne
John
New Concord
Ohio
Glenn
John H. Glenn
Cambridge
Snow and Cold Grip Eastern Nation Across Regions
The storm thinned in the east as cold Arctic air moved down from Canada. Heavy snow lingered in Maine coastal areas with up to 20 inches on existing drifts, while New York reached 20 inches in Glens Falls and temperatures plunged below zero across the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota.
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New England
Maine
New York State
Glens Falls
Albany
Plattsburgh
Canada
Dakotas
Minnesota
New England Labor Seeks Study of Blue Laws
The New England AFL-CIO council asks the six-state region's governor's bureau to study Sunday and holiday laws. They push uniform observance and enforcement to end cross-state business "pirating" and unfair competition. Belanger cites Boston Retail Board claims of Massachusetts losing $20 million daily on holidays.
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Providence
R.I
New England
AFL - Cio Council
Governor’s Research Bureau
Labor
William Belanger
The
Labor Council
Aflcio
Belanger
Boston
Shopping Center Project Near Bennington Flats
First National Stores announces a 40 000 square foot shopping center on U S 7 in Bennington Flats to begin in April. The complex will include a 16 000 square foot Food Market and a 10 000 square foot W T Grant Co store with 4 to 5 smaller shops. Completion expected within a year.
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U.S. 7
Bennington Flats
First National Stores
W. T. Grant Co
Gerald MacCarthy
New England Snow Storm Totals Reach Up To Thirteen Inches
The weather service reports yesterday's Northeaster dropped 5 to 13 inches across southern and central New England with 2 to 3 inches in central Connecticut. Cape Cod mostly rain. Northern New England saw 3 to 6 inches. Portsmouth New Hampshire led with 13 inches. Eastport Maine logged 11 inches and southern Vermont added about a foot. The system moved well east of the region and ceased affecting area conditions.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Connecticut
Cape Cod
Portsmouth
N.H
Eastport
Maine
Vermont
Questioning Of U2 Pilot Extended In Interrogation
U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers agrees to lie detector tests during extended U.S. intelligence interrogation. Officials say no truth serum is used and the questioning may last longer than expected. Powers has been kept in undisclosed location since Soviet release on February 10.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
U.S
Powers
Shepard's Mother Thrilled as Space Milestones Continue
Mrs. Alan B. Shepard Sr., mother of America's first astronaut, said she felt nearly the same emotions watching John Glenn's space flight as when her son Alan B. Shepard Jr. flew America's first space mission. She called the events a completion of wonderful happenings that began with Shepard's historic ride.
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Derby
N.Y
Alan B. Shepard Sr
America
John Glenn
Alan B. Shepard Jr
John Glenn Mission Marks First American Orbit Heroic Flight
Arlington VA AP reports astronaut John H Glenn Jr 40 completed a high speed orbital flight for NASA guiding the nation into a space era. Glenn known for prior combat service and test piloting faced the mission with calm resolve and family support as five TVs watched his launch and a day off school for his children underscored public interest.
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Korea
Glenn
Langley Air Force Base
Anne
David
Carolyn
Arlington, Va
John H. Glenn Jr
Lyn
Annie
Kennedy Seeks $1 Billion Pay Rise for White Collar Federal Workers
President Kennedy urges Congress to approve a three year, one billion dollar federal pay reform raising white collar salaries to compete with private sector. The plan affects 1,640,000 workers worldwide, with raises from 3.7 to 33 percent and initial increases starting January 1.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Uncle Sam
GS-4
Farewell to Bennington GBA Executives and DuBois Growth
Paul Short arrives as director of the DuBois Board of Trade as the new Keystone Shortway Turnpike nears completion. DuBois, population 18,000, ranks tenth in Pennsylvania retail sales and hosts firms like Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shops, Du Bois Brewing, B F Goodrich, Jeffers Electronics, Triangle Auto Spring, Rockwell, and Jackson Vitrified China.
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Paul Short
DuBois
Board of Trade
Pennsylvania
Bennington
Short
GBA
DuBois Board of Trade
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
The
du Bois Brewing Co
B. F. Goodrich Industrial Products Co
Jeffers Electronics
Speer Carbon Co
Triangle Auto Spring Corp
Rockwell Manufacturing Co
Jackson Vitrified China Co
Paul J. Short
Lucky Ski-finder To Hear from Judge
A Philadelphia woman, Miss Joan Stogaski, found a pair of Northland skis Sunday afternoon about two miles east of Bennington on Vermont 9 and brought them home to Philadelphia for the owner to claim. Judge Eugene V. Clark, who had recently bought the skis, reported the loss. he will write to Miss Stogaski to recover them.
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Philadelphia
Joan Stogaski
Bennington
Vermont
Clark
AEC Reports Two Low Yield Nuclear Tests
The Atomic Energy Commission fired two underground test shots Monday at the Nevada test site. Officials described the blasts as low yield, with explosive power less than 20,000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
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