Space agency selects five engine Saturn for moon mission
NASA and Marshall Space Flight Center announce an advanced Saturn design likely to be called the C5. The first stage will deploy five F-1 engines producing 1.7 million pounds of thrust, the second stage five J-2 engines with 1 million pounds of thrust, and a single J-2 engine for the third stage. The vehicle will carry about 110 tons and is set for 1965 readiness with plans for a manned lunar orbit and later a lunar landing.
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Huntsville
Ala
Space Agency
Free World
Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
Earth
Moon
NASA
Avalanche hits Peruvian valley wiping towns from map
Airborne teams seek good weather to reach Hanaylas in the Cordillera Blanca as an avalanche from Mt Huascaran buries Ramahirca and Harascucho and 14 settlements. Officials estimate up to 4,000 missing or dead with 7,000 residents in the valley and many bodies recovered in nearby Chimbote.
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Lima
Peru
Hanaylas
Caraz
Peruvian Air Force
Roberto Thorndike
Peruvian Red Cross
U.S
James Loeb
Ramahirca
Harascucho
Pantahirca
Cordillera Blanca
Santa River
Chimbote
Pacific
State plans new appeal on sentence in Vermont case
The Vermont Attorney General announced plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that struck down Frank Brown’s life sentence for a 1958 Brattleboro arson-murder. The state seeks permission to appeal Timbers’s decision and a possible stay while the appeal proceeds in federal court.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Charles J. Adams
William Timbers
New Haven
Timbers
Brown
Windsor
Di Salle Reverses, Seeks Second Term as Governor
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle announced he will run for a second term in Ohio. The move sparks a Democratic primary with Atty. Gen. Mark McElroy already in the race, after DiSalle had previously said he would bow out.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Atty
Mark McElroy
DiSalle
McElroy
New England Cold Wave Nears Break
A gradual moderation in temperatures is reported as the Arctic mass weakens. Below zero readings occur but are fewer and less severe than yesterday. Highs reach the mid 20s in far northern New England to the mid 30s in the south with light snow moving south in the region.
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Boston
New England
Weather Bureau
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Old Town
Lebanon
N.H
Concord
Montpelier
Portland
Hartford
Attorney General OKs Aide's Role In Road Probe
Montpelier Vermont AP report says Attorney General Charles J Adams endorsed the aid Louis Peck in drafting a highway department testimony review. Senator James Oakes accused Peck of bias due to highway personnel ties. Adams argues the source of input does not affect the approved decision by former AG Debevoise and will issue a ruling next week on the commission’s witness-swearing authority.
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Oks
Montpelier, Vt
Charles J. Adams
Highway Department
James Oakes
Windham
Louis Peck
Peck
Atty
Thomas M. Debevoise
Adams
Debevoise
Oakes
Commission
Zorro the dog makes a home in a backyard tree
In Tampa a two year old mongrel named Zorro spends much of each day perched on a six foot limb in a backyard tree. Owner Amy Mary Pal eveda said the unusual dog uses the high perch to watch the yard.
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Tampa
Fla
Zorro
Amy Mary Paleveda
Leaders Reject Kennedy Standby Tax Cutting Plan
Washington AP Kennedy seeks stand by powers to cut income taxes during recession sparking chilly reaction from key congressional leaders. Democrats cautious. Byrd denounces plan as unconstitutional. Republicans oppose. Leaders worry it would erode Congress revenue control and hinder future tax hikes.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means Committee
Sen
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Congress
Kennedy Proposals Face Uphill Battle
President Kennedy faces strong headwinds as Congress, eager for election concerns, is unlikely to approve many domestic and foreign proposals. Some areas may advance such as a possible tariff negotiation fund with Europe, debt limit increase, and limited social spending plans, while broad civil rights and urban affairs initiatives appear doubtful or blocked.
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Kennedy
Two Committees To Hold Fate Of Legislation
President Kennedy 1962 program hinges on two House committees led by conservative Southern Democrats. If rules and ways and means fail to act, the House may not vote on Kennedy proposals from his State of the Union.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
State of the Union
Berlin
Administration
Department of Urban Affairs
House
Rules Committee
Ways and Means
White House
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means Committee
Howard W. Smith
Power Losses To Cost CVPSC 7900 a Day
The Central Vermont Public Service Corp. faces a daily cost of 7900 due to a 50000 kilowatt Niagara Project power shortfall from ice jams on the Niagara River. CVPSC chief Albert Cree said the emergency forced use of 21336 kilowatts from stand by generation, with power not expected to return today. The loss equals about 17 percent of Central Vermont's peak load while the utility relies on 54000 kilowatts from St Lawrence and 4000 from Yankee Atomic.
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Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Niagara Project
Niagara
Albert Cree
CVPSC
Niagara Energy
Vermont
Central
St. Lawrence
Yankee Atomic Electric Co
Rowe
Mass
BCIC Plans 15000 to 20000 Sq Ft Spec Building In Bennington
The Bennington County Industrial Corporation BCIC proposes a 15000 to 20000 square foot speculative shell building at its 33 acre industrial park site with favorable weather to start and plans pending detailed specifications Officials cite growing orders and a successful park experience with Vermont Container Corp as key factors The 1961 disbursements totaled 15797 leaving 10533 cash on hand Assets stand at 59193 Officers for the coming year include Mayer Buckley Wickenden and Greenberg Six directors were elected for three year terms
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Bennington County Industrial Corporation
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Hugh Wilber
Vermont Container Corp
BCIC
Lyons
Bennington
Vermont
Kenneth J. Hanau
C. P. Gilchrist
Norman H. Greenberg
Ferdinand L. Mayer
T. Garry Buckley
Arthur E. Wickenden
Elizabeth K. Dollard
Fabian Kunselman
Arthur
Odd Looking Gadget Triggers Miami Bomb Scare
In Miami a gallon jug with a clock and batteries found in a Sears Roebuck store prompted a civil defense drill. Bomb experts removed the device from a restroom, placed it in a padded container, and disposed of the liquid in the ocean after testing showed it was water.
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Miami
Fla
Sears Roebuck
Crime Laboratory
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