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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1964
Page
8
The Air Force wins a multimillion dollar program to develop a manned orbiting laboratory MOL to study long term space operations. It envisions a Gemini capsule mounted to a 25 by 10 foot canister with Titan 3 booster, flight planned for late 1967 or early 1968 after unmanned tests.
The Department of Defense seeks experienced teachers and administrators for overseas dependent schools in 31 countries. About 285 schools educate roughly 150 000 children from grades 1 to 12. Positions require a bachelor’s degree with 18 hours in professional education and two years of recent teaching. Salary 4535 plus 200 master’s increment. housing and transportation provided. Interviews in Boston January 16–18 by appointment only.
People from 35 states including a Texas inmate offered to save 2 year old Margaret Snow’s remaining eye. Her left eye was removed last November for retinoblastoma and doctors say there is a 50 50 chance the right eye could be affected. More than $3 000 has been raised for medical expenses. A Texas convict named Bobby James Sickenberger offered to donate an eye.
President Antonio Segni of Italy arrives in Philadelphia for a five day U S visit. He travels with his wife Laura and an official party of 35 as police and FBI agents provide security. Segni will tour Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell before departing by train to Washington.
United Press International reports pigeons swarm cities from West Berlin to San Francisco. Authorities use nets, glue, and even trained owls amid calls from AMA warning of health risks. Methods include poison crumbs and radiation ideas. some view pigeons as pests while others seek humane controls.
In New York, Richard F. Bell Jr., 19, sobbed in court as he was arraigned on a homicide charge for strangling Carole Yvonne Hughes, 18, in Central Park. Police say she claimed pregnancy and demanded marriage. autopsy found no pregnancy. Bell held without bail. In California, University of Santa Clara plans a $100 annual tuition increase every other year for ten years starting September 1964, raising current tuition from $1,000.
AP News Analyst notes the Panama crisis traces to 1903 and Theodore Roosevelt. The 1903 revolt, US involvement, and the canal treaty fostered long standing Latin American distrust. Riots over flag symbolism inflamed passions, with Panamanian demands for better pay, control, and concessions amid the US presence in the zone. President Roberto Chiari’s strained relations follow the recent clashes.
Weekend television centered on serious themes with the surgeon general's smoking report and birth control. NBC aired Birth Control How? and Dr John Rock discussed the pill while Notre Dame's Rev John A O'Brien represented the church view. Critics noted uneven fare across NBC CBS and NBC That Was the Week That Was and praised a pantomime on the Berlin Wall. Hollywood and the Stars and a later Hollywood program were previewed.
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