Balloon Makes 950 Mile Climb In Test Flight
The 510 pound silvery sphere nicknamed Big Shot, the largest space balloon, rose 950 miles above the Atlantic after detaching from a Thor booster. NASA said the test confirms balloon expansion and form stability for Echo II, before it is launched later this year. The balloon burned up 23 minutes after launch near 600 miles south of the cape, with ground observers limited to Cape Canaveral by hazy skies.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Echo
Cape Area
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape
Thor
San Salvador
Third Day Racetrack Strike Declared Illegal
Officials of the Taconic Racing and Breeding Association and DeMatteo Construction condemn the walkout by 30 carpenters as illegal. Martin DeMatteo says he will wait a few days before action and may meet if workers return to jobs. Paul Rivard of Local 994 says the stoppage is not sanctioned and contracts are binding. About 30 carpenters and 50 other unions idle. grandstand work at Vermont’s four million dollar parimutuel track halted. Subcontractor Morrissey’s crew continues some work. carpenters cite substandard wages and unsafe conditions. Continued on Page 12.
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Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
DeMatteo Construction Co
Pownal Racetrack
Martin DeMatteo
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Paul Rivard
Bennington Local 994
Rivard
Bennington
Vermont
Gerald E. Morrissey
Pownal
Taconic Association
Louis Smith
Salem
N.H
DeMatteo
The
Racing Association, Association
Kenneth Graf
Manchester
Peruvian Troops Seize President in Bloodless Coup
In Lima, military forces surround the government palace and arrest President Manuel Prado after weeks of political crisis. The coup follows charges of fraud in the June 10 elections, with a last minute deal to install former dictator Manuel Odria failing.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Prado
Prado
Manuel Odria
Kennedy’s Medical Care Plan Defeated In Senate Vote
The Senate voted 52 to 48 to defeat the administration’s companion medical care plan for seniors. President Kennedy called it a serious defeat for American families and pledged to reintroduce the measure next year. The coalition included Republicans and Southern Democrats, while the American Medical Association opposed the plan.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
The
American Medical Association
Department of Urban Affairs
United States
George M. Fister
Chicago
Kerr-Mills
Bennington districts plan study groups on merger
Bennington Graded School District and Greater Bennington Schools, Inc. will form four citizen study groups within three weeks to explore merging independent elementary districts. A public meeting is set for Aug. 1 at 7 30 p.m. in the Bennington Elementary School kindergarten room to recruit members and outline the plan for enacting a enabling act in the 1963 General Assembly.
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Bennington
General Assembly
GBSD
Robert M. Wilson
Vermont
Dayton stamp store sells scooter kits for a book
In Dayton Ohio a stamp redemption shop offers new scooters for one book. Buyers receive a kit in a carton and must assemble it themselves, reviving the old orange crate and roller skate vibe.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Girl Scout Roundup Marks Button Bay Jubilee
In Vermont 2,780 Girl Scouts gathered at Button Bay for the 50th anniversary roundup after three years of planning. An additional 2,892 girls were expected to arrive tomorrow, many arriving by train as the event opened.
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Button Bay
Local Scout roundup gathers 1550 staff from 20 countries
At Port Henry New York a vast canvas city forms for a Girl Scout roundup. Ruth Whitesell from Bethlehem leads a patrol as staffers from 50 states and 20 nations prepare meals swap memorabilia and tend first aid tents with volunteers sacrificing comfort for the girls.
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Ruth Whitesell
Bethlehem
Miss Whitesell
Detroit
Mich
Colorado
Arren Buchanan
Killeen
Texas
Marilyn
Grand Canyon
Colo
Joyce Karago
Kenya
Great Britain
Spain
Switzerland
Holland
Drought Bites Northeast Pa and Surrounding States
A prolonged drought hits 22 Pennsylvania counties designated as federal disaster areas with 18 more under review while eight New Jersey counties receive disaster status. New York reports 24 drought counties demanding aid for over seven million acres and 38 000 farms. Local towns curb water use yet no severe shortages reported. Gov Hughes seeks quick federal relief as hay prices rise. New England sees some relief from recent showers but forest fire risk remains high.
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Orville Freeman
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York State
Richard
J. Hughes
New England
Kennedy ponies return to Barnstable stable after escape
In West Barnstable Massachusetts a mare and three Kennedy ponies escaped yesterday from a Kennedy estate farm. Police and volunteers corralled the animals and returned them to their stable today. A farmer tethered the mare with a clothesline after she nibbled apples from a tree.
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West Barnstable
Mass
Kennedy Menagerie
Barnstable
Joseph P. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy Estate
Selectmen Seek Action on Delinquent Bennington Sewer Bills
Bennington selectmen reviewed unpaid 1961 sewer bills with two members present vowing second and final notices. If unpaid, the town may place liens on properties serviced by the municipal sewer system to force collection.
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Bennington
Leon R. Eldred
Clayton Daigneault
Druggist Denied Appeal from Life Imprisonment
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ordered Frank Brown of Brattleboro returned to Vermont State Prison for arson causing death. Brown had been freed on bail after a habeas writ questioning his appeal rights. the court found no constitutional error in denying full appeal and noted juror familiarity with the case did not prove prejudice.
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NEW York
Vermont
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank Brown
Brattleboro
Brown
William H. Timbers
New Haven
Conn
Lyman Streeter
Windham
Court of Appeals
Boston
Brattleboro Daily Reform
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Hagerman
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Robert S. Kerr
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D-N.m
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Scooter Back
Port Henry
Lake Champlain
Geraldine Pantera
Orchard Park
Buffalo
Florida
Georgia
Ohio
Long Island
N.J
Loose Kennedy Ponies
Wake Up
Charles Dewey
Woodford
Dewey
Woodford Lake
Selectmen Eldred
Norton Barber
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
Bennington Village
Robert M. White
Irving L. Branch
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