Kennedy Signs Bill Creating Cape Cod National Seashore
President Kennedy signed into law a 26 670 acre Cape Cod national seashore to preserve the Pilgrim land as a public recreation and conservation area. The bill provides 16 million dollars for land purchases with a one year hold on condemnation and local lands kept with zoning to maintain the Cape in its natural state.
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Kennedy
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Atlantic Ocean
Race Point
Provincetown
Chatham
Cape
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Leverett Salton
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Loan Paid Up Posthumously In Arkansas
A man who borrowed five dollars from Herschel V. Bruce around 17 or 18 years ago has paid the debt. He sent five dollars with a note to Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Bruce explaining he could not return in person. Herschel V. Bruce was killed in action in France on July 11, 1944.
Unemployment on payroll worries business executives
Today's business executives worry about the large number of unemployed still kept on the payroll. The note credits Gen. Fea. Corp. with the copy.
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Notice to Advertisers for Dollar Days Edition
Copy for Wednesday's Dollar Days Edition must be received by the Journal no later than noon Tuesday. Copy received after that time will be accepted conditionally only.
Western Big Four open to Berlin talks with Soviets
Western foreign ministers from the United States Britain France and West Germany said they are willing to negotiate a settlement on the Berlin problem but only on a reasonable basis and with mutual respect. They will wait for Khrushchev’s reply and other developments before pushing an East West conference, noting Moscow’s notes threaten a separate peace with East Germany.
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Titov Lands After 17 Orbits Vostok II Promoted To Communist Party
Soviet spaceman Gherman Titov landed safely after 17 orbits in the Vostok II mission, reported to Premier Khrushchev, and was promoted to full member of the Communist Party. Khrushchev vowed a grand Moscow welcome, with Titov praising the view and his health. Titov circled the globe in 25 hours 18 minutes, reaching altitudes between 59.59 and 110.5 miles, and landed near Gagarin’s touchdown area.
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U S Plans Latin America Aid Drive Under Kennedy
The United States outlines a 10 year Alliance for Progress with a $1 billion start to boost Latin America’s poverty and illiteracy problems and economic stability. Secretary Dillon will present the program at the Inter American conference as part of a Western alliance against communism. Some Latin leaders say the initial funding is insufficient.
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West Berlin commuters seek jobs under East German rule
East German Communists claim many commuters are giving up West Berlin jobs to seek work under Red rule. Pressure on commuters has risen as residents in Communist sectors pay rent and bills in Western currency. Junge Welt cites rising calls to East Berlin factories and stores hiring former West Berlin workers amid poor service and shortages. Refugees continue arriving from Communist countries.
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West Berlin
East Germany
Moon Shot Jibe Reflects Irony Amid Slow Saturn Move
Huntsville Alabama AP reports a wry note as Saturn booster travels by barge down the Mississippi toward Cape Canaveral at about 10 mph. The 82 foot high, 22 foot diameter rocket, built at Marshall Space Flight Center, will test stages this year and is not expected to be operational until 1965. The world celebrates Soviet orbital flight while the American moon program inches forward.
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Soviet Union
Marshall Space Flight Center
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Fla
World applauds epic space trip and moon race forecasts
Western scientists see the Soviets targeting the moon after Titov’s orbital flight. Kenneth Gatland of the British Interplanetary Society predicts a man on the moon by 1966 to 1967 with possible dog reconnaissance. Continentwide praises and caution about military use accompany the news as Britain’s Sir Bernard Lovell cautions against pro-Russian bias.
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Soviet Union
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British Interplanetary Society
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NASA presses ahead with manned Mercury by early 1962
NASA officials said the agency will launch an unmanned Mercury capsule within a month to orbit and recover, paving the way for a future manned flight by late 1961 or early 1962. A chimpanzee aboard could be tested before risking a human in the next Atlas mission.
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