Scientist Calls For Taming Of Space Rockets
BLACKSBURG VA AP bold National space panel hears George S Schairer Boeing Seattle propose tamed down rockets with manual capsule control to reduce Atlas failure rates and improve guidance in Mercury era and beyond. He says future pilots will fly boosters like planes, needing redesigned stability for human reaction times.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
George S. Schairer
Boeing Aircraft
Seattle
Wash
Schairer
Vacancy On Saco School Board Tabled
The Saco Superintending School committee tabled the appointment to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Sylvia Chelder. The panel must fill vacancies within 30 days, serving until the next election. Miss Patricia Loughlin resigned from Burns school annex as she moves away. The panel approved buying materials worth 66 for Howard Cushman for psychological testing. School Union 7 plans to hire a full time dietitian to manage hot lunch programs. A custodial-work schedule was requested from Frank Wheaton for upcoming consideration. Attendees included Harvey Lamontagne Jr, Thomas Winston, Whaton, and Dr. Lawler. Betrothed Patricia Dion engagement to Amede Courtright announced. wedding date not set.
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Saco
Sylvia Chelder
Patricia Loughlin
Burns School
Frank Lawler
Frank Wheaton
Wheaton
Harvey Lamontagne, Jr
Thomas Winston
Whaton
Dr. Lawler
Goldberg Sees U S Recovery From Recession
Kansas City AP report quotes Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg forecasting gross national product at 535 billion dollars for the final quarter of 1961, about 515 billion currently, and 500 billion when Kennedy took office in January. He states this indicates substantial recovery from the recession.
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Kansas City, Mo
Arthur J. Oldberg
Kennedy
Union leader cites GNP target amid space labor gains
Goldberg told newsmen at the International Convention of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters that the country needs a gross national product of 585 to 600 billion dollars yearly to avoid unemployment. He noted missile and space programs lost 209 man-days in July, while over a million were worked. Delegates adopted a resolution to form political education committees in all 745 locals.
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Goldberg
United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters
Canadian Fire Threatens Two Villages Near St John’s
A two month old forest fire burned within five miles of Musgrave Harbor Boating Cove and Ragged Harbor near St John’s. Civilians fled by helicopter and boat as 2 000 residents faced evacuation. Strong winds and no rain threatened Carmanville and Fogo Island as firefighters battled the blaze. The fire began June 12 and covered about 400 square miles of fir and spruce.
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ST. John's
Nildi
Bonavista Bay
Musgrave Harbor
Boating Cove
Ragged Harbor
East Coast Bay
Gander
Fogo Island
Carmanville
Eight Foes Of Polaris Subs Arrested In Groton
Eight members of the committee for non violent action were arrested at the commissioning of the nuclear submarine Ethan Allen in Groton Connecticut. They faced charges of breach of peace and resisting arrest after attempting to interfere with the ceremony. Participants included David Mitchell 18 Brown University Gene Keyes 19 Harvard University and Peter Crowley 20 University of Vermont Indiana.
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Groton, Conn
Groton Borough
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Committee For Nonviolent
CMVA
Navy
Coast Guard
David Mitchell
New Canaan
Brown
Gene Keyes
Champaign, Ill
Harvard
Peter Crowley
Bennington, Vt
Community Hare Bay devastated after fire
Premier J R Smallwood flew over Hare Bay and called the fire just about the most horrible thing that has ever happened to Newfoundland. A section of the community has already been destroyed.
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Hare Bay
J. R. Smallwood
Newfoundland
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National Science Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
New York
Broadway
Paddy Chayetsky
Wilmington
Washington
Baltimore
Haven
Boston
Toronto
Pittsburg
Columbus
Louisville
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Old Orchard Beach
Marlene Russell
the Beach
Canada
Victor Stusyk
Beaconsfield
Quebec
Terry
Lek
Chino
S&h
Cabana
Souk
Remar’s
Coats
Main Street
Biddeford
Biddeford, Maine
Ernest Dion
Hartford, Conn
Patricia
Amede. Courtright
Cecile Courtright
Sanford
Dion
H. J. Hopkins
Courtright
U. S. Navy
Cecilfield
Florida
Polaris
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