Soviets End Rocket Test In Pacific
The Soviet Union fired a second powerful rocket on Sunday, hitting the mid Pacific test area and ending the current launch program. The first rocket on Jan 30 traveled about 7,760 miles, missing the target by 1.24 miles. The second rocket, likely from the Caspian Sea region, completed tests for a heavy satellite and planetary spaceflight program as Soviet leaders gathered in Moscow for a major meeting.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pacific
Tass
Mid- Pacific
Caspian Sea
Nikita Khrushchev
Career Girl Chuckle Headlines Bacon Preference
A lighthearted item notes a career-minded girl who would rather earn money than perform domestic tasks, reflecting a humorous division of labor and ambition. The snippet cites the Camden General Feature Corporation as source, illustrating social attitudes of the era.
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Fea. Corp
Trucks Bombed In Newspaper Strike
In Portland and nearby Oregon City, two rows of trucks used by the rivaled newspapers were bombed late Sunday night. Dynamite destroyed six trucks in Oregon City and four in Portland, with no fatalities or injuries reported. A teen found with dynamite near a precinct is being questioned.
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Portland Ore
Portland
Oregon City
The
Oregonian
Oregon Journal
Stereotypers Union
Wymore Trucking Co
Oregon Film Service
Wymore
Law Registration Postpones Thornton Academy Adult Classes
Thornton Academy adult education courses are postponed to February 8 due to low registration. Sidney Griffith, director, announces two extra registration sessions tonight and tomorrow from 7 to 8 PM. Classes open as scheduled include painting sewing and woodworking. boating starts February 8 funded by the U S Coast Guard.
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Thornton Academy
Saco
Sidney Griffith
Griffith
U. S. Coast Guard
Jurors Selected For Brown Trial In Maine
A not guilty plea was entered by Alfred Brown of Montpelier for armed robbery and theft of 190 dollars from Maurice Couture at Old Orchard Beach. The York county Superior court immediately impaneled jurors, selecting 11 of 27 in morning sessions as prosecutors and defense attorneys challenged several jurors. Talesmen were summoned to complete the panel, with names including August Turmell, Frances Libby, Frank Hatch, Avis Atkinson, Harold Grace, Leo Goodwin, Colin Todd, Roy Goodwin, Woodbury Stevens, John Moore and Charles Loud.
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Ralph H. Ross
Robert G. Brown, Jr
Laconia
N. H
York County Superior Court
Alfred Brown
Maurice Couture
Montreal
Old Orchard Beach
Brown
Marcel R. Viger
Chester D. Cram
Kennebunk
Leonard
F. Williams
Harold Nason
August A. Turmell
Kittery
Frances Libby
Sanford
Frank Hatch
Wells
Avis Atkinson
Waterboro
Harold P. Grace
Leo Goodwin
Dayton
Colin Todd
Arundel
Roy C. Goodwin
South Berwick
Woodbury H. Stevens
Kennebunkport
John Moore
Charles O. Loud
Lebanon
Revolt Of Colonials In Algiers Collapses
AP reports the eight day revolt in Algiers collapsed as insurgents surrendered. Leader Pierre Lagail larde was captured, Joseph Ortiz was in flight, and Lagail larde wore a paratroop uniform with a French flag as troops stood at attention. Stores reopened and workers returned to duties. The insurgents will be used against Algerian rebels.
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Algiers
Charle de Gaulle
Algeria
Jean Crepin
Pierre Lagaillarde
Joseph Ortiz
Crepin
Lagaillare
LaGaillarde
Mine Blast Toll Due To Be Heavy
Rescue workers found 25 miners dead after a gas explosion in a north Japan coal mine. Eighteen others trapped 3,600 feet below. nine crawled to safety, ten rescued, one seriously injured. Flames raged for hours before being checked as survivors described roaming amid smouldering coal and frequent cave-ins. Yoshitaro Saito, 29, an engineer, said his group was distant from the No 2 pit and did not hear the blast.
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Tokyo
Japan
No. 2
Yoshitaro Saito
Gates backs arms might of America
Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr messages that the United States holds a first rate overall military strength and can deter a Soviet war. He expects the lag in missiles to close by 1962 as Polaris submarines come online and missiles are added to bombers. Air Force chief Gen. Thomas D. White echoed such confidence, saying the US defense balance remains intact. Republican lawmakers also voiced support, while some Democrats warned of Soviet missile superiority and urged a crash program to close the gap.
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Washington
America
Soviet Union
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Gates
United States
Thomas D. White
Air Force
White
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
U.S.S.R
Ralph Yarborough D-Tex
Kenneth B. Keating
R-Ny
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
Leslie C. Arends
R-Ill
Painchaud's Band Elects Officers
Painchaud's band, an 1872-founded, longtime self supporting group in Biddeford, elected Ludger Picher as president and director. Arthur J. Lambert became vice president, Harold F. Plaisdell secretary, Alfred Cloutier treasurer, with auditing by John P. Hudson Donald H. Libby and George Bouffard. Adelard J. Gendron named assistant director and Joseph Verrier sergeant at arms, Napoleon Normird as janitor.
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Painchaud
Odd Fellows Block
Alfred and
Bacon Streets
Biddeford
Ludger Picher
Arthur J. Lambert
Saco
Harold F. Plaisdell
Old Orchard Beach
Alfred Cloutier
John P. Hudson
Donald H. Libby
George Bouffard
Adelard J. Gendron
Joseph Verrier
Napoleon Norimard
Pierre Painchaud
Fred Lavigne
Joseph Martin
Kennedy campaigns in Nevada for presidential bid
Carson City Nevada AP dispatch reports Senator John F Kennedy a Democrat from Massachusetts campaigned in Nevada today as part of his bid for the presidential nomination.
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Carson City
Nev
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nevada
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling rescued after cliff ordeal
Monterey California reported Nobel Prize chemist Linus Pauling survived 24 hours on a shale cliff 80 miles south of Monterey. He left his ranch Saturday to conduct a walking inspection, followed a deer trail, and became stranded on an 80 degree ocean-facing slope. A search party passed him by overnight, and he waited atop the aerie until rescue. He was unharmed and in high spirits.
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Monterey
Calif
Linus Pauling
Pauling
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