Second Space Try Slated Tomorrow
CAPF Canaveral Florida AP reports improving weather encouraged Mercury officials to proceed with the United States second manned space launch now set for Wednesday at 8 a.m. EST. Virgil Grissom, 35, prepared for Liberty Bell 7 after a cloud delay and a a high pressure front was detected by Tiros III. Grissom, a Korean War veteran, is described as cool under pressure as countdown resumes for the suborbital flight.
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Project Mercury
Unitedates
Virgil I. Grissom
Walter Williams
Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ape Canaveral
Williams
Grissom
U.S. Weather Bureau
Tiros III
Tiros
Tthey
Caribbean
NASA
Navy
Cmdr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Gus
Mitchell, Ind
Allies Warn Soviets Of Menace To Peace
Washington reports say the United States Britain and France warned the Soviet Union that threats against West Berlin jeopardize world peace and endanger millions. They rejected Moscow’s claim that a separate treaty with East Germany could erase Berlin rights and offered negotiated settlement on Germany’s unresolved problems. The notes stressed Soviet responsibility if a crisis continues and opened room for talks based on self determination for Germans.
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United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Berlin
East Germany
Germany
U.S
Moscow
London
Paris
White House
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Vienna
Iia
Sardine industry called pathetic by Maine plant head
SOUTH PORTLAND Maine packers describe the $20 million sardine business as pathetically slow with 80 000 standard cases packed by 23 of 31 Maine plants as of July 7 versus 388 000 cases last year. Offshoreness of herring blamed though few have returned inshore. Plant manager Melvin F Mitchell of Seaboard Packing Co hopes for a strong fall run to salvage the season.
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South Portland
Maine
Melvin F. Mitchell
Seaboard Packing Co
Mitchell
Small boy quotes zoo visit and price paid
A child tells his mother that his father took him to the zoo where a single animal paid $33.80 across the board. The line is attributed to Copt. Gen. Fea Corp. and reflects a humorous misstatement about costs at the zoo.
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Fea Corp
Public Hearing on Zoning for Mobile Homes in Saco
The Saco Planning Board announces a public hearing in the Municipal Court Room at Saco City Hall at 7 30 P M on Monday July 24 1961 to discuss changes to the Zoning Ordinance as applied to house trailers and mobile homes. All interested parties are urged to attend. Charles W Fenderson Secretary SACO PLANNING BOARD
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Saco City Hall
Charles W. Fenderson
Saco Planning Board
Parking lot thefts prompt security boost at island factories
Police report three larceny cases from Allied Hampshire and Saco Tanning parking lots on Factory Island last night. Victims include Fernand Champagne who found sunglasses missing from a glove box and Harry Boyajian whose car had a broken window and pink baby items taken. Louis J Hamel had four hubcaps stolen. other incidents include a White Delco battery theft from a Saco porch and damage to Rod and Gun Club sign at Ferry Beach. All cases are under investigation.
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Allied Hampshire Footwear Corporation
Factory Island
Saco
Raymond Kerry
Kerry
Ag & Larceny
Allied Hampshire
Fernand Champagne
Granite Street
Biddeford
Harry Boyajian
Hazel Street
Louis J. Hamel
Kennebunk
Gilbert
Lewis
Wharf Street
Rod
Ferry Beach
School Bus Petitions In Slow Motion
Augusta Maine AP A petition campaign to force Maine s school bus law to a referendum is moving slowly only 6000 signatures collected so far with a 42000 goal before the 60 day deadline Nazarene minister Rep Ernest C Smith spearheading the drive has 5000 petitions circulated to Protestant ministers statewide Calls and letters from people asking where to sign indicate petitions are idle on ministers desks The measure lets municipalities choose to use public money to transport parochial and private school pupils to schools
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Augusta
Maine
Ernest C. Smith
R. Strong
Nazarene
Lincoln Sits On Fine Air Raid Shelter
Washington AP reports a vast cave beneath the Abraham Lincoln Memorial could become an underground museum. Rep. Fred Schwengel and historian Randle Truett toured the chamber, noting its size and potential to educate visitors about Lincoln. Schwengel seeks funding estimates and a plan to finance the project via modest admission.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Fred Schwengel
Browa
Schwengel
Randle Truett
National Capital Parks
Lincoln
Congress
Conrad Wirth
National Park Service
Bven
Ring Around Berlin Feared as Soviet East German Forces Grow
Bonn sources say Soviet and East German troops form a girdle around Berlin, totaling about 67 500 soldiers and 1 200 tanks in rings 25 to 50 miles out. Details show Soviet and East German divisions plus border units, with militia and Allied forces in the region.
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Bonn
Germany
Berlin
West German Defense Ministry
Hope Held For Pair Missing In Cave
Rescue teams drilled through debris in a narrow limestone cave and reached a 300 foot corridor with fresh air and a swift current. Indiana University graduate student Tom Arnold and Ralph Moreland have been missing since Sunday after heavy floods closed the cave entrance. Divers and spelunkers labored in icy water, hoping to locate any trace of the two men as the search entered its third day.
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Orleans
Ind
Indiana
Indiana University
Tom Arnold
Peru
Ralph
Moreland
Knox
Dick Powell
I. U. Cave
Hammond
Powell
Racial Violence Signals Tense US Cities Showdowns
The Associated Press reports ongoing racial violence in Chicago and New York. In Chicago's Harrison High area police faced roving Negro gangs injuring whites and arresting dozens as last week's fatal shooting sparked clashes. a 17 year old white youth was attacked but not seriously injured. In New York Harlem teens joined a mob seeking a fight in a Bronx neighborhood, while detectives stopped 23 participants and police seized weapons. The Klan offered aid in Biloxi while Mississippi court conviction of 20 Freedom Riders raised total convictions to 244 since May.
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Chicago
Harrison High School
Charles Glass
Harrison
New York
Bronx
John Healy
Biloxi
Miss
Walter A. Bailey
Freedom Riders
Portland ice cream plant worker dies after fall
James Benoit, 59, of bridgeport, died in a Portland hospital a week after a ladder fall at an ice cream plant. Police said he fell about 10 feet and struck his head, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Portland
Bridge
Mass
Workman
James Benoit
Benoit
Army Missile Program Seeks Chemical Warhead Delivery
The Army to issue warheads for guided missiles capable of delivering chemical agents across battle zones. A new regulation lists warheads for chemical agents, including solid, liquid, or gas forms. Army notes several missiles, from short-range to Pershing, could carry gases, aiding tactical aims behind enemy lines. Kennedy era focus on conventional force strength parallels caution about Soviet stockpiles of poison gases and nerve agents.
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Army
Kennedy
Air Force
Navy
House Appropriations Subcommittee
W.E. Black
Army Chemical Corps
Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
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