Telstar 2 rocket lifts from Cape Canaveral to seek orbit
A three stage Delta rocket launched at 6 38 a m from Cape Canaveral with Telstar 2 aboard aiming for a looping orbit 875 to 6559 miles high The launch marked a step toward global space communications and officials reported successful ignition of second and third stages and satellite separation A ground station in Antigua reported reception as scientists awaited first pass to confirm orbit Telstar 2 built to test radio news pictures and telecommunication links between the United States and Europe and Japan with plans for future television exchanges
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Fla
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West Indies
Antigua
United States
Europe
Japan
Andover
Maine
Britain
France
U.S
Sunday Store Closing Law Gains Committee Support in Maine
Augusta AP report states the Legal Affairs Committee backed a Sunday closing bill named for Rep. Walter N. MacGregor with a 7-3 vote. The plan would curb large stores on Sundays while allowing smaller shops to stay open, adding boating and sporting goods, and real estate to exempted items, with size limits and holiday restrictions.
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Legal Affairs Committee
Walter N. MacGregor
R-Fastport
Maine Merchants Association
Legal Affairs
Margaret Sproul
Bristol
Wendell R. Atherton
R-Bangor
Albert Cote
D-Lewiston
Bradford S. Wellman
Raymond Boissonneau
D-Westbrook
Frank B. Foster
Mechanic Falls
Mitchell Cope
Gilbert
Donald T
Backward Valves Used Only for Thresher Tests Says Officer
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard production chief Captain John B. Guerry told reporters backward valves were used temporarily on Thresher to ensure a positive flow stop during tests. He said these valves were removed or reinstalled correctly before permanent operation and that no backward valves remained when the system ran.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
John B. Guerry
Naval Court of Inquiry
Guerry
Thresher
Navy
Quiry
Portsmouth Naval
Boston
Thresher Court
Meane
Demonstrators Jam Birmingham Jails In Desegregation Drive
In Birmingham Alabama a surge of arrests swelled city jails as protesters led by Martin Luther King Jr pledged more demonstrations. Dick Gregory joined the marchers facing charges for parading without a permit while teens and students walked out of school to join the desegregation effort.
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Ala
Moon
Martin Luither King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
Dick Gregory
James Bevel
Cleveland
Miss
Gregory
Wyatt Tee Walker
Greenwood
Biddeford Council Adopts Fire Codes
Biddeford city council approved national fire and building codes giving officials authority to inspect properties and order safety changes. Violations carry up to 500 dollars per day, with potential property condemnation and permit suspensions. The ordinance sets building permits, appeals to the council, and uses state or national standards where Maine law is silent. The council tabled a proposal to promote two fire department officers.
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Biddeford
Maine
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Paul Garriepy
Emile Bergeron
How to Deal With Mental Problems Public Service Ad
A public service notice urges sympathetic help for mentally ill individuals. It argues disturbances stem from lack of emotional control and promotes a free book from Better Mental Health Box 2500 New York NY, indicating cooperation with The Advertising Council.
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New York, N.Y
Pulitzer Prize Confers Posthumous Award on Faulkner
William Faulkner wins the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for fiction posthumously for The Reivers. In Havana and Haiti, no decisive moves expected before UN and OAS actions. East Germans report an American captain and sergeant seeking political asylum. Admiral George W. Anderson faces fallout from stance on the TFX plane.
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Francois Duvalier
Haiti
United Nations
Organization of American States
Washington
Faulkner Wins Pulitzer for final novel The Reivers
William Faulkner's last book The Reivers won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for fiction in New York. No drama prize awarded, prompting resignations by two jury members Johnson Brown and John Gassner who had backed Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The Daily News earned the public service prize for birth control coverage. Hugo Rondon of La Republica won for news photography, with World Telegram reporters cited for local reporting on the Idlewild jet crash of March 1, 1962.
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South
William Faulkner
Johnson Brown
John Gassner
Yale University
Brown
Gassner
Edward Albee
Virginia Woolf
New England
Chicago ‘Daily News
Daily News
Columbia University
Lois Wise
Horton Trautman
State Capitol
Henry M. Hanson
Faulkner
Joseph Pulitzer
Old New York World
Hector Rondon
la Republica
Caracas
Venezuela
Associated Press
New York World-Telegram & Sun
Sylvan Fox
Anthony Shannon
William Longgood
American Airlines
Idlewild
Saco Budgets Disputed Budget Passes After City Vote
Saco approves the 1963 budget for Thornton Academy and public schools amid deep disagreement over per pupil funding. Thornton seeks 525 dollars per pupil, up from 500, while the council denies further increases. The school committee warns funds may run out by year end without city support.
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Saco
Thornton Academy
Paul S. Hill, Jr
Thornton Board of Trustees
William S. Linnell
Thornton
Chandler Bouter
Robert L. Bowie
Academy
Bowie
Hill
J. Edward Whelan
Linnell
Thomas ©. Winston
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