Busy Day In Space Signals International Cooperation
The United States and Great Britain launched a scientific satellite as part of a joint space effort with Japan at Wallops Island while Ranger 4 crash landed on the moon. Cosmos 4 from the Soviet Union and two mystery U.S. satellites added to a busy day of space activity signaling closer cooperation between powers. British Prime Minister Macmillan expected to name the UK satellite, and ongoing talks between Kennedy and Khrushchev frame a push for international space collaboration.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Great Britain
Wellops Island
America
Soviet Union
U.S. Air Force
Point Arguello
Calif
Samos
Midas
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Khrushchev
John H. Glenn Jr
Wallops Island
Japan
U.S. Space Agency
Royal Society of England
Garbage strike drags on as relief remains distant
Garbage piles up at Blue Field as street department workers strike enters its third day. City Manager Randolph G Whittle warns no immediate relief is in sight while city hiring proceeds and picket lines continue at the Municipal Building and city facilities.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Street Department
Randolph G. Whittle
City Hall
White
Steet
Whittle
U S Pledges Alli Means For Ban
Secretary of State Dean Rusk pledged the United States will pursue an East West test ban while continuing a current series of atmospheric nuclear explosions. The first test on Christmas Island produced a 100 000 to 500 000 ton yield, described as a research device.
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Washington
United States
Dean Rusk
Christmas Island
Pacific
Space turns page one into global cooperation promise
A broad space news roundup cites US UK and Japan launches, Russia Sputnik, Ranger moon hit, and covert satellites hinting at a new era of cooperation. The narrative frames international teamwork as an emerging era.
VP Lyndon Johnson Plane Skids Off Dallas Runway
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird escaped unharmed when a military twin engine jet slid off Love Field runway in Dallas. Cranes righted the plane about an hour later before the Johnsons flew commercial to Baltimore. no injuries reported to the occupants. The aircraft was described as a T29 Saberliner.
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Dallas
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lady Bird
Love Field
Baltimore
Johnsons
Political Play Is Charged In Senate Battle
In Washington the Senate fight over the Kennedy administration literacy test bill features party leaders and rivals trading charges of political posturing to win votes. Sen. Talmadge accuses supporters of trying to sway Northern black voters while Sen. Javits defends civil rights battles as genuine. The bill seeks a sixth grade education as the maximum literacy bar for federal elections and cloture actions loom as Mansfield presses for a time limit on debate.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Herman Talmadge
Dia
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Virginians Charged In Packer Violation
The Agriculture Department accused four Virginia men and Valleydale Packers Inc. of violating the Packers and Stockyards Act. Louis and Sidney Hyatt of Babe Louis Roanoke Clarence L. Marshall and E F G Bowman of Wytheville were charged with noncompetitive buying in lamb and calf purchases in Southwest Virginia.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Virginia
Louis
Sidney Hyatt
Babe Louis
Roanoke
Clarence L. Marshall
FE. G. Bowman
Wytheville
Valleydale Packers, Inc
Salem
Bowman
Valleydale
Slaying of Family Under Scrutiny in Nashville Fire
Police probe the Thursday slaying of a Nashville family of five. All five were shot, three stabbed, a charred .38 pistol found. Dewey B. York, 39, his wife 37, their son Benny 14, Don 4, and York's mother Lette Plake 74 died. Fire Lt. Howard Boyd ruled murder and arson.
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Nashville
Benton York
Nashville, Tenn
York
Benny
Dewey Benton
Benton
Velma
Den
Dewey B. York
Don
Howard Boyd
Indictments Say Rigging Bids In Steel Forgings Case
Federal charges accuse U S Steel Bethlehem and two smaller firms of conspiring to rig bids and fix prices on forgings used in arms production. The scheme allegedly ran from 1948 to 1961 via a New York trade group, involving Erie Forge Midvale Heppenstall and Open Dis Forging Institute. If convicted, individuals face up to one year in prison and fines. companies face up to 50 thousand dollars each. Bethlehem and U S Steel deny wrongdoing and pledge to contest the case.
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New York
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
US Steel
Kennedy
Erie Forge & Steed Corp
Midvale-Heppenstall Co
Open Dis Forging Institute, Inc
Homer Lackey
US. Steel
Forged Products
Eric Forge
Eric Gurney
Robert S. Barnes
Emil Lang
B. Heppenstall Sr
Midvale-Heppenstall
Three Dead in Elmwood Park Drive-By Shootings
In Elmwood Park Illinois a gray 1961 Thunderbird with red leather upholstery carried Phillip Seavo Ronald Seavo and Lydia Abshire when a killer tailed them. The trio were shot dead as they tried to flee, with one victim shot in the chest another in the throat and the woman in the head. A darkly dressed man was seen fleeing to a waiting car after the deadly blitz.
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Elmwood Park
Chicago
Phillip Seavo
Ronald
Lydia Abshire
Phillip
Red China Warns U S 200th Time
Tokyo AP reports Communist China issued its 200th warning to the United States claiming a U S warship twice intruded into Chinese waters off Yunghsing Island The warnings began by radio on September 8 1958 and continued to be issued regularly.
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Tokyo
China
United States
U.S
Yunghsing Island
Campaign kicks off for Bluefield YMCA fund drive
The Bluefield YMCA seeks 500000 dollars for a new Y and YWCA facility after a kickoff dinner at the West Virginian Hotel. H L Whitenack announced advance and special gifts while Roland C Lather urged a re born Bluefield through youth recreation in a closing keynote.
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Greater Bluefield
YMCA
YWCA
West Virginian Hotel
H. L. Whitenack
Bluefield
Luther
J. T. Harvey
Whitenack
W. J. Harvey
E. G. Otey
First National Bank
Ymca-Ywca
Lon M. Rish
Bluefield Supply
Frank Buchanan
Ymca and General Fund Drive
W. R. Graham
Pocahontas Land Co
Wage hike decision rests with Kennedy administration
J. E. Wolfe of the Western Carriers Conference Committee said 500000 nonoperating rail workers face any wage rise only if a presidential fact finding board recommends it. He urged the Kennedy administration to act to preserve noninflationary policy and prevent inflationary impact. The board led by Saul Wallen of Boston is due to report next week.
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Chicago
Kennedy
J. E. Wolfe
Western Carriers Conference Committee
Wolfe
Saul Wallen
Boston
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Britain
Russia
Sputnik
Ym-Ywca
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Javits
Dixie
Packer
Army
Navy
Leslie B. Worthington
United States Steel
Red
Bluefield College
Miss Fretwell
Bluefield High School
al Modena
Richmond
Pocahontas Land Company
Herman Kirchner
United Fund
J. Hudson Huffard
Charles Harman
L. D. Roe
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