McNamara cancels Dyna-Soar to fund orbital research lab
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced the cancellation of the Dyna-Soar space glider project and ordered development of a Manned Orbiting Laboratory to keep a crew aloft for weeks. He said the new plan will save about $100 million in 18 months and provide substantial long term savings while studying reentry, materials, and life-support at lower costs. The first manned flight is eyed for late 1967 or early 1968 in a pressurized trailer-size module for several crewmen.
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Robert S. McNamara
Air Force
McNamara
Space Laboratory
Military Space Laboratory
Community Tree Fund Seeks Help For Bluefield Christmas
Contributions to the Community Christmas Tree fund drive reach 604 dollars, about 10 percent of the 6,000 goal for around 2,000 Bluefield youngsters. Only 14 days remain to meet the goal ahead of the Dec 24 toy distribution at Ramsey Auditorium.
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Ol’ Santa
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Santa Claus
Community Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Box 208
Bland St
Crozer Holdings Sold to Division of Consolidation
Directors of Crozer Coal and Land Co will meet in Philadelphia on December 13 to announce the sale of Crozer holdings to the Pocahontas Division of Consolidation Coal Co. The firm operates in Mercer McDowell and Wyoming Counties and includes stores and homes among its properties.
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Crozer Coal and Land Co
Philadelphia
Crozer Holdings
Pocahontas Division
Consolidation Coal Co
Crozer
Crozer Coal
Page Coal
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Consolidation
Canadian Kennedy memorial fund collects $26000
Toronto AP reports donations totaling 26000 dollars have been received by Canada’s John F Kennedy memorial fund for retarded children.
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Toronto
Canada
John F. Kennedy
Americans Win Nobel Prizes in Oslo and Stockholm
Three Americans received Nobel prizes in ceremonies in Oslo and Stockholm. Linus Pauling accepted the delayed 1962 peace prize at Oslo University, praised for nuclear disarmament work. He said the world moves toward fighting disease and human suffering. The 1963 prizes total $51,000 each.
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Stockholm
Sweden
John F. Kennedy
Alfred Nobel
Linus Pauling
Oslo University
California Institute of Technology
U.S. Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Gunnar Jahn
Storting
Olav V
Jahn
Pauling
British Official Escapes Bomb At Aden Airport
A hand grenade was hurled at British high commissioner Sir Kennedy Trevaskis as his party prepared to depart Aden Airport for London. Trevaskis escaped with a shrapnel cut. a woman, Mrs. Jamnadas Bhagavaniji, died, and 39 others were injured including three aides and a Federation official. Police hunted the bomber, possibly Yemeni or Arab nationalist, who fled amid confusion.
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London
Kennedy Trevaskis
Federation of South Arabia
Yemen
Emirates
Arabia
Middle East
Kennedy
Federation
Jamnadas Bhagavaniji
India
Welch man killed in home stabbing during money dispute
Marion Goins 76 was stabbed to death at his Welch residence as Stella Hairston 40 was charged with murder. Deputy Sheriff Jackie Frederick said the incident occurred at 1 15 p m after an argument over money. Hairston was bound over to the McDowell County Criminal Court grand jury and jailed in Welch. The victim’s body was sent to Page Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
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Jackie Frederick
Marion Goins
Court Street
Woodmont
Frederick
McDowell County Criminal Court
Stella Virginia Hairston
Goins
Hairston
A. Ms. (Tinker) St. Clair
Grand Jury
Page Funeral Home
Senate Okays $1.2 Billion Education Bill For Colleges
The Senate approved a $1.2 billion education bill by 54 to 27, sending it to President Johnson. The measure funds construction at public and private four year and junior colleges and directs grants and loans to all 2,100 colleges, prioritizing plans to expand enrollment.
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White House
Washington
Congress
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
House
Studebaker to Permanently Shut Main Plant Before Christmas
Randoph H Guthrie said Studebaker losses since 1959 reached 40 million as the South Bend auto plant faces a permanent pre Christmas shutdown. The move endangers thousands of jobs and shocks dealers nationwide while government and local leaders seek answers amid uncertain lay offs. About 8,000 payroll workers were cut back leaving an estimated 2,000 with a chance at temporary or extended employment.
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Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Randolph H. Guthrie
Pioneer Auto Concern
Studebaker
U.S
Roger Adams
Sacramento
Calif
Washington
Guthrie
Byers A. Burlingame
Testimony Concludes In Cop Case Land Likely Ruling Next Week
Bluefield Police Civil Service Commission adjourned after Land testified in his bid for reinstatement and back pay. Lawyers argued to set aside dismissals. eight character witnesses testified to Land’s good standing. Land said only possessions were a home and a 1951 car, denying 18 break-in charges. The panel will hear Roby Brown’s reinstatement case next, with a ruling not expected until after Brown’s hearing.
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David Bell
Roby Brown
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Brown
Force
R. G. Whittle Jr
Mercer County
Trinity Methodist Church
William Donald Hostetter
Cecil C. Bond
William M. Rutter
William E. DeMoss
Eddie Wellman
S. B. McClung
Keil D. Alderson
Charles Fox
Sat
Robert Gibson
Commission
Fox
Gibson
Rockbridge Street
Bluefield Hardware
Hopes Rise Sinatra Kidnapping Roadblocks Lifted
Armed roadblocks near Lake Tahoe were removed by Nevada Highway Patrol as FBI and state authorities reported optimism about Frank Sinatra Jr. being unharmed. Sinatra Sr. stayed by a Reno hotel telephone awaiting further word while officials confirmed no ransom demand had been received.
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Nevada Highway Patrol
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Dean Elson
Nevada
Truckee River
Max Wilson
Sinatra
Singer
Frank
Jim Mahoney
Ernest Carlson
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Justice Department
Pierre Salinger
White House
California
Edmund G. Brown
Victims Identified Unlikely in Plane Crash Near Elkton
Maryland medical examiner Dr. Russell S. Fisher said about a dozen of the Pan American Flight 214 victims likely died in the Boeing 707 crash and many will never be identified. The jet, from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, exploded in a storm and crashed in a muddy field near the Maryland Delaware line, about 15 miles southwest of Wilmington as it held for landing. The Civil Aeronautics Board expects two more weeks for its on scene investigation.
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Maryland
Russell S. Fisher
Pan American World Airways
Puerto Rico
Philadelphia
Philadelphia International
Maryland-Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Civil Aeronautics Board
Threads On Rifle Identify Oswald
Brown threads found on the assassin rifle are cited by the FBI as key to proving Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the Kennedy shooting. The agency calls the evidence decisive in linking Oswald to the rifle used in the president's assassination.
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Brown
FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Snow And Cold Grip West In Major Storm Report
A wintry storm hits the southern Rockies with Colorado and southeastern Wyoming blanketed by one to two inches of snow. Nebraskan blizzard warnings echo west to Kansas as a cold mass moves south from the Great Lakes region. The Warren Commission tightens security while FBI findings implicate Lee Harvey Oswald as the sole shooter and deny Ruby’s involvement.
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Nebraska
Kansas
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Great Lakes
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Weather Bureau
Ilinois
Pope Plans Major Appeal in Bethlehem Speech on Peace
Pope Paul VI plans a major appeal for peace and unity during his Holy Land tour. He will speak in Bethlehem on January 6 and visit Israel and Jordan, while Vatican sources note no meeting with Orthodox leader Athenagoras is arranged. The pope’s schedule runs from January 4 in Rome to January 6 in Bethlehem.
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Paul VI
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Jordan
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Athenagoras
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