Telstar satellite launches herald space TV era
Government and private sector launched Telstar to orbit from Cape Canaveral. The 170 pound satellite relayed live television across the Atlantic, with signals picked up in Andover Maine and transmitted to France and Great Britain. AT&T Bell Labs developed Telstar for $3 million to launch and track it.
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Telstar
Globe
New York
France
Great Britain
Outer Space
Cape Canaveral
Fla
American Telephone — Telegraph Co
Bell Laboratories
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Andover
Maine
Space Switchboard
Frederick R. Kappel
At&t
Lyndon B. Johnson
Telstar Satellite
U. S
Britain
Dems Nominate in Virginia Fields and Winners
In Virginia, John O. Marsh Jr. won the 7th District Democratic primary to succeed retiring Rep. Burr Harrison, with J Kenneth Robinson securing a separate Republican nod for November. In the 10th District, Augustus C. Johnson, a research scientist, easily defeated two rivals to face Republican Rep. Joel Broyhill, arguing for alignment with Democratic administration.
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Richmond, Va
John O. Marsh Jr
Strasburg
Virginia
Washington
Augustus C. Johnson
Joel T. Broyhill
Johnson
Broyhill
Big Catfish Found In Swimming Pool
A 40 inch catfish was found in East River Swimming Pool Tuesday morning and quickly removed. Manager Joe Bower reported the discovery and speculated it might have been dumped alive or tossed in as a joke after hours.
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East River
Joe Bower
Trials Set for August for Six Bluefield Policemen
Mercer Circuit Court Judge Howard M. Jarrett scheduled August hearings for 14 indictments charging six Bluefield policemen with thefts dating back to 1948. Motions to quash were denied and severances granted as cases were assigned to specific August dates, with several defendants awaiting final trial decisions.
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Howard M. Jarrett
Mercer Criminal Court
Bluefield
Jarrett
Charles Fox
Ted Land
Land
Walter V. Ross
Fox
Joe Sanders Jr
W. O. Bivens Jr
Bivens
Eugene Kirk
Ira Mathena
Kenneth Murphy
Everett Little
Mathena Fox
Gibson
Brooks
Kirk
Robert I. Lee
Sanders
Ross
Lee
Dan Wells Jr
Petit
William Thurman
Rabbit
Martin Jr
Marvin Brooks
Edgar Gillespie
Joe Cincioni
Joe Tito
Dane Bolin
Muffier
Regina Judge Delays Arguments on Medicare Injunction
A Regina court postponed until July 17 the hearings on an injunction to suspend Saskatchewan's compulsory medical care plan. Three residents including Hans Taal of Saskatoon seek more material in their challenge to Medicare amid protests and physician strikes.
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Regina, Sask
Regina
Saskatchewan
Post
Ponement
Hans Taal
Saskatoon
Keep-Our-Doctors Committee
D.C. Disberg
D. G. McLeod
McLeod
Summersville dam strike over imported labor continues
Union members at the Summersville dam project in West Virginia began a strike Monday to protest hiring out-of-state labor by contractor Western Contracting Corp. Local 1353 said the union rejected two settlement options and the firm did not comment.
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Summersville
W. Va
Summersville Dam
Uesday
Building and Construction Trades Union
Western Contracting Corp
West Virginia
All 94 Bodies Recovered After Airliner Crash
The bodies of all 94 victims of the Al Italia airliner disaster east of Bombay have been recovered, an official report said Tuesday. The Indian government has appointed a court of inquiry to investigate the accident.
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Bombay
India
U S Rejects Khrushchev Berlin Proposals As Hypocrisy
The United States publicly rebuked Soviet Premier Khrushchev for proposing that Allied troops in West Berlin be replaced by Warsaw Pact forces and policed by a U N presence. State Department officials dismissed the plan as unacceptable and hypocritical while noting talks may continue.
Dirksen Halleck Clash Over Goldwater Committee
GOP leaders spar over Sen. Barry Goldwater's charge that the new Republican National Citizens Committee will push policy and candidate selection. Dirksen and Halleck defend the group as a coordination and fundraising body with no policy mandates, while Goldwater warns of a divisive, third-force threat within the party.
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Washington
GOP
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
New Republican National Citizens Committee
Goldwater
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Dirksen
Benjamin McKelway
Washington Evening Star
Citizens Committee
the Star
William E. Miller
Citizens Group
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Charlie Halleck
Ev Dirksen
Khrushchev Seeks Berlin Troop Replacement Under UN Flag
Khrushchev proposed substituting American British and French garrisons in West Berlin with troops from Norway Denmark Holland Belgium and Communist contingents from Czechoslovakia and Poland under a UN banner. Washington and London rejected the plan as non negotiable while he warned of powerful weapons and new Soviet tests at the World Peace Congress.
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Khrushchev
West Berlin
Moscow
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Poland
U.N
Washington
London
Russia
Dean Rusky
Foreign Office
Kremlin
Europe
Berlin
Soviet Union
Pacific
United States
Dale Pontius
Chicago
Canon John Collins
Khrush
U. S
Unnamed WV road commission appraiser paid 23325
A House investigation disclosed a young WV Road Commission appraiser earned 23325 for under a year’s work. Payment routed mainly to his father’s bank, work assigned by the father, with slipshod right of way methods cited and unqualified political appointees running the program. The report also notes broader national and political items on pages 1 and 14.
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House
West Virginia Road Commission
Stalnaker
West Virginia
L. E. Thompson
Thompson
Right Of Way Buying Under Heavy Attack
A West Virginia right of way appraisal case centers on W David Stalnaker who testified he was paid 23323 for under a year’s work though inexperienced. Most funds were placed in his father’s bank, funds later used in payments and debt arrangements amid committee questions of improper handling and income tax implications.
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Washington
West Virginia Road Commission
W. David Stalnaker
House Public Works
J. Walter Stalnaker
West Virginia
Beebe
Ark
George N. Kopecky
Parkersburg
W.va
David Stalnaker
Stalnaker
Kopecky
William C. Cramer
Internal Revenue Service
John F. Baldwin Jr
Calif
Baldwin
Jim Wright
D-Tex
California
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Fooury
Rica
Pavete
Atlan
South Fou
Perioee
Stetete Mies
Dems
Harrison
Charles P. Cregger
Robert Gibson
Cregger
Katz
SRC
Armco Steel Corp
Ashland
William Burk
Catlettsburg
Glen Crisp
Rt. 1
Ralph Holland
Kenova
Plan
Medicare
U.S
Khrush Blast
State Department
Lincoln White
Peace Congress
U. N
White
Oire
Vienna
Kennedy
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Halleck
National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Abby
Princeton
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