Glenn Reports 'Go' for Space Flight as Ranger Aims Moon
NASA and Air Force teams say Glenn and Carpenter are in a go condition for Project Mercury with Atlas 109D readiness and Ranger poised to launch toward the moon. Weather looks favorable through Saturday but may deteriorate, risking Friday or Saturday lift without delays.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn, Jr
Glenn
Walter C. Williams
Ranger
4A Flight Safety Review Board
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Atlas
Enos
Earth
Moon
Atlantic
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast and Almanac
Partly sunny today with increasing cloudiness in the afternoon high around 40. Tonight cloudy with a chance of rain low near 33. Saturday rain in the morning ending in the afternoon with a notable temperature change. Almanac notes December 26 is the twenty sixth day of the year and the thirty sixth day of winter with sunrise at 7:09 am and sunset at dusk.
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Aus
Bridgeport
Prk
Major Battle Shapes Up On JFK Tariff-Cut Plan
Adm. Arleigh Burke and Gen. Thomas White testified they were not muzzled by Pentagon censorship though they oppose changes to their speeches. They described censorship as frustrating yet sometimes winnable, and urged clearer limits. The senators heard arguments on military speech controls during the Senate Armed Services inquiry.
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Washington
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Thomas B. White
Pentagon
White
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Air Force
Burke
Naval Operations
Admiral Woni
Kennedy Admin
Kennedy seeks broad new tariff cutting powers
President Kennedy asked Congress for five year authority to wipe out tariffs on many manufactured goods slash remaining duties up to thirty percent and provide federal subsidies to help U S firms hurt by imports. The move faces a major House and Senate test with lawmakers voicing concerns and calls for tighter congressional control over any tariff actions.
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Kennedy
U. S
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Europe
Carnegie
Senate
New York
Jacob K. Javits
Kenneth B. Keating
Elearings Mills
Soviet Urges Urgent UN Meeting Over Katanga Sece
The Soviet Union asked the United Nations Security Council to convene an urgent meeting to discuss Katanga's continued secession from the Congo. Valerian Zorin requested the session in a letter to Sir Patrick Dean, president of the Council for January, with timing still to be decided.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
UN Security Council
Katanga
Congo
Valerian A. Zorin
Patrick Dean
Britain
Dean
Zorin
Stratford Moves to Block $588000 Airport Grant
Stratford officials and town manager vow legal action to block Bridgeport from using a $588000 FAA grant for land acquisition and runway expansion at Bridgeport Municipal Airport. They cite state law requiring a Stratford referendum before airport expansion, and note plans to seek federal and state court relief.
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Bridgeport
Stratford
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
Connecticut
Bridgeport Airport Commission
Airport Commission
Harryb. Flood
Raymond B. Rubens
Flood
Lafternoon
FAA
Ahymas J. Dodd
Prescott
Bush
Abner W. Sibal
Frank Kowalski
Great Meadows
General Assembly
George F. Wright
Robert N. Hunziker
Congress
Rusk calls for counterattack against Castro peril
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged a collective Western Hemisphere counterattack on Castro's Cuba at an Inter American conference. Cuban Foreign Minister Dorticos criticized the meeting as a move toward war while vowing the revolution endures and warning of colonial conflict.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Dean Rusk
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Osvaldo Corticos
United States
Darticos
Rusk
A.s
Castro
Organization of American’ States
Dortices
Dorticos
U.S
OAS
Fulgencio Batista
Washington
Tass
Missing Financier Surrenders in $3.7 Million Stock Fraud
George 3. Rupprecht of Elk County, missing since a $3.7 million shortage surfaced, surrendered to police in Pittsburgh. He and Carl J. Gerg faced charges of selling unregistered securities tied to Industrial Finance, Industrial Discount, St. Mary's Finance, and Eric Consumer Discount companies all based in St. Marys. Rupprecht posted $5,000 bond and claimed no state departure. Six western Pennsylvania banks lost funds in the St. Mary’s bankruptcy case.
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Pittsburgh
George 3. Rupprecht
Elk County
David IG. Weiss
Industrial Finance
Industrial Discount Company
St. Mary's Finance Company
Eric Consumer Discount Company
St. Mary's
Rupprecht
Bruno
Frank Bruno
Penn- Pittsburgh
Hissylvania
Pendmer
U.S
Western Pomeyliania
Rapprecht
Carl J. Gerg
Industrial Finance Company of
Western Pennsylvania
Frank J. Saunders
L Aw Examiner
State Securities Commission
Plane crash in Montana kills Gov. Nutter and five others
A Montana plane crash claims the life of Gov. Nutter and five others. Officials report the disaster occurred while the delegation was en route to a political event, prompting investigations and condolences from state leaders. The crash raises questions about aviation safety and emergency response readiness.
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Gov. Nutter
Montana
Zender Named to New Post
Bridgeport Brass president Austin R. Zender was elected president of National Distillers and Chemical at the January board meeting. He succeeds Ray F. Coppedge Jr., who resigns as president and director to become general counsel. Zender, merged with National on July 1, 1961, has led Bridgeport Brass since 1958 and served as executive vice president since 1952. He also chairs The Seymour Manufacturing and serves as a director of Noranda Copper and Brass Ltd.
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Austin R. Zender
Bridgeport Brass Company
National Distillers and Chemical Corporation
John E. Bierwirth
Mr. Zender
Ray F. Coppedge ,Jr
Bridgeport Brass
National Distillers
Zender
National
Brass
New York
Headquar ‘Ters
Bridgeport
Penyeras
Safes
Execu ‘Tive
Noranda Copper and Brass Ltd
Montreal
Canada
Seymour Manufacturing Company
Seymour, Conn
Des Moines Fire Destroys Half-Block Building
A spectacular blaze in downtown Des Moines fed by packing materials damaged a half-block building. Firemen built a water wall to stop spread toward a hotel and a large department store. District Fire Chief Art Daniels estimated damages above one million dollars with no injuries reported.
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Tes Moines
Iowa
Des Moines
Art Daniels
Guatemala declares state of siege after police chief slain
President Miguel Ydigoras announced a state of siege accusing Marxist gunmen directed from Cuba of assassinating secret police chief Ramiro Gonzalez. He said a plot aimed to kill him Archbishop Rossell Arrelina and cabinet ministers was uncovered with arms shipments found at various ports along Guatemala's borders.
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Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras
Cuba
Ramiro Gonzalez
Ydigoras
Mariano Rossell Arellina
Governor Nutter Dies In Montana Plane Crash
Montana Governor Donald G. Nutter 45 dies with three state officials and three crewmen when twin engine C47 crashes in a snowbound canyon 35 miles northwest of Helena. Deputy sheriffs report four bodies removed by National Guard plane. Nutter’s death prompts acting governor Tim Babcock to assume the office. Nutter had been en route to address a Highway 2 meeting.
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Wolf Creek
Mont
Montana
Donald G. Nutter
Helena
Larry Lytle
Reed Collings
National Guard
Cut Bank
Stemple Pass
Highway Department
Federal Aviation Agency
Nutter
Dennis B. Gordon
Billings
Gordon
Edward C. Wren
U.S
Richland
Babcock
Oklahoma
Frank H. Cooney
J John E. Erickson
W. E. Holt
Senate
Cooney
Air National Guard
Four GOP candidates discuss taxes and business at Riverfield forum
Four Republican gubernatorial hopefuls including State Sen. John M. Lupton and Edwin H. May Jr. spoke at a Fairfield party forum at Riverfield School. They debated tax plans, state services, and attracting industry, with Marsilius pressing for restraint on public costs and alternative tax ideas. The event drew about 150 attendees and touched on railroad issues and the potential for future income tax.
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Republican Party
Fairfield Republican Party
Riverfield School
John M. Lupton
Weston
Edwin H. May, Jr
Wethersfield
John Alsop
Avon
Newman M. Marsilius
Trumouil
Marsilius
Mr. May
Indiana
May
Connecticut
Lupton
Alsop
NewHaven
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Telegram
Angelo Patri
Burton H. Fern
M.D
Constantine Brown
Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Aasana B2h
Common Market
Moscow
Minuteman
Air Force Minuteman
Hemisphere
Weiss
Gerg
el ‘County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
City Hall
Tedesco
NAACP
Chifly
Stratford-Bridgeport
Effa Anderson
Brass Co
Distillers
Wordsport
Rise
Parson
Ath
Hein
Canyon
GOP
Fairfield
Alsop, May, ‘Lupton
Nabor Olin
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