Glenn poised for space shot amid variable Cape weather
Weather in the Cape Canaveral area showed high thin clouds and light winds as Glenn’s launch potential depended on one to three orbits. Predictions outlined three ocean landing zones with partly cloudy to light wind and mild seas, while global forecasts warned of unsettled conditions across Africa and off Australia with calmer Atlantic conditions and storm activity north of New Jersey as engineers prepared a delayed Ranger moon mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Glenn
Africa
Sahara
Australia
Hawaiian
Gulf of Mexico
United States
East
West Atlantic
Bermuda
Central Atlantic
New Jersey
North America
Ranger
Atlas
Zender Named to New Post and Board Roles
Milford resident Mr. Zender is appointed executive officer of Reactive Metals Inc and serves as director for Atlas Titanium Tid Welland Ontario Peter Paul Kerite and Bridgeport Peoples Savings Bank. He holds multiple board seats and club memberships and will base at National Distillers and Chemical Corp in New York.
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Reactive Metals, Inc
Atlas ‘Titanium Tid
Welland
Ontario
Canada
Peter Paul, Inc
Kerite Company
Connecticut National Bank
Bridgeport People’s Savings Bank
National Industrial Conference Board, Inc
Manufacturers Association of Bridgeport
Copper and Brass Association
Newcomen Society of North America
Zender
Bridgeport Engineering Institute
Junior Achievement of Western Connecticut, Inc
Union League Club
The
Economic Club
Engineers Club
Pinnacle Club
New York
Brooklawn Country Club
Algonquin Club
Bridgeport
Milford
National Distillers and Chemical Corporation
National Distillers and Chemical Corporation, Mr. Zender
National
Park Avenue
N.Y
Kennedy predicts public plans to be announced in March
Edward Kennedy says he plans to disclose his political plans in March or early April. The Boston trip to Florida followed a Washington questions at the President's news conference about his brother's possible run for office.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Florida
Washington
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Suffolk County
Wilomey
Study Unit Sought on State Spending
Hartford January 25 AP officials met at the Capitol to discuss ways to extend legislative control over state finances. Rep Ralph Earle urged a watchdog committee to ensure budget programs are carried out as intended, noting current two year sessions limit oversight. The Appropriations committee lacks funds, but the Legislative Council may staff the effort.
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Hartford
Capitol
Ralph Earle
North Haven
Appropriations Committee
Earle
State Legislative Council
GOP CANDIDATES EXPRESS VIEWS ON TAX AND STATE SPENDING
Four GOP hopefuls discuss tax reform, education funding, and state spending. Lupton criticizes government expansion while Alsop and Marsilius warn of subsidies and call for a new fiscal approach. May seeks leadership and efficiency. Parsells chairs as discussion proceeds.
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Mausilius
Lupton
Marsilins
May
Alsop
New Haven
Marsilius
Norman K. Parsells
Marilius
Juvenile Escapes Detention Home Under Police Pursuit
Police seek a 1% year old girl who escaped from the Juvenile Detention Home at 127 Gilbert Street shortly after 9 pm. She wore a white bandana tan toreador pants a tan short sleeve shirt and black shoes.
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Gilbert Street
Rusk Pushes Counterattack Plan At OAS Conference
Rusk urged a united American front against communism as he outlined a four point program at the OAS meeting. He argued for penalties against Cuba and a potential removal from Defense board, signaling strong U S condemnation while avoiding forcing Latin governments into mandates risking unrest.
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Americas
Alliance For Progress
Cuba
Colombia
Guatemala
Mexico
Brazil
U.S
Rusk
OAS
Defense Board
United States
Hartford Ives Reports Progress On State Highway Plan
Hartford Jan 25 AP State Highway Commissioner Howard S Ives announced considerable progress in Connecticut 1961 65 highway program at a Legislature Roads and Bridges committee meeting He noted delays in a New Haven I 91 section and East West highway bids moved from spring to summer but overall progress outweighed setbacks The third quarterly report highlighted bid timing changes and ongoing construction across the state.
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Hartford
Howard S. Ives
Connecticut
Ives
New Haven
Bridgeport Airport Funds Approved Ahead of Protest
FAA allocations announced in Washington place Bridgeport airport second in Connecticut totals, with $214,000 for Bradley field, $100,000 for Middletown Municipal, $45,465 for Danbury Municipal, and $47,645 for Trumbull field. Local groups oppose airport expansion amid a years long improvement program including a new terminal and control tower.
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Flood
FAA
Bridgeport Commission
Stratford
Airport Commission
Connecticut
Washington
Bridgeport
Tweed‘New Haven
New Haven
Bradley Field
Windsor Locks
Middletown
Danbury
Trumbull Field
Groton
Fibber McGee Plans Towed Honeymoon in Hawaii
Hollywood Feb 1 plans to marry Jim Jordan and Gretchen Stewart in Honolulu. The pair met while vacationing in Hawaii. Marian Jordan the former Molly on the air died of cancer last year. They intend to tour the Orient on their honeymoon after the wedding.
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Hollywood
iJim
Jordan
Gretchen Stewart
Honolulu
Yost Yorresson
Ying
Hawaii
Marian
Molly
Yorgesson
Orient
Mayor Highlights City Tree Program At Connecticut Meeting
Mayor Tedesco spoke at the Connecticut Tree Protective Association annual convention in Stratfield noting new construction setbacks, redevelopment plans, and will show results in five to ten years. He praised park conditions and the downtown tree planting effort while industry reps discussed public utilities tree care and emergency information services.
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Tedesco
Connecticut Tree Protective Association
Stratfield Hotel
John M. Betts
United Lluminating Company
Bridgeport
New Haven
Walter O. Filley
Association
Albert E. Dimond
Cheshire
James G. Horsfall
Connecticut
Dimond
CTPA
Pat Miller
William Luckner
Stepney
Edward A. Connell
Stamford
Lloyd V. Edgington
Decker B. Magruder
John C. Schread
Connell
Park Dent Reports On City Tree Care
The Park and Recreation department reports 1961 tree work: 348 damaged or ailing trees removed, 1 243 trimmed, 23 repaired, 227 street stump removals and 5 park stump removals. Hurricane in September felled 2 park trees and 24 street trees. 39 trees were removed. The division averaged six calls daily on tree problems.
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Park and Recreation Department
Board of Park Commissioners
Park and Recreation
Joseph M. Fennell
Alternate Proposed to Medicare in Rhode Island
Five Republican representatives introduced a Rhode Island alternative to the Forand bill providing medical insurance for the aged. The bill would authorize insurance companies to join to offer Rhode Island seniors protection against major financial loss, patterned after a Connecticut initiative and seen as a shield against socialized health plans tied to Social Security benefits.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Oliver L. Thompson
Barrington
Connecticut
U.S
Aime J. Forand
Kennedy
Two Freshmen Do Big Scoring At St Bonaventure
In a single game Brookyn freshman Bob Barnek and Jersey City frosh Mike Ronney combined for 67 points, thrilling St Bonaventure supporters. In Bucharest an exhibition titled What is Communism? was set ablaze and security police detained over 100 people.
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N.Y
St. Bonaventure
Bob Barnek
Brooklyn
Mike Ronney
Jersey City
Bucharest
JOULDN'T DUET PUZZLERS FIND
Puzzle pages discuss word substitutions and letter-pair reasoning with examples like MILK vs SILK and BOOK vs BOON, noting grain nuances and common missteps. It also comments on the U.S. eagle emblem shrinking, with fewer than 5,000 remaining.
Nutter Killed in Plane Crash Shocks Montana
Former Montana governor and 1960 GOP nominee faced turbulent Wolf Creek conditions when his plane crashed near a Chaffin saw mill killing him and his son Johnny. Nutter, a WWII B24 pilot, MT State Senator, and Montana Republican chairman, had just returned to Helena from Oklahoma City.
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Maxine
Johnny
Nutter
Maxine Trotter
Lewistown
Montana
Montana Republican Central Committee
Sidney
Tso
Air Corps
Glasgow, Mont
Monrtana State University
MSU
Richland County
Montana Republican Party
Wesley A. D'Ewart
GOP
Str Yates
Army Air Corps
China-Burma-India
Helena
Oklahoma City
Valley Cowboy Hall of Fame
Capitol
Yellowstone National Park
Weather Bureau
Wolf Creek
Sheriff's Office
Union seeks vote at Bullard Company
The United Steel Workers AFL-CIO filed a petition with the NLRB for a representation election at the Bullard Company. Andrew Daniels notes the petition was filed Monday with the company receiving notice Tuesday. Ivan McLeod confirms the filing and assignment to an NLRB staffer. Daniels statements highlight workers had not seen a raise in five to six years, and wages and fringe benefits were increased soon after the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steel Workers Union
Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
Bullard Company
Andrew Daniels
International Union
Ivan McLeod
NLRB
Daniels
Kennedy Urges Tariff Reform Amid Trade Expansion Push
President Kennedy backs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to replace the Reciprocal Trade Act, with a plan outlined in his State of the Union message. He argues for rapid action this year to counter European unions, seeks a wholly new instrument for a partnership with the Common Market, and cites Britain as a major future customer while Europe buys about $6 billion of U. S. exports.
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Kennedy
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Britain
Denmark-Norway
U. S
Burke
RBZ
White
Montgomery
Ala
Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy urges new American trade move with Common Market
President Kennedy argues a united tariff accord with the Common Market could widen U.S. export markets and boost growth while warning that without negotiating power to pierce tariff barriers European rivals would squeeze U.S. goods. He calls for decisive action to strike a bargain and expand job and consumer benefits.
Housing survey aims to fix Bridgeport slums and unsafe housing
NAACP led campaign with city officials targets unsafe, substandard housing. Officials report 30 to 50 cases monthly with 500 buildings razed over years, and focus now on relocating families from razed structures while banning portable kerosene space heaters.
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Sngle House
Bridgeport
City
NAACP
Dizenzo
Con‘erees
Railroad Avenue
Minuteman Missile Hits Fourth Straight Hot Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Jan 2 AP a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile completed its fourth straight underground landing in a hot flight of 3200 miles Three solid fuel stages fired at one minute intervals as the missile followed a steeper than normal trajectory to endure maximum temperatures and loads The launch demonstrated the weapon as a deterrent during the mid 1910s era of cold war signaling flight performance and reliability
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Tampa angler sets light-tackle tarpon world record
Bev Nabers of St Petersburg Florida caught a 91 pound tarpon on 12 pound monofilament in Tampa Bay on August 18. The 66 inch fish was taken from the Little Jewel with guide Rex Cole Jr. aboard.
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South Otselic
N. Y
Bev Nabers
St. Peterburg
Fla
Tampa Bay
Nabers
Little Jewel
Rex Cole Jr
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Dean Rusk
Punta de Este
Uruguay
Paul R. Walgren
Bethany
Parks and Recreation
Harry E. Muench
Branford
Fred Widmeyer
University of Connecticut
Victor J. Jarm
Magruder
Old Greenwich
Kenneth L. Grimm
Fennell
George Drew
Fairfield
Charles Mitchell
United Mwuminating Company
Joseph Gormley
Fennell Tree Experts Company
Robert M. George Company
Starmford
Hubbard-Hall Chemical
Waterbury
Servi-List
Magovern
Muench
Park Dent
City Tree Care
sAyeans
Batile
Whitesay
Kiled
Japan
Board of Condemnation
Sam B. Dizen- 20
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Neaa
Building Commission
Cny Offiriate
Condemnation Board
Weny Vaua Nasuem Bue Oye Or
Hugh C. Curran
Louis I. Gladstone
William L. Keller
William M. Bracken
Me Dizenzo
Fire Department
Board of Humane Affairs
Health and
Minuteman
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