Glenn's Epic Orbit Plan Faces Weather and Risks
The article outlines John Glenn's three orbit Mercury mission with 24 hours of oxygen, braking rockets, and possible one to three orbits based on launch timing and daylight. It notes weather forecasts at Cape Canaveral, recovery conditions, and Glenn's planned activities including blood pressure checks, rubber band exercises, and watching balloons in the Indian Ocean.
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Atlantic
Powers
Project Mercury
Glenn
Shepard
Grissom
Space
Space Agency
Earth
Gherman Titov
Titov
Indian Ocean
Fairfield U Selects Queen Amid Weekend Festivities
Selden Yonkers and Virginia Heimbach Weehawken win honors as the Fairfield U queen is crowned by co chairmen Stephen Jakat and Theodore Arnold. Rev John D Donoghue S J and Mr and Mrs Michael McDonald attended the judging panel. The queen will reign through the weekend program including a picnic masqu eade party and a Communion breakfast after the 10 30 a m Mass in Loyola chapel with a Brothers Four performance tomorrow in the gymnasium. Five finalists were earlier chosen by student body voters.
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Loyola ‘Chapel
Brothers Four
Incott
Space recovery plan signals cautious landing hopes
Three aircraft carriers occupy recovery zones with the Randolph southeast of Cape Canaveral, Enterprise near Bermuda, and Wasp east of Bermuda ready to assist John Glenn after orbital flights. Space officials aim to avoid a Grissom like failure by using divers and buoyant rings. An on land landing remains a remote but possible option, with Powers expressing confidence in survival.
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Randolph
Cape Canaveral
Glenn
Enterprise
Bermuda
Wasp
Grissom
Backing Urged On Space Drive For Glenn
Officials warned the craft could slow to reenter the atmosphere with enough backward thrust. If all fails, John Glenn might not survive. The capsule could remain in orbit for 7 to 10 days while oxygen would last only about a day, forcing Cape Canaveral to watch and wait as the countdown pressed on.
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Glenn
Powers
Cape Canaveral
Black House
Mercury Control Center
John Herschel Glenn
Ranger 3 Moon Mission Fails After Near Correct Trajectory
Ranger 3, built by JPL Pasadena, nearly reached a lunar encounter after Atlas and Agena B stages lifted it to orbit. Officials said the vehicle appeared on course but the final stage failure sent the craft looping around the sun. Debris and a 56.7 pound instrument package were to be deployed on the Moon to study moonquakes and radiation but the plan collapsed.
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NASA
James D. Burke
John H. Glenn Jr
William Pickering
JPL
Moon
Two Bridgeport Brothers Charged After Brookside Accident Fight
A 13 year old Trumbull man was assaulted by Joseph Miceli 35 and Patsy Miceli 39 after a collision in front of Brookside Shopping Center on North Maine Street. Joseph was also charged with failure to yield. Victims were treated. attackers arrested.
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Trumbull
Brookside
Maine’ Street
John Sleeper
Linwood A. Weller
Latma Avenue
Main Street
Joseph Miceli
Ridgewood Place
Joseph
Patsy
Weller
David Golden
Micelis
Joseph, Jr
Andrea
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Weiler
Southern Senators Clash Over Civil Rights Bill
Southern lawmakers react to a surprise civil rights bill with Stennis calling it a constitutional blow and urging stricter literacy tests, while Kennedy signals a push for voting rights in Congress amid strong regional opposition. The report also notes Philippine Public Works planning ferry service between Cuba City and Mactan Island.
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John Stennis
D-Miss
Kennedy
Congress
Philippine Department of ‘Public Works and Communications
I Betsteen
Cuba City
Mactan Sland
VFW Panel to Probe Patriotism Editorial at Regional High
A six member VFW study committee chaired by Edward J. Zamm will investigate an unsigned Patriotism editorial appearing in the Joel Barlow Regional High School paper. Virginia Olsen, a senior, is cited as author while school leaders and counselors may face review. panel aims to avoid a witch hunt and report findings to the State VFW Administration.
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Virginia Olsen
Easton- Redding
VFW
Edward J. Zamm
Norwalk
Hugh Hoyt
Stratford
Charles D. Campbell
Devon
Charles Esalek
Bridgeport
Milford Rhines
Wethersfield
Edward L. Burnham
North Windham
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James L. Lugny
Putnam
Thor
Thej
Joel Barlow
Redding
Siry
Lusby
Roy B. Briggs
Joseph IH. Hodgson
Easton
Regional District 9
Blood Service Operator Claims He's Railroaded
NEW YORK Jan 26 AP A blood service operator charged with selling state blood to hospitals says he is being railroaded by the government. John Calise Jr., former president of Westchester Bloodservice Inc., said the federal indictment is unjustifiable. He disputes the $500,000 yearly figure and says he was only a distributor not a label changer. The case alleges mislabeling of up to 600 bottles. the government did not state if anyone was harmed. Blood older than 21 days is deemed dangerous.
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New York
APJ
John Calise
New Rochelle
Calise
Westchester Bloodservice, Inc
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Puerto Rico
Man Kills Wife and Self Near Fairfield Home
A man shot his wife three times inside a car and then killed himself, witnesses say. Albert Mehler saw the suicide after seeing the gun pressed to the man’s head. Mrs George, widow of the suspect, and their two children, Judith 13 and Wesley 10, had been living with her mother. The couple had separated about eight months ago. The home at 275 Fairland drive is being sold. The wife died from gunshot wounds and the two children are students at St Ann’s. The incident prompted police to investigate the sequence of events leading to the tragedy. The forecast calls for a cool, partly cloudy weekend across the region.
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Connecticut
George
Judith
Wesley
Alfred S. Hor
Thelvath
Alma Drive
St. ‘Ann's Parochial School
Fairland Drive
Theie
Iwuer Ounusy
Mildred A. George
Fayer- Rhode Island
Fairland
Bridgeport
Fight
Jean Lee
New Hampshire
Vermont
Bassick High
Louis Lee
Withi
James Lee
Sasapequan Drive
Halder
Use of Stale Blood Impossible Here, Blood Bank Aide Says
Connecticut Blood Bank director says there is no possibility of selling or using stale blood for transfusions in the state. He notes all hospital supply comes free via Red Cross and no commercial banks operate in Connecticut. A State Health official confirms whole blood does not enter the state.
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Blood Bank
Hartford
Connecticut
Connecticut Blood Bank
New York
Julius C. Early
Early
Red Cross Blood Bank
Red Cross
American Red Cross Laboratories
James C. Hart
State Health Department
YMCA Presents Industrial Exhibit The Story of Productivity
The Bridgeport YMCA hosts a traveling educational exhibit The Story of Productivity Tuesday with two showings at 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. C. G. Schelly of DoALL Des Plaines Ill will narrate the five year project detailing the industrial revolution past present and future. Free tickets available at the YMCA program office or main desk.
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Bridgeport Ymca
G. Schelly
Doall Company
Des Plaines
Ill
YMCA
Bridgeport Supervisors’ Forum
Bridgeport Young Men’s Industrial Forum
Cappasso longtime Shelton resident dies in West Haven hospital
Dominick Cappasso of 312 Marshall Lane Shelton died this afternoon at West Haven Veterans Hospital. Services set for Monday at 8:30 a.m. at James T. Toohey Funeral Home and 9:15 a.m. at St. Mary's Church with a salmon high Mass of requiem. Burial in Mount St. Peter's Derby. World War I veteran, retired GE Bridgeport employee, member of Quarter Century Club and Sutter Terizzi Post 15 American Legion. Surviving wife Mary Lombardo Cappasso, three sons Anthony Annechiarico of Derby Carl Annechiarica of Ansonia Pasquale of Derby, two daughters Constantino Testone of Derby and Peter Soverini of Ansonia, a brother Savatore Cappasso of Italy, two sisters in Italy, 10 grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
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Shelton
Dominick Cappasso
Marshall Lane
Derby
West Haven Veterans ‘Hospital
James T. Toohey
Howe Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Mount St. Peter’s Cemetery
Cappasso
Veteran splicer Mr George died after WWII service
Mr George a Telephone Company splicer with 19 years of service and World War II veteran died. He is survived by his mother and a sister Mrs Leonard C Prentice of 323 Samp Vorlar drive Fairfield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Detectives Fracassini Zadravitz Farkas worked with Sgt Carrol and Det Henry Smith on the investigation.
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Mr. George
Telephone Company
Leonard C. Prentice
Samp Vorlar Drive
Fairfield
Romplete
Carrol
Philip Fracassini
Steve Zadravitz
Henry Smith
Michael Farkas
Television Theft Foiled in Bridgeport
A 1 year old Bridgeport man was arrested after noon on a charge of attempting to steal a television set from Western Auto at 435 Fairfield Avenue. Charles Lott allegedly entered the store at 2 30 pm, hid in an apartment at 459 Fairfield Avenue, and was found under a bed by police. He is held on $1010 bond for larceny and breaking and entering. Det. Alfred Kearsley and Det. Joseph Paul assisted.
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Bridgeport
Western Auto
Fairfield Avenue
Anthony Fabrizi
Charles Lott
SO Washington Avenue
Ronald Calabrese
Cala-brese
Lott
Dets
Alfred Kearsley
UN Opens Drive on Congo Amid Mutinies and Rites
UN force commander Gen. Sean McKeevon flew to Albertville to supervise a wide operation extending 150 miles from Kongolo to Kindu. Mutinous Congolese and massed troops threaten fragile control as priests report massacre threats. Tibetan refugees head to Zurich for rehabilitation.
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Sean McKeown
Albertville
Oriental Province
Kongolo
Kindu
Maj
Lawson
Services Monday for Herman J. Gerte in Stratford
Funeral services for Herman J. Gerte of 498 Sherwood Place Stratford will be held Monday at 8 30 a m at Dillon and Collins funeral home Stratford and at 9 a m in St James Church with a solemn high Mass of requiem Burial will be in St Michaels Cemetery Born in Bridgeport he lived in the area all his life He worked 37 years for General Electric retiring then served as elevator operator for The Post Publishing Company He is survived by wife Susan Cleary Gerte three sons Robert a Stratford Police Department member Herman and Raymond Gerte of Stratford a daughter Mrs Ellen Marie Angeski of Stratford and three brothers Robert of Bridgeport and Carl and Ernest Gerte of Stratford
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Herman J. Gerte
Sherwood Place
Stratford
Post Publishing Company
Dilloniy and Collins
Stratford Avenue
St. James Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Bridgeport
Gerte
General Electric Company
the Post Publishing Company
Susan Cleary Gerte
Robert
Herman
Raymond Gerte
Ellen Marie Angeski
Carl and
Ernest Gerte
SUGKY LUCIANO DIES IN NAPLES
Italian crime figure SUGKY LUCIANO dies in Naples after suspected heart attack prompting an autopsy. Authorities note narcotics probes tied to Luciano and two fugitives linked to a Barcelona drug ring. Police say he carried modest cash and luxury items, lived openly abroad, and faced past indictments and a long US exile.
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Slannly
Luciano
Madrid
Gosch
Finance Department
Barcelona
Spain
Frank Caruso
Vincent Mauro
New York
U.S
Igea Lissoni
Ballerin
Services Sunday for A. Geduldig
Abe Saul Geduldig 78 longtime Bridgeport lawyer and former City Court prosecutor died yesterday at home. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Dennis and D Arcy funeral home 046 Fairfield Avenue with Rabbi Michael Hecht officiating. Burial at Eintracht Cemetery Fairfield. He studied at Yale Law School class of 1907 and served as alderman and assistant city prosecutor. Survived by son Ralph J Geduldig daughter Beatrice Bellew brother Samuel Geduldig sister Lillian Goodman and several grandchildren.
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Abe Saul Geduldig
Clinton Avenue
Bridgeport
Dennis and D'Arcy
Fairfield Avenue
Michael Hecht
Rodeph Sholom
Eintracht
Fairfield
Ge‘duldig
St. Louis
Atime
Prospect Street
Bridgeport High School
Yale University
Yale Law School
Connecticut Bar Association
Geduldig
Bridgeport Police Department
Beatrice Bellew
Samuel Geduldig
Lillian Goodman
Fof
Newberry Dies Store Magnate Chairman Edgar Newberry
Edgar Alan Newberry, board chairman of the J. J. Newberry Co., died at his 510 Park Avenue home after a heart attack. He joined in 1919, overseeing growth from 17 stores and 500000 yearly to 565 stores and 291 million last year. Funeral set for Marble Collegiate Church, Rev. Peale to officiate. Survived by wife Marie Johnston and three sisters.
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New York
Edgar Alan Newberry
J. J. Neigberry
Park Avenue
John J. Newberry
C.T. Newberry
Shamokin
John E. Nelson
Newberry
Nanticoke
University of Pennsylvania
Wilkes - Barre
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps
State Chain
Marie Johnston
Marble Collegiate Church
Norman Vincent Peale
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