Space Flight Delayed Again For John Glenn Mercury Attempt
U S astronaut Lt Col John Glenn’s space flight was postponed to Thursday or Friday after a Tuesday test delay. Weather and equipment issues delayed countdown at Cape Canaveral. controllers at Muchea and Perth prepared, with a cyclone risk off Australia as contingency.
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Perth
Sutlas
U.S
John Glenn
Glenn
Cape Canaveral
Muchea
Muhea
Lis
Urs
Lear
Australia
Seven survivors picked up from tanker near Saigon
A Danish freighter rescued seven men from a distressed tanker 300 miles southeast of Saigon. Stanvac Sumatra was seen broken in two, with four British planes and the carrier Centaur en route. The tanker, owned by Greek financier Stavros Niarchos, reportedly carried 62 crew.
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Saigon
Stanvac
Sumatra
Stavros Niarchos
Peter Snell Breaks Herb Elliott Mile Record
Peter Snell won the international mile at Wanganui in 3m 54.5s, shaving tenth of a second from Herb Elliott’s world mark. Bruce Tulloh was second in 1m 58.3s and Alby Thomas (Australia) third in 4m 35s as reactions hailed Snell’s historic sub four minute feat.
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Wellington
A.A.P
Peter Snell
Wanganui
Herb Elliott
Shire
Fpreland
Peter
Bruce Tullohh
Alby. Thomas
Australia
Washington
Britain
Roger Bannister
Snell
Bannister
Oxford
Hulley College
Berk
Indonesia Says Guerrillas Could Be in New Guinea
Jakarta report quotes Major General Achmad Jani saying Indonesian guerrillas may operate in New Guinea while asserting no Indonesian troops are stationed there. He notes Britain’s arms restrictions push Indonesia toward Russia and discusses finances, diplomacy, and possible actions to secure West Irian under the People’s Command.
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Soekarno
Bogar
West Java
New Guinea
Indonesia
Russia
Indonasia
Jani Sad
Sons of West
Britain
Shell
Unilever
Dr. Subandrio
West Trian
West New Guinea
Veteran engine 1210 pulled into Canberra on spectacle trip
More than 5 000 spectators gathered at the Canberra Railway goods yard to see locomotives 1210 and 1243 haul a special excursion, with 100 Steam Tram and Railway Preservation Society members aboard. The 1878 English engine, first to arrive Canberra in 1914, will be preserved by the National Capital Development Commission on a plinth outside the station. The trip from Queanbeyan to Canberra took seven miles in ten minutes, with a two minute Fyshwick stop, and high speed reached near Moss Vale.
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Canberra
Queanbeyan
The
Steam Tram and Railway Preservation Society
Fyshwick
England
National Capital Development Commission
Sydney
Goulburn
Captain's Plat
Moss Vale
N.S.W. Railways
C. A. Cardew
Railways Preservation Society
N.C.D.C
Cardew
E. A. Loughrey
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Cape Canderas
Orn
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Mercury Space Cal
Leroy Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Lewis Wainwright
Mercury
Centaur
Elliott
Cambridge University
N.G
Djakarta
West
L. Engledow
Department of the Interior
R Donnellan
Department of Works
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