Ranger 4 makes first Moon landing attempt in space history
Ranger 4 crash landed on the far side of the Moon after a 64 hour voyage from Cape Canaveral. The 780 pound craft carried instruments to measure temperature and moonquakes and to take close up TV pictures, despite a key electronic failure.
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William Pickering
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Moon
Ranger 4
Goldstone
Mojave Desert
Barstow
Calif
Earth
Curious radio signal puzzles local hobbyist
Floyd Webb of 708 N Grant reported a strange signal this morning heard on his Hellcrafter 840 with a 50 foot antenna. He tuned across 540 kilocycles to 44 megacycles and received a varying tone at 16 megacycles on band four for over half an hour before contacting The Tribune. The hobbyist speculates it could be from a satellite.
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Floyd Webb
N. Grant
Webb
The
Tribune
No Verdict By Jury In El der vs Cox Case
The district court jury in the judgment action of Arnold D Elder against Clarence H Cox was discharged at 11 15 last night after failing to reach a verdict. The trial began May 15 1959. Berthot Construction Co of Chanute sues Fred W Montague for 13861 27 plus interest and costs for a Chanute house.
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District Court
Arnold D. Elder
Clarence H. Cox
Stark
Charles A. Berthot
Berthot Construction Co
Fred W. Montague
Chanute
Berthot
Bank of England Cuts Interest Rate Again
The Bank of England lowered its key rate by half a point to 4- percent, the third 0.5 point cut in seven weeks as Britain loosens credit. The move influences lending across the Isles and has helped drive foreign funds from U S investors, contributing to gold reserve pressure.
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London
Bank of England
British Isles
U.S
Car Stolen At Downtown Stop Light
John Dunham 47 reports his 1959 convertible was stolen at a downtown traffic light after an armed man climbed in at 13th and Broadway. Dunham steered for six blocks, then jumped out, ran to a phone booth and alerted police.
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Kansas City
John Dunham
13Th and Broadway
Dunham
Delegate Criticizes Suppressive State PTA Policy
Mrs. Calvin Elder of Wichita condemns Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers for stifling opposition and denying open policy debate. She cites confidential minutes and blocked access to unit presidents as undemocratic. Fellow critic Mrs. Belle Farmer calls policies suppressive, threatening local autonomy and democracy.
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Elder
Dean Farmer
Menlo
Farmer
P-Ta
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Board of Managers
Kansas Congress
Belle Farmer
Kansas
National Board of Managers
Global Briefs From Seoul to Nairobi
South Korea executed Han Pil-kook for large scale smuggling marking the eighth execution since the military court began last July. Cosmos 4 was launched as the Soviet Union adds space assets amid Ranger moon efforts. Kenya officials warn loans are for business development not marriage and one businessman notes wives as investment for dowries and girls.
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Seoul
South Korea
Han Pil-kook
Special Revolutionary Court
Nairobi
Kenya
Fred Okuma
Kenya African Chamber of Commerce
Five members of Nashville family slain and home fire set
Five members of the York family were shot to death in Nashville and their four room brick house was set on fire to cover up the killings. Dewey B. York his wife their two children and York's mother were found after firefighters responded to a blaze. Officials termed it arson intended to conceal murder with no immediate motive given.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Dewey B. York
York
Howard Boyd
Nashville Fire Department
Boyd
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 37 fatalities in 1962 up to April 9 with 144 total for the year and 151 for the comparable 1961 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
One Car Crash Fatal Near Hutchinson
A one car accident north of Hutchinson on a county road killed Richard Montgomery, 20, of Hutchinson. Sheriff's officers report Montgomery was alone when the dirt road skid caused the car to leave the road and crash into a tree.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Richard Montgomery
Montgomery
Macmillan to Address Advertising Group Dinner Tonight
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will speak at the Bureau of Advertising dinner of the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York. He arrived Wednesday and plans talks with UN Acting Secretary General U Thant, then flies Friday to Washington for the White House Correspondents Association dinner with President Kennedy.
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New York
Harold Macmillan
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Macmillan
U Thant
United Nations
Washington
White House
Ranger 4 Lands on Moon and Spacecraft Advances
Space action at Flance reports Ranger 4 landing on the far side of the moon marking a major advance in space flight. A mysterious satellite was launched from Point Arguello using a Blue Scout booster. In Cape Canaveral, an international satellite product is ready for launch and the Saturn rocket's eight engines fired successfully for the second time as plans target 1964 orbit.
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Ranger 4
Earth
London
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
United States
Associated Press
Goldstone
Calif
Moon
Point Arguello
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Great Britain
First U S Naval Training Station Founded at Newport
The first U S Naval Training Station was established at Newport Rhode Island in 1883 marking the start of formal naval recruit instruction.
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U. S. Naval Training Station
Newport, R. 1
Global reaction to U S nuclear tests sparks cold war flare
Reports from Washington Moscow Geneva London Tokyo Hiroshima Taipei and Seoul describe a wide range of responses to the first blast in a new U S test series. Soviet charges Kennedy lied and vows security measures. Dean pushes for a global test ban. allies fear an arms race. Demonstrations erupt in London Copenhagen and Tokyo as governments protest. reactions span regret hope and cautious support for Geneva talks.
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Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Moscow
Kennedy
U.N
Geneva
Arthur H. Dean
Valerian A. Zorin
Soviet Union
London
Copenhagen
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Taipei
China
South Korea
Burma
Philippines
India
Weather outlook for Kansas turns cooler with possible showers
Rains and cooler temperatures may end a week of warm, dry weather in Kansas. Moist south air meets a cool front from Colorado, touching off afternoon thunderstorms in the west and spreading rain across the state tonight. Cooler Friday is expected with no rain reported in the state since last weekend and many areas hoping for substantial showers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Colorado
C of C Annual Meet Reservations Due
Chamber of Commerce invites reservations for its annual meeting to be held at St Patrick gymnasium. Dinner by the Altar Society with an atomic age themed program. Joe Melnyk says the speaker is a scientist humorist with missile and space experience.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joe Melnyk
St. Patrick’s Gymnasium
Altar Society
Melnyk
Year of Big Pay-Off in Missile Program
Gen Thomas P Gerrity, head of the Air Force ballistic missiles program, called 1962 the year of the big pay-off as ICBM development and deployment advance. He promised to triple the active ICBM force in 1962 and again in 1963, noting the United States closed the gap with the Soviet Union within a decade after starting five years later.
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New York
Thomas P. Gerrity
Air Force Ballistic Missiles Program
Overseas Press Club
United States
Soviet Union
Scientists Check Preliminary Data Of Nuclear Blast
Washington AP report describes first blast in a new U.S. atmospheric test series aimed at improving weapon efficiency. An R and D device was detonated over Christmas Island with future shots planned around Johnston Island. Officials expect higher yield devices within a range and monitor fireball, heat, and blast data to guide improvements.
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U.S
Christmas Island
Pacific
United States
Johnston Island
Reception Center Expansion Urged in Topeka
TOPEKA AP expansion of the state reception and diagnostic centers here to include transfer of criminally insane from Larned state hospital was proposed by Col. Guy C. Rexroad penal director. He also recommended a minimum security vocational training center at the diagnostic center.
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Topeka
Larned State Hospital
Guy C. Rexroad
Rexroad
Citizen Advisory Committee On Penal and Correctional Institutions
Soviet Denounces Tests as Talks Stall in Geneva
At the 17 nation disarmament conference Tsarapkin denounced American nuclear tests while not walking out of the subcommittee meeting. Dean said no walkout occurred and scheduled next talks for next week. Zorin warned the talks could end if the US resumes testing.
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Geneva
Russia
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
Valerian A. Zorin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Zorin
United States
Burt Lancaster promotes film and Life-Term inmate Stroud
Actor Burt Lancaster urged support for a movie and a plea for Robert Stroud during a Washington party for officials and reporters. The event screened Birdman of Alcatraz, the life story of Stroud who, at 72, has spent 53 years in prison for manslaughter and a guard murder. Stroud, a leading avian disease expert, began studies after finding an injured sparrow in a prison yard and is now at the Federal Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
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Washington
Burt Lancaster
Robert Stroud
Alcatraz
Stroud
Federal Hospital
Springfield
Chicago Trio Die In Gangland Style
In Elmwood Park near Chicago a car crashed into a house after a dawn volley of gunfire killed three people. Police identified the victims as Phillip Scavo Ronald Scavo and a woman initially thought to be Marianne Martarono. Forensics found cash on the men and wound patterns indicated multiple shots.
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Elmwood Park
Chicago
Phillip Scavo
Ronald Scavo
Marianne Martarono
Robert Olsen
Rudolf Kornfeind
Olsen
Kornfeinds
Phillip Sceavo
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S. Santa Fe
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