Telstar satellite launch aims global TV and telephony link
Cape Canaveral reports a Thor Delta launch placing the Telstar satellite into a high orbit to relay television radio and telephone signals around the globe. Bell Telephone Laboratories developed the relay device with NASA tracking, aiming to support 600 channels and ground station links as tests begin within days.
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Telstar satellite experiment aims for first televised relay
American Telstar project nears first transmission as AT&T and partners schedule a 5 35 p m CST preview. Initial tests from Andover Maine will capture signals to be relayed to Holmdel New Jersey then back via satellite for possible later telecasts to Europe and back to the United States.
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National
Broadwell
Americans Across the Nation Casting Co
Columbia Broadcast Tonight
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Vision Pictures
Telstar
Vision
Phone and Telegraph Co
Andover
Maine
Frederick R. Kap
At&t. der
Federal
Adenover
Instantane- Cations Commission
Ously
Not- Newton H. Minow
Holmdel
N.J
U.S
England
France
United States
Four-Footed Pedestrians Are Hazard In Area Roads
Motorists faced repeated car cow crashes as footloose cattle roam local highways. A 1954 Mercury driven by Charles Van Leeuwen struck a Holstein heifer near Erie, killing the calf and causing $7.4 damage. the driver escaped injury. Earlier, Jim Brant’s truck hit a cow west of Thayer. Merle Brooks’ animal was involved. A third crash occurred when Kile Erickson hit a calf on K39 near Chanbe, killing the calf and badly damaging the car. Three such incidents in one week indicate a continuing hazard from cattle on area roads.
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Melvin Hines
Erie R
van Leeuwen
Erie
Jim Brant
Earlton
Thayer
Brant
Merle Brooks
Kile Erickson
Lafayette
Highwey K39
Chanbe
Erickson
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log Update
AP report shows a moving tally of Kansas road deaths with counts for July 8 1962 and compares to similar 1961 period figures, noting totals through 9 am Tuesday and 74 hours elapsed.
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Topeka
Kansas
National League All Stars Win 3 1 In All Star Game
The National League beat the American League 3 to 1 in the 32nd All Star game in Washington. Key plays included Willie Mays spectacular defense and base running plus sharp pitching from Drysdale Marichal Purkey and Shaw. Aparicio Clemente and Mazeroski were among the mentioned standouts.
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National League
Willie Mays
Drysdale
Marichal
Purkey
Shaw
Crandall
Bun‘ning
Pascual
Donovan
Pappas
Battey
Romano
W—Marichal
L—Pascual
Aparicio
Clemente
Mays
Gentile
Cepeda
Mazeroski
Wagner
Rollins
Groat
Lee Thomas
Bunning
Moran
Erie Annual Reunion Features Concert Dance and Contests
Erie hosts a week long reunion with a free concert and dance starting at 7:30 pm near the Swan Store site. Cash prizes mark the 89th anniversary celebration with 4-H square dance, meat feed, and a Shetland pony pulling contest in the courthouse block.
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Erie
Legion Hall
Mike Dance
Parise
Cherokee Amusement Co
Eric
Eureka Man Reports $1000 Lost Near King Drive In
Eureka resident J. D. Clapton reported a $1000 loss to police claiming a $500 bill and five $100 bills on a gold clip engraved with his initials were missing. He believes the money vanished July 3 or 4 near The King drive-in at 1623 S. Santa Fe after a prior weeklong trip to Des Moines. No finder has been reported.
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Eureka
J. D. Clapton
King Drive-In
S. Santa Fe
Clapton
Des Moines
Weather taps Kansas with showers and warm afternoons
Showers spread across Kansas with more expected today through Wednesday. Rain amounts varied from 1.04 to 3.20 inches in several towns, while highs reach the 80s east and 90s west. Cooler air moves in by Wednesday, with continued humidity and chances of thundershowers mainly tonight and early tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Peck
Florence
Arkansas City
Kiowa
Hillsboro
Eureka
Chanute
Hutchinson
Lenora
Wilson
Goodland
Wichita
Tennimon Named Manager of S. H. Kress Store Here
T. N. Tennimon is the new manager of the S. H. Kress store here. He was transferred from Montgomery Alabama to succeed L. C. Gass who moves to Shawnee Oklahoma. Tennimon is married with two sons Tom and Tim and will reside on rural route 3.
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T. N. Tennimon
S. H. Kress
Tennimon
Montgomery
Ala
L. C. Gass
Kress
Shawnee
Okla
Tom
Tim
Two More Johnston Island A-Tests Feared Before End of Program
The AEC official says two additional high altitude detonations at Johnston Island may occur before the spring and summer test series ends. Christmas Island phase nears completion despite a Joint Task Force 8 directive, as observers recount the megaton blast and its worldwide reaction.
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Christmas Island
Christmas
Auckland
New Zealand
Hawaii
Thor
Khrushchev Criticism Meets Western Berlin Stand
The United States rejected Khrushchev's Berlin troop proposal and denounced his criticism of U.S. nuclear tests as hypocritical. Washington noted Moscow broke the test ban with high altitude shots last fall and said Western forces in Berlin will not be reduced. Khrushchev spoke at a Moscow Peace Congress outlining a new multi-nation guard under UN auspices.
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Johnston
Honolulu
Soviet Union
China
United States
London
Outer Space
World
U.S
Khrushchev
West Berlin
State Department
Pacific Ocean
Berlin
Moscow
Department
Kennedy
Vienna
West Germany
NATO
Pacific
Chicago
Two Teens Questioned Over Water Tower Incident
Police questioned two 15 year old youths after a report at 9 15 p m of someone climbing the water tower on W 7th The two said another 15 year old was on the tower and could not be located Police sought the youth s father to coax him down but the search continued
1962 Crops Output Estimates From Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department estimates 1962 corn harvest at 3.518 billion bushels, down 3 percent from 1961, and 1962 wheat at 1.050 billion bushels, versus 1.058 billion forecast a month ago. The corn figure tops last year’s 3.624 billion bushels harvested.
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Agriculture Department
Rural Couple Hospitalized In Two Car Crash
Everett B. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch from Chanute were injured in a two car collision at 18th and S Santa Fe. Lynch suffered a broken hip and broken collarbone with facial lacerations. Donald L. Sneed of Cleveland Oklahoma escaped injury. Police cited Sneed for reckless driving and Mrs. Lynch for failure to yield. Sneed’s trial was set for Thursday.
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Everett Lynch
R. 1
S. Santa Fe
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Everett B. Lynch
Lynch
Donald L.sneed
Cleveland
Okla
18Th
Santa ‘Fe
Sneed
Santa Fe
Twin Bill Postponed At Nevada Nuclear Test Site
An atomic doubleheader at CAMP MERCURY Nevada was postponed 24 hours due to gusty winds that could carry fallout offsite. The two low power blasts were scheduled this morning one underground and one above ground at the Nevada nuclear test site.
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Camp Mercury
Nev
Nevada Nuclear Test Site
Farley Named Vice Chairman Of People to People Board
James A. Farley former postmaster general and Coca Cola Export chair is named vice chairman of People to People. Dwight Eisenhower chairman announces from headquarters in Kansas City. Also named to the board are Mrs Mary Pillsbury Lord and Abbott Washburn both with federal service backgrounds.
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Kansas City
James A. Farley
Vu.s
People-to-People Today
Dwight D. Eisenhower
People-to-People
Farley
Coca-Cola Export Corp
National Democratic Committee
Mary Pillsbury Lord
U. S
United Nations’ Economic and Social Council
Abbott Washburn
U. S. Information Agency
Khrushchev calls for UN backed Berlin garrison swap
Khrushchev proposes replacing American British and French troops in West Berlin with Norwegian Danish or Belgian Dutch and Czech Polish units under a UN flag. He warns the Berlin war cloud grows ominous and says Western tests threaten mankind while urging disarmament and condemning US nuclear tests.
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Khrushchev
West Berlin
U.N
Berlin
United States
Soviet Union
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