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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1961
Page
10
Washington AP 7000 candidates take a five hour written exam to screen for Peace Corps overseas service starting March 1 President Kennedy set the program. The test covers English foreign language U.S. history farming health sciences and mechanical skills with two sections on personal information. Samples reveal typical questions and a sample item about relationships.
After a seven year drought many farms remain flood affected yet hopeful. A general examination will be followed June 5 by a test for candidates who wish to teach overseas at the high school level. An earlier examination is planned for.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Navy sought to learn why a Polaris missile failed to follow its programmed path and was destroyed by a range safety officer ten seconds after launch from the USS Observation Island The rocket was ejected successfully from the vessel before breaking up inside the launch area.
David I. Williams principal of Holcomb High School becomes dean of Garden City Junior College. He succeeds Andrew H. Elland who left to head Hutchinson Junior College. Williams, a 1937 Garden City junior college alum, served on the faculty in 1948 and later.
Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe underwent minor surgery at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after being admitted Wednesday. A spokesman said she probably will go home today and that details of the operation were not disclosed.
President Kennedy faces a costly push to reach the moon while scientists urge peaceful uses of space. At a National Conference on Peaceful Uses of Space, researchers debate funding, potential benefits, and the need to share results between the US and the Soviet Union.
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