Saturn Rocket Successfully Completes Third Test Flight
The Saturn No. 3 rocket at Cape Canaveral lifts off at 12 45 p m with its eight engine power plant and full fuel load for a brief sub five minute flight. The rocket reaches 104 miles up 130 miles southeast of the cape and is destroyed as planned to simulate future upper stages. NASA reports performance matches prior tests and observers photograph the ice cloud created by water used to simulate upper stage mass.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Explosion at Hart home prompts probe of cause
The Tuesday noon blast heavily damaged the O. A. Hart residence at 315 N. Grant. Officials said the exact cause is undetermined after checks of natural gas lines found no leaks. Sewer gas or fumes are considered possible, and workers note an untrapped basement drain connects to a sewer line.
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O. A. Hart
N. Grant
Seven Crewmen Rescued as Eighteen Missing in Atlantic Storm
In the stormy Atlantic northeast of Bermuda a Greek freighter Captain George capsized. Rescue planes and ships searched in darkness for 18 missing crewmen after seven were rescued by freighters standing by amid flames and high waves.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Atlantic
George
Coast Guard
Snow in Kansas Brings Light Precipitation and Cool Forecast
Snow moved into northern Kansas overnight with light accumulations in Bird City Goodland and Burr Oak. Most areas saw rain, and the forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with highs in the 40s and overnight lows in the 20s across the state.
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Goodland
Pittsburg
Coast Guard relays search for survivors after ship wreck
Coast Guard amphibians dropped flares through the night near the burning Captain George as the Virginian and Trinity Navigator left the scene. The Torsk replaced two Siberian flagships in the hunt for 18 missing crewmen in 72 degree water with two mile visibility. A derelict Curlew schooner near Bermuda’s St George Harbor was rescued by Compass Island after capsizing in gale winds. Survivors were to be landed in New York on November 21.
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Coast Guard
U.S
Torsk
Virginia
Trinity ‘Navigator
Mendota
Esssex
Conn
Virgin Islands
Compass Island
New York
Robert Gervasoni
Trenton
N.J
Curlew
Sam Fiorello
Yardley
Jim O'Neil
Massachusetts
David Sikill
Skillon
London
England
Spi
New, More Dangerous Cuban Crisis Is Possible
President Kennedy presides over a White House meeting with the National Security Council as the Cuban situation nears a climax. Officials note Khrushchev-Mikoyan talks and U.N. verification plans while warning that further Cuban attacks on U.S. aircraft could trigger counter action.
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Kennedy
Washington
White House
Executive Committee
National Security Council
Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Defense Department
New York
Adlai E.stevenson
Mikoyan
Castro
Khrushchev
U.N
United States
Organization of American States
County attorney recounts hunting mishap near Dodge City
Pittsburg AP reports County Atty Keith Jones says he fired four times at a pheasant last weekend in the Dodge City area. He went to fetch the bird, but it flew away.
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Jones
Dodge City
Hunters Killed While Deer Hunting Across Two States
A 19 year old Illinois hunter Eddie Hite was killed near Cabool Missouri in What Howell County in an apparent accidental shooting by Jerry Marsels. The patrol investigated. In Maysville Missouri Reverend William Green aged 49 was shot and killed during a deer hunt by J B Harwood a contractor from Maysville who fired after noting movement.
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Cabool
Howell County
Highway Patrol
Eddie Hite
Chenoa
Ill
Jerry Marsels
Haysville
Kan
Maysville, Mo
Here
William D. Green
Osborn, Mo
Lloyd McDonald
Oscar L. Maddock
J. B. Harwood
Maysville
Harwood
K State Singers End Guam Far East Tour
The Kansas State Singers return from an eight week Far East tour after delays from Typhoon Karen in Guam and a Denver snowstorm. A Central Airlines flight from the west coast was held 13 hours due to bad weather over Colorado. Parents and friends met the 15 singers at the Manhattan airport.
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Manhattan
Kansas State Singers
Guam
Denver
Central Airlines
West Coast
Colorado
William Fischer
Karen
Far East
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Kansas 1962 Update
AP reports Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in the Topeka area during the 24 hours to 9 am Friday for November 25, 1962. For comparison, 1961 period recorded 472 deaths statewide, with 509 cited for 1962 overall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Caution in Aid Requests
A fragmentary note warns against loud shouting when aid seems ridiculous referencing Wichita U proposal and Hutchinson bid. The letter conveys caution and strategic restraint in seeking support.
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Cha
Wichita U
Hutchinson
Castro warns U N of Cuban air defense plan
Fidel Castro warned at the United Nations that Cuban forces would shoot down any U S reconnaissance planes over Cuba. Cuban Ambassador Carlos Lechuga condemned U S flights as violating the U N Charter during a disarmament debate in the 110 nation committee.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations Today
Fidel Castro
U.S
United States
U.N
Carlos Lechuga
U Thant Receives Cuban Reply On Missiles Crisis
Castro rejects inspections of Cuban territory and denounces U S reconnaissance flights as Nazi methods. Lechuga reiterates Cuba’s warning that overflight will invite destruction while Cuba pushes for a denuclearized Latin America and opposition to any external inspection. Thant forwards the letter to Stevenson with publication withheld at Havana’s request.
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Lechuga
Castro
U.S
Latin America
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
U Thant
United States
Cuba
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
Carlos Lechuga
Chinese Forces Launch Mass Attack Near Walong
The Chinese Communist forces opened a large scale assault on Indian positions near Walong in the eastern Himalayas as fighting intensifies. Indian troops had earlier captured some Chinese outposts and the conflict expands to Towang as both sides exchange attacks in a fragile ceasefire landscape.
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New Delhi
India
Himalayas
Defense Ministry
Walong
Kennedy to tour Air Force and AEC sites
The White House said President Kennedy will undertake a fact finding tour of Air Force installations and Atomic Energy Commission sites on December 7. The trip aims to review national defense and energy program operations with key agency officials.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission
Car Crash Kills 14YearOld on A.S.B Bridge
A chasing incident with Kansas City police ended when a car struck the A.S.B. bridge structure early today. One passenger, Tommy Clark, 14, died. Two others, Jerry Simpson, 14, and Clinton Rogers, 15, were injured. All three were Kansas City residents.
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Kansas City
A.S.B
Tommy Clark
Jerry Simpson
Clinton Rogers
Tractor Slips Crushed Worker Near Lakin Kansas
A tractor slipped from a truck bed and crushed Loren Keith Haverfield 22, a Garden City sand company employee, to death near Lakin Kansas. Haverfield had gone to assist after the truck stalled in a ditch, driving 62 miles south on K 25 with his wife and 9 month old son. His wife was treated for shock.
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Lakin
Kan
Loren Keith Haverfield
Garden City
Haverfield
Wichita U. Proposed for State University Status
The Legislative Council Education Committee recommended adding the University of Wichita to the state university system under the Regents, with no operation restrictions. Washburn University should keep state aid, with possible adjustments. The plan moves to the full Council for a January legislature submission.
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Topeka
The
Legislative Council Committee On Education Today
University of
Wichita
Board of Regents
Washburn University At
State of
Kansas
Wichita University
Washburn University
State Board of Regents
Alvin C. Eurich
University of Wichita
Topeka University
Herter Named Trade Negotiator by Kennedy
President Kennedy selects Christian A. Herter to head U S trade negotiations. The 67 year old Republican will design objectives and direct talks to cut tariffs by 50 percent and move toward European Common Market trade expansion. Senate approval needed. post pays up to 27500 annually. Herter, from Millis Massachusetts, has chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee personnel panel.
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Washington
Kennedy
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
U.S
Herter
United States
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Millis
Mass
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Harvey Bailey Leaves Federal Prison For State Penitentiary
Harvey Bailey, 76, exits Seagoville Federal Prison in Dallas and heads to Lansing State Penitentiary in Kansas. He appears elderly and gave reporters no comment after the transfer.
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Dallas
Harvey Bailey
Federal Correctional Institution
Seagoville
Lansing
Kan
Bailey
Two Chanute Teens Face Charges in Vandalism
Police court heard charges of property destruction against 16 year olds Tom Evans and John Saving over egg and tomato vandalism of cars tied to Rev. Walter Purcell at the Church of God. A third younger boy admitted involvement and was referred to juvenile authorities.
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Chanute
Tom Evans
W. 3Rd
John Saving
W. Oak
Walter E. Purcell
Church of God
4Th
Kansas
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Caribbean
Anastas I. Mikoyan
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K-State Singers
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