Mariner 2 Near Venus Flyby Reaches Closest Approach
United States space craft Mariner 2 transmitted clear signals from its Venus flyby as it neared the planned closest approach at 2 01 p m CST. The 447 pound probe will pass about 21000 miles from Venus and 36000000 miles from Earth. The mission aims to study Venus atmosphere and surface conditions for signs of water vapor and life.
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Washington
UPI
Mariner 2
Venus
Earth
Goldstone Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mariner
Goldstone
Calif
Cape Canaveral
Greates
Highway Commission Hears Plea For Four-Lane U S 287
The Texas Highway Commission in Austin considered a request from Hardeman Childress Hall and Donley counties to authorize the District Engineer to survey locations and land costs for a four lane U S 287 through the area. County officials noted financial spacing of right of way costs with state covering half. Action expected later with expenses partly paid by counties and some attendees paying their own.
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Texas Highway Commission
Austin
Hardeman
Childress
Hall
Donley
Garland Turner
Hardeman County
Michie Thaten
Wilmer Rutledge
Odis Smotherman
Cliff Campbell
Morris Higley
Rutledge
Higley
Andy Rogers
Gov Price Daniel
Old Settlers Adopt Long Term Rodeo Grounds Lease
The Old Settlers Association and the City of Childress approved a 25 year lease for the Rodeo Grounds in Fair Park. City Attorney Allen Harp drew the contract and it goes to the City Council at the next meeting.
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Childress County
Old Settlers Association
City of
Radiation Equipment Arrives for Wilson and High School
City Civil Defense Director Louis Sally announced that radiation equipment has been received for Wilson School and the High School. He said other schools will receive equipment within the next few days.
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Wilson
City Civil Defense
Louis Sally
Chess Club Meeting Tonight at Veterans Building
The Chess Club gathers at 7 30 p m tonight in the Veterans building to hold its regular session and organize upcoming events.
Mutual Funds Outgrow The Child Who Gets Them
A short classified item notes a mutual funds story or pitch with a contact number 7 2805. The readable text centers on financial products and a person named C B who likes them. No clear event date or organization is fully stated.
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C. B
Brazilian Plane Makes Forced Landing on Amazon Island
A Brazilian transport carrying 50 aboard forced landed on a small island in the Amazon River near Manaus. The ether service reported all 50 aboard were safe and well.
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Bulletin Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Amazon River
Maunus
Rio de Janeiro
Etree Service
Florida, Texas hit hard by December freeze
A brutal December cold eased in the South but arctic air lingered across the Great Lakes and Northeast killing snowstorms and leaving nearly 200 dead nationwide. Florida vegetable and citrus crops suffered the harshest damage, with losses in the millions, while Texas saw cold but improving conditions in the Rio Grande Valley and continued concern for winter crops. Prices rose for cabbage and peppers as demand increased. The Agriculture Department reported Texas winter vegetables at 73,400 acres, little change from last year, after January freezes that damaged 7,000 acres.
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Great Lakes
Florida
Tampa
Miami
London By
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New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
Watertown
Erie
Ontario
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Panhandle
West Texas
Amarillo
Alpine
College Station
Presidio
Weather Bureau
South Texas
Southwest
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Reds Withdraw From India's Border in NEFA Action
New Delhi says Chinese forces pulled back beyond Ciang Dzong Bomdila Mechuka and Walong after an October 20 attack. Eyewitnesses in Tezpur reported three abreast withdrawals in captured Indian trucks. Indian officials consider reestablishing civil control while military follow-up remains undecided.
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North East Frontier Agency
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Diang Dzong
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Mechuka
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Siang
Nefa
Burma
Tezpur
Ladakh
Relay Satellite Test Falters on Weak Battery Power
Scientists halted a planned intercontinental television test after telemetry indicated possible power problems aboard the Relay satellite, a Telstar companion launched into a near perfect 6th orbit. Nutley New Jersey ground station reported 55 minutes of telemetry as Relay circled Earth every 185.09 minutes at 47.47 degree inclination reaching altitudes from 819.64 to 4612.18 miles. The network aims to link North America Europe and South America with live TV and data channels.
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Cape Ca
Globe
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Washington
Herald
Relay
Teel- Star
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Europe
South America
Space Communications
Nutley
N. J
Earth
Gaitskell Plans Early January Moscow Trip
Labor Party leader Hugh Gaitskell will depart January 1 for a one week visit to the Soviet Union, announced Thursday by party officials in London. The trip aims to deepen postwar diplomacy and review economic and cultural exchanges.
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London
UPI
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
Soviet Union
Riding Club to Meet at City Hall Saturday
The Riding Club will meet at 7 30 p m Saturday at City Hall. Also available from Childress Office Supply is Get Your Holiday Mistletoe at 20c per package.
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Childress
Man Burns At Texaco Station In Mishap
Ronald L. Wagner age 21 of 110 Third Street Ne was treated at Childress General Hospital in satisfactory condition for burns after a gasoline splash at Keys Texaco Station ignited by a cigarette lighter. He arrived around midnight and had been employed there about three weeks.
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Ronald L. Wagner
Third Street
Childress General Hospital
Keys Texaco
Wagner
Balloons To Be Shot Down After Mars Life Test
Scientists said two giant balloons launched near Palestine will be shot down by Air Force jets to clear airways. The 600 foot long tandem balloons drifted toward the Atlantic after drifting over the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles southeast of Mobile Alabama, with recovery deemed impossible.
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Palestine
UPS
Mars
Air
Palesa
Continental Air Defense Command
CONAD
Colorado Springs
Cole
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile Ala
Atlantic Ocean
George C Ellerton
Vitro Laboratories
Silver Spring
Mobile
Stargazer Balloon Reaches Near Space On 18 Hour Flight
Air Force Capt Joseph Kittinger and astronomer William White completed an 18 hour ascent in Project Stargazer. The helium balloon rose to 80,000 feet crossing the San Andres Mountains before landing near U S 81 west of Deming New Mexico. Both men reported all systems normal and returned to Holloman Air Force Base for debriefing.
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N.M
API
Air Force
Joseph W. Kittinger Jr
William C. White
Deming
N. M
Kittinger
U.S. 81
New Mexico
San Andres
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
Dayton
Ohio
White
Naval Ordnance Test
China Lake Calif
Holloman Afb
Attack Kills Gin Employee Robert Butler at Farm Cooperative
Robert Bob Butler, 29, a gin employee, collapsed from a heart attack at the Farm er's Cooperative Bin and died en route to Childress General Hospital about 10:30 a m. He had been hospitalized last Friday and released Saturday. Survived by his mother Mrs Eva Butler of Evansdale Calif arrangements pending with Newberry Funeral Home.
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Robert Bob Butler
Bungalow Courts
Childress General Hospital
Butler
Eva Butler
Evansdale
Calif
Newberry Funeral Home
Woman suffers broken arm in home fall
Mrs. Percy Merrick sustained a broken left arm in a fall at her northeast Childress home around 12 30 p m today. She fell while dressing to go out and was hospitalized at Childress General.
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Percy Merrick
Childress
Childress General
Prop Plane Crashes Near Parana da Eva with 47 Aboard
A Panair do Brasil Constellation crashed near Parana da Eva today with 47 aboard. There were no survivors reported. The four engine prop plane was en route from Belem to Manaus, carrying 40 passengers and seven crew. Heavy fog hampered rescue efforts. it was unclear if any U S residents were aboard. Earlier, two other Brazilian airliners crashed last month, killing 124.
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UPI
Panair Do Brasil
Parana da Eva
Panair
Belem
Manaus
U. S
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