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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
5
A historical overview traces early aviation from Yolent flight attempts to the formation of NACA in 1915 and its role in advancing aircraft efficiency and jet-era knowledge. It notes key milestones such as engine improvements, airfoil development, and the shift toward space exploration beginning in 1957.
Admiral Gorshkov disputes Pentagon claims on Polaris missiles and air carrier vulnerability. He cites ranges of about 1800 kilometers for certain missiles and argues American weapons lack universality while Russia notes faults in U S testing and submarine forces. He warns against assuming any single weapon is universally decisive.
A Harlem crowd of 2,000 to 3,000 listens as Malcolm X cites Elijah Muhammad urging Black men to clean up, stand up, and look up. He denounces white oppression while framing a separate Negro state as a political issue, drawing mixed reactions from non-Muslim Negroes.
The United States and Soviet Union signed a 24 7 hotline pact to connect Washington and Moscow. Ambassadors Charles Steele and Semyon Tsarapkin signed at the UN European headquarters, marking a concrete disarmament step after two months of secret talks.
Officials hunted a gas theft ring believed to have siphoned at least 20 000 gallons from natural gas pipelines across Oklahoma Texas Panhandle and Kansas. Vernon Texas resident Lester L Mote 42 and Beaver County Oklahoma suspect Lionel S Riggs 50 were held for questioning after tapping a line estimated at 1 800 gallons of drip gas used for gasoline.
Rep Walter Rogers says he has received many complaints from lawmakers across parties about the general fairness and equal time doctrines. The subcommittee will study how these rules apply to broadcaster behavior amid a 1964 presidential and vice presidential campaign waiver.
Archie Moore 21 year old outfielder who hit .455 in Pan American games signed with the New York Yankees for an estimated 25000 dollar bonus. The Florham Park New Jersey native is left handed and assigned to Augusta in the Class AA Sally League.
Moscow praised Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky as a shining success for communism after their Vostok missions. Western observers warned the orbits may have been shortened, while Tass and Soviet press highlighted Bykovsky 81 orbits in 119 hours and Tereshkova 48 orbits in 70 hours.
The Iraqi government via MENA and Baghdad Radio extended the surrender deadline to June 3 for Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq who failed to comply. Navy Yeoman Drum mond will be retried July 8 on charges of passing defense secrets to the Soviet UN delegation after a deadlocked June trial.
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