Spacecraft weights and lunar mission plans from Cold War era analyses
A report discusses Proton t and American and Soviet launcher weights, noting a 26,896 pound station not counting a booster, total orbit payloads, and Saturn rocket capabilities. It compares booster and payload masses, mentions Titan IC test payloads, and outlines aims for a 45 ton Apollo mission directly to the moon while Soviet moon rocket schemes involve staged launches from earth orbit and cosmonaut crewed detachment.
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United Starss
Saturn
United States
New York Cotton Prices Drift Amid Washington Farm Debate
Domestic cotton futures held a narrow range this week and closed mixed. Prices fell about 50 cents to up to 4.25 a bale on the New York Cotton Exchange, while non-traded foreign contracts were steady to down. Exports through Tuesday totaled 3,626,000 bales for the season, with traders cautious ahead of farm bill developments in Washington.
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NEW York
Trad
New York Cotton Exchange
Nein
Mars images spark talk of life and Mariner 4 limits
Scientists discuss Mars surface readings from Mariner 4 as transmission continues. Leighton and Murray temper speculation about vegetation while noting two distinct surface features, a two mile bright spot and a 12 mile dark area seen in overlapping frames, with cautious notes on possible transmission artifacts.
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Mars
Leighton
California Institute of ‘Technology
Mariner Project
K Sloan
Mariner
Ile
Bruce Murray
Calierh
Pickering
Murray
Safety strides urged as auto tires and laws face scrutiny
Lawmakers press manufacturers and dealers on tire safety and car foolproofing to reduce highway fatalities. Nelson warns overinflation endangers high speed travel while drivers cannot reliably judge tire safety. Ribicoff probes GM, Chrysler, AMC with Ford to shape a national highway safety policy and a federal safety center.
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Nelson
Dixon
Ribicoff
Magnuson
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors Corp
Ford
Itis
Ribieoff
Hess
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Kosygin Demands Viet Nam Settlement Amid Western Pressure
The Kremlin leader Kosygin assailed United States actions in Viet Nam accusing Washington of intereference and escalating the gamble stance. He urged a 1954 Geneva based settlement and reaffirmed support for North Viet Nam while noting new Soviet aid and anti aircraft base developments around Hanoi.
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Kosygin
Kremlin
Leningrad
Viet Nam
Communist Party
Harriman
Mikhail Suslov
Vilnius
Bul
United States
Southeast Asia
North
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Tallin
U.S
Greek turmoil deepens as Papandreou government forms
Pro Papandreou and anti government protests flare in several Greek cities after Athanasiadis Novas forms a day old cabinet. Over 100 injured in Athens amid stone throwing and tear gas as Parliament debates allegiance of 770 Center Union deputies and King Constantine faces potential elections.
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Athanasiadis Novas
Papandreiou
Athens
Papaniceou
Constantine
Papandreou
Greece
Anne-Marie
Alexia
Center Union Party
Andreas Papandreou
Andreas
University of California
Constantine Caramanlis
National Radical Union
U.S. faces long costly campaign in Vietnam war
U.S. military leaders acknowledge fierce guerrilla resistance from Viet Cong as air power misfires. Despite heavy imports of American support and bases along the South China Sea, ground fighting remains limited. Analysts warn a prolonged, manpower intensive effort may be required to force defeat of Communist forces.
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Nari Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D.taylor
Saigon
Indochina
Pentagon
United States
South Viet Nam
Laos
Thailand
North Viet Nam
Laotian Panhandle
Mekong River
South China Sea
7Th Fleet
Bomb and air strikes in Vietnam and Laos report
A U S Marine unit came under mortar and machine gun fire near Da Nang with light casualties. Viet Cong losses were undetermined. Viet Cong attacks targeted Son La and Quang Ngai posts. Air strikes from carriers and U S Air Force planes hit Than Hoa and Ben Thuy targets, with several buildings destroyed and reports of enemy losses. Laos campaign notes include Pathet Lao denials and a claimed total of U S planes downed, with limited confirmation from Washington.
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Nam
U.S
da Nang
Saigon
Son Ila
Quang Neai
Fieuree
Usre
Lankine
Ceene Ameter Eeeumening
North Viet Nam
Than Hoa
Hanoi
Ben Thuy
Vinh
Coral Sea
Than Non
Piots
Independence
Yen Bai
Sky
Laos
Vientiane
Peking
New China
Defense Ministry
Dien Bien Phu
Sam Neua Provence
Washington
Stevenson Homecoming Eulogies Honor Former President
Revered by many as a model of public service Adlai Stevenson is portrayed as a life that improved the world. In Illinois crowds gathered to welcome him home with prayers from Rev Richard Paul Grabel and state eulogies at the First Presbyterian Church as a hymn filled ceremony marked by the departing words These are remembered.
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Adlai Stevenson
Richard Paul Graebel
First Presbyterian Church
Stevenson
Librarian’s Budgerigar Recites At Guildford Library
In Guildford England a budgerigar named Peter belonging to deputy librarian Rita Day fills the central library with a shrill cry quoting Friends Romans countrymen and reciting parts of The Mikado and nursery rhymes. Peter also calls the library’s telephone number, delighting readers and staff.
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Budgerigar
Guildford
England
Peter
Migs Rita Day
Stevenson Funeral Plans Center on Bloomington Home
Adlai E Stevenson lies in state in the rotunda while thousands pass by as a steady stream, about 1900 an hour. Sunday the body goes to Bloomington, his home town, for final services before burial. Vice President Humphrey will attend Monday services and Adlai E Stevenson will be committed to the soil he loved.
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Democratic Party
United Nations
America the Beautiful
Stevenson
Tate
Bloomington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Adlai E. Stevenson
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