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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1962
Page
1
Astronauts John Glenn and cosmonaut Gherman Titov toured Washington sharing views on space arms control and peaceful exploration. Titov urged disarmament while Glenn pressed for rapid information exchange and joint future space work amid public excitement and receptions with Johnson, Kennedy, and tour stops at the Smithsonian, Lincoln Memorial, and National Archives.
An article fragment reports that Black attendees sought to use mosque events and Parker Field without segregation. It notes attorney Doubles questioning state involvement and cites past city rulings that evidence did not prove the city mandated segregation by firms leasing facilities.
Titov recalled showing Kennedy the city from the Washington Monument but the view was obscured by mist. The monument stands 555 feet high and was the farthest spacemen reached from Earth that day. The visit included Titov, his wife Tamara, and Mrs. Glenn as they toured the capital in high spirits before addressing policy debates on satellite ownership and the ATT monopoly.
Carpenter and family await launch as extensive checks continue. He will run simulated missions in the capsule atop Atlas and on a ground craft to study weightlessness effects, biomedical tests, and manual control system performance. Researchers hope data will guide future one day to two week orbits and reveal the luminous “fireflies” seen by Glenn and Titov.
London based AP reports claim in the Middle East that President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic was shot by Ali Amer, brother of Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, and was in a hospital in serious condition. The Telegraph called the reports strong though no official statement exists.
The board criticizes the railroad industry and unions for delaying problem solving and urges a continuing labor management study group including public representatives. It proposes a wage plan on a percentage basis to balance pay, aims to curb skilled unskilled gaps, and notes a 36 percent cut in non-operating jobs since WWII. A report by July 1, 1963, and a public involvement in job evaluation are requested.
Rep Harold D Cooley said he has a slim promise of a majority to bring the administrations farm bill out of the Agriculture Committee but voting has been delayed. The panel includes 14 Republicans all opposing and 21 Democrats with four Southern Democrats wavering. McMillan's absence left Cooley one vote short as he plans further talks and a possible meeting next week.
Police say the killer knew Cochrane and did not break in for robbery. A dining table was set for two with food left. Cochrane's missing car remains a priority as a lookout spans 13 states. Cochrane, a St Paul native, Loyola and Georgetown graduate, was a private lawyer formerly with Navy Yards and DOD. separated from his wife who resides in Baltimore.
Nurses rally in Trafalgar Square demand action from Health Minister Enoch Powell and show willingness to strike. They plan to mail Prime Minister Harold Macmillan letters to pressure a pay offer, as government signals a parliamentary debate scheduled for Monday May 14.
NATO officials disputed a nonaggression pact with the Warsaw Pact as unnecessary and unwise. West German, British, and American sources noted Berlin issues dominate talk ahead of foreign ministers’ meetings. An accord on nuclear sharing within NATO seemed likely despite political tensions in West Germany and among allies.
A fatal rail disaster near Yukader station north of Tokyo at 9 30 pm leaves at least 142 dead and many injured as derailed cars plunge over the washim embankment and commuters scramble amid tangled wreckage. The accident follows Japan's worst postwar crash in February 1947 with 134 dead.
Senator Tower urged Secretary Freeman to suspend Dr James T Ralph amid investigations of Ralph's ties to Estes a grain storage promoter and business executive under indictment for fraud in Texas Estes 37 of Pecos Texas is named to and reappointed to the National Cotton Advisory Committee amid concerns over cotton acreage transfers The Republican leaders said they would push for a full investigation while noting department oversights and broad waste in programs linked to Estes fraud schemes.
Sanford North Carolina officials and about 20 citizens discussed the area ambulance crisis. The private operator quit over losses, funeral homes also stopped service, and a joint session with city and county leaders was proposed to seek funding and a hospital-led solution.
An undercover agent Stefan Plumacher infiltrated the group and attended meetings and practice sessions in the Everglades. Investigators link Branch to the Shoemaker home bombing and say Branch Victor and Babey were involved in an assassination plot against the state attorney and a plan to bomb the Miami News Editor Baggsstein.
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