Water jet engine drives boats at tremendous speeds
Aerojet General Corp scientists reveal the hydrocket, a water jet propulsion system with no propellers that could boost hydroplane speeds by at least 75 percent. The impeller pumps water through nozzles creating a whirling spray, with military and consumer boating uses anticipated and a two year path to a ready model.
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Aerojet General Corporation
Azusa
Calif
Cen
Aerojet General Corp
Calvin Gongwer
Aerojet
Gongwer
Stan Sayer
GOP Delays Convention Decision on Host City
The Republican site committee postponed a decision on the 1960 national convention location from Wednesday to Saturday. Chicago led bids but the six members were not unified. Fringe-costs and July versus August timing stalled approval before the national committee meeting opens Friday.
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GOP
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
Bliss
San Francisco
Miami Beach
Los Angeles
National Committee
National Party
Meade Alcorn
Virginia School Law Aired in Public Hearings
Virginia public hearings focus on the Perrow Commission pupil placement bill as debate over timing and local assignment plans intensifies. Senator Perrow and Governor Almond push for action, while Byrd urges caution amid integration concerns.
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Richmond
Virginia
House Education Committee
Mosby G. Perrow Jr
Lynchburg
Senate Education Committee
Senate
General Assembly
Perrow Commission
Assembly
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Winchester
Byrd
Perrow
Bills Extend Annexation Powers Without Elections
Lawmakers introduced bills to let municipalities expand borders without voter elections if they can provide all services or meet conditions. Court appeals would exist for residents in annexed areas. Another measure lets annexation occur when all affected property owners petition. Rep. Thomas Turner proposed a constitutional amendment.
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Raleighp
General Assembly
Municipal Study Commission
Thomas Turner
Guilford
North Carolina House Deliberates Minimum Wage bill
The House debated a 75 cent hourly minimum wage with an amendment restoring exemptions for farm and domestic workers among others. An 88-23 vote killed the amendment, reintroducing limited exemptions and directing surplus use. Senator Pat Cooke noted lobbying registration bills were footnotes, while the highway chief backed a bill against non par banking.
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Raleigh
House
North Carolina
House Committee On Manufacturing and Labor
Sen
Pat Cooke
Gaston
Senate
State Government Committee
Arthur Williamson
Columbus
J. Melville Broughton Jr
State Highway Commission
Senate Committee On Banks
Cutlar Moore
Robeson
Navy Seaplane Missing With 10 Men Aboard
A U S Navy P4M2 Marlin on a training flight from Iwakuni Naval Air Station Japan went missing between Japan and Korea with 10 men aboard. Last reported near Cheju Island South Korea. Air Force and Navy planes five Navy warships and four Japanese Coast Guard cutters search the missing seaplane.
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Tokyo
Japan
South Korea
Navy
Cheju Island
Iwakuni Naval Air Station
Air Force
Coast Guard
North Carolina Areas Seek Air Service
Two North Carolina regions Rowan County and Wilson Greenville ask the Civil Aeronautics Board for air service. They join Augusta Elizabeth City and Wilmington in hearings in Charlotte on the Piedmont Local Service Investigation. Observers include college presidents bank leaders and a state senator with CAB Examiner James S. Keith presiding. Additional hearings set for Washington on April 27.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Civil Aeronautics Board
Rowan County
Wilson-Greenville
CAB
James S. Keith
Piedmont
Keith
Washington
Wilson- Greenville
Atlantic Christian College
East Carolina College
Augusta
Elizabeth City
Wilmington-New Hanover County
J. Hampton Manning Jr
Raleigh Bill on High Point Annexation Faces Changes
Rep Ed Kemp of Guilford chairing the House Local Government Committee asked deferral until the Guilford delegation caucuses to harmonize provisions. Any changes will trim the area and may add an election on annexation. the current bill would add about 26 square miles and 17000 residents.
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Raleigh
High Points
Ed Kemp
Guilford
House
Kemp
Storybook Romance Commoner To Wed Japanese Prince
Michiko Shoda, a bright 24 year old commoner, will marry Crown Prince Akihito of Japan in a ceremony at 10:13 a.m. Japan time, becoming empress as the pair sip sacred wine at Kashikodokoro. The match signals a democratic shift and a new era for the 2,600 year old throne.
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Tokyo
Japan
Michiko Shoda
Akihito
Reds May Attempt To Take Iraq
AP reports a possible communist coup in Baghdad aided by armed Kurds from the Soviet Union and the Iraqi People’s Resistance. Turmoil could mirror Korea nine years ago as Nasser forces mass near the Iraqi frontier and Muqawamah groups threaten to seize control.
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William L. Ryan
Iraq
Korea
Baghdad
Soviet Union
People’s Resistance
Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Arab Republic
Syria
Shammar
U.A.R
Abdel Karim ‘Kassem
U.S.S.R
Popular Resistance
Way
Johnson backs unemployment plan amid rally push
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson moves to bolster jobless aid by proposing an 11 member commission to study unemployment and report within 60 days. The action follows criticism of his stance on extending emergency pay and signals effort to win quick Senate approval with Rayburn's help.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Johnson
AFL- Cla
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Eisenhower
Pat McNamara
D-Midh
McNamara
Labor
Iraq Said To Admit 2000 Kurd Tribesmen From Soviet Union
Cairo radio reports Iraq has granted entry visas to 2000 Kurd tribesmen from the Soviet Union in addition to 855 who reportedly passed the Suez Canal. Baghdad radio says a boatload of repatriates may reach Basra within 9 or 10 days. The move raises alarm over possible Communist strengthening in Baghdad.
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Cairo
Iraq
Soviet Union
Suez Canal
Grazia
Baghdad
Baghdad Radio
Basra
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Abdel Karim Kassem
Nasser
Kassem
ILWU Passes Resolution Criticizing Berlin Stand
Seattle AP report says delegates to the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union convention unanimously approved a resolution condemning the U S stance on Berlin and Germany after ILWU president Harry Bridges described press coverage as phony infestation.
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Seattle
United States
Berlin
Germany
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Harry Bridges
ILWU
Crane
CIA Chief Says Compromise Will Not Buy Peace
New Orleans AP Allen Dulles head of the CIA told the Edison Electric Institute 25th convention that those who think peace can be bought by Khrushchev’s compromise are deluded. He warned there is no sign the Soviets or their Chinese allies will abandon their aim to destroy free societies and replace them with communism.
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New Orleans
Allen Dulles
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Khrushchev
Dulles
Edison Electric Institute
Nikita Khrushchev
Famed Architect Wright Passes at 89 in Phoenix
Frank Lloyd Wright, 89, died at 4 45 a m in a Phoenix hospital after a brief illness following an intestinal obstruction operation. The renowned world figure had fallen ill at his winter home near Scottsdale Saturday and was reported unchanged an hour before death.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Frank Lloyd Wright
Phoenix
Wright
Scottsdale
Free Doctor Checkups Find 21 Serious Illnesses at Convention
At the American Academy of General Practice gathering in San Francisco, 21 of the first 350 doctors tested during a free physical exam revealed serious conditions including glaucoma, a rectal cancer, liver enlargements, an abdominal mass, and multiple suspicious chest X-rays. Dr. John D. Humber directed the center with a 140-person volunteer staff.
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Academy
John D. Humber
Southern Pacific Hospital
Dan
Humber
American Assn. of
Bioanalysis
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