Astronomer Discovers Planet Bernards Star 6 Light Years Away
American astronomer Dr. Peter van de Kamp reports a planet named Bernards Star external to our solar system. The unseen world, about six light years away and 500 times Earth's size, was inferred from wobbles in Barnard's Star's motion observed since 1916. He notes 600 telescope nights and 2,400 photographic plates behind the find.
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Tucson
Ariz
Bernard
Earth
Peter van de Kamp
American Astronomical Society
Barnard
van de Kamp
Sproul Observatory
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
News Curbs Criticized By Crew In Charlotte Speech
Sen. Lunsford Crew of Halifax attacked reporters exclusion from the Senate floor and Appropriations subcommittee meetings. He urged restoring roll call votes and warned the blackout limits coverage and human insight into legislative actions. Crew cited Gov. Philpott's death and noted coverage impact.
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Charlotte Civitan Club
Crew
Senate
General Assembly Commission
Roanoke Rapids
Cloyd Philpott
Appropriations Subcommittee
Pathet Lao Attacks Plaine des Jarres in Laos Drive
Pathet Lao forces launch an attack on the Plaine des Jarres to solidify control in northern Laos after neutralist forces retreat from the area. Gen Kong Le and about 5,000 neutralist troops are bottled up. Phong Savan falls, prompting neutralist leaders to seek international intervention from Britain, the Soviet Union, and Geneva commissioners.
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Antoine Yared Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Pethet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Kong le
Phong Savan
Ence
Tthe
India
Canada
Poland
Souvanna
Donald Hopson
Sergei Affannassiev
Coanel
Geneva
Souvanna Lalso
Prince Souphanouvong
Neutrality Commission
Souphanouvong
Khang Khay
Vientiane
Konga
Paline Des Jarres
Furniture buyers flood spring Southern market in High Point
Buyers from across the nation descend on High Point North Carolina as the week long Southern furniture market opens at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building and Furniture Plaza. Market activity peaks Monday and Tuesday with new styles and steady demand reported by manufacturers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
House
Robert E. Calder
New Hanover
Calder
State Supreme Court
Board of County Commissioners
University of North Carolina
House A Resolution To Set Up the Governor's Coordinating Committee
Ira T. Johnston
Ashe
Luther Hamilton
Carteret
Tom Newman
Sampson
House Committee On
ABC Liquor Stores
Robert Marks
Southern Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
High Point
Furniture Factories Marketing Assn
South
Bernard L. Copeland
Basic-Witz Furniture Industries Inc
Waynesboro
Copeland
Basic-Witz
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Lenoir
Drexel
Heywood- Wakefield Co
Gardner, Mass
Louis H. Albrecht
Heywood
Ed Post
Wallenda Aerialist Dies After 50 Foot Fall
Yetta Grotofent, 42, member of the Wallendas aerialist family, died during a Shrine Circus act in Omaha after tumbling from a 50 foot pole. The tragedy occurred as she swung in a finale arc. autopsy results awaited to determine cause. The death followed two prior troupe fatal falls in Detroit in 1962 and came amid reports she had been nervous since the show opened.
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Randall W. Blake
Omaha
Neb
Yetta Grotofent
Circus
Wallendas
Shrine Circus
Yetta
Dieter Schepp
Richard Faughman
Detroit
Portland
Maine
Karl Wallenda
Karl
Herman
Gunther
Lewiston
Kristensen
Florida
Tempora
The
Kennedy warns $5 billion cuts cost jobs and offset tax relief
President Kennedy argues against $5 billion budget cuts saying they would cost about one million jobs and erase benefits from the three year tax cut plan. He contends careful spending and a balanced approach suit the nation and urges support for his proposed $10 billion net tax cut.
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Washington
Kennedy
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Toto
Congress
Sediona
Exiled Cuban Leader Blasts Kennedy Over Castro Immunity
Dr. Jose Miro Cardona resigns as head of Cubans in exile and accuses President Kennedy of giving Fidel Castro absolute immunity to pursue Khrushchev's plans. The split among the Cuban Revolutionary Council follows a lengthy resignation letter and nine members quitting. Miro cites a White House promise of a second invasion and warns of growing Soviet influence in the Western Hemisphere.
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Ben Funk
Miami
Fla
Jose Miro Cardona
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Miro
Cuba
Hemis
U.S
Bay of Pigs
Manuel Antonio de Varona
Council
White House
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Barbara Woodcock
Maruela
Frank Scott
Castro
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