Capsule Firing Success at Wallops Island Test
The Little Joe VII unmanned test at Wallops Island, Virginia, demonstrates capsule survivability under extreme stress. A heated sequence included dummy crew, parachute recovery, and helicopter pickup. Next test at Cape Canaveral will place a man aboard for a longer flight.
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Wallops Island
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Naional Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virginia Eastern Shore Test Center
Pamela Garroway Found Dead in New York Town House
Pamela Garroway wife of TV host Dave Garroway was found dead in their Manhattan town house at 48 East 63rd Street. Medics reported medications in the bathroom and an autopsy to test for poisoning. cause unknown. Paris 17 and Michael 13, her children from prior marriages, were present with Garroway’s 3 year old son and a nurse.
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New York
Pamela’ 'Garroway
Dave Garroway
E. 63Rd St
Garroway
Long Island
Westhampton
Nbc-Tv
Pamela Garroway
Garroways
Vast Purge Launched in Algeria by De Gaulle Policy
In Algiers a sweeping crackdown targets rebellion among the military and European civilians. Five generals were sent to France, three military units dissolved, and about 400 arrests reported as President de Gaulle presses self determination for Algeria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mason
Algiers
Algeria
France
Information Ministry
Charles de Gaulle
Senate Approves North Carolina Unified Court Plan
After years of battle the North Carolina Senate approves a constitutional amendment for a unified court system and creates an administrative office of the courts. Leader Warren states the General Assembly retains constitutionally guaranteed powers as negotiations conclude with Sen. Bell and a 50 member body backing the plan.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Senate
The
Supreme Court
Lindsay C. Warren
Beaufort
J. Spencer Bell
Mecklenburg
Warren
Bell
Union Rules Said Costly To Missiles
Senate investigators charged that union rules threaten to add about 3 million dollars to the Titan missile program. The testimony cited refusals to use prefabricated electrical cable connections and strikes at Cape Canaveral as delaying efforts to meet project dates.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate
Jerome S. Adlerman
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
America
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Soviet Union
Palmer
Air Force
McClellan
Titan
Lin
Congo army presses politicians in Coquilhatville standstill
Congolese forces halted politicians in Coquilhatville using armed checkpoints and runways under guard. President Kasavubu was reportedly covered by the order as Maj. Gen. Mobutu’s Leopoldville government asserted control. Tshombe from Katanga was arrested at the airport after a heated clash with Kasavubu.
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Coquilhatville
the Congo
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Leopoldville
Joseph Mobutu
Congo River
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Kasavubu
Tshombe
Elisabethville
Capiital
Morton urges bold US response to Cuba invasion failure
GOP Chairman Thruston Morton criticized the Kennedy administration for the Cuban invasion and said Communist jet planes in Cuba should have been met with jet planes. He spoke at a Cleveland dinner honoring A. L. DeMaioribus, urging strong and candid action in national interest.
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Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Cuba
Cuyahoga County
A. L. DeMaioribus
Young Couple Emerges After Three Day Fallout Shelter Stay
A Charlotte couple, Thomas and Barbara McAden, left a basement fallout shelter in the North Carolina Executive Mansion after three days. Governor Sanford praised their test of civil defense, presenting a certificate of appreciation for patriotic service. They stayed at the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel then planned to return home.
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Raleigh
Charlotte
Thomas C. McAden
Barbara
Sanford
Executive Mansion
McAdens
Sir Walter Hotel
Edward F. Griffin
State Civil Defense Director
Gov. Sanford
Laos rebels ignore cease fire appeal as patience wears thin
The Associated Press reports Lao pro Communist rebels defied a noon government cease fire request. Washington was near the end of its patience with what officials termed Red stalling.
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Laos
Lao
Washington
Kennedy urges self censorship by newspapers in security concerns
President Kennedy asks American publishers to consider voluntary self restraint on sensitive stories amid Cold War security fears. He stressed no government censorship and seeks public input on specific steps. The appeal came at a Bureau of Advertising dinner for publishers and editors.
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New York
Kennedy
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Realignment of Districts Proposed By Greene Representative
Rep Herbert Hardy of Greene introduces a bill to realign districts putting Rep Charles Jonas and Basil Whitener in the same 10th District. The plan excludes Mecklenburg County and includes Alleghany Ashe Avery Burke Catawba Cleveland Gaston Lincoln Mitchell Rutherford and Watauga. Hardy expects Senate action next week.
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Raleigh
Herbert Hardy
Greene
Charles R. Jonas
Basil Whitener
Mecklenburg County
Jonas
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Burke
Catawba
Cleveland
Gaston
Lincoln
Mitchell
Rutherford
Watauga
Hardy
Senate
Woman recounts Nazi massacre in Polish village at Eichmann trial
A Jewish witness in Jerusalem described German soldiers forcing Jewish men to run with bayonets, killing her father, and mass killings in a Polish village and Krakow. She testified in Yiddish as Eichmann listened, while Nazi plans to destroy Europe’s Jewish population were outlined in court.
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Belman Morin
Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Eda Lichtmann
Gestapo
Gideon Hausner
Europe
Israeli Jets Shoot Down Egyptian MIG Over Negev Desert
Israeli jet fighters shot down an Egyptian MIG over Halutza in the central Negev. A pilot parachuted from the aircraft. his fate is not yet known. Four Egyptian jets reportedly entered Israeli air space farther south in the Negev.
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Jerusalem
Negev Desert
Halutza
Negeb
Israel
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
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N.Y
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Guatemala
Mrs. McAden
Center
U.S
Associated Press
Whitney Shoemaker
United Nations
Herbert Hoover
Douglas MacArthur
Carlyle
Waldorf
Astoria
Hoover
MacArthur
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ambasador
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
White House
Britain
Xieng Khouang
No Man’s Land
Moscow
Trud
India
Nehru
New Delhi
International Control Commission
Poland
Canada
Commission
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Sisavang Vong
Boun Oum
Little Kingdom
Souvanna Phouma
Communist Bloc
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Souvanna
Plaine Des Jarres
China
Viet Nam
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