Kennedy to Launch Massive Water Project in California
President Kennedy opens 17 000 feet of dynamite blasts to break ground on a 511 million water project in California. The trip, in Nixon country, features a Yosemite stop and a planned political swing through the West in October. Brown joins Kennedy in backing Democratic aims as the Oahe Dam visita informs broader water strategy.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Yosemite National Park
Calif
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
California
Congress
West
Nixon
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Yosemite Park
Los Banos
San Luis Project
Central
Los Angeles
San Diego
Brown
Fresno
Yosemite
Muscovites Welcome Soviet Space Heroes
Soviet Premier Khrushchev greeted space twins Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich with embraces and kisses atop Lenin's Tomb as crowds cheered their orbital feats. Cosmos 8 satellite announced as part of the five month space program. The astronauts arrived at Vnukovo Airport after a flight from the Volga region and received a grand reception with flowers and a red carpet.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Lenin
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Korushahev
Soviet Union
Volga
Vnukovo
Moonshot program strike ends for five days
A four day halt at Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal ends after an injunction by U S District Judge Clarence W Allgood. The ruling pauses the strike at least five days while NLRB investigates and a hearing set for August 22 on merits. Local 558 of the IBEW protested non union workers at Baroco Construction.
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Huntsville
Redstone
U.S. Dist
Clarence W. Allgood
Allgood
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Baroco
William J. Rains
Stuart Rothman
Washington
Local 558
Huntsville Building and Construction Trades Council
Rains
Arsenal
Space Agency
Greenhut Construction Co
Moon
Who Brought Down Richthofen At Battle Creek Reunion
Battle Creek hosts a reunion air show with aging World War I veterans including Lt. Arthur Cunningham and Maj. Edward Hinkle. Discussion centers on whether Baron Manfred von Richthofen was killed by Roy Brown or by ground fire, reflecting ongoing disputes over kill confirmations and wartime lore.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Imperial Air Force
Richthofen
Arthur Cunningham
New York City
Lafayette Flying Corps
Cunningham
French Foreign Legion
Air Corps
America
94Th American
Eddie Rickenbacker
Roy Brown
Royal Air Force
Brown
Maj
Edward Hinkle
Truth Or Consequences
N.M
Lafayette Escadrille
Hinkle
Baron Hans Georg von der Osten
Cologne
Germany
No Nose Wheel Sinks C46 Crashes on Miami Runway
Three pilots and a Federal Aviation Agency inspector escaped unharmed after a World War II era C46 cargo plane landed on its nose at Miami International Airport. The plane bounced 50 yards before veering off into the grass, breaking the nose and bending propellers. A spokesman said the nose wheel apparently gave way, noting the C46 has no nose wheel.
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Miami, Fla
Federal Aviation Agency
Miami International
Cosmos 8 Satellite Launch Marks Soviet Space Milestone
The Soviet Union, via Tass, launched Cosmos 8 into orbit as part of a planned Cosmos series this year to study radiation and space hazards. The uncrewed satellite carried multichannel radio telemetry and a beacon transmitting on specified frequencies. The event coincides with a reception for space explorers Nikolayev and Popovich in Moscow.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Testimony To Resume In Nickel Deal Issue
George M. Humphrey's defense of a mult million dollar nickel deal with the government will resume on Capitol Hill after a cooling off period. Humphrey agreed to return before hospital treatment for a hernia sidelines him for weeks while subcommittee probes re-examine testimony and Hanna mining records. Prescott Bush objects to delays and Symington says witnesses will be recalled if needed.
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Washington
George M. Humphrey
Capitol Hill
Cleveland
Senate
Humphrey
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Bult Symington
Symington
Subcommittee
Hanna
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Finkbine Undergoes Legal Abortion In Stockholm
Sherri Finkbine had a legal abortion in Stockholm after doctors said thalidomide likely caused the fetus to be deformed. The Phoenix TV performer and her husband, Robert, sought Sweden's sanction as an Arizona court refused. The operation left Mrs. Finkbine in satisfactory condition and convalescence is expected to mirror a normal childbirth.
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Sherri Finkbine
Robert Finkbine
Caroline Hospital
Paris
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West Berlin
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Checkpoint Charlie
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Ann Pennebaker
Greenville
S. C
Chesterfield
England
Birmingham, Ala
The
International
Reds Fire
Sputnik
By Edwin B. Harkinson
Wit‘nesses
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Hanna Companies
Secretary of the Treasury
By Soren Fogelberg
Stockholm
Sweden
Air Patrol
Sunday Enterprise
High Point Civil
Enterprise Tomorrow
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Enterprise
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