Gavin Named State GOP Chairman in North Carolina
North Carolina Republicans elevated Robert L. Gavin of Sanford to state chairman unopposed, succeeding William E. Cobb who resigned after admitting a split domestic life. Gavin urged aggressive campaigning for 1962 and 1964 while the party also nominated Louis Hamlin for Chief Justice and Claude E. Billings for insurance commissioner as Osteen predicted a broad 1964 victory drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Robert L. Gavin
Sanford
William E. Cobb
Morganton
Roanoke
Cobb
Pearance
William L. Osteen
House
Gavin
Osteen
Raleigh
Executive Committee
Louis Hamlin
Brevard
GOP
State Supreme Court
Hamlin
General Assembly
Congress
Claude E. Billings
Wilkes County
Billings
Edwin L. Lanier
Charles F Gold
Lanier
Republican Party
William Osteen
Claude L. Greene
Robersonville
Miss Australia Wins Miss International Beauty Title
In Long Beach California on a Saturday night Tania Verstak 21 a refugee from behind the bamboo curtain was named Miss International Beauty Hazel eyed and warm smiling she becomes successor to Stanny Van Baer of Holland The runners up were Maria Victoria Bueno Miss Argentina Ana Cecelia Maruni Miss Holland Rina Lodders and Carolyn Joyner Miss United States of Freeport Kansas.
Kennedy Dedicates New Water Project
President Kennedy arrives in Los Angeles for a 32 hour stay after help and Governor Brown launch a 511 million dollar federal state water project. Crowds greet him at the airport as dynamite blasts mark progress toward the San Luis Dam in the San Joaquin Valley. Kennedy praises progress and salutes Governor Brown amid campaign attention.
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Los Angeles
Kennedy
California
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Los Angeles International Airport
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Laurel van der Wal Roenan
Los Angeles Airport Commission
Jonathan
Los Banos
Merced
San Luis Dam
San Joaquin Valley
West Berliners Angry Over Americans After Fechter Shooting
West Berliners voice anger at U S authorities after East German police shoot 18 year old Peter Fechter near Checkpoint Charlie. He bleeds on the Communist side for nearly an hour while no ambulance crosses the wall. A Red Cross ambulance arrives late on the West side.
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Peter Fechter
Charlie
U. S
Wall
West Berlin
Red Cross
Virginia Dare Birthday Celebrated On Outer Banks
Representatives of the United States and Great Britain gathered on North Carolina's Outer Banks to mark the 375th birthday of Virginia Dare. Gov. Terry Sanford and Sir Edward Boyle spoke during the intermission of The Lost Colony at Fort Raleigh, where the Elizabethan flag was raised alongside the American flag.
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Mantec
N. C
United States
Great Britain
Virginia Dare
New World
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
U. S
House
Paul Green
Sir Edward Boyle
England
Fort Raleigh
America
Eastern To Resume Air Service
Eastern Air Lines announced that full operations would resume September 13 after a strike that halted flights since July 23. President Malcolm MacIntyre warned flights would be cut to key cities and total seat miles reduced, with 4 000 to 5 000 employees not recalled.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Malcolm MacIntyre
Eastern
Macintyre
The New Army Has Old Look
AP dispatch from Fort Benning notes the U S Army trains leaders for any war including nuclear conflict in Europe and low intensity fights in developing nations. Demonstrations show mechanized warfare while questions linger about emphasis versus likely conflicts and the 1147 hours of instruction.
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FT. Benning
U.S
Soviet Union
Europe
Arctic
Khrushchev
Viet Nam
Germany
U.S. Army
Moscow Parade Honors Red Cosmonauts After Spaceflight
In Red Square Khrushchev praised Berlin terms as Soviet space heroes Nikolayev and Popovich were celebrated with honors and a new satellite Cosmos 8 launched. Gagarin Titov and other officials attended a Kremlin reception after the mission covered over a million miles.
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Moscow
Red Square
Khrushchev
Berlin
Soviet Union
Lenin
United Nations
Tass
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Red
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Supreme Soviet
Parliament
Nikolayev and
Popovich
U.S.S.R
Kremlin
Nikolayev
Volga
Black Sea
Queen of Randolph crowned at Asheboro contest
Faye Cooley an 18 year old from Randleman won the Eighth Queen of Randolph title in Asheboro. She will represent Randolph County in the 1963 Miss North Carolina Pageant after winning talent and swimsuit divisions. First runner up was Danese Pierce of Trinity and second runner up Ann Morris of Farmer.
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Asheboro
Faye Cooley
Randleman
Asheboro High Auditorium
Randolph
Miss Cooley
Watt Cooley
Sharon Mathis
Trinity
Randleman High
Miss Randleman
Faye
Cooley
Randolph County
North Carolina
Danese Pierce
J. B. Pierce
Ann Morris
Farmer
James Morris
Ann Daniels
Daugher
Kenneth Daniels
Russians Catch Up In Space Race Critics Doubt
William L. Ryan details Soviet science achievements and figures from Mendeleyev to Tsiolkovsky, noting early rocket work, 1933 test claims, wartime science under Stalin, Katyusha rockets, and the influence of captured German scientists and spies on the space and nuclear programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ryan
Globe
United States
Soviet Union
Mendeleyev
Lomono‘gov
Konstantin Edvardovitch
Tsiolkovsky
Kaluga
Moscow
Pravda
Stalin
A. N. Tupelev
U.S
A. G. Kostyukov
France
West
Germany
Klaus Fuchs
Britain
Bruno Pontecorvo
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Airlift Demonstrates Rapid US Division Deployment
Gen. Paul D. Adams credits Exercise Swift Strike 11 with proving the United States can move a full division by air quickly. The 5th Mechanized Infantry Division, 8,000 men and 6,000 tons, traveled 1,800 miles in 3.5 days using 210 Mats C135 jets from Colorado to South Carolina and back, marking the first such long-distance intra continental airlift of this size and the first use of C135 jets in such a mission.
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Camden
S.C
Paul D. Adams
United States
Adams
Army Air Force Strike Command
5Th Mechanized Infantry
Colorado
Military Air Transport Service
Mats
West Point
Gen. Adams
Seymour Johnson Afb
N.C
Donaldson Afb
Florence
Ft. Carson
Colo
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Richard M. Nixon
Bem Price
AP News
Nikita Khrushchev
Anastas Mikoyan
Quincy, Fla
Joseph Bouie
Blessed Hope
Quincy
Florida
Tallahassee
Alzora Green
Jerome Maples
Arthur Parrish
Joseph Boyle
Mattie Mae Watson
Clearwater
John Watson
Watson
Airlift
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