Capsule test yields excellent condition for space craft
An unmanned Mercury Atlas capsule survived a severe reentry test in excellent condition. Launched from Cape Canaveral, it was recovered 400 miles northeast of Puerto Rico after 43 minutes, with NASA and Robert Gilruth calling the results satisfactory for a manned orbital mission later this year.
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Missile Test Center
Puerto Rico
Robert Gilruth
Donner
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlas
NASA
Soviets Bow To Pressure On Congo UN Resolution
The Security Council approved a plan authorizing UN force to prevent Congo civil war after Soviet abstention amid Asian African pressure. Tshombe rejected a key withdrawal provision for Belgian advisers. Final vote 9-0 with US supporting. France abstained. Hammarskjold welcomed the adoption and called for more troops.
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N.Y
Security Council
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Council
United States
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
France
Tion
U.S
Leopoldville
South Kasai
Stanleyville
Lumumbist
Britain
China
Turkey
Ceylon
Liberia
U.A.R
Yugoslavia
Lumumba
Hammarskjold
U.N. Congo
Valerian A. Zorin
Wildcat Strike Shuts Down Three Major Airlines
Three of the nation's largest carriers Trans World American and Eastern halted operations as a five day walkout by the Flight Engineers International Union disrupted travel. Token service remained at Pan American National Western and others. Thousands affected in New York Miami and across routes.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
American Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Pan American World Airways
National Airlines
Western Airlines
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Boston
Flight Engineers International Union
Surpluses Earmarked For State Surpluses Earmarked For State
North Carolina will receive 51 carloads of federal surplus foods to support welfare. Distribution will be through warehouses in Butner Salisbury and Asheville with counties picking up supplies. Items include flour corn meal rice lard dried milk canned pork gravy butter dried beans and peanut butter. Contingency funds of 60000 were set aside to cover transport costs. Counties must pay to retrieve the food from the warehouses.
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Raleigh
D. S. Coltrane
Joint Finance Committee
Coltrane
North Carolina
Butner
Salisbury
Asheville
Kennedy outlines 16 priority bills for Congress
President Kennedy presents Democratic leaders with a 16 bill priority list. Top item extends unemployment compensation for idle workers, with House Ways and Means considering it. Other measures include federal aid to unemployed fathers’ dependents, Social Security improvements, a $390 million redevelopment bill, a farm program, Eisenhower budget changes, and water and natural resources legislation.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
White House
Ways and Means
Pierre Salinger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State agencies seek $1.6 million rise in 1961 63 funding
Raleigh AP report: The Joint Appropriations Committee heard requests from state bodies led by State Librarian Elizabeth Hughey and State Auditor Henry Bridges. Total requested by the agencies stands at $1,593,833 above the recommended baseline, with total fiscal 1961–63 spending for these agencies at about $3 million.
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Raleigh
Joint Appropriations Committee
Henry Bridges
State Library
State Department of Archives and History
Tryon Palace
State Art Society
Elizabeth H. Hughey
Bridges
North Carolina House appoints remaining 1961 committees
Speaker Joseph M. Hunt announced the appointment of 20 more House committees to complete the 1961 roster. H. P. Taylor Jr. of Anson was named chair of the Courts and Judicial Districts committee, Dwight Quinn of Cabarrus heads Roads and Highway Safety, with Leonard W. Lloyd, Grace T. Rodenbough, and John M. Hargett named to other chair roles.
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House of Representatives
Joseph M. Hunt
Hunt
H. P. Taylor Jr
Anson
House
North Carolina
Dwight Quinn
Cabarrus
State Highway Commission
Leonard W. Lloyd
Graham
The
University
Grace T. Rodenbough
Stokes
John M. Hargett
Jones
Astronauts Selected For Final Training
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP three astronauts chosen for final training for a manned flight within two or three months John Glenn Virgil Grissom and Alan Shepard named by Mercury project director Robert Gilruth after a successful test firing of a space capsule
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
John Glenn
Virgil Grissom
Alan Shepard
Robert Gilruth
Mercury Project
U S ready to screen Laos aid by neutral watchdog
Washington reports the United States will submit all future aid to the royal Lao government to screening by a neutral nations watchdog commission. Secretary Rusk briefed Soviet Ambassador Menshikov after King Savang Vatthana urged neutrality. 310 million in aid since 1954 Geneva accord supports Lao government.
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United States
U. S
Laos
Savang Vatthana
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Dean Rusk
Mikhail Menshikov
Rusk
Menshikov
Savang
Pathet Lao
Kennedy
Indochina
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Sihanouk
Burma
Malaya
Britain
France
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Percentage Down Organized Labor Loses Ground
Norman Walker reports AFL-CIO leaders acknowledge shrinking union reach as organizing chief John Livingston says unionizable workers enrolled in unions fell from 40 percent to 38 percent over five years. Independent unions outperform federation members, sparking fears of an obituary for organized labor amid shifting work force to white collar roles. Joseph Beirne warns the trend must be reversed.
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Afl-Cio
John Livingston
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Aflcio
Livingston
Executive Council
Teamsters
Mine Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers
Neuse River Flood Stage Seen for Wednesday
The Neuse River is expected to reach flood stage Wednesday after heavy rains across North Carolina. The National Weather Service places flood stage at 14 feet with a crest near 15 feet Thursday and 16 to 17 feet at Smithfield by Friday, as additional rain is forecast tonight. Charlotte logged 2.54 inches of rain in the 24 hours ended 7 am, Raleigh 1.51 inches, and Greensboro 0.63 inches.
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Associated Press
Neuse
North Carolina
Cape Fear
Thankful
Raleigh Weather Bureau
Smithfield
Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Raleigh
Greensboro
Mobilization Ordered in Katanga by Tshombe Government
Katanga President Moise Tshombe announced general mobilization for all able bodied people to resist UN use of force in Congo. Civil mobilization means civilians stay at their posts despite foreign orders. He hinted civilians may be drafted into police and offered Katanga nationality to foreigners who love the province.
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Elisabethville
Katanga the Congo
Katanga
United Nations
Security Council
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
U.N
Congo
Baluba
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