High altitude nuclear test over Johnston Island observed
Reports describe a megaton scale device detonated aloft on a Thor booster at Johnston Island, with an altitude of hundreds of kilometers. Officials say the blast affected the ionosphere and possibly the Van Allen belts, while observers in Hawaii reported a vivid sky display and enhanced radio disruption.
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Task Force 8
Hiroshima
U.S
Johnston Island
Hawaiian Islands
Johnston
Joint Task Force 8
Pearl Harbor
Earth
Japan
Pacific
Race crash on U S 301 leaves drivers seriously hurt
Eight also of Washington is in critical condition at Casualty Hospital. State troopers say a convertible and a late model sedan raced northward past them at over 100 mph near the Maryland line. The sedan leading the race fled the scene after the crash.
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Washington
Robert G. Grimes
Rodney Proctor
U.S. 301
Maryland 5
T.B
Grimes
Salvatore J. Palazzolo Jr
Lexington Park
Casualty Hospital
Man Crashes Through Candy Store Window
Joseph Martucci, 22, ran from rain into a candy store and smashed through a 6 by 4 foot plate glass window. He received treatment at a hospital for minor cuts.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Martucci
Red Skelton Daughter Falls From Horse in Las Vegas
Valentina Skelton, 15, daughter of comedian Red Skelton, was thrown from a horse in Las Vegas, suffering severe facial cuts. Doctors operated for two hours and stitched about 30 wounds around the mouth, she is reported in fairly good condition.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Valentina Skelton
Red Skelton
Miss Skelton
Kennedy welcomes Berlin duty guardsmen home at Andrews
President Kennedy greeted the first Air National Guardsmen to return as a unit from Berlin duty in Germany. One hundred guardsmen from the 101st Aircraft Control and Warning Flight based in Worcester and New York landed at Andrews Air Force Base in two batches. Secretary Zuckert and Gen. LeMay welcomed the unit, with most troops from New York and others from Florida Washington Kentucky Arizona and Texas.
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Washington
Kennedy
Air National
New York
Andrews Air Force Base
Hyannis Port
Mass
101St Aircraft Control and Warning Flight Outfit
Worcester
152Nd Tactical Control Group
Berlin
Zuckert
Gen
Curtis E. Lemay
Air Force
U.S
Florida
Kentucky
Arizona
Texas
Rock Island Target of Red China Attack
KAOTENG ISLAND off China could be the first target if Red China attacks the Formosa Strait in summer. A KP telephoto view shows new gun positions opposite Nationalist forces as Kaoteng sits near Lo-yan Bay with rock fortifications and ample supplies ready for months without resupply.
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Rock Island
Forrest Edwards
Kaoteng
China
Red
Red China
Huangchi Peninsula
Lo-yan Bay
Lo-yan
Matsu
Im aginative Merchandising Clinic and SRIA Banquet
HEALTHY zure Assn and the National Retail Furniture Assn host a clinic on Imag inative Merchandising In Your Community in the East Conference Room. The session ends Tuesday afternoon. Tonight the High Point Furniture Club hosts a dinner at Emerywood Country Club. Tuesday night the SRIA market banquet is in the Sky Room of the exposition building with W Henry Cheadle speaking on The High Cost of Low Planning.
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Zure Assn
National Retail Furniture Assn
East
Exposition Building
High Point Furniture Club
Virginia - Carolinas
Emerywood Country Club
W. Henry Cheadle
Shelter Space Sufficient for 50 to 60 Million
Civil defense official William P. Durkee said the U S plans to provide 235 million shelter spaces in homes schools transit facilities and workplaces by 1967 to protect 50 to 60 million people from nuclear fallout. New York City civil defense head Robert E Condon affirmed ample local shelter capacity.
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New York
William P. Durkee
Office of Civil Defense
Durkee
National Association of County Officials
Robert E. Condon
New York City
Civil Defense
New durable beauty resists flakes chips leaks and streaks
The product promises lasting performance with no peeling paint and minimal maintenance. It positions itself against rivals facing joint leaks and surface wear, suggesting lasting value for owners seeking worry free upkeep.
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Austrian Medical Association
Vienna
Fore
Task Force
Germany
the Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Family Security
Cheeck-Up
G. E
Pete” Schultheiss
D. Brantley
Hucks
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Madison Avenue
N.Y
Investors Guide
Schenley
Atlantic Refining
Abbott Laboratories
Mr. Shulsky
Peikantang
Barton’s
Bartons
Conventural
Lugano
Switzerland
Cecil
Rexall
N. Main ST
Direct and Save High Sale Commission
FHA Financing
Mayd Metal Awning Co
Wholesale and Retail Mfg
P. O. Box
North Carolina
Murphy
Manteo
N. C. Travel Council
Dry County
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