Countdown for Atlas Missile Firing Marks Tense Launch Test
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP technicians begin a meticulous countdown for an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile test. The procedure runs 80 pages and 36 000 parts checked remotely from a blockhouse as fueling, valve checks, and telemetry assemble a dramatic buildup before liftoff.
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Force Missile Test Center
F. M. MacNabb
Grasshoppers Threaten Eastern Colorado Crops
Three weeks after hatching grasshoppers moved across fields in eastern Colorado. Emanuel Grauberger, who bought 310 acres near Lamar, reports nearly destroyed alfalfa and onion crops. Officials note 75 percent of the damage and warn the eastern half of the state faces severe risk while landowners and governments share spraying costs.
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Lamar
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A. L. McDonald
Prowers
Clifford Hart
Colorado
Paul W. Swisher
Nuclear Test Announced In Pacific Series
The Atomic Energy Commission announced the tenth detonation in the Hard Tack series at the Eniwetok proving ground. The test occurred Saturday at 3 30 p m EDT and follows two prior detonations on Friday as both AEC and the Defense Department issued terse notices.
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Russia hints participation in Geneva nuclear talks
U S officials interpret a new Moscow note as indicating Russia will attend Geneva talks on nuclear tests starting Tuesday. The message urged a universal suspension but does not make U S agreement on a moratorium a precondition. If correct, it signals a possible Soviet reversal and hope the conference proceeds with Western scientists present.
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Budget Body Will Visit State Institutions
The Advisory Budget Commission starts a biennial tour of state institutions next week. Gov Hodges joins Monday visits to the State School for the Blind and Deaf and the Dix Hill Mental Hospital in Raleigh. The Raleigh area will be surveyed first, then broader trips across the state over three weeks focusing on building needs and other improvements.
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Rebels Hold Sailors Report From Guantanamo Rescue Sought
Twenty nine American sailors from the Guantanamo Bay base were reported missing after a picnic trip off Oriente. National Broadcasting Co. reported overdue from 7 p m as search teams recovered the bus used by the sailors. Cuban rebel activity near Oriente ties to Fidel Castro.
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Guantanamo
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National Broadcasting Co
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Oriente
Navy
Fidel Castro
Moa
Recount Progress Slows in Concord Cabarrus County House Race
In Concord Cabarrus County, the statewide recount of the May 31 House primary advances vote by vote. Bedford Black gains narrow edge over incumbent E. T. Best Jr. as the State Board of Elections orders review and the county board tallies thousands of ballots across three seats.
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Bedford Black
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House
State Board of Elections
County Board
John Sharpe Hartsell
Dwight Quinn
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