Wreckage Found of U2 Plane and Pilot at Edwards AFB
The U2 spy plane wreckage and the body of Captain John Campbell were discovered in the Mojave Desert near Kramer Hills east of Edwards Air Force Base. Campbell, 36, from Blasdell New York, was on temporary duty from Laughlin AFB Texas after an unexplained night flight. An Air Force investigation was ordered with no cause determined yet.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Mojave Desert
John Campbell
Blasdell
N.Y
4080Th Strategic Wing
Laughlin Air Force Base
del Rio
Tex
Campbell
Edwards
Air Force
Kramer Hills
Highway 466
S.O
Capsule Snared From Sky In Long Polar Orbit Recovery
In Honolulu a U S Air Force C130 recovered a parachuted capsule after a four day polar orbit tied to Discoverer 38. The eighth such recovery from the Pacific launch area, capsule ejected from Vandenberg AFB after 65 orbits, guiding toward a scientific data collection and satellite refinement program. Captain Jack R Wilson led the recovery.
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Honolulu
Air Force
Pacific
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Jack R. Wilson
Toledo, Ohio
Wilson
Vandenberg Afb
Earth
Vandenberg
Assault Charge Against Man After Hatchet Attack
Esau Byers of Grayson Street was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill after allegedly driving a hatchet into a man who said his wife had been slapped. John Henry Leach also wounded and charged with disorderly conduct.
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Esau Byers
Grayson Street
John Henry Leach
Leach
Ben Ackwith
Fairview Street
S. Main Street
Ackwith
Otis Tyson Jr
Meredith Street
Wayne Sylvester Southard
Cecardo Eliott
Pearson Place
Hoover Street
Sailors emerge from underground shelter after two week test
One hundred sailors leave a Bethesda Maryland shelter after two weeks in an underground test of life after a nuclear attack. Captain David Minard reports no major medical or disciplinary issues among the volunteers, who will undergo further medical and psychological exams before returning to duty.
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Washington
David Minard
Navy
Minard
John T. White
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
Naval
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Fargo
N.D
Picketing of Charlotte Hospitals Over Racial Barriers
Negroes picketed four Charlotte hospitals in a two hour protest demanding full desegregation of patient facilities and staff training. A white man tore up signs during the demonstration at Presbyterian Hospital. About 35 Negroes, including non-students, entered Memorial Hospital without incident and sat in the lobby while others used the cafe.
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Charlotte
N.C
R. A. Hawkins
Johnson C. Smith University
Presbyterian Hospital
Hawkins
Presbyterian
Memorial, Mercy
Good Samaritan Hospitals
Memorial Hospital
Mercy
iGood Samaritan Hospital
Memorial
Students Compete For Hawkins Scholarships At Wake Forest
Sixty one high school seniors from High Point Lexington and Thomasville were named finalists for George Foster Hawkins Scholarships at Wake Forest College. Interviews will be held March 16 and March 23 with about 30 Hawkins Scholarships up to 4800 and one GM Scholarship up to 8000 four year value. Finalists include Stephanie Teague Shela Turpin Robert Dillon Gerald McDowell Ronny Staley Suzanne Everhart Marie Moorefield Charles Bullaboy Walter Swing Kathryn Chapman Linda Helderman Melva Wood.
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High Point
Lexington
Thomasville
George Foster Hawkins
Wake Forest Collge
Hawkins
General Motors
Stephanie Paula Teague
N. Hamilton Street
Shela Camille Turpin
William and Mary Apartments
Robert C. Dillon
Montlieu Avenue
Gerald A. Marin
N. Main Street
Harding K. McDowell
Wesley Drive
Ronny L. Staley
Friddle Street
Miami Sees Driest Six Months Since 1939
The past six months at Miami International Airport recorded only 11.19 inches of rainfall, well below the 25.18 inch normal. This is the driest period since the Weather Bureau began keeping records in 1939, with a prior low of 13.66 inches in 1951-1952.
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Miami, Fla
International access authority proposed for Berlin routes
The State Department urged creating an international access authority to govern land and air traffic between West Germany and West Berlin. The plan covers the Helmstedt Berlin autobahn, Berlin Air Safety Center and related facilities, with powers to fix rules, charge fees, build facilities, and oversee air corridors. The proposal envisions joint oversight by the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union and aims to resolve disputes over Berlin access.
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Washington
State Department
West Berlin
West Germany
Soviet Union
East Germany
East Berlin
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Kennedy
Alexei Adzhabi
Izvestiy
Khrushchev
Rusk
Lord Home
United States
Britain
France
Helmstedt-Berlin
Iit
North Pole Near Hawaii in Pre-Cambrian Times
A science note states that about 500 million years ago the North Pole was located near Hawaii. This paleogeographic claim repositions polar location in ancient Earth history and informs plate tectonics theory.
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North Pole
Hawaii
Divers Probe Icy Lake For Bodies Of Trainmen
Athol Idaho divers searched Granite Lake for the two crewmen who perished in the derailment of the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited. Engineer Jess J. Pruitt and fireman Stephen F. Renner, both Spokane residents, were believed trapped after the Chicago to Seattle route wreck near a snow covered trestle. Rescue efforts faced diesel oil taint and near freezing water as crews worked to recover remains and aid passengers.
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Athol
Idaho
Northern Pacific
Jess J. Pruitt
Stephen F. Renner
Spokane
Wash
Granite Lake
Coeur d'Alene
North Coast Limited
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
Man Charged With Theft Of Narcotics In Doctor's Office
Shelby North Carolina sheriff says Oscar Marion Holland Jr. 31 but unemployed repairman was charged with breaking and entering and larceny in a doctor's office theft that included narcotics and 1121 dollars. Most narcotics and cash recovered footprints linked to him aided arrest and he faces a Recorder's Court hearing next week.
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Shelby
N.C
Earle
Haywood Allen
Cleveland County
Oscar Marion Holland Jr
Holland
Recorder’s Court
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John H. Glenn Jr
Miami
Jarrett
N. Wrenn
Chick
Renault
H. G. Ilderton, Inc
Mae
Pine St
Milton Brown
Minneapolis
Bill Marcelli
Joanne Schneider
Windom
Minn
Elizabeth Felling
Wayata
Mina
Tacoma
Ray’s
Watch Shop
W. Washington ST
Battleground Ave
Greensboro, N. C
N. Main St
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Your
Association
R. T. Amos Jr
Jack H. Campbell
G. E. Hutchens
Henry V. Koonts
W. D. Lee Jr
W. H. Linthicum Jr
Dale C. Montgomery
Owen Reese
A. M. Richardson
Carson C. Stout
Blake Thompson
Piedmont
West Washington
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