Kennedy Says Orbit Sets Pace for Space Age
President John F. Kennedy lauds John Glenn and the Friendship 7 flight as proof the United States leads in space, predicting an era rivaling Columbus and Magellan. Event sales topped 3,000 tickets with gross proceeds around 300,000 dollars for campaign committees backing Sen George Smathers.
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John H. Glenn Jr
United States
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Magellan
Francis Drake
Kennedy
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Couneel
John Glenn
Friendship 7
Nial
George A. Smathers
Jackie Feted By Italians At Rome Renaissance Palace
Jacqueline Kennedy, in a white gown with a black bodice, was feted by Italian nobility at a Renaissance palace in Rome on her first day there. The First Lady arrived in rain with her sister and was greeted by President Giovanni Gronchi and Romani officials, as photographers swarmed the gates near Piazza Venezia.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
U.S
Donna Carla Gronchi
Italy
Quirinal Palace
Kennedy
Rome
America
India
Pakistan
Dino Pecci Blunt
Harvard
Piazza Venezia
Benito Mussolini
Giovanni Gronchi
Mrs. Kennedy
Beaches Begin To Rebuild After Devastating Winter Storm
Mid Atlantic coast states start rebuilding after the worst winter storm in memory. Federal and state funds will aid the effort as 38 deaths are reported and 11 people remain missing. Damage may reach 200 to 300 million dollars across six states. Local officials assess the havoc while residents begin cleanup and reconstruction.
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Associated Press
mid-Atlantic Seaboard
New Jersey
North Carolina
New York
Albert D. O'Conner
Regency Planning
Ashley Jenkins
Henlopen
Rehoboth Beach
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Teaching Challenge Learning How To Learn
Ralph W. Tyler urged the National Science Teachers Association to shift science teaching from fact memorization to inquiry based learning. He called for students to learn how to raise questions conduct investigations and judge evidence. The National committee has $20 million to develop modern high school courses.
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San Francisco
Ralph W. Tyler
Tyler
National Science Teachers Association
Association
Center For Advanced Study In the Behavioral Sciences
Stanford
Calif
Dynamite in the Cities Aims at Disadvantaged Youth
A Chicago New York article examines urban efforts to rescue disadvantaged children through schooling and guidance programs. Ruth and Nellie illustrate how school intervention can convert neglect into hope, with New York City and Detroit programs highlighted as models, despite limited reach.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Ruth
Harlem
New York
George Washington High School
Nellie
Chicago
United States
Kansas City
Detroit
Cleveland
Washingben
New York City
Rusk Seeks Disarmament Accord in Geneva Talks
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrived in Geneva for East West negotiations under Kennedy orders to pursue disarmament. He will meet German and British ministers, seek broad West lines on disarmament and nuclear testing, Berlin, and European security, with a dinner to discuss thawing the cold war.
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U.S
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Britain
Lord Home
Gerhard Schroeder
Lausanne
Rusk
Berlin
Germany
Valerian A. Zorin
Vladimir Semenov
Washington
Graf Ta22
Paris Bomb Blast Kills Three as Tense City Reacts
A parked truck loaded with bombs exploded on a busy Paris street, killing two policemen and a priest and injuring about 50. A 5,000 strong march denounced the OAS murderers as security forces brace for possible rightist violence, amid Algerian ceasefire talks in Evian and ongoing turmoil in Algeria.
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OAS
Roger Frey
Evian
Algeria
Aloo Ae
Hazardous Fallout Is Minimized
New York AP reports the United States plans atomic sky tests over the Pacific this spring. Dr. Lawrence Kulp of Columbia University says fallout fear is greatly exaggerated, noting dry Denver would expose residents to far more natural radiation than test fallout in a year.
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New York
United States
Pacific Ocean
J. Laurence Kulp
Columbia University
Denver
U.S
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Shortages In Food Admitted By Soviet Leaders
Soviet leaders admitted shortages in grain meat and milk and called for a complete reorganization of agriculture to raise output. Premier Khrushchev urged unproductive farmers to make 1962 a turning point in solving the country’s agricultural problems.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Central Committee
Khrushchev
Izvestia
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Russians Use Metal Strips to Confuse Berlin Air Traffic
Berlin witnesses report Russians deployed metallic strips in Berlin air corridors to clutter radar displays. Western air force officers call it a nuisance, not a danger, noting radars can distinguish chaff from actual aircraft after two hours of affected approaches Friday.
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Berlin
Advance Notice Of Blasts In Pacific Nuclear Tests
The story notes that high altitude detonations in the next Pacific test series may prompt advance public notices to warn shipping and aviation. It recalls Hawaii witnessing a 2000 mile distant flash in 1958 and describes the extreme brightness and eye protection required for near observers. Detonations could reach altitudes of 100 miles or more if no controls are agreed.
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Eniwetok-Bikini Proving Grounds
Hawaii
U.S
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