Telstar 2 Blasts Into Orbit From Cape Canaveral
Telstar 2 rode a Delta rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral at 6 38 am. Mission aims include a transatlantic closed circuit TV test between the United States and Europe and evaluating the satellite as a successor to Telstar 1. NASA reports good signals and an orbit near the planned path.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Europe
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Telstar 2
U N Security Council to Hold Urgent Haiti Session
The United Nations Security Council called an urgent session for Wednesday at 3 p.m. on Haiti’s complaint of threats from the Dominican Republic. Ambassa dor Roger Seydoux of France presides with ten other members. The United States favors deferring to the OAS and may propose delaying action pending further talks. Haitian Foreign Minister Rene Chalmers warned of a critical situation in the Caribbean.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Haiti
Roger Seydoux
France
Council
United States
Organization of American States
U.S
State Department
Washington
OAS Council
Adlai E. Stevenson
OAS
Rene Chalmers
Caribbean
Two Plead Guilty To Spy Charges
British businessman Greville Wynne and Soviet official Oleg Penkovsky pleaded guilty in a packed Moscow courtroom to spying for U S and British intelligence. Wynne acknowledged active espionage with reservations. Penkovsky confessed with no reservations. The trial drew international attention as prosecutors alleged a wide range of sensitive data sharing.
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Moscow
Oleg Penkovsky
Greville Wynne
Supreme Court
Tass
Soviet News and Photo Agency
U.S
Wynn
Active
Pionage
Penkovsky
Soviet Committee For Coordination of Scientific Research
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Graying
East Germany
Red China
Francis Gary Powers
Radio Moscow
Moscow-Peking
Ianens
Wynne
London
Derek Sinclair
Nikolai Borovik
Three Die in Sub Fire at Groton Shipyard
A flash fire in the aft trim tank of the submarine Flasher under construction at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, killed three workers and injured two, with one in critical condition. Names of the dead were not released pending next of kin notification. The two injured were Stanley Jasczyk and John D. Galluscio, both transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London.
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Groton
Conn
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Electric Boat
Stanley Jasczyk
West Warwick
R.I
John D. Galluscio
Westerly
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
New London
Jasczyk
Galluscio
Absentee ballot bill passes NC House returns to Senate for changes
North Carolina House gave an overwhelming voice vote to a tightened absentee voting bill on third reading. The measure, a Senate substitute, returns to the Senate for approval of House Committee on Elections and Election Laws changes. The session also moved bills on minimum wage, vehicle safety checks, and a state performing arts school.
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N.C
House
Senate
Raleigh
North Carolina
House Committee On Elections and Election Laws
OTT
Joint Highway Safety Committee
Motorlubs
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
N. C. Auto
King leads Birmingham march as 1000-arrest crowd swells
Police arrest Dick Gregory among about 1,000 marchers for parading without a permit in Birmingham. King predicts more demonstrations while thousands remain jailed or in detention centers. Bevel and Walker comment on bond plans as clashes with authorities continue.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mingham
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
Dick Gregory
Wyatt Tee Walker
Gregory
Americans Reported Defect in East Germany
East Germany says a U S Army captain and a sergeant requested asylum after crossing the border. Capt. Alfred Svenson of Scranton Pennsylvania and Sgt. Benjamin Cain of Frederica Delaware are named by ADN as the pair, with the sergeant missing from his unit. U S Army HQ in Heidelberg is investigating.
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John 0. Koehler
Berlin
East Germany
U.S
Lithuania
United States
ADN
Alfred Svenson
Scranton
Benjamin Cain
Frederica
Del
Svenson
Lin
U.S. Army
Hei
Delberg
Antonio N. Svenson
Washington, D.C
Germany
Dependents Ordered Out Of Haiti
The State Department orders families of U S officials in Haiti to depart and urges private Americans to leave. About 220 dependents will be evacuated by Pan American World Airways to Port au Prince, plus roughly 1 300 U S civilians seeking to exit. About 180 American officials remain. Evacuation cited deteriorating conditions and safety concerns, not rising hostilities with the Dominican Republic. A House hearing on Haiti is planned with executive branch officials.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Haiti
Pan American World Airways
Port Au Prince
Department
Dominican Republic
Armistead I. Selden Jr
D-Ala
House Inter-American Affairs
Executive Branch
Francois Duvalier
Paice
Municipal voting continues in North Carolina primaries
The Associated Press notes ongoing municipal elections across North Carolina with contests in High Point Charlotte Winston Salem and other towns. Mayors and councils change hands in multiple cities including Maxton Elkin Cornelius Glen Alpine Drexel and more.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
High Point
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Carson Stout
Floyd Mehan
Stan Brook
Mers C. Morrison
Maxton
Elkin
George Isenhour
Ben Byers
Cornelius
Glen Alpine
Crawford Melton
Drexel
Carl N. Baker
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