Ocean floor photos hint at debris from Thresher tragedy
Oceanographers at Woods Hole report photographs from the Atlantis II showing possible debris on the seabed where the nuclear submarine Thresher and 129 sailors are believed lost during a deep sea test east of Boston on April 10. Dr. Paul M. Fye notes objects not yet identified and says Navy experts are reviewing the images at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Woods Hole
Mass
Paul M. Fye
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Boston
Atlantis II
Fye
Navy
Navy Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Fateful warning on pesticides sparks Senate hearing call
President states uncertainty on pollution effects while the Science Advisory Committee reports 150 Americans die or are injured yearly from pesticide misuse. The panel urges faster federal action, stronger laws, and wiser chemical use to protect people and wildlife. Secretary Freeman supports stronger pesticide regulation. In California 1959 data show 1100 workers sickened. Rachel Carson calls the report strong and objective in Philadelphia television interview.
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Fated
Senate
Weisner
Wiesner
White House
Congress
Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
California
Rachel Carson
Philadelphia
Italian scientist Martelli held for trial under Secrets Act
Giuseppe Martelli an Italian born nuclear scientist appeared at a Southend England preliminary hearing after the British government requested he be held for trial on official secrets act charges. London said officials believed he was a Soviet spy and arrested him last month before he could act.
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Guiseppe Martelli
Southend
England
Picketing Resumed In Greensboro Theatres Cafeteria Desegregation Efforts Continue
In Greensboro North Carolina anti segregation picketing resumed this morning by Woman's College students targeting the S and W Cafeteria and two theaters with separate seating. The prior large demonstration Tuesday night led to about 220 arrests on trespass charges. Leaders vowed to persist until establishments open to both races, while stressing nonviolence despite possible community curb.
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N. C
Woman's College
North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College
A&t College
S&w
North Carolina
Guildford
Quaker) College
William Thomas
A&t
Thomas
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Russian Executed In Moscow
Moscow reports that Oleg Penkovsky was executed under the sentence from the spy case trial that also involved Greville Wynne, a British businessman. Wynne, aged 44, received eight years in confinement after contending he was duped by British intelligence into serving as a courier.
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Tass
Oleg Penkovsky
Greville Wynne
Wynne
Penkovsky
Sotwo
Senate To Vote On Debt Limit
Senate leaders plan a debt limit raise bill before the current lid of 305 billion is breached. The House passed the measure 213 to 204, with Republicans and conservative Southern Democrats in strong opposition. Democrats expect a tight Senate vote and debate over spending restraint and potential automatic drop to 285 billion on July 1 if action stalls.
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Edmond Lebreton Washington
Senate
Treasury
House
Congress
Kennedy
North Carolina Absentee Ballot Bill Enacted by Senate
A bill to curb absentee ballot abuses in North Carolina was enacted after Senate approval of House changes. The measure requires county boards of election to meet in public to process applications. The House amendment allows in person applications at the board of elections, replacing prior mail only rules.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
House
Lan
Board of Elections
Splashdown in Pacific Is Expected for Cooper Flight
Mercury control cleared Cooper for a full 22 orbit run aboard Faith 7 with a planned Pacific splashdown about 6 23 p m Midway time, 80 miles southeast of Midway Island. Recovery carrier Kearsarge waited in the area as Cooper photographed sun dust halo and prepared for descent.
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Cape Ae
Watt Cooper
Pacific Ocean
Mercury Control Center
Cooper
Shanghai
China
Pacific
Midway Iland
Midway
Kearsarge
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Mindszenty Agreement Reached For Cardinal's Exit
Budapest reports indicate the Vatican the United States and Hungary's communist government have reached a deal to permit Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty to leave for Rome. High Vatican sources expect him in Rome soon to take a senior Vatican post. The pact could ease US Hungary ties and improve Vatican-Hungarian relations. Details are not confirmed.
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Budapest
Hungary
Vatican
United States
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Rome
U.S
Cooper Wife Plans Hawaii Reunion After 22 Orbit Flight
Mrs. Gordon Cooper began preparations to fly to Honolulu to join her husband at the end of his 22 orbit space mission. A Houston spokesman said the trip followed green light for the full 22 orbits and a reunion in Hawaii where the couple were married.
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B. F. Kellum
Houston
Tex
Gordon Cooper
Hawaii
Honolulu
Coopers
Cooper
Cooper family watches Faith 7 launch from Houston home
Mrs. Cooper and her two daughters woke early to follow the launch of her husband’s Faith 7 capsule from Cape Canaveral. The family viewed the near perfect blastoff on four TV sets at their 25 mile east Houston home, then hosted astronaut wives after the launch.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Fla
Houston
Orbit by Orbit Cooper Flight Chronicle
Cape Canaveral reports Gordon Cooper’s Mercury-Atlas 9 mission with staggered milestones. Liftoff at 8 04 a m EST yields first televised images at 8 18 a m as Cooper shares thrills with Grissom and mentions earth haze and Glenns fireflies. He logs sightings over California and Australia and describes releasing a flashing light sphere to aid distance judgments.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Earth
Cooper
Virgil I. Grissom
Guaymas
Mexico
John H. Glenn Jr
Perth
Australia
California
Mercury
Trudy Cooper
Log Of Space Flight Narrative From Mercury Mission
Chronology shows Cooper reporting sunlit glimpses and electrical use below plan. He attempts a balloon inflation failure orbit to inflate a weather device, cabin temp at 67 degrees, rest periods, and sleep as he passes Coast Sentry near Japan.
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Mercury Control
Cooper
Hawaii
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