Probe Ordered In Shooting Of Federal Agent
A grand jury will probe the death of Agriculture Department agent Henry Marshall tied to Billie Sol Estes investigations. The inquiry, led by Dist Atty Bryan Russ, aims to clarify any links to Estes and will convene in Franklin, Texas.
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Bryan, Tex
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Dist
Bryan Russ
Franklin
Tex
Ralph Yarborough
Estes
Texas
Yarborough
Houston
Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Atty. Russ
Freeman
Henry Marshall
Marshall
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Will Wilson
Kennedy
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Archbishop calls for destruction of all weapons world wide
Canterbury Archbishop Dr Michael Ramsey urged total disarmament not just nuclear, saying the only safeguard for peace is abolition or drastic reduction of all weapons. He warned unilateral disarmament risks subjugation and argued for a broader path to peace beyond nuclear limits.
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Canterbury
England
Michael Ramsey
Britain
America
Russia
Armed Forces Day Draws Crowds To North Carolina Bases
Thousands visit Ft Bragg Pope AFB Seymour Johnson Cherry Point Winston Salem open houses for Armed Forces Day. Displays include aircraft parachute drops dog shows and a carnival midway with rides and demonstrations. over 2000 personnel participate in parades and reviews across bases.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Ft. Bragg
Pope Air Force Base
Bragg
Pope
Seymour Johnson Afb
Army
Navy
Marine
Kiwanis Club
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Winston-Salem
Carpenter watches orbit mission as parachute change delays launch
Engineers at Cape Canaveral modify the parachute system to ensure safe return for astronaut Malcolm Carpenter. The revamp adds a barostat and rewiring, delaying launch until at least next Tuesday, while Carpenter and his wife Rene may visit the spaceport as the four children may join them.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Rene
Carpenters
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Gunman robs woman in driveway for $2000 in cash
In Asheville, a masked gunman wearing a sheet stock dimmed his head and robbed Mrs. E. C. Harris of $2,000 from her purse in her driveway as her 13 year old daughter Sharon watched. He demanded the money and threatened to kill if not handed over. He fled after orders to drive into a garage failed.
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Asheville
E. C. Harris
Sharon
Whales Beach Themselves At St Simons Island Coast
A school of 17 pilot whales ranging from 7 to 14 feet beached at St Simons Island Georgia. Some whales were still breathing hours after the mass strand. The U S Fish and Wildlife Service offered no known reason for the event. Such mass beachings occur periodically.
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ST. Simons Island
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Palace in Algiers Faces Gunbattle With Extremists
In Algiers the Summer Palace came under mortar and automatic fire as extremist actors clashed with mobile gendarmes. The palace district was cordoned, combat raged, and attackers fled into nearby wooded heights with no reported casualties.
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Algiers
Summer Palace
France
Algeria
Heat Wave Continues In East
Violent thunderstorms with high winds and hail swept widely across the nation, offering relief from the May heat in a line from western Oklahoma to the Great Lakes. Tornadoes touched down near Council Bluffs Iowa and northwest of Wichita Kansas, while McCook Nebraska lost power for two hours.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Wichita
Kan
Council Bluffs
Iowa
McCook
Nebraska
Kansas
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Wyoming
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
New Jersey
Titov Crowned as Pretty Green by U.S. Officials
In Cape Canaveral officials say cosmonaut Gherman Titov is "pretty green" next to American flight veterans. A Mercury Project spokesman notes his limited experience may have spurred motion sickness during his flight. Lt. Col. John Powers adds Carpenter has no motion sickness history and is unlikely to suffer it in his planned three orbit mission.
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Gherman Titov
Project Mercury
Titov
John A. Powers
Navy
Cmdr
M. Scott Carpenter
Powers
Carpenter
Boy Confesses Kidnap Rose
A 14 year old boy who ran afoul of a fake kidnapping case told authorities he staged the act for personal reasons. He was found by an FBI agent about 12 hours after the call and released to his home with no federal charges filed.
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Louisville
FBI
I. D. MacLennan
Sunday Enterprise Promotes Cheerio Camp Plans
The Sunday Enterprise previews Camp Cheerio in its third season with hundreds of High Point youths signed up for a summer camping period. The feature also notes a medical vaccination incident involving a High Point girl and reflects on Lindbergh’s legacy alongside astronauts.
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High Point
Camp Cheerio
The
Sunday Enterprise
Frank Warren
Enterprise
Astronauts Warned Of Magnetic Space Mind Effects
Dr. Robert O Becker, space condition expert at the VA Hospital in Syracuse, warns that magnetic field variations and storms in space may disrupt mental stability. He says strong magnetic fields should be avoided to prevent latent disturbances during missions.
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New York
Robert O. Becker
Becker
Veterans Administration Hospital
Syracuse
N.Y
Why did rocket Centaur flare on first test flight
The Centaur liquid hydrogen upper stage failed during its May launch at Cape Canaveral. Investigations by a House space subcommittee examined design and management issues behind the explosion and delays. Grant Hansen blamed a flawed weather shield design, while Wernher von Braun cited insufficient technical penetration into General Dynamics. The panel questions addressed responsibilities and corrective steps.
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Centaur
Grant L. Hansen
General Dynamics Astronautics
Wernher von Braun
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
General Dynamics
Air Force
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Bland
By Rodney Angove
Secret Army
Guyotville
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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