Tar Heels To Vote Saturday In North Carolina Primary
Campaigning ends as an estimated 450000 to 500000 voters are expected to cast ballots in the North Carolina primary. Key races include Democratic congressional contests in the 8th and 5th districts, a Republican bid in the 9th, and statewide race to face Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. in November.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
A. Paul Kitchin
John Kennedy
Charlotte
Kennedy
Mecklenburg
Charles R. Jonas
Jonas
Lincoln
Ralph Scott
William Z. Wood
Winston-Salem
James T. Broyhill
Lenoir
W. Leslie Burdick
China Grove
Hugh Q. Alexander
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Claude L. Greene Jr
Robersonville
Charles H. Babcock Jr
Costs Rise Two Tents Of Per Cent In April
Washington AP reports living costs rose two tenths of a percent in April setting a record for the third straight month. The Labor Department says consumer prices are up seven tenths of a percent for 1962 through April, matching the total rise for all of 1961.
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Washington
Labor Department
Refugees Mass Flight to Hong Kong Abruptly Ends
Hong Kong halted a mass fly night across the Red Chinese border after 60 000 refugees entered since May 1 British authorities said border conditions were returning to normal and a detention camp was closed They attributed the drop to possible Chinese border action or diplomatic protests and noted little hope for U S admission of Chinese refugees.
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Conrad Fink
Hong Kong
Hon Kong
Red China
Peiping
Kennedy
United States
Khrushchev Pledges Laos Peace Coalition
Soviet Premier Khrushchev pledged to continue efforts toward a neutral coalition government in Laos. He said the Soviet Union would stick to positions stated at the Geneva Laos talks and in talks with President Kennedy. He spoke on radio and TV after a trip to Bulgaria, praising Bulgarian friendship.
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Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Khrushchev
Laos
Kennedy
Bulgaria
Kremlin
Khrushchev cites Laos clashes and U.S. troops in Thailand
Khrushchev says the Nam Than capture in north Laos is a provocation backed by reactionaries and warns such actions lead to failure. He rejects Western claims of Soviet responsibility and notes Thailand troop landings complicate any Laos settlement. Britain and the United States press for a public Soviet statement.
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Laos
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Nam Than
Khrushchev
Thailand
Carpenter Begins Telling His Story
Navy Lt Cmdr Malcolm Scott Carpenter becomes the second American space pilot to orbit the earth. Debriefing begins as he returns to Cape Canaveral for a news conference and motorcade through Cocoa Beach. Carpenter's health is reported excellent after his orbital flight aboard the Intrepid.
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John Barbour
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
Navy
Cmdr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Project Mercury
Cape Canaveral
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa Beach
Air Force
John H. Glenn Jr
Walter M. Schirra
Howard A. Minners
William K. Douglas
Glenn
Intrepid
Sanford Denies Role in Races in North Carolina
Gov. Terry Sanford denied any involvement in primary races ahead of Saturday voting. He refused to predict future action, praised a campaign cost study led by Dr. Alexander Heard, and urged broader small-donor support while noting campaign spending compares to advertising.
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Raleigh
Terry Sanford
Cross Creek No
Cumberland County
Sanford
Alexander Heard
Tthe University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Dr. Heard
Red Ships Near Pacific Nuclear Test Zone
The Defense Department reports three Russian ships within miles of the Pacific nuclear tests area on a large scale intelligence mission. The 3,600-ton research ship Shokal'skiy is the largest, heavily equipped with instruments and a meteorological rocket pad. It is said to have collected debris analysis to glean bomb design and yield information.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pacific
U.S
Department
Astronaut Carpenter May Have Been Dangerously Tired
Cape Canaveral reports indicate Malcolm Scott Carpenter may have grown fatigued and possibly confused during the final orbit of his three orbit mission. Debriefing notes and international ground stations suggest tiredness may explain the shallow reentry and the radio silence before his 41 minute search.
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Vern Haugland
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Earth
Carpenter
Project Mercury Worldwide
Woomera
Australia
Bermuda
Ocean
Scott Carpenter
Carpenter's space flight marks new heroic chapter in Cold War era
Raymond E. Palmer reports Malcolm Scott Carpenter became the world’s latest non communist hero as his Atlas 1 mission completed three Earth orbits. Headlines praise the drama of the finale and the liferaft rescue while radio and press across Europe relay the event, with Moscow hailing U.S. science and Gagarin noting landing miss.
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Raymond E. Palmer
London
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
America
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Carpenter
Space
Iron Curtain
Radio Free
Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Moscow
Valery Lutzky
Moscow Planetarium
U.S
Yuri Gagarin
Japan
Gherman Titov
Gagarin
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