Douglas Jetliners Order Boosts Employment Outlook
Douglas Long Beach plant received orders for seven more DC jetliners from National Airlines. Delivery to Miami based carrier starts this October at about 5.5 million dollars per plane. Douglas warns some layoffs likely despite expected favorable employment effect. Separately Santa Monica HQ announced a 11.6 million Genie air to air missile order for delivery through 1962 to replace inventory motors and parts.
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Millions hail Yuri as space hero in Moscow welcome
In Moscow crowds cheered Yuri Gagarin as he returned with Khrushchev. The city lauded the cosmonaut as a space age Columbus amid a near riot in Red Square and at the Lenin-Stalin mausoleum. Khrushchev fought tears as dignitaries stood with Gagarin.
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Moscow
UPI
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Red Square
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Yen
Gagarin
Khrushchev
Soviet Promises Open Forum On Space Flight Details
Soviet officials in New York said they would answer questions about space flight though some technical aspects may remain secret. Yuri Gagarin’s orbit and descent described, Khrushchev hailed him as a space Columbus, with massive Red Square celebrations and receptions following the historic flight.
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New York
U. & Space
Rescue of Marine Merchant crew amid 15-foot seas and snow
The British tug Daru and American tanker Esso Raleigh guided through heavy seas to rescue the crew of the 17-year-old converted Liberty ship Marine Merchant. London veteran M. R. Charnock praised the saved crew as the Daru nearly swamped but persisted through the seas to pick up the lifeboat.
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Brown Suggests Possible Property Tax for Community Colleges
Sacramento Gov Brown says California may need a statewide property tax as a last resort to fund expanding junior colleges, while opposing Sen Miller Jr.'s bill to levy LR cents per $100 to raise state contributions from about 27.3 million. He stressed broader educational reform and funds for the system.
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Dictionary jumble hints at weather desk banter
Weatherman's assistant types monthly reports while WM forecasts cloudiness then sun. The puzzled aide asks about the dictionary, and WM notes spelling words helps neither unless he already knows them.
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Eisenhower comments on space race and politics
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told reporters in San Bernardino that the USSR’s space effort is not alarming. He noted the 1955 start of American satellite talk, and he declined to discuss individuals while distancing himself from the John Birch Society and Communist fears.
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One Cent Mail Rate Hike Urged
Washington reports Postmaster General Day urged Congress to raise postal rates to fix a $741 million deficit for 1962. The plan matches Kennedy proposals, lifting first class letters to five cents, air mail to eight, regular postcards to four, and air mail postcards to six, with higher rates for magazines papers and small parcels.
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Independent West German governs coal in Eich Mann appeal
The fragmentary text references independent West Germany, Eisenhower, space conquest defeat claims, and names such as Drew Pearson. It appears as a jumbled OCR snippet with no clear event or context to establish a coherent news item.
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Mann
Ronn Tegume
Dwiahr Eisenhower
America
Space
Drew Pearson
Pape
Jury Verdict in Police Bribery Probe Reaches Verdicts
Jury takes seven days to reach verdict convicting Harry P. Fiith Jr and James A. Thiele on five counts each of soliciting officers to commit extortion and bribery and of conspiring to commit such offenses. They were acquitted on three sanitation counts. Thiele was also found innocent of a bribery charge.
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Harry P. Fiith Jr
James A. Thiele
Thiele
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Albert C. S. Ramsey
Los Angeles
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Frank Hogan
Richard Baden
Finch
Ramsey
Nepiny
Joe Carr
Carr
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Garland
Signs of Strength Seen in Economy in March
Washington reports signs of a firmer economy with a modest rise in the Federal Reserve Board index of industrial output from recession levels. The Labor Department notes unemployment benefits declined for the sixth straight week ending April, with initial claims dropping 89,100 to below three million for the first time since December. Private housing starts climbed in March to 1.285 million dwellings, with gains in both single and multifamily units, suggesting continued housing activity amid other improving indicators.
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