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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1964
Page
4
Saturn 1, the Apollo program’s unmanned precursor, stands 19 stories high and is slated to launch between 9 am and 2 30 pm EST. Officials aim to test the rocket and second-stage guidance as a step toward earth orbit missions and eventual manned lunar landings.
A reported seismic event in northern Yugoslavia shakes four small towns and is linked to a hydrogen powered second stage producing 90,000 pounds thrust. No injuries or further damage confirmed as Belgrade reports uncertainty.
Chief of Detectives George Robles said James Makal, a 32 year old district manager, strangled his wife Martha and two children James Jr. and Martha Lynn with bare hands during a sudden impulse. He then fatally attacked the family poodle, slashed his own throat and wrists with two razor blades and two butcher knives, drank poison, and fled to request police aid. The victims slept in separate bedrooms as the killings occurred.
Leopoldville report says Premier Cyrille Adoula asks UN Secretary General Thant for reinforcements as Congolese forces retreat after attacks on foreign missions. UN forces shrink to about 3,000 as Bafulero pygmies seize areas near the Ruizizi River valley and Uvira. A patrolman reports a man named Makal attempted suicide, now hospitalized in fair condition.
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