Discoverer XIX Takes Earth's Temperature From Orbit
Discoverer XIX launched from Vandenberg AFB to measure the earths heat radiation in a 93 minute polar orbit. The 81 foot booster carried a 25 foot second stage into space to power a diagnostic mission for future MIDAS missile defense using infrared sensors. Eight to twelve MIDAS satellites would blanket the globe to provide early warning within about 30 minutes of an atomic strike.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Midas
Earth
Globe
Russia accuses U S destroyer of mock attack in Mediterranean
Moscow says the U S radar picket destroyer Corry ident No B17 conducted an hour long mock attack on the Soviet freighter Faleshty en route to Odessa from Marseille on Nov 4. The freighter halted its engine to avoid a collision at 70 80 meters as the destroyer closed in.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Mediterranean
Corry
Faleshty
Odessa
Marseille
France
U. S
Kennedy selects Roswell Gilpatric as deputy defense chief
President elect John F Kennedy names Roswell Gilpatric to be deputy secretary of defense at the Pentagon. Gilpatric, 54, is a New York lawyer and former Air Force undersecretary, set to work under Robert McNamara. The choice comes as Kennedy begins budget planning amid a business slump.
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Palm Beach, Fla
John F. Kennedy
Roswell Gilpatric
Air Force
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Gilpatric
New York
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Defense Establishment
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Joint Congressional
Defense Department
National Defense
Yale
Yale Law Journal
of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
The
Aerospace Corp
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
Rockefeller
New York City
Navy's Wood Scaffolds On Carrier Criticized
A Navy Court of Inquiry spent three hours reviewing the Constellation fire before testimony. The blaze killed 48 workers, caused $75 million damage, and delayed completion by at least a year. Fire officials criticized wooden scaffolding and urged metal substitutes. controversy centers on safety aboard ships under construction.
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New York
Naval Court of Inquiry
Bernard L. Austin
Schuyler N. Pyne
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Constellation
Washington
Navy
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Fire Department
City Pier
Cavanagh
Roommate To Take Kennedys Senate Seat
Benjamin A Smith a 43 year old former Harvard roommate of President elect Kennedy has been tapped to fill the remaining two years of Kenndy’s Senate term. Governor Foster Furcolo announced Smith’s appointment saying Kennedy suggested it Smith will resign Jan 3 and Smith takes over the same day giving him seniority as a new senator Smith declines to discuss long term plans Smith is a Gloucester businessman former mayor and Navy veteran with ties to Kennedy and Harvard.
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Cavanagh
Navy
Boston
Benjamin A Smith I
Harvard
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate
Smith
Palm Beach
Fla
Furcole
U. S. Senate
Winthrop House
Torbert H. MacDonald
Massachusetts
Pacific
Congo
China
Eisenhower
Africa
Tibet
United States
Korea
Adlai E. Stevenson
Wadsworth
Nelson Plans To Upset GOP Economy Issue In Wisconsin
Madison reports Gov. Gaylord Nelson told Democratic leaders that the legislature will face trimmed agency spending requests to blunt Republican plans to squeeze the economy issue. He floated a new budget about 90 million dollars above current appropriations, with total agency requests near 118 million more, a historic half billion for the first time. He signaled tax measures to finance the rise, but offered few details and remained silent on the Blue Ribbon tax reform. The plan targets higher education, local school aid, welfare, and urban affairs as Republicans control both houses.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
William Fairfield
Blue Ribbon
Tax Advisory Commission
Wisconsin
Tugboat Rescue Underway After Tanker Split Off Cape Hatteras
A 10,417 ton American tanker Pine Ridge broke in two in violent seas off Cape Hatteras. Coast Guard reports crew in water or clinging to the stern with 37 aboard per Coast Guard, 39 per New York agents. Navy ships including Valley Forge and Destroyer Squadron 28 head to scene. Coast Guard cutters and a plane deployed. Liberian ship Melika also moving toward the distress position.
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New York
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Coast Guard
Pine Ridge
Keystone Shipping Co
Wilmington
Del
Navy
Valley Forge
Norfolk
Melika
UN approves Congo operation funding amid Soviet opposition
The United Nations General Assembly approved a plan requiring all members to share the $48.5 million Congo operation cost despite Soviet opposition vowing to refuse any payment. The assembly authorized up to $24 million for the first quarter of 1961 and adjourned for an 11 week recess.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
U. N. Congo
Soviet Union
Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Last Auschwitz commander Baer captured in Germany
Richard Baer, Auschwitz’s last commandant, was arrested near Hamburg and brought to Frankfurt in handcuffs to face charges of murdering Jews at the camp and during a 1945 retreat. He had been living under an assumed name as a master lumberman.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Richard Baer
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Baer
Auschwitz
Dassendorf
Hamburg
Rudolf Hoess
Hoess
Heinz Wolf
Onetime Mayo Headquarters In Rochester Burns
A landmark Damon Hotel in Rochester burned early today, destroying the three story brick building once used as Mayo brothers headquarters. The vacated structure dated back 75 years and was being demolished for Mayo Clinic packing facilities. No other major damage occurred nearby.
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Rochester, Minn
World Medical Center
Damon Hotel
Mayo Brothers
Mayo Clinic
Kahler
Midwest Storm Blasts Nation With Bitter Cold And Snow
The Associated Press reports a fierce winter storm sweeping from the eastern Rockies to the Northeast with subzero readings from the Northern Plains to Illinois and Michigan. At least 16 deaths are linked to the storm as much of the Midwest and East faces heavy snow, travel disruption, and school closures.
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Rockies
Plains
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Missouri
Midwest
Wisconsin
Iowa
Huron
S. D
Willston
N.D
Lower
North Central
Midlands
Texas
Gulf
Aberdeen
S. C
Rockford
Chicago
Midway
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
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Russia
Hobe Sound
Dillon
David F. Bell
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Elmer B. Staats
Minneapolis
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Carrier
Aster
Navy Yard
Ee Carrier
Ewan
Term. Smith
Gloucester
Ipswich Bay
Merchants Box Factory
Cape Ann Fisheries Inc
United Fisheries Co
Gloucester By-Products Inc
Gloucester Community Pier Association, Inc
Big State
Democratic City Committee
Barbara Mechem
Lake Forest
Illes
T Sacred Heart Catholic Church
South Carolina
Kansas
GOP
General Assembly
Max Harrelson
99-Nation Assembly
Khrushchev
Hammarskjold
Neumann
Prince Bismarck
Sion
A. A. Roshchin
Security Council
United Nations Command
NATO
Valerian A. Zorin
James J. Wadsworth
United Nations
Hammare Skjold
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Geria
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Harold Macmillan
Nehru
Sukarno
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Tito
Mayo
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Associated Press
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Newark
N.J
Maryland
Indiana
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Columbus
Cleveland
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North Carolina
Trenton
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