X15 Marks Fastest Manned Flight At 2150 M.P.H
NASA test pilot Joe Walker steers the X15 to 2,150 mph over Edwards Air Force Base, besting Milburn Apt’s 2,094 mph record. The flight from Rogers Dry Lake hit 78,000 feet in four minutes, with future X15s planned for higher thrust and speeds approaching 4,000 mph. Walker said the pace felt intense but not extraordinary and projected eventual speeds to reach escape velocity.
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Apt
Air Force
Milburn G. Apt
Lawrence
Walker
Apts
Joseph W. Rogers
Silver Lake
NASA
Moon Switchboard Connects Scientists Across 480000 Miles
Two scientists from Bell Laboratories and Caltech carried on a moon bounce conversation from Crawford Hill New Jersey to Goldstone California. Voice signals traveled via radio beams bounced off the moon and back to Earth at light speed. The demo highlighted a Bell plan to use satellites for global communications and featured massive dishes masers and horn receivers.
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Holmdel
N.J
New Jersey
California
Walt
William C. Jakes
Bell Laboratories
Crawford Hill
Victor
Jakes
Bell Telephone
Federal Communications Commission
Moon
Gldstone
Boat Capsize in Indus River Kills Dozens Near Rawalpindi
In Rawalpindi region, Pakistan, a boat capsized on the Indus River killing about forty people. Officials reported twenty-one rescues and nineteen bodies recovered with search ongoing.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Indus River
Vacation Pak ad recaps local happenings during vacations
New York AP reports closing averages for six stocks at 213.9, up .5. The item promotes a "Vacation Pak" service offering readers a way to receive all local happenings while on vacation, advising readers to ask their carrier for details and advertising the service.
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New York
Adv
Kennedy Sets Honolulu Campaign Kickoff Sept. 1
Sen. John F. Kennedy tentatively scheduled September 1 as the kickoff for his campaign in Honolulu. He plans a multi city routing from Friendship Airport Baltimore with stops in San Francisco Seattle and Anchorage before Detroit Labor Day speeches and a Des Moines farm conference with Gov. Loveless. The trip includes a possible visit to former President Truman at Independence Missouri and the formation of a National Policy Committee of Agricultural Progress to address farm issues.
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Honolulu
Kennedy
Hawaii
Anchorage
Alaska
Detroit
Friendship
Baltimore
San Francisco
Seattle
Des Moines
Iowa
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Johnson
Truman
Herschel Loveless
United States
Agricultural Progress
Loveless
Congress
Nixon calls for end to race ban nationwide
Nixon pushes for nationwide desegregation while noting it will take time and a new national disposition. He urges that nondiscrimination be seen as a moral universal issue, not just a legal or Southern problem. He spoke in Honolulu after touring Pearl Harbor with Mrs. Nixon and emphasized national security and a strong intelligence service to deter future Pearl Harbor events. He contrasted his stance with Kennedy's on the U 2 incident.
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Honolulu
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Nixon
Kennedy
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Kamehameha
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Bunche Arrives In Katanga As Promise Given
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold sent Ralph Bunche to Elisabethville after promising not to let the central Congo government enforce authority on Katanga. Katanga Premier Tshombe warned U N forces they may have to fight to enter. The U N plans to send initial units Saturday with a multinational task force on standby. Katanga mobilizes all able bodied men to back 500 loyal Congo lese troops under Belgian officers. Hammarskjold stressed the U N force operates independently of Lumumba government and cannot become party to internal conflict. Tshombe and Katanga leaders seek a loose federation with revenue from uranium and copper, while Lumumba seeks a strong central government. Belgian troops will transfer a peacekeeping role to U N forces, but departure is not immediate.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
Ist
Ralph J. Bunche
Elisabethville
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
U.N
Lumumba
Godefroid Munongo
Gaston Eyskens
Brussels
Orbiting Plane Proposed As Earth Satellite
Alexander Kartveli, vice president of Republic Aviation, described a Mach 25 plane that could fly itself into orbit and act as a true satellite. He said the craft could be built within ten years, circle the earth, briefly reach space, and return.
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San Diego
Calif
Alexander Kartveli
Republic Aviation
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
San Diego Union
Kartveli
Kansas and India Not So Different
Indarjit Singh of the Indian government enjoyed a Lawrence Topeka visit noting crop parallels and shared rural traits with Kansas. He compared Punjab to Kansas in climate, crops, and town spread, and marveled at Indian craftsmanship in Kansas. He spoke of modern Punjab, Indian beards on students, and Indian gardens with tomatoes and potatoes.
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Indarjit Singh
Government of India
Kansas
E. O. Stone
Kansas University
Lawrence
Topeka
Punjab
India
Journal-World Photo
George Docking
Singh
Kansas Pioneers
Chandigarh
London
North Lawrence
Tricycle pundits mix up world politics in Elmira survey
In Elmira an AP report recalls a playful survey of 6 to 10 year olds in tents backyards and pools. Kids display fanciful notions of politics and leaders naming Washington Eisenhower Khrushchev and a senator as a loud noise. The humorous responses reflect childlike misinterpretations of current events.
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Elmira
N. Y
Ber
Nikita Khrushchev
Crops Face Decline Without Rain Past Moisture Woes Hit Area
Partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers are forecast for the area tonight and Friday. County agriculture agent Deal Six warns rain shortages threaten corn soybeans and milo, with alfalfa and pastures also at risk if moisture fails to arrive. Temperatures remain in the upper 50s to near 100 as humidity stays high and conditions persist.
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Deal Six
Dorms Reassigned At KU For Enrollment Rise
Kansas University adjusts residence halls as a surge of freshmen, mostly women, prompts shifts. Luther N. Lewis Hall goes to upper class women with 432 beds, Carruth O Leary and Grace Pearson Halls allocated to men. Freshman women will use Corbin and Gertrude Sellards Pearson Halls on North College Hill. Dean Laurence C. Woodruff cites board regulations and dorm flexibility enabling the changes.
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Kansas University
Laurence C. Woodruff
Luther N. Lewis
Carruth- O'Leary
Grace Pearson
Board of Regents
Dean Woodruff
Corbin Hall
Corbin
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
North College Hill
O'Leary
Lewis Hall
Gertrude Sellards
Elm Disease Cases Confirmed In Lawrence
Four new Dutch elm disease cases raise Lawrence total to six for the year and three new phloem necrosis cases bring seven city trees down. City parks spray public trees and urge private property treatment as experts warn no cure exists. Disease signs include wilting yellow leaves and ring-balled sapwood. many nonfatal issues include rust and black spot from aphid residue.
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East 15Th Street
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
R.I. St
Ky. St
Ind. St
Vt. St
Ala. St
Tenn. St
Ohio St
Vernon
Cooper
Park Department
Weather outlook for northeast Kansas Friday with chances of storms
Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a few thundershowers likely in northeast Kansas. Friday highs expected in the 90s, with tonight’s lows around 70. Advertisement by Gene Doane Insurance featuring phone number VI 3-3011.
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Kansas
Gene Doane
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