AF Flier Sets Mark In Parachute Plunge From 102000 Feet
Air Force Capt. Joseph Kittinger jumped from a record altitude above New Mexico, falling over 102000 feet in a parachute test. The mission, launched from White Sands, set records for highest manned balloon flight and longest free fall, with data gathered to aid future space escape methods.
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Tularosa
N. M
Air Force
Joseph Kittinger
New Mexico
Kittinger
David G. Simons
Auguste Piccard
Holloman Air Force Base
Los Angeles
M. Set
George A. Post
Aero Space Medical Laboratory
Wright Air Development Division
Dayton
Ohio
New York Markets Close Higher on Broad Stock Gain
AP reports the closing average of 60 stocks at 220.2, up 0.7 points as broad gains lift indices. Investors shifted toward technology and energy shares amid cautious trading and light volume.
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New York
Whites Arrested In Congo Police Move
Leopoldville police swept through homes and hotels arresting Europeans and U N personnel. U N Undersecretary Ralph Bunche helped secure the release of two officers camouflaged as U N staff. Police said several U N people were detained as Lumumba seeks broad UN action.
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The
Congo
Patrice Lumumbas
United Nations
U. N
Ralph Bunche
U.N
Ghana
Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Hammarskjold
11-Nation Council For New Instructions
Satellite Area Schedule for Tonight and Visibility Briefing
The report lists times and altitudes for a satellite pass across the sky from early evening to early morning. It notes positions such as 79 degrees above the south horizon and travel directions northeast south and east, with overhead visibility lasting more than 10 minutes when near zenith. The object may appear as a shiny aluminum-coated sphere moving at speeds over 15,000 mph and is visible to the naked eye.
Car Is Crushed By Huge Truck in Portland Crash
A 35 ton runaway truck failed brakes and crushed an eight passenger car on a hill near a beer truck in Portland. Two teenagers, Rex Gordon Clark 16 and Cathy Kasiba 18, were killed. Survivors included adults and six children rescued with medical aid.
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Portland
Ore
Rex Gordon Clark
Longview
Wash
Cathy Kasiba
Stella
Wasi
Joseph G. Leppert
Pamela
Joseph Jr
Thomas
Robert W. Measneak
Kelson
Herter Urges Stronger Ties Across Americas for Peace
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter called for intensified bonds uniting American nations in peace and progress during his arrival in San Jose for a Western Hemisphere foreign ministers conference. Police prepared for possible Communist demonstrations amid tensions highlighted by a 250 page Inter American Peace Committee report.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Washington
Bogota
George C.marshall
U. S
Alfredo Vargas
Raul Roa
Soviet Union
Caribbean
Inter-American Peace Committee
Organization of American States
OAS
Whiting Willauer
U.S
Powers Family Hopes Soviet Lawyer Aids U2 Pilot Trial
The Powers family expresses confidence in Soviet lawyer Mikhail Grimov handling Francis Gary Powers espionage trial set for Wednesday. Details show grim potential sentences from seven years to death, with the Soviet system restricting access for Powers and his relatives.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Soviet Union
Grimov
Parker
Intourist
Barbara Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
U.S
Fire at Inter-State Oil Co. building in Kansas City
A blaze hit the Inter-State Oil Co. facility in Kansas City Kansas with 16 fire units responding. Thick smoke rose from the scene and no injuries or cause details were reported immediately.
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Kansas City
Kan
Inter- State Oil Co
Island Shawnee
Overbrook Entry Crowned Queen at Richland Fair
Overbrook girl Cathy Blede daughter of Mr and Mrs Harlan Blede will reign over today and tomorrow’s Richland Homecoming Fair festivities. She was chosen Miss Wakarusa Valley Monday before about 2000 spectators. Blede was crowned by Charlie Allbaugh elder statesman of Richland who retires this year after 32 years on Monmouth Township board. Attendants include Helen Hunsicker and Billie Novik. Gov George Docking spoke at the opening ceremonies. Steve Crockett praised the kickoff with the Topeka Quick Draw Club and a sunset shootout planned for the remaining evenings.
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Cathy Blede
Overbrook
Harlan Blede
Richland
GOP to Choose New Kansas State Chairman This Month
The Republican State Committee will select a new state chairman at a meeting just before the Party Council on Aug. 30. State Sen. James B. Pearson of Mission is expected to be named, after steering John Anderson’s gubernatorial primary campaign, a choice Anderson supports.
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Topeka
Republican State Committee
Party
Sam Mellinger
Emporia
James B. Pearson
Mission
John Anderson
Anderson
Pearson
Opening Sept 2 For Area Schools In Douglas County
Douglas County rural schools plan to open Friday September 2 with a four day teachers institute starting Monday. County Superintendent Earl Wilson notes Baldwin Eudora Lecompton and Vinland schools are prepared with only one vacancy. A 180 day term includes Labor Day as a holiday and a district wide enrollment for schooltime accident insurance is offered with premiums 2 to 3 dollars per group.
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Douglas County
Earl Wilson
Missouri University
Ruth Kittle
The
American Book Co
Virginia Reuss
Houghton-Mifflin Co
John Garcia
Lawrence
Garcia
Topeka City
James McConnell
Stanford University
Wilson
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
Vinland
Lincoln
Washington
Delegates Relaxed in Costa Rica at OAS Session
The Organization of American States opened in San Jose with uncertainty over two main items a Venezuelan bid to censure the Dominican Republic and a Peruvian resolution condemning outside influence. Costa Rica’s stability and nonviolence helped keep tensions down amid cautious optimism.
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Costa Rica
OAS
San Jose
Journal-World
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Western Hemisphere
Cuba
U. S
National Theater
Brief Deluge Hits In Afternoon
LawrenceResidents saw a rare heavy shower this afternoon after 2 p.m. with gusty winds and sheets of rain. Earlier rain fell in eastern areas around 3 a.m. and western zones at noon. The storm did little to relieve the parched soil but light showers are forecast tonight and Wednesday with a slight chance of storms. Temperatures reached 91 by 2 p.m. today, with a 72-degree low this morning.
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Lawrence
Special Meeting Set For School Boards
Douglas County school boards will attend an 8 p m meeting August 25 at India School to hear an explanation of the new statewide accounting and reporting system. Superintendent Earl Wilson says the system, patterned after the federal method, will standardize methods across all schools.
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Douglas County
India
Earl Wilson
Wilson
Bigger 4-H Fair Opens With More Entries and Livestock
Early glimpses at the 4-H and Vocational Agriculture Fair show a larger event with about 570 enrollees from 18 clubs and 100 dairy cows plus 80 beef cattle among the livestock. Exhibits span dairy, beef, sheep, swine, poultry, rabbits, and colts with judging by day and arena events at night.
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East 19Th Street
Hundley
Weather overview for Northeast Kansas with showers and storms
Scattered light showers this evening and again Wednesday with likely thunderstorms late Wednesday. Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with a low this night in the 70s and a high on Wednesday in the 90s. Data include temperature readings and rainfall trace for the day.
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Kansas
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Pound
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Martin Hoover
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Journal-World Photo
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GOP
Melvin Mencher
Kansas University
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