Telstar Recovery Seen From Earth Service Station
Bell Labs engineers repaired Telstar after six weeks of inaction by exposing a ground based service station as a scientific laboratory. They traced radiation effects in the decoder transistors and eliminated voltage to allow recovery, restoring live television links across the Atlantic from heights of 592 to 3501 miles.
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Telstar
Bell Telphone Laboratories
Atlantic
Europe
Knowledge and Intellience
Bell Labs
Robert H. Shenman
Henry Mann
John S. Mayo
Eugene F. O'Neill
Alton C. Dickieson
Walter L. Brown
Walter M. Gibson
van Allen Belts
Pacific
Chicago Bears fullback Rick Casares says he passed lie tests
Chicago fullback Rick Casares told the American he passed two lie detector tests taken at the suggestion of NFL officials amid ongoing probes into possible gambling ties in the league. He said the tests, one in 1961 and another recently, found him clean and not involved with gamblers.
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Chicago
Rick Casares
Chicago Bears
National Football League
NFL
Casares
George Halas
Pete Rozelle
Rozelle
Miami Beach
Bears
Chicago Daily News
Senate
Buffalo Grove
Ill
Bert Bell
Bell
Squatters Seize Mexican Ranches Near Chihuahua
Hundreds of squatters recruited from interior Mexico seized five large Chihuahua ranches about 100 miles south of El Paso. Col. Jaime Juarez Munoz said federal troops awaited orders. The action was led by Jacinto Lopez of the national farm and worker union and was declared illegal by Chihuahua’s acting governor. The movement has spread to Durango, including Canutillo hacienda once owned by Pancho Villa.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Chihuahua
el Paso Times
Jaime Juarez Munoz
The
Times
Saul Gonzalez Herrera
Jacinto Lopez
Union Nacional de Obreros Y Campesinos
National Farmers and Laborers Union
Durango
Canutillo
Pancho Villa
U.N. Halts Katanga Advance as Talks Momentarily Loom
U N forces halted their drive at Jadotville near Kolwezi amid a push for peace talks. Dr Ralph Bunche pledged continued action to ensure freedom of movement in Katanga, aiming to avert further clashes and restore unity with the Congo.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
U.N
Molise Tshombe
Katanga
Elisabethville
U. N
Jadotville
Tshombe
Kolwezi
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Special Political Affairs
New York
Moise Tshombe
Bunche
U Thant
Thant
Lufira River
Rogers Hornsby Dies at Chicago Hospital at 66
Hall of Fame right fielder Rogers Hornsby died of heart disease at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He had entered for cataract surgery on December 10 and suffered a stroke five days later. Hornsby, a 22-year major league star, led NL batting titles seven times and played for the Cardinals Giants Braves Cubs, later managing several clubs. His death came after a brief decline and an ordered autopsy.
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Chicago
Rogers Hornsby
Wesley Memorial ‘Hospital
Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Browns
Braves
Boston
Cincinnati Reds
Cubs
Rep. Carl Albert set for release after chest pains
Oklahoma City AP report says Rep. Carl Albert 54 was hospitalized after chest pains and leg cramps at Tinker Air Force Base while awaiting a flight home from the Kerr funeral. Officials said doctors assured no heart attack occurred and he was to be released today.
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Oklahoma City
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Albert
Tinker Air Force Base
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
John Criswell
J. Howard Edmondson
KU Chancellor Wescoe to Receive PTP Citation in KC
Kansas University Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will be honored with a PTP special citation in Kansas City for KU’s pioneering college level PTP work. He will toast at a trustees dinner and accept the award during a two day Salute to Mexico program with Eisenhower and Truman participating.
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U.S
Mexico
PTP
Kansas City
Dwight
Gonzalo J. Facio
Council of the Organization of American States
Wescoe
Facio
Mrs. Truman
Truman Library
Independence
Brighter Days Ahead as Weather Improves in Lawrence
The Lawrence area expects clearing skies and rising temperatures as a cold front glides away. Frigid overnight lows in the lower 20s give way to a Sunday high near 40, with a few sprinkles possible today and slick streets tonight. The storm system dumped 2 to 3 inches of snow in northern Kansas, with ice on trees and power lines near Fairview, but the weather threat has passed.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Kansas
Fairview
Former Presidents Lead Salute to Mexico in Kansas City
Three former U S and Mexican leaders join the People-to-People Salute to Mexico in Kansas City as the two day program kicks off. Eisenhower Aleman and Truman will speak at the Nelson Gallery of Art and attend a trustees dinner with Mexican performers.
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D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Miguel Aleman
PTP
Gen. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Kansas City
United States
Mexico
Sas City
Nelson Gallery of Art
Eisenhower
Aleman
U. S
Independence
Singing Boys
Dirksen Signals Hold Line on Kennedy Spending
Senate GOP leader Everett Dirksen says Republicans will hold the line against Kennedy domestic and foreign spending. He predicts education aid and elderly health funding will be blocked unless spending is cut, and foresees trouble with foreign aid as Kennedy submits a $99 billion budget.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Congress
Kennedy
Dirksen
House
Charles A. Halleck
Wakarusa Volunteer Fire Dept reports 1962 losses and drills
Fire Chief Albert Smith presents the 1962 annual report showing total losses of 13 918 dollars with 12 000 outside the township and a township loss of 1 918. The department answered 27 calls, held 52 drills with eight men average attendance, earned an A rating, and started a Junior Fireman group.
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Wakarusa Township
Albert Smith
Smith
Raymond Vandeventer
Vandeventer
State Department of Fire
East 23Rd Street
Wakarusa
Soviets Bounce Radar Signals From Mercury
Soviet Academy of Sciences says scientists beamed radar signals toward Mercury last summer. The Russian embassy statement notes Mercury was 52 to 54 million miles from Earth at the time of transmission.
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Washington
Mercury
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Academy
Earth
KU Stadium Expansion Underway For 1963 season
The Martin Eby Construction Co. of Wichita began preliminary work on Kansas University's Memorial Stadium expansion to add 6 500 seats and a press box. A C Lonborg says work will proceed under a verbal agreement while contract changes are finalized to a 680 000 general bid.
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KU Stadium
Eby Construction Co
Wichita
Kansas University Memorial Stadium
Mt. Oread
Journal-World Photo
Martin Eby Construction Co
A. C. Lonborg
Journal-World Today
Eby
Lonborg
Journal-World
KU Athletic Department
Endowment Association
Athletic Department
Weather notes for the Northeast Kansas region
Fragmentary forecast hints at a clear night with a low around freezing and a mild Sunday high. Historical figures show yesterday’s high near 36 and low around 30 with a year ago contrast and a long-standing record.
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Kansas
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Wichita Firm
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