Soviets Begin New Series of Long Range Rocket Tests
The Tass agency said the first test fired Tuesday into the central Pacific covered 8000 miles under a pre set program. The test aims to develop multistage carrier rockets for space exploration with a dummy instrument module reaching near the target water.
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Coast Guard S kits 20 000 mile search for two racing yachts
The Coast Guard scours a vast Atlantic area from Virginia to Block Island for two overdue racing yachts from the Bermuda race. Vat 69 with six aboard and Carastee with five left Bermuda June 27 and June 29 respectively. Carastee owned by Dr Maxwell Simkin of Great Neck NY. Crew includes Henry Kaflin Dr Charles Hamisch Nat Hammer and George Berry. Vat 69 owner listed as Seth Morrison of Port Washington NY with Arthur Segil aboard Mor rinsons craft.
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Gas mask advised for visitors at Chicago museum rooms
A Chicago museum official warns that a visitor could be asphyxiated if allowed into certain rooms without a gas mask. The rooms contain carbon tetrachloride and ethylene dichloride gases as well as mummies textiles and animal hides at risk from mold or insects in normal air.
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Chicago
Chicago Museum of Natural History
Payola Hearings Set for August 10 in Washington
The Senate commerce subcommittee announced public hearings will begin August 10 on legislation to curb payola and quiz show rigging in radio and television. Chairman John C. Pastore of Rhode Island said the House approved bill to punish corrupt broadcasting practices will guide the hearings.
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Washington
Senate Commerce
John C. Pastore
Pacifist Pastor Faces Scrutiny in Kansas City
Robert T. Adams his wife Ann and five children confront council opposition over his pacifist beliefs after becoming executive secretary of the Kansas City Human Relations Commission. Adams must wait for City Council approval of his salary and status amid protest from some council members about his stance.
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Robert T. Adams
Adams
United Church of Christ
Buffalo
N. Y
H. Roe Bartle
Navy
Ann
Bette Davis Wins Divorce From Gary Merrill
Actress Bette Davis wins divorce from actor husband Gary Merrill in Portland Maine court. Merrill absent to contest and faces 30 day appeal period. Davis awarded token alimony of one dollar yearly and full custody of three children including one by former husband and two adopted by the Merrills.
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Bette Davis
Gary Merrill
Merrill
Spain
Miss Davis
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Merrills
Auto thief steals windshield in Pueblo cold
Lawrence Page started his car in Pueblo and found the windshield had been stolen. The chilly morning prompted his response as police begin investigation.
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Pueblo
Colo
Lawrence Page
Domestic bread and butter issues overshadow foreign policy says Democrats
A Democratic platform draft canvass in Los Angeles shows resolutions committee members expect voters to prioritize domestic concerns like medical care for the aged farm aid housing education and employment over foreign affairs. Inland members emphasize farm policy while coastal members focus on housing and wages.
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Maine
Alton A. Lessard
White House
Rice
Lessard
Resolutions
Seaboard
Agnes Geelan
North Dakota
Quentin Burdick
Kennedy Johnson Test Could Shape Voting at Convention
At the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles a potential vote procedure change looms as a test of Kennedy and Johnson forces. Backstage talks focus on which states may switch votes first on the first ballot to start a bandwagon, with Gov. LeRoy Collins proposing a systematic recognition method and Paul Butler open to alphabetic ordering. Collins argues no rules change is needed and would rely on his own judgment unless the convention adopts a new system.
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John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Collins
Paul Butler
Butler
West Point Names New Superintendent and Plebes
The U S Military Academy at West Point welcomed a new superintendent Maj Gen Westmoreland and 803 plebes on Tuesday. West Point graduate from the class of 1936, Maj Gen William Childs Westmoreland, assumes duties as superintendent.
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N. Y
U. S. Military Academy
William Childs
Westmoreland
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