Saturday Launch Of Astronaut Still On Schedule
Project Mercury officials push ahead with the Aurora 7 launch of astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter despite unfavorable Atlantic weather. Weather risks center on landing zones near the Canary Islands and Bermuda while Carpenter and backup Cmdr Walter Schirra Jr. remain in top shape for a possible four hour forty five minute flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Project Mercury
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Canary Islands
Florida
Bermuda
Grand Turk _Island
William Doug
Las
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Navy
Glenn
Malcolm Scott Carpenter Sr
Palmer Lake
Colo
Rene
Cocoa Beach
Langley Air Force Base
Cape Area
Ohioans press for Scioto Basin reservoir projects
Herbert B. Eagon led a 25 member Ohio delegation to Washington to seek endorsement of Deer Creek Big Darby Creek and Paint Creek reservoir projects. They urged class No 1 status before the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, citing flood damages forecast above 75 million dollars if no new works are built.
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Washington
Herbert B. Eagon
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio
Scioto
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Deer Creek
Big Darby Creek
Paint Creek
Corps of Engineers
Congress
Alum Creek
Salt Creek
Mill Creek
Columbus
Chillicothe
Scioto River
Ohio Medics Back AMA In Campaign
Ohio physicians reaffirm the American Medical Association stance against government encroachment in medical care. Delegates at the OSMA convention adopted the resolution, with other proposals supporting public funding for mandatory immunization of school entrants against polio diphtheria smallpox whooping cough and tetanus.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Medical Association
Ohio State Medical Association
Space Flight Aides Lost In Air Mishap
An Air Force C130 on a Project Mercury mission crashed near Nairobi Kenya. Seventeen aboard reportedly died. the craft was en route from Bврeaux Air Base France to a contingency Nairobi site. The incident did not delay Malcolm Scott Carpenter's upcoming orbital flight.
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Washington
Kenya
Air Force
Nairobi
Cape Canaveral
Project Mercury
Nairobi-Kenya
Bvreaux
France
322Nd Air Division
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Gusher Reported In Southern Falls Two On Weis Farm
Excitement Rose as Don Weis Oil Co. reported a gusher on the Weis farm near Nickel Plate Rd, estimated at over 2 million cubic feet of gas with oil undetermined. Lucky Strike Drilling Co. completed and capped the well, with gas and oil booms heard after the cap removal. This marks the first well in years in the area, plans set for fracturing Saturday.
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Southern Falls Two
Don Weis Oil Co
Weis Farm
Lucky Strike Drilling Co
Nickel Plate Rd
Smead Manufacturing Co
Laos Situation At A Glance
Armed task force lands in Thailand to defend Southeast Asia from Communist threat. Airlift moves troops toward Bangkok while Laotian royalists flee toward Thailand. U S weighs restoring aid to Vientiane and coalition talks. Regional leaders discuss potential limited military support and neutralist coalition options.
June Draft Call For Four Hocking Youths Induction
Ohio Selective Service issues a June induction call for 505 men. Minimum age to be inducted is 22 on or before June 1 unless volunteering. May call was 468. January high at 1309. March low at 392. Inductions spread across Clinton Fayette Highland Greene Warren Hocking Fairfield Athens Perry Vinton Van Wert Allen Mercer Putnam Paulding.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
Clinton
Fayette
Highland
Greene
Warren
Hocking
Fairfield
Athens
Perry
Vinton
van Wert
Allen
Mercer
Putnam
Paulding
Well-Armed Marines Move To Laos Border
U S may restart monthly payments of 3 million dollars to Laos if the Boun Oum government acts to promote a neutral coalition. Kennedy aides say Gen Phoumi Nosavan faces pressure as U S officials lose confidence in his leadership and seek a neutralist prime minister.
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Washington
United States
Laos
Boun Oum
Vientiane
Phoumi Nosavan
Kennedy
Phoumi
National Union
United
Prince Boun Oum
U.S
Laurelville School Seeks More Classroom Space
Laurelville school faces a classroom shortage and will place one elementary class outside the building next year. The board voted to hire another elementary teacher and discussed sites for a new room, including buildings and church basements, but took no action.
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Laurelville
Escapees Sought Near Cincinnati From Cook County Jail Escape
Law officers pursued three Chicago escapees near Cincinnati with two believed headed south and a dragnet covering Ohio River bridges to Kentucky. The trio, William G. Triplett. Michael Huntington. Paul Muhlig, faced charges including a union leader slaying, Mann Act violation, and synagogue bombing.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Cook County
FBI
Ohio Highway Patrol
Here
Ohio River
Kentucky
Everett Irle
Kankakee
Ill
Fairfax
Illinois
Woodlawn
William G. Triplett
Detroit
Michael Huntington
Paul Muhlig
Triplett
Huntington
Muhlig
Ohio
Stock Prices Slide as Market Dips Amid Profit Taking
The New York market fell midday with the AP average down 1.20 to 240.30 as traders held profits from Monday and Tuesday. High price earning stocks led declines with IBM down 10, Polaroid 8, Xerox 7 while steels and oils also slipped. Downtick broad across industries despite mixed mail order retailers and airlines.
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New York
Associated Press
IBM
Baldwin-Wallace to Get $1.25 Million Student Union Loan
The Housing and Home Finance Agency in Washington approved a 1.25 million dollar loan to Baldwin-Wallace College to help finance new student union facilities in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Washington
Baldwin-Wallace College
White House Ponies Cleared Of Political Rap
Two ponies Macaroni and Tex were cleared of living in luxury amid political fuss sparked by Rep. H R Gross over White House animal staff. The ponies reside mostly at Glen Ora Virginia with stables in Kennedy home country, while a White House gardener oversees the menagerie and daily care.
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White House
Washington
Macaroni
Tex
Caroline Kennedy
H. R. Gross
Lowa
Hosses
Robert Redmond
Pennsylvania Avenue
Glenora
Kennedy Country Place
Virginia
National Geographic Society
Congress
Martin van Buren
Marines Deploy to Thailand Border in Laos Crisis
A 1 800 strong U S Marine task force lands at Bangkok and Don Muang Airport to bolster Thailand's border against Communist Laos. The invasion is approved by SEATO allies and aims to deter rebels as Lt Col Steele leads forces along a 500 mile arc.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Laos
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Vientiane
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Dawee Chullasapa
Klong Taey
LSD
Point Defiance
Navarre
Valley Forge
Don Muang
Mekong
Fred A. Steele
Ventura
Calif
SEATO
Hawaii
Okinawa
U.S. Army
James L. Richardson
Pacific
Saigon
Viet Nam
Paul D. Harkins
Udon
Ubon
Cambodia
Kennedy
Maj
W. R. Affleck
Buford
S.C
Educational TV Arrives in Logan Next Week at High School
Logan High School staff and residents will view Midwest airborne educational TV via Channel 13 from Monday to Thursday. Community Cable Co. installed a converter so viewers need no home set adapters. Programs cover college chemistry biology sixth grade arithmetic music math for gifted students and foreign languages Russian and French. Airing 9 am to 2 pm daily for four days.
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Logan High School
Logan
Community Cable Co
Harold Drake
Khrushchev says Yugoslav relations have improved
Premier Khrushchev told 30,000 in Varna that Soviet Yugoslav ties are normal and even good after prior strain. He cited growing commercial links and readiness to expand scientific and cultural cooperation to strengthen peace. He also voiced optimism for calmer Black Sea tensions with Turkey.
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Varna
Bulgaria
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Black Sea
Tito
United States
Turkey
Salinger and Khrushchev Exchange Amiable Views
AP reports White House secretary Pierre Salinger toured the Soviet Union and heard Premier Khrushchev's views on key issues. He said discussions were amiable and the talks the most useful part of the trip aside from two long conversations with Khrushchev. An exchange of Kennedy Khrushchev TV interviews was discussed but not advanced.
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Moscow
White House
Pierre Salinger
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Llewellyn Thompson
Tennesseean 104th birthday marked with sister visit
Amanda Wolfe Stephenson observed her 104th birthday anniversary in Kingsport while her 102 year old sister Betty Stephenson from Johnson City visited earlier this week. The two were married to brothers.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Amanda Wolfe Stephenson
Ohio Weather Outlook Stagnant High Press Causes Heat
Official Weather Bureau summary reports a stagnant high over Ohio prolonging hot, dry conditions. In Columbus the thermometer reached 90 at 10:30 am, with Wednesday’s high at 95 and overnight low 57. another scorcher is forecast for Friday.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Aus Hocking Valley
Weather pattern brings clear nights hot days across Ohio
Clear nights continue as hot days return across Ohio with no precipitation. Temperatures ranged in the 60s Wednesday night with readings from 60 in Zanesville to 64 in Cincinnati at sunrise. Afternoon temps near 90 with high humidity and light winds. Tonight and Friday show little change.
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Ohio
Zanesville
Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
May Weather Deluges Hit Texas And Midwest Highs
May storms bring wild swings from 90s heat to heavy snow and rain. A mud torrent near Clarendon, Texas swept two people from a pickup, one drowned and the other missing. Winds toppled a farm near Lubbock injuring residents. hail damaged cotton on twenty farms. Reno Sparks and parts of New Mexico saw heavy snow. Chicago and Detroit posted May record highs, with Syracuse reaching 90.
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Texas
Clarendon
Tex
Chicago
Detroit
Syracuse
N.Y
Berlin Elevated Train Derailments Probed
West Berlin police investigate a series of derailment attempts on elevated trains. Concrete blocks used for road making were placed on tracks on several nights, knocked aside, with some trains damaged.
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Berlin
West Berlin
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