Briton Says Russia Dropped Moon Race Citing Cost
Sir Bernard Lovell of Britain's Jodrell Bank says the Soviet Union has halted its moon landing program due to high costs. He notes Moscow eyeing space cooperation and plans to place instruments on the moon and a space platform in orbit for several days.
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Rights Demonstration Plans See Rally Not Capitol March
In Washington Aug 28 civil rights planners abandon a 250000 strong march on the Capitol for a mass rally around the Ellipse and Lincoln Memorial The plan calls a noon rally urging meaningful civil rights and unemployment legislation and invites Congress to witness the demonstration Fauntroy says most marchers will depart the city by 5 p.m If Congress recesses the event may be postponed and a special area will be set aside for members of Congress
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First Woman Named Sears Director
Claire Giannini Hoffman, 98, of San Francisco, named Monday to Sears Roebuck board, becoming the first woman director at Sears and the second with a first in her business career after becoming Bank of America’s first woman director in 1949. She urged recognition of ability over gender in corporate roles.
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Court To Hear Suit Involving Carrier
The Texas Supreme Court set for Oct 22 oral arguments a case to decide if carrier C E Cargile is an independent contractor or an employee of Newspapers Inc. The suit stems from a 1959 collision that injured a Corpus Christi family and killed a boy. The Dove family verdict was $99 165 in Austin district court, upheld on appeal.
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Joint Meetings Between Unions Rail Lines Set
Washington AP Sec of Labor Wirtz announced two joint meetings between railroad and union negotiators in the four year deadlock on work rules. Morning sessions opened as negotiators faced each other across a bargaining table while unions and carriers pressed for progress.
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Navy awards $26.6 million Crusader contract to Chance Vought
The Navy grants Chance Vought Co of Dallas a contract worth 26 575 911 dollars for Crusader aircraft for France. The deal covers an unspecified quantity and is reported by AP.
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Red China near revolt after harsh winter 1960 61
Secret U S documents from mid 1960 to mid 1961 reveal severe shortages of food and basic goods in Red China. Militias protested near Canton and some defected to the army, with regular troops used to quell uprisings. Authorities eased rationing and allowed civilian visits to posts to calm tensions.
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McNamara Holds Brief Bonn Meeting With Adenauer
U S Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara met with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for about 90 minutes in Bonn. The talks focused on military affairs with no messages for Kennedy and no discussion of the partial nuclear test ban treaty or East Germany recognition.
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Sun Simulator Contract Finalized for Houston Center
NASA confirmed a 3.69 million contract with RCA to simulate the sun at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. The work will be split between RCA Service Co. Camden New Jersey and Houston facilities to reproduce solar intensity in space test chambers. An investment agreement between the United States and the British West Indies was signed.
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Ski Kite Ride Ends In Dunking
GRAND HAVEN Michigan AP A North Muskegon youth rode a 14 by 16 foot ski kite 40 miles across Lake Michigan to Milwaukee before high winds and lake swells dunked him and the kite. Rude, 18, was towed by a 17 foot outboard driven by Vern Behm. He was aloft about an hour and a half and planned a night retry.
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Grains Firm as Offers Wane on Quiet Trading
Chicago grain futures show firmer prices as offerings thin on the Board of Trade. Wheat and soybeans rise about two cents in spots, rye up about a cent, other grains small gains. traders cite short covering and export demand with a crop report awaited.
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Buddhists Demonstrate After Body Refusal in Phan Thiet
About 500 Buddhists rallied in Phan Thiet after government officials refused to hand over the body of Thich Nguyen Huong the 23 year old priest who burned himself. Police guarded the march with heavy weapons but no violence occurred as authorities handed the body to the priest's parents for burial to avert further Buddhist leadership influence.
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Deadline For Cotton Plow-Up Studied In Texas
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John White says a committee is studying the cotton plow-up deadline. He will meet the committee likely in Pharr on August 19 and will not issue a statement on the sprout-up date until then.
Pope Paul VI Visits Castel Gandolfo Summer Residence
Pope Paul VI travels from Rome to the Alban Hills for his first trip outside the city as pontiff. He will spend the hot August days at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo.
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