Airman Jumps From 103000 Feet Sets World Record
Lt. Col. Joseph Kittinger leaped from a balloon gondola near Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico reaching at least 102800 feet and set a new altitude record. He described a dark sky and a brief free fall before parachute deployment as he spoke at a news conference in Los Angeles.
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Air Force
Joseph Kittinger
New Mexico
Otloman Air Force Base
Kittinger
Los
Holloman
Mis
Pip Kitinger
Orlando
International Air
Joe Walker
el Paso
New Besico
el Pace
Texas
David G. Simons
Minnesota
Soviet Trawler Spotted Near U S Coast Causes Alert
A Soviet trawler loaded with radar and sonar was spotted about 40 miles off the North Carolina coast by fishing boat captains from Oregon Inlet. Navy officials in Norfolk confirmed awareness of the vessel as authorities monitored Russian ships near U S waters.
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Manted
N.C
North Carolinas
Oregon Inlet
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
United States
Dan Lewark
Willie Ethridge Jr
UN Chief in Congo Faces Lumumba Challenge and Soviet Alarm
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold prepared to take Congo crisis to the Security Council as Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba proclaimed martial law and clashed with UN neutrality. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov warned Hammarskjold, while Hammarskjold aides planned urgent Security Council reporting.
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Ey Ros
Nations
Aren Dag _Hammarskjold
New York
Tentana
United Nations
Congo
Hammarskjold
Security Council
Lumumba
Vasily Kuznetsov
Kumetnev
Lumumba Hammarskjold
Pago
Military Missile Shot Is Delayed At Cape Canaveral
The Air Force postponed the 500 pound Slinch Courier T-A satellite launch at Cape Canaveral for at least 24 hours due to technical difficulties. The mission planned a 79 foot Thor Able Star rocket to receive record and transmit ground station messages.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
UPS
Air Force
AbleStar
Deodorant Trial Under Way At Lewter Feed Lots
Lewter Feed Lots manager says the Big D industrial deodorant helps with odors but it is too early to judge effectiveness. The process involves post and cross-fence containers with wicks. the company agent may return for adjustments over the next month.
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Orward H. Lewter
Lewter
Mosquito War Gets 30000 Dollar Federal Grant
Les County will receive about 30000 dollars in federal funds to expand a mosquito control program aimed at preventing an encephalitis outbreak. Dr C A Pigford of the Lubbock City County Health Unit said the crash program will cover 5000 acres, hire additional personnel, rent equipment, and increase insecticide use, extending operations from 3000 to 5000 acres.
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Les County
C. A. Pigford
Lubbock City County
Ang Aes
Pigford
South Plains
Itis
Lubbock
Slaton
Nominee for Korean premier rejected in Seoul
A proposed Korean premier nominee faced official rejection amid political maneuvering in Seoul. The thwarted nomination drew responses from government officials including public health engineer Walter Breed Love and County Davis allies, signaling a tense political climate and shifts in national leadership dynamics.
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Seoul
UPID
as|Lubbock
Walter Breedlove
County Davis
Quake Traps 13 In African Gold Mine
An earthquake-induced rockslide in a Johannesburg gold mine trapped at least 13 miners as 22 were rescued. The workers, mostly Africans, were buried behind fallen rock 2,300 feet underground. Rescue teams worked around the clock to reach the survivors.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Powers on Trial as U2 Pilot. Khrushchev Holiday in Crimea
Francis Gary Powers faces trial as an aerial spy as the Soviet prosecution targets U S foreign policy. Khrushchev holidaying in the Crimea keeps Moscow distant amid the case. Powers’ wife and family await in a hotel room as last minute legal steps unfold.
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Francis Gary Powers
United States
Josef Stalin F
Andrei Vishinsky
Communist Party
Nikita
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Crimea
Moscow
Barbara Powers faces espionage trial as husband chills in death sentence risk
Barbara Powers speaks to a reporter on the eve of her husband Francis Powers's espionage trial in Moscow. She fears the death penalty in the Soviet Union and describes sleepless nights, poor appetite, and the emotional toll of separation since last met in Turkey before his Pakistan reconnaissance flight.
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Aline H
Moscow
UPI
Francis G. Powers
Barbara Powers
Soviet Union
Turkey
Pakistan
Soviet Russia
Washington
Barbara Page
Littlefield man charged in asthma clinic probe
Glen Simmons operated an asthma and hay fever clinic in Littlefield and was arrested on unlawful practice of medicine charges. The State Board investigation began last October after a patient was planted in his office. Simmons says he treated patients from all states since 1932 and claims helping humanity, while bond was set at 1000 dollars.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Ittlefield
Feienstu
Simmons
United States
State Board of Medical Examiners
Glen Simmons
Simons
Leo Littlefield
Littlefield
Lambiy
W. L. Smith
Gwen S. Durrenberger
Houndan
Ivestigatn
Medi
Heavy Rains Hit Northern South Plains Damage Report
Rain fell heavily in the isolated northern South Plains area with 4.50 inches measured by J. H. Angeley at Larbuddie farm. The downpour stretched over 45 miles of FM 303 and six miles of U.S. Highway 70 between Lazbuddie and Earth, flooding one mile of U S 70. Cotton damage under 25 percent, with many squares and some bolls harmed and leaves shredded. Sunnyside Community saw 3.70 inches.
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Bob Horton
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
J. H. Angeley
Larbuddie
U.S. Hwy
Angeley
Sunnyside
Seo Area
Weather map page notes for Lubbock area
Partly cloudy with scattered showers possible in the afternoon and evening. Little temperature change expected. low around 68 and high near 83. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Maximum humidity about 35 percent, minimum around 1 percent. precipitation forecast over the next four hours uncertain.
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Sete
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