Anniversary Of Carlsbad Underground N Blast
Newsmen tour the Project Gnome chamber near Carlsbad to mark the anniversary of the first peaceful nuclear detonation. AEC and Lawrence Lab. will describe blast effects, water recovery, oil shale use, ore mining, power generation, and civil engineering potential.
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Avalanche Journal
Carlsbad
Edward Teller
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Here
United States
Dr. Teller
Gerald Johnson
Gnome
AEC
Eddy County
Carlsbad Caverns
Lawrence Laboratory
University of California
Lawrence Laboratories
Livermore
Calif
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Project Gnome Scene
White House receives Rembrandt Peale Jefferson portrait
A life portrait of Thomas Jefferson painted in 1800 by Rembrandt Peale was donated to the White House collection by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. The painting, once owned by the Peabody Institute of Baltimore, marks the first original Jefferson portrait in White House holdings.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Rembrandt Peale
White House
President Jefferson
Paul Mellon
Upperville
Kennedy
Mellon
Andrew Mellon
National Gallery of Art
Peabody Institute of Baltimore
James W. Fosburgh
New York City
Baltimore
The
Peabody Institute
Institute
Survivors Recount Colombian Plane Crash Killings
In Colombia a passenger plane with 25 aboard vanished in a storm between Bucaramanga and Barranca Bermeja. Twenty two died and two were seriously injured. Two survivors, one gravely, reached a plantation ten miles away and described the wreck as rescuers searched for an injured girl trapped in the debris.
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Bogota
Colombia
Bucaramanga
Barranca Bermeja
Pakistani Firm Plans Export of $50,000 in Equipment
A new Pakistani company intends to ship nearly fifty thousand dollars worth of equipment overseas. The move signals expansion in international trade and highlights growing export activity from Lahore.
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Lahore
Cupid Causes Meat Slowup in Uganda
In Uganda's Karamoja region this year cattle drives to Kampala markets have dwindled. Director Norman Sanders cites a good harvest and marriage dowry customs as the main reasons for reduced meat supply. Cattle remain a sign of wealth and polygamy, with dowry demands up to 400 head in some areas, hindering legal marriages.
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Uganda
Karamoja
Africa
Kampala
Norman Sanders
Uganda Veterinary Department
Sanders
Parts
Teso
New U S Mexico microwave link to boost calls
American Telephone and Telegraph announces a microwave system starting December 15 linking San Antonio and Mexico City. It will expand international telephone service nearly eightfold and handle 690 long distance calls simultaneously, replacing the current 77 circuits amid pricing disputes over cattle as the legal price.
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Dallas
UPS
United States
Mexico
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
San Antonio
Mexico City
Hungarian Divorces Hit All-Time High in 1961
Budapest reports 17,000 divorces in 1961, an all-time peak for Hungary amid a population of about ten million. The most common grounds cited were extramarital affairs or the appearance of a third person.
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Budapest
Hungary
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Tho
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F.D.I.C
Cupid
Fort Portal
Braniff
Thomas Jewelry
College Avenue
Lucian Thomas
EMIS
PRT
24Th Street
Avenue Q
Texas
Blue Bonnet
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