Man in Space Tops 1961 News, Berlin Crash Second
1961 year in review shows manned spaceflight as the top story, with Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov, Shepard and Grissom. Berlin crisis, Dag Hammarskjold death, and the Cuba invasion follow. Editors note the U N leader’s death and the Congo conflicts shaping postwar diplomacy.
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Man In Space
Tom Henshaw
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
America
Ab Shepard
Gus. Grissom
Associated Press
Story
Gagarin
Shepard
Grissom
Titov
Earth
Berlin
East
West Berlin
Amatic
U. N
Dag
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
U.N
Burma
U Thant
Hammarskjold
Rhodesia
Congressip
Katanga
East Berlin
U.S
Kennedy Inauguration Tops Editors Poll Of 1960s Events
The list highlights John F. Kennedy becoming the first Catholic U S president and Democrats returning to the White House after eight years. It notes the Congo crisis with Lumumba’s assassination and Katanga fighting, Hurricane Carla hitting the Gulf Coast with many deaths and damages, Eichmann trial in Israel, and Sam Rayburn’s death at 79 after 19 years as House Speaker.
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Kennedy
Congo
Mumba
U.N
Katanga
Carla
Wallops
Texas
Louisiana
Eichmann
Rayburn
Fidel
Soviet Union
Castro
Holting
United States
John F. Kennedy
White House
Belgian Congo
Patrice Lumumba
United Nations
Gulf Coast
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Army In Routine Autobahn Journey Across East Germany
U S Army convoy moved 110 miles through East German territory without delay despite Soviet objections. Soviet Embassy in East Berlin said the action harms East West talks on Berlin. The unit, Company D of the Berlin based 2nd Battle Group, will train in West Germany. Brazil Plans Giant Steel Mill Near Sao Paulo Features Three Blast Furnaces for 15 ton ingots and 1600 tons daily pig iron capacity.
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Berlin
API
U.S. Army
East Berlin
Berlin- Helmstedt
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Lawyers Seek To Cut Term Of Scarbeck
Washington AP lawyers for ex diplomat Irvin Scarbeck filed a motion seeking a reduction of his 10 year prison sentence on three counts of revealing US secrets to Polish agents. They call the punishment harsh and unjust, noting the trial cited blackmail and a love affair with Ursula Di. Scarbeck was convicted in U.S. District Court after a lurid trial and is to serve the sentences consecutively. Bogota note reports forty four European industrialists attended a congress in Santiago to coordinate Latin American development with Western Europe.
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Washington
Exediplomat
Irvin Starbeck
Red
Wermesc
Sa i. Scapegnat Ofarbeck
Searbeck
U.S
Herewo
Ursula di
Bogota
Santiago
Chile
Europe
Actor Takes House Option After England Visit
Hollywood report says Columbia star Glenn Corbett, impressed by England during filming of The Pirates of Blood River, has taken an option on a house along the Thames. Also from England, old SMoker dies in Cirencester as William Cox, who claimed a year of smoking, passes away Tuesday.
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Hollywood
Columbia
Glenn Corbett
England
Thames
Cirencester
William Cox
Secret Service Meet JFK Arrives at St Marys Hospital
A Secret Service agent signals Kennedy's entry to St Marys Hospital where Joseph P Kennedy lies with a stroke. Crowds gather as the President and Jacqueline Kennedy visit daily, turning the hospital into a scene of feverish anticipation and photo requests. Nurses share coffee with the First Lady on the third floor as cameras flash and the sun shines on the plaza.
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Perry
West Palm Bi
Secret Service
St. Mary's Hospital
Kennedy
Jacqueline
St. Mary's
Joseph P. Kennedy
Mysterious Brockton homicide leaves clues unresolved
Slaying of Gloria Eldridge 32 remains baffling as investigators probe family ties and the disappearance noted Christmas morning. Walter Howard and others are questioned while a note from Gloria’s mother prompts renewed searches in Brockton and Cape Cod settings. Police say strangulation caused death two days prior.
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Brockton
Mass
Walter Howard
Gloria
Charles
Jcarpenter
Gloria Eldridge
Cape Cod
Rockland
Charles Eldridge
Howard
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