Laos Rebels Press for New Regime as Vientiane Falls
Reports from Vientiane say the rebel committee has seized control and government ministers may resign to allow a new regime. Kong Le’s forces maintain curfew, while Prime Minister Samsonith was said to be ready to resign to pave the way for a rebel government. 753 Americans in Laos, including 26 with the military aid program. The capital remains tense as Luang Prabang hosts royal authorities and funeral plans for the late King Sisavang Vong unfold.
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Samsonith
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Revolutionary Committee
U.S
Laos
Soviet Union
Kong le
Sing Ratansamay
Saigon
Viet Nam
Radio Vientiane
Tiao Samsonith
Kong Te
Sisavang Vong
Kong ‘le
Souvanna Vong
Pathet Lao
Kong Se
France
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Phouma
U.S. Echo I Satellite Marks Space Age Milestone
Echo I, a 100 foot balloon satellite, orbited at 1 000 miles altitude enabling the first two way communication via an artificial satellite. Bell Labs demonstrated live two way talk with messages from President Eisenhower to Senator Lyndon Johnson and back. Additional space feats included Maj. Robert White's record 24 miles high X-15 flight and a recovered space capsule from Pacific waters. Atlas and Polaris missile tests expanded a growing defense and space program.
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Edwards Air Base
Air Force
Bob White
California Desert Test Centre
White
Sven O’ Kincheloe
Joe Jordan
Joe Walker
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
U.S
United States
Maj
Robert White
Pacific Ocean
Cape Er Aerat
Atlas
South Atlantic
Cape, Canaveral
Puerto Rico
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Laboratory
Holmdel
N.J
Eisenhower
Goldstone
Calif
Lyndon Johnson
Telephone Call in Space Marks Two Way Echo Test
Bell Lab engineers conduct a live two way phone call via Echo 1, the giant balloon satellite, marking a new era in space communication. Project Echo pilots Bill James and Phil Tardoni discuss the test as Jakes notes the successful exchange before contact is lost.
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Jakes
Bell Laboratories
Tardoni
Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Deficit Exceeds Budget in Canada 1960 Year
Finance Minister Fleming announced the 1959-60 fiscal year ended with a 413 million dollar deficit, seven million more than forecast. Revenues totaled 5.29 billion, expenditures 5.703 billion, leaving a larger shortfall and a net Canadian debt of 12.089 billion dollars as of March 31, 1960.
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Ottawa
Fleming
Canada
Nixon and Allies Accuse Democrats of Steering Senate
Vice President Richard M. Nixon and other Republicans charged that Senate sessions were manipulated to aid Senator John F. Kennedy. Nixon through press secretary Herbert G. Klein said Kennedy is directing the Senate for his own political purposes as Keating and Scott accused the body of adjourning to let Kennedy fly to New York for a political engagement.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Dem. Mass
Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Kennedy
United States
Kenneth B. Keating
Rep. N.Y
Hugh Scott
Rep. Pa
New York
UN Troops Begin Takeover of Katanga As Swedes Arrive
UN relief forces move to relieve Belgian units in Katanga with Swedish troops joining from Elisabethville. Dag Hammarskjold meets Moise Tshombe to discuss the transition and a possible federation while Belgian withdrawals proceed to Kamina base. The move aims to curb central government encroachment and protect Katanga's mining economy.
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Elisabethville
Reuters
United Nations
Congo
Katanga
Kamina
Dag Hammarskjold
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Hammarskjold
Leopoldville
Godefroid Munongo
United States of the Congo
Lumumba
Firefighters Break Weather Curse in Massive B.C. Outbreak
Firefighters exploit calmer conditions to tackle over 100 fires in Prince George forest district. Eight hundred crews battle six major blazes, including Burnt Creek 18 000 acres and Callazon Creek 15 000 acres, with aircraft dropping retardant and helicopters aiding attacks.
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Prince. George, B.C
Prince George Forest District
Burnt Creek
Hook Lake
Callazon Creek
Prince Valley
Kam Ioops
B.C
Nelson
South Peace
Fraser Valley
Strike Halts Queen Mary and Other Brit Ships
Hundreds of transatlantic travelers stranded as a wildcat seamen strike halts Queen Mary and 39 British ships. Empress of Britain departure postponed. Queen Elizabeth crew expected to join. Cunard sues strike leaders for inciting disobedience. Sylvania ex-members face warrants.
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Southampton
England
Reuters
Bansetia
Liverpool
Montreal
New York
National Union of Seamen
Britain
Cunard Line
Patrick Neary
Cunard
Sylvania
Counterfeit Ring Busted in Montreal Dawn Raid
RCMP raided a north end Montreal apartment early today seizing 100 and 10 dollar counterfeit notes worth 10000. Four men were arrested and a fifth fled. Police also seized a truck and a car as they pursued a ring flooding the area with bogus currency. Names of detainees were not released.
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Montreal
RCMP
Monts
Real
Nine Die In Head-On Crash Near Worthington Minnesota
A head-on collision near Worthington Minnesota killed nine people when two autos collided on the outskirts of Reading. Ten people were involved. one car burned. The sole survivor, Mrs. Ernie Lueck of Wilmont, was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Worthington
Minn
Minnesota
Reading
Here
Ernie Lueck
Wilmont
Ceylon Government Press Takeover Sparks Rigid Opposition
The Ceylon Daily News denounces plans to seize most of the island's press. The throne speech announced a move to place Associated Newspapers of Ceylon and The Times of Ceylon under public corporations. Global press groups protested the proposed laws.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Reuters
Independent Ceylon Daily News
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon
The
Times of Ceylon, Ltd
Dominion
Rail Hearing Set Oct. 4
The Public Utilities Commission rescheduled its hearing on the Pacific Northern Railway to October 4 after Premier Bennett requested a post-election date. The hearing will determine if PNR must hold a certificate of public convenience and necessity for its 700 mile line from Prince George toward the Yukon border.
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Victoria
Public Utilities Commission
Pacific Northern Railway
Prince George
Yukon
Powers to Appeal to Khrushchev for Son on Trial
Oliver Powers announced in Moscow he will appeal directly to Nikita Khrushchev “as one father to another” regarding his son Francis Gary Powers who faces espionage charges as his U 2 reconnaissance plane is described as crashed inside the Soviet Union. He plans to seek a meeting Monday after arriving with his wife. The Powerses traveled from the United States for the trial, with Mrs Powers reportedly ill, and Powers indicated he might not see his son before the trial but expected to afterward.
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Moscow
Oliver Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Pound, Va
United States
Barbara Moore Powers
Milledgeville
London
Khrushchev
Union
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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