Echo II balloon sails toward orbit after launch from Vandenberg
Echo II, a 134 foot diameter folded balloon, inflated successfully in space after blastoff from Vandenberg atop a Thor Agena B booster. Officials warned full success awaits completion of at least one 111 minute earth orbit.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Pretoria
United States
Soviet Union
Zemenky Observatory
Moscow
Jodrell Bank Observatory
England
Russia
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Herbert Baker
Echo Project
Antarctic
Madagascar
African
Question Of The Week Do Welfare Men Work For Benefits
A newspaper survey asks readers whether able bodied men on welfare should work to receive financial aid. The item presents public opinion stances and notes policy implications without endorsing a position.
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Len Jans
Connaught Drive
Welfare work projects proposed by Ken Woo
Ken Woo at 216 12th Street NW suggests creating work projects for able bodied welfare recipients with no time limit. The program would provide payment to workers and deliver public benefits through completed projects.
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Ken Woo
12Th Street
N.W
Fisheries conference pledges national development plan
OTTAWA CP five days of closed talks ended with a pledge to design a national development program to extend the same benefits to Canadian fishermen as farmers. DRUMHELLER Alberta CP John Howard Society apologized for public brief criticizing Drumheller as a site for Alberta’s first penitentiary. In a letter to Mayor Wendell Greene the society pledged support. ATLANTA AP Negro pickets greeted United Nations racial discrimination group during its first southern visit. CALGARY CP Alberta Welfare Minister Halimrast proposed an 83 increase in nursing home comfort allowances, called a pensionpittance by Calgary Labor Council.
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Ottawa
Drumheller
Alta
John Howard Society of Alberta
Alberta
Wendell Greene
Society
Atlanta
United Nations
United States
Calgary (Cp
L. C. Halimnrast
Calgary Labor Council
UK backs Khrushchev peace plan with caveats
Prime Minister Douglas-Home welcomed Khrushchev's call for peaceful settlement of territorial disputes under the UN charter but urged more specificity. He accepted the goal of banning force and urged refinements to international mechanisms, noting some proposals were too strict or too vague while affirming disarmament as essential. He cited infiltration as a rising risk alongside overt attacks.
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London
Britain
Khrushchev
Alec Douglas-Home
Moscow
Douglas - Home
Johnson
Douglas-Home
U.K
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Lagos
British commandos quell mutiny in Tanganyika and Kenya
British commandos crushed a new Tanganyika mutiny in Dar es Salaam with helicopter support from the Centaur. Three African soldiers died and 20 were wounded as unrest spread from Tanganyika to neighboring Kenya where Kenyan authorities also acted to quell potential disturbances.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanganyika
British East Africa
Kenya
Centaur
Lukius Nyerere
Nyerere
Tanganyika Rifles
Colito
Caboru
Commonwealth Relations Officec
London
Mombasa
Nairobi
Far East policy to remain static in U S stance
Washington seeks to cushion France recognizing Communist China with assurances the United States will not alter Far East policy. Dean Rusk will stress that the U S will uphold Peking policy, honor Nationalist China treaties, and defend postwar nations against Communist subversion in talks with Japanese and Korean leaders and in a Tokyo speech.
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Washington
United States
China
U.S
Far East
Dean Rusk
Peking
Rusk
Tokyo
United Nations
State Department
Paris
Indonesia orders cease fire along Borneo border
Indonesian volunteers and troops on the Borneo border are to stop firing at midnight as President Sukarno issues a cease-fire order. The directive preserves vigilance and does not cover North Borneo rebels aided by Indonesia.
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Jakarta
Reuters
Borneo
Malaysia
Sukarno
North Borneo
Indonesia
D. N. Aidit
Britain
U.S
North Kalimantan
Aidit
Southeast Asia
Doctors Split Over Smoking Link To Lung Cancer
A poll of doctors in Medicine Hat finds broad agreement that smoking is a health hazard with a definite relationship to lung cancer. Physicians quote higher lung cancer risk for heavy smokers and urge moderation or quitting, while some smokers advocate reducing intake.
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Medicine Hat
K. R. Thornton
Thornton
E. G. F. Skinner
Skinner
Matt Davis
J. M. Cowan
J. Armitage
Comnor Barrett
Gershaw
A. Wilke
W. C. Campbell
J. L. Edwards
E. D. MacCharles
J. N. Hassett
L. J. Phillips
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Pat Flinn
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St. Ave. N.E
Buddyer
Foundry Street
Doreen Wray
12Th St. NE
L. E. Anderson
Aberdeen St
Donald Grant
The
Fair Sex
Bill Lees
Jack Huddart
Zanzibar
Little Cloud
Robert Kennedy
Federation of
Malaya
Singapore
Sarawak
Sabah
Barrett
S. F. McEwan
McEwen
F. W. Gershaw
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