Orbit Was Unqualified Success and Ham Sandwich Proposal
NASA announced John H. Glenn Jr's orbital mission a major milestone with an unqualified success. He advocated ham sandwiches for future spacemen citing appetite and health, while details confirmed normal heart, minimal weight loss, and no disorientation during entry.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The
Space Agency
Terror Attacks in Algeria Kill Twenty In Oran and Algiers
A new wave of terrorism strikes Oran and Algiers with twenty dead, blamed on the Secret Army Organization of European settlers. In Algiers, fourteen killed and five wounded across two attacks. Moslems and Europeans among victims. In Oran, six Moslems die in two assaults. a car fire follows one killing. A European man and two women, one seven months pregnant, are among those taken to hospital after a moslem mob incident.
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Algiers
Oran
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Algeria
Frankfurter Doing Well In Hospital
Justice Felix Frankfurter the 79 year old longest serving Supreme Court member is hospitalized in Washington after collapsing at his desk. He was admitted to George Washington University Hospital and is under care for tests with doctors reporting a comfortable night and quite satisfactory condition. He did not suffer a heart attack and has a history of a 1959 heart issue. sources say he remains able to converse as doctors assess next steps. He was appointed to the court in 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
George Washington University Hospital
Elsie L. Douglas
Douglas
High Tribunal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men Detained by Havana in Coast Rescue Case
Cuban authorities report seven North American citizens described as frogmen detained on the northern coast of Oriente Province at 5 am on Thursday. The communique notes authorities are investigating the purpose of their presence while Miami speculation links the men to a treasure hunt, with a missing skin-diving crew aboard the 45 foot Pisces en route from Jamaica.
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Havana
Oriente
Miami
Pompano Beach
Fla
Coast Guard
Pisces
Jamaica
Gordon S. Patton
Cuba
Oriente Province
Dominica Republic
Apollo Moon Capsule Unveiled as U.S. Hope for 1970
A three man Apollo command capsule mockup was unveiled at North American Aviation revealing a complex crewed flight unit. The 8,000 pound capsule supports a shirtsleeve environment with an airlock for space walks and a design that relies on crew judgment for critical operations. Manned lunar orbit is planned for 1967 or 1968 with a first U.S. lunar landing in the late 1960s.
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Downey
Calif
Space and Information Systems Division
North American Aviation
J. W. Small
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
United States
Weather Forces 24 Hour Delay in Centaur Rocket Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A weather delay postponed the first Centaur high energy rocket launch by at least 24 hours. The delay impacts the AP report filed from Florida noting conditions required to support liftoff for the high energy vehicle.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Time Is Big Roadblock In Kennedy's Transport Plan
President Kennedy faces a slow path for his transportation reform. The 10,000 word proposal to Congress requires action by five House committees before any vote. House leaders weigh aligning tax proposals with wartime excise tax extensions due by July 1.
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Washington
Congress
House
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Interstate Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Snowslides Kill 3 As Comrades Open Tunnel
Courmayeur Italy AP three workers killed as Mt Blanc tunnel slides buried bunkhouses. Rescuers recovered three bodies and three injured, with broader search ongoing. The Mt Blanc link between Courmayeur and Chamonix due to open to traffic next year. Meanwhile Italian Swiss workers detonated last rock barrier of Saint Rhemy Bourg St Pierre highway tunnel.
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Italy
Mt. Blanc
Chamonix
France
Saint Rhemy
Bourg St. Pierre
Switzerland
Marcello Pie‘trobon
Bank and bank branch robberies in Algeria tied to secret agents
Four men believed to be secret army agents robbed a Bank of Algeria branch at Ain Temouchent near Oran, taking 40000 dollars. In Oran, gunmen escaped with 3000 dollars, a truckload of military stores including 2000 land mines, and a new car. No arrests reported. Algiers police said 35 suspects were arrested in two dawn raids near the University of Algiers and on the hills above the city, with arms recovered.
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Oran
Bank of
Algeria
Algiers
University of
Thompson Briefed On Berlin
Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson met with President Kennedy in Washington to discuss Berlin talks before returning to Moscow. He plans a quick trip, then return to the Soviet capital to press Western access and presence in West Berlin. Rusk and Gromyko held Geneva meetings on Berlin with no firm accord yet.
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Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Berlin
Kennedy
White House
Thompson
New York
Khrushchev
United States
West Berlin
Russia
Dean Rusk
Geneva
Weather brief hints rain may dampen opening day for Reds
A damp opening day for the Reds is possible with a five day forecast predicting about a half to three quarters of an inch of rain near the start of the period. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cool with a near 39 degree low. Saturday looks mild with a higher temperature not yet listed. Yesterday's official high reached 55 at 6 15 p m and overnight low 44 at 2 a m. Middletown received 0.64 of an inch of rain Thursday night.
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Middletown
Movement Tiff Solved In Germany
In Potsdam East Germany US General Clarke and Soviet Marshal Konev settled a dispute over movement of liaison missions. The agreement allows both missions to resume normal activity without restriction, though it does not signal broader changes in West Berlin tensions. Clarke and Konev met after a March 20 shooting incident. Russia did not guarantee safety of US mission members.
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Carl R. Hartman
Berlin
United States
Russia
U.S
East Germany
West Germany
Bruce C. Clarke
Ivan S. Konev
West Berlin
Clarke
Europe
Konev
Posdam
Escor
Frankfurt
Potsdam
Women blame sparked by questions, men left puzzled
A humorous note suggests women are to blame for most of the tiring behavior of men. The joke claims that women insist on asking questions, leaving men flustered and amused by the resulting exchanges.
Destitute UP Michigan Seeks Legalized Gambling
Upper Peninsula residents urge secession from Michigan over legalized gambling as solution to economic distress. Critics call the push a publicity stunt. Local businessmen cite year round jobs and revenue, while lawmakers doubt feasibility and caution against drawn-out boundary changes.
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ST. Ignace
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Ohio
Straits of Mackinac
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