Gagarin Describes Weightless Flight and Welcome Plans
Tass reported Yuri Gagarin described weightlessness aboard his five ton Vostok craft during his 1086 minute flight. He said he ate slept and wrote notes in space and felt excellent throughout the journey as Moscow prepared for a May Day celebration and a Khrushchev welcome.
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Russians reach space man shocks world say fall of U S
International reaction spans worries and pride as the Soviet Union's space achievement is described by London, Manila, Lima, Santiago and Havana residents. Citizens from Hong Kong to Taipei weigh propaganda value, fear of war, and hopes for science while Castro era interviews frame Soviet progress against capitalism.
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Noted Believers React to Space Venture Across Europe
Cardinal Montini hails space progress as mankind grows. A Swedish couple jokes their children may honeymoon on the moon. Viennese printer warns of cold war tensions while a Berlin artist fears intensified U S Soviet rivalry. In West Germany a refugee issue emerges.
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Not Bare Day in Dayton Radio Mixup
An early Tuesday radio dispatch in Montgomery County Ohio warned deputies to watch for a car with a naked woman. Moments later the dispatcher clarified the alert, saying the woman was simply wearing a low cut dress.
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U.S. Restricts Information on Soviet Space Launches
Washington officials said the Kennedy administration will not advertise Soviet space achievements or disclose tracking results until the Soviets announce them. Defense and NASA officials described a policy to limit public disclosure of orbital information to avoid aiding the Soviet program.
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Chuckle: quip on a wife and mother in law
A humorous line jokes that behind every successful man stands a devoted wife and a surprised mother in law, poking lightly at domestic roles and family dynamics.
Kennedy asks Congress to expand FPC to cut backlog
President Kennedy urged expanding the Federal Power Commission from five to seven members and exempting small natural gas producers from rate regulation. He cited 193 pipeline applications totaling 5 761 miles and 850 million dollars, saying prompt action would unlock construction and create jobs nationwide. The message calls for faster, more efficient regulation across federal agencies.
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Savannah man jumps into river after wreck on bridge
A Savannah man, A. R. Hightower, lost control of his car on a bridge and crashed into a railing. Truck driver Alfred Fox tossed a spare tire to him as he swam downstream about a mile before police picked him up and took him to the Georgia Infirmary for observation.
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Weather Forecast Promises Warmer Friday and Saturday
The forecast calls for pleasant warm temperatures Friday and Saturday with mild overall weather. Tonight will be cold with a low near 32. Rain is expected Saturday and rainfall since Tuesday morning totals about 0.87 inches.
Eichmann Trial Paused for Memorial Day Rites
Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem paused as Israel observed Mar tyrs and Heroes Memorial Day honoring Jewish victims of the Nazis. The recess delays closing arguments over the trial legality and Israel’s right to prosecute.
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Kennedy Rules Out Direct U S Cuba Intervention
President Kennedy stated at a news conference there will be no U S armed forces intervention in Cuba under any conditions. He said the basic issue is Cuban on Cuban, and the United States will avoid actions inside Cuba while ensuring Americans stay out of such efforts. Kennedy noted U S policy aligns with anti Castro exiles in the United States and urged negotiations with a future Havana government for any property claims.
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Kennedy Avoids Direct Answer On Castro Communist Label
The President sidestepped whether Castro is a Communist while portraying the bearded prime minister as acting like a Red if not a cardholder. Kennedy cited Castro praising the Communist revolution naming many Communists to top posts opposing democratic rule in the Americas and aligning closely with the Sino-Soviet bloc.
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Memorial shrine marks Jews killed in war near Jerusalem
Nations pause to honor Jewish war dead at Har Hazikarom on a hill outside Jerusalem. The complex includes a crypt a synagogue and a memorial hall on a great square’s edge. The program planned reburial of unknown Nazi victims ashes in the crypt and an eternal light. Twenty one extermination camps are named in the floor.
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Warning and Witness Exhibition at Memorial Hall
An exhibit titled Warning and Witness displays hundreds of enlarged Nazi camp photographs and Yad Vashem documents. It traces Jewish persecution from Hitler’s rise to power to the final solution, featuring photos of Nazi leaders and victims.
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Briton MP Urges Halt To Pacifist Protests at Holy Loch
In London a Conservative MP urged government action to stop pacifist demonstrations against the U S Polaris base at Holy Loch Scotland. Frank Burden called for measures to protect base security and Anglo American relations. The civil lord of the admiralty Charles Orr Ewing promised steps would be taken.
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Cuba Drafting Children For Red Service
Adolf A. Berie Jr. of Kennedy’s Latin America task force claims Cuban children are being conscripted for Communist service. In a Pan American Day talk, he likens Cuba to Greece 1947, alleging kidnapping and exile of children behind the iron curtain and cites similar tactics by Quisling leaders and mercenary guerrillas.
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Steel demand lifts in April with 10 percent rise
The Iron Age reports orders for steel show a 10 percent increase in April over March as ordering speeds up toward month end. Raw steel production may reach 60 percent of industry capacity with last week’s output slightly below that level, and the April-June quarter is seen averaging about 63 percent. Demand from automakers remains disappointing, and the gain is viewed by many as seasonal rather than a sustained upturn.
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Will establishes women's equality trusts in Baltimore
Miss Jesse Marjorie Cook leaves a 465000 estate divided into a 25000 trust for women harmed by legal inequalities and a 10000 trust to fund 100 annual dollars for the Maryland branch of the National Women's Party. Additional grants back the equal rights amendment and broader civil and economic gender equality.
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