Pentagon seeks servo-soldier one man tank invasion idea
Washington AP The Pentagon backs a civilian driven push to create a “servo-soldier” a fully powered suit acting as a portable power plant and engine. The one man tank would enhance speed strength and load lifting while resisting germ warfare gas heat and radiation. The National Inventors Council lists such inventions as small arms ammunition with no smoke flash or noise a stake driver for frozen ground plastic cartridge cases and a hovering radar platform.
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Washington
National Inventors Council
Rebel chief ousts rival in Congo Kivu power struggle
In Leopoldville AP dispatch, rebel leader Antoine Gizenga ousted Anicet Kashamura, the No. 2 rebel, in Kivu. Refugees to Rwanda Burundi say Congolese militants rampaged, harming a Belgian priest and assaulting nuns and priests. U.N. confirms anarchy, with refugees reporting violence in Bukavu. Stanleyville remains calm.
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Con
Antoine Gizenga
Kivu
Anicet Kashamua
Bukavu
Ruanda-Urundi
U.N
Kashamura
Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Renat Devos
Stanleyville
Hot dog fits circular buns with new doughnut look
Chicago firm headed by Hyman Kleinberg plans a round hot dog shaped to fit circular buns and bagels. Distribution could begin nationwide this spring as consumer demand for a novel frankfurter grows.
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Chicago
Hyman Kleinberg
California workers face recession effects in 1961 report
Sacramento Calif AP reports a state study showing job losses, hunger, theft of cattle, and relief efforts echoing the 1930s. Social workers surveyed 13 of 58 counties the week of February 5. Governor Edmund Brown released the findings Thursday without comment.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Edmund Brown
Unemployment Surges Across Counties Amid Hardship
Statewide unemployment hits 517000 in January, up 65000 from December and about 14 percent, the largest January figure in a decade. Officials warn recession may have bottom yet, while private agencies report widespread privation, hunger, and relief strain across counties including Humboldt, Riverside, Kern, Fresno, Mendocino, and San Diego.
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Irving Perluss
Humbold County
Riverside County
Salvation Army
Catholic Welfare Bureau
Kern County
Fresno County
Bank cashier sentenced to 15 years for embezzling millions
SIOUX CITY IOWA AP The middle aged daughter of a banker was given 15 years for embezzling 2 12685910 from Sheldon National Bank. Judge Henry N Graven ordered five year terms on three counts to run consecutively and five year terms on 32 more counts concurrently. She admitted taking 2 12685910 during 1957 to 1961 and faced up to 175 years in prison with no fine.
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Sioux City, Iowa
Iowa
U.S
Henry N.graven
BurnicelIverson Geiger
Graven
Eisenhower Secret World War II Proofs in Personal Custody
New York Daily News reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower kept proof sheets of secret World War II summit papers in his possession after leaving the White House. The papers allegedly cover Cairo Tehran and Potsdam conferences with claims of sensitive concessions to the Soviet Union. Eisenhower denies having records and doubts the charges as he vacations in Palm Springs.
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NEW York
New York Daily News
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Palm Springs
Calif
Tehran
Potsdam
State Department
U.S
Soviet Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cairo-Tehran
Europe
China
Roosevelt
Cairo
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
Five Day Warm Spell Mirrors Seasonal norms
Weather outlook shows a stretch of mild air with five days of above normal temperatures. Scattered showers tonight tomorrow and Wednesday bring light precipitation, with total accumulation under an inch. Highs near mid 40s and lows around 20s to 30s, cooler days Sunday then warming Monday and Tuesday.
Teen-ager kills teller in bank robbery in Lake Charles
A 19 year old suspect Wilbert Rideau shot and knifed to death a female teller Julia Ferguson 50 and wounded two other bank employees as hostages during a 14000 dollar robbery in Lake Charles Louisiana Police seized the suspect driving Ferguson's foreign car and planned charges include murder kidnapping and armed robbery
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Lake Charles
Wilbert Rideau
Julia Ferguson
Henry Reid Jr
Rideau
Reid
Rob Ibery
Asian African plan seeks U N role in Congo peace
In New York a group of Asian and African nations proposed a compromise Congo peace plan for the U N Security Council to avert East West conflict after Lumumba's death. The draft urged U N troops to use force if needed, ordered foreign personnel out, called for an impartial probe, and backed a unity government with broader participation and reform.
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United Nations, N. Y
Congo
Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Cautous
African Republic
Patrice Lumumba
11-Nation Council
Ceylon
Liberia
United Arab Republic
U. N
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Joseph Ileo
Leopoldville
U.N. Conciliation ‘Commission
Dag Hammarskjold
Sus
Kasavubu
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Antoine Gizenga
Jeo
Crane Mishap Probe Ordered at Atlas Site
An official investigation was ordered into an Atlas missile launch site accident in Roswell New Mexico that killed six workers and injured nineteen. A Corps of Engineers official will head the board. the crane toppled 172 feet into a deep pit igniting gasoline and welding sparks. Survivors described the chaotic scene as flames engulfed the pit and spread to nearby structures.
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Roswell
N.M
Corps of Engineers
Nasser Aide Denies UAR Arms Report
Cairo based Middle East News Agency denounces a New York Times claim that U A R trucks carried arms into the northern Congo via Sudan to Antoine Gizenga s regime. The aide says U A R policy supports Congo independence and rejects imperialist plots to divide the Congolese people.
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Nasser
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Voices Today
U.A.R
Sudan
Congo
Middle East
U.S
Dean Rusk
The
New York Times
Rusk
Congress
Antoine Gizenga
Times
United Arab Republic
the Times
Why men propose under lights they’d not pick for suits
A lighted proposal dilemma prompts laughs as readers ponder why suitors choose mood lighting unsuitable for selecting proper attire. The quip hints at mismatched settings reflecting humor in courting rituals.
Satellite search for balloon satellite after launch
Scientists scanned skies for an American balloon satellite launched by a Scout rocket from Wallops Island. The 12 foot sphere rode a 72 foot tall rocket into orbit and radio signals were detected over Johannesburg before fading.
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Washington
Civilian Space Agency
Woomera
Australia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallops Island
Johannesburg
South Africa
Uncertain Fate of Space Sphere After Flight
Hours later NASA scientists cautioned on the sphere's status describing three scenarios. They warned it may have entered orbit but lost radio contact, or deflated while orbiting like a rag, or plunged to a fiery end in Earth's atmosphere.
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Space Agency
Scout rocket fourth stage orbits earth in long circuit
Scientists optimistic as the Scout booster, nicknamed the poor man's rocket for its low cost, completes its role with four stages igniting. NASA reports the fourth stage in a high orbit from 410 to 1610 miles distant, circling Earth in 118 percent minutes.
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United States
NASA
Youth Convicted Of 3 Slayings In Alabama
In Ashland Alabama Raymond Eugene Brown then 15 was convicted on three counts of first degree murder for slashing and stabbing his aunt grandmother and great grandmother last October. He was 14 at the time. The jury fixed life terms in prison pending formal sentencing by Circuit Court Judge A L Hardegree.
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Ashland
Ala
Raymond Eugene Brown
A. L. Hardegree
Alabama
Man Admits Church Arson in Maynardville
Kenneth Hatfield admitted trying to burn a church near his Maynardville home after a revival service became too noisy. He pleaded guilty to arson and received a five year prison sentence.
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Maynardville, Tenn
Kenneth Hatfield
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