Parents Split Over Which Astronaut Will Be First
A US space flight decision sparks pride and worry among families. Mothers and fathers of Virgil Grissom John Glenn and Alan Shepard react with mixed emotion as they await the official selection timing likely in March or April and the government vows maximum safety measures.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr
Alan Bartlett Separd Jr
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Grissom
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Navy
Dayton Mom Fails In Rescue Try
In Dayton Ohio a mother named Elzin Justice leaped into a river Tuesday to save her 6-year-old son Charles who had fallen through ice. Firemen could not revive the child. Mrs Justice was hospitalized with shock exposure and a shoulder injury.
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Elzin Justice
Shiloh
Charles
Justice
Sherry
Distribution Of Food Set For Thursday
Hamilton says surplus commodities to Butler County families will begin tomorrow. Warren L. Harding, county welfare director, announced yesterday. More than 2,000 pounds of commodities were delivered yesterday to the former MacGregor Ice Cream Co. plant at 118 Millikin St for distribution to needy families. Applications are being taken and processed. Families with last names A through E begin distribution on the first day. an estimated 2,500 families will be eligible.
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Butler County
Warren L. Harding
MacGregor Ice Cream Co
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Three Students Expelled For Bomb Threat Call
WARREN Ohio AP The Warren school board upheld Superintendent Marcus McEvoy’s expulsion of three students tied to a telephone bomb threat to the school A fourth pupil was allowed to return to class on January 16
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B47 Blows Up After Refueling Over Kentucky
Wreckage of a Strategic Air Command B47 littered a farm as it exploded during midair refueling. Five crewmen perished besides one navigator who survived after bailing out at 7,000 feet and landing in a tree with a broken arm. The KC97 tanker resumed flight to Columbus, Ohio. the B47 carried no bombs but had radar disruption gear.
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Strategic Air Command
Columbus
Ohio
Lockbourne Air Force Base
February Weather Forecast Promises Mild Temperatures
February weather remains popular with steady warmth as forecasts call for temperatures about 10 degrees above normal over the next five days. Lows near 37 and highs around 54 with little daily variation and 0.25 to 0.5 inch rain projected Thursday and Sunday or Monday. Tonight mild with a low near 45 and Thursday highs around 58. Tuesday reached 52 with a 46 overnight low.
Rains Force Families From Homes in Alabama
Rains forced more families from their homes across north central Alabama as six days of precipitation swelled water levels. The Red Cross estimated about 1,000 people displaced in Jefferson County, with 100 families fleeing in Gadsden and evacuations near Tuscaloosa and Montgomery. One death was reported in Louisiana from a cyclone, and a tornado affected Angie, Louisiana, destroying two houses and a high school while students were absent. Another tornado formed from Gulf low pressure near Sumrall, Mississippi.
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Red Cross
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Birmingham
Gadsden
Ala
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Louisiana
Angie
Gulf of Mexico
Sumrall
Miss
Senators Back Gavin Nomination as Ambassador to France
Washington AP report says the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved without dissent the nomination of retired Gen. James M. Gavin as ambassador to France. The panel also cleared David K. E. Bruce for ambassador to London.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James M. Gavin
France
David K. E. Bruce
London
Three Ohioans Die in Jet Crash Near Horse Cave Ky
Columbus AP reports three of five B47 jet bomber crewmen were native Ohioans from the 301st Bomb Wing at Lockbourne AFB. Surviving officer 1st Lt. Herman L. Crawford, 25, lives with parents in Pickerington. Killed were Capt. William E. Gillespie, 40, of Columbus. Capt. Arthur T. Bagby, 36, of Columbus. 1st Lt. Edward P. Schuller, 25, of Reynoldsburg. and Capt. George R. McKenney, 28, of Columbus, with multiple survivors’ families listed.
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Locklbourne Air Force Base
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Eli’ ‘Crawford
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Pickerington
Arthur Bagby
Portsmouth
Ohio
Edward P. Schuller
Reynoldsboro
Marilyn
Elbert Schuller
McAlester
Okla
George R. MecKenney
Columbus
Patricia Ann
James H
Concordia
Kan
Marguerite
Hays
Chuckle: a busy husband and forgotten applesauce joke
A light captioned quip notes a husband so focused on bringing home the bacon that he overlooks the applesauce, delivering a playful domestic moment. The line playfully contrasts work and home duties in a tidy punchy rumor-style joke.
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Husband’s Divorce Ends with Household Equity Sale
In Chattanooga Tennessee a divorce decree granted to Franklin and Peggy Elder. Judge Joe Hunter ordered the home sold to satisfy bills alleged by Peggy Elder after an aspirin table was mailed with $1 949 in bills. The court required $555 from a women's clothing store be paid from the home equity.
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Tenn
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Joe Hunter
Franklin
Peggy Elder
Elder
Weaverville High student kills parents and injures woman
Daryl Moss, 15, president of the Weaverville High sophomore class, killed his father Veril F. Moss and mother Lois Elizabeth Moss in their Lewiston cottage. A Utah woman, Jean Ann Taylor, 20, was seriously hurt after Moss shot at her and struck her with a rifle stock. He surrendered near Redding after police captured him, saying he could not get along with his father and had planned the killings for about a week.
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Weaverville High School
Harold Wilson
Daryl
Redding
California
Wilson
Lewiston
Veril F. Moss
Eeek of Reclamation
Lois Elizabeth Moss
Jean Ann Taylor
Orem
Utah
Weaverville Hospital
Leonard Adams
Mormon Church
Miss ‘Taylor
Train derails in North Dakota after bucking start
Northern Pacific Mainstreeter from Chicago to Portland derailed at 60 mph near Buffalo ND. Nine cars left tracks, 51 passengers and 16 crew injured, none seriously. Rescue teams from Valley City Fargo and Jamestown aided, service expected to resume soon. Cause believed a broken rail.
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Northern Pacific
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Ore
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North Dakota
Valley City
Fargo
Jamestown
Cape launches two satellites in five days
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Two shiny new U S satellites were launched by a single Thor A ble Star rocket completing a late Tuesday night doubleheader The Navy Transit III B navigation satellite and a 54 pound Hitchhiker sphere Lofti will study space communications An Atlas missile tested the Project Mercury capsule under severe orbital conditions and the capsule was recovered in excellent condition 1 425 miles down range
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Fla
U.S
Navy
Defense Department
Twin Shot Short of Target
Washington Tuesday night’s satellite shoot reached orbit but fell short of planned altitude. The two space travelers achieved orbit though the path sits a little over 100 miles up instead of 300. Indications suggest the units may not have separated as intended. Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory tracks the mission.
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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
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Johns Hopkins University
NASA selects Glenn Shepard and Grissom for suborbital training
Shortly after recovery NASA named John Glenn Alan Shepard and Virgil Grissom to begin final training for a suborbital flight in a capsule. The historic flight is expected in two or three months. Star billing on Tuesday night's doubleheader goes to Transit III B, the third satellite in a space lighthouse network for ships planes and submarines. Transit 111-B, a 36 inch ball, is a more advanced edition of the two earlier Transits with a magnetic memory unit to receive ground data broadcast position, an electronic time standard, and an electronic radio system to map precise distances on Earth.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grisson
Transit Iiib
Washington Birthday Sale Sparks Banner Shopping
Washington shoppers and merchants joined a Grand Washington Birthday sale frenzy spurred by 99 cent deals on used autos, sewing machines, typewriters, and TVs. The FTC joined in, while patrons like W Townsend Raplee queued for hours, aiming for the penny typewriter as the nation marks the president’s birthday with sales and tributes across cities and monuments.
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W. Townsend Raplee
Raplee
Executions Reported in Congo Opponents' Revenge
British diplomatic sources say 15 opponents of Gizenga's Congo regime were executed by firing squad near Stanleyville after Lumumba's slaying. Stanleyville, Gizenga's base, has been recognized by the Communist bloc and other nations. UN in Leopoldville could not confirm.
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Gizenga
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Communist Bloc
United Nations
Leopoldville
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