Soviet trawler probed in Grand Banks cable breaks
Lt. Donald Sheely said the Soviet trawler Novorossisk likely caused or contributed to transatlantic cable breaks off Cape Bonavista Newfoundland. He noted no proof of intent, while Soviet and Canadian reports varied on the boarding. A weathered repair effort delayed fix work as patrol aircraft spotted about 15 trawlers in the area.
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Donald Sheely
Falls
Church
Grand Banks
Sydney
N.S
Eastern Telegraph and Telephone Co
Communist Party
Pravda
Tass
U.S. State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
Newfoundland
Moscow
Adm
Jerauld Wright
Atlantic
Ernest J. Korte
U.s.navy
Roy O 'Hale
Cape Bonavista
Nfld
Roland A. Poulin
Chicope
Mass
U.S. Navy
Sheely
Novorossisk
Brown Put In Role Of Kingmaker
The Democratic adaptation to hold the 1960 nominating convention in Los Angeles spots California Governor Edmund G Brown as a kingmaker through an early welcome speech and control of the California delegation. The plan secures LA as site with a large arena and potential influence over the first ballot. Key figures like Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn headlined a fundraising dinner ahead of the convention.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Los Angeles
California
Edmund G. Brown
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brown
Adlai E. Stevenson
House
Lyndon Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Council
John
Gibson
Joan F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Vanguard countdown ends with humor punchline
Navy officers at the Vanguard project count down then switch to a jokey exclamation, delivering a light moment from Cape Canaveral. The line plays on a miscount and a pun to end the feature.
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Cape Canaveral
Navy
Vanguard
Gunmen Fire On Fidel Castro Home In Havana
Police pursue gunmen who sprayed Fidel Castro's Cojimar residence from a speeding car Friday night. Castro was away at a cabinet meeting. bullets hit the house but no one was injured. Authorities sealed off streets, found an abandoned car, and led the inquiry with top officials.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cojimar
Efigenio Almereira
The
Revolutionary Army
Rene de Los Santos
Hilton
Hectel
Southern Rhodesia
Federation
Northern Rhodesia
John Stonehouse
Ndola
Beck gets five year tax evasion sentence and heavy fine
Former Teamsters president Dave Beck is sentenced to five years in federal prison and a 60 000 fine for income tax evasion. Judge Boldt denounces Beck as greedy and corrupt while noting the long, years of evasion and related penalties totaling over half a million dollars. Beck posts bond and pleads appeal while defending innocence.
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Tacoma
Wash
Teamster Union
Dave Beck
Beck
U.S
George Boldt
Michigan Farmer Seeks Australia Escape From Crop Controls
Stanley Yankus of Dowagiac Michigan tells a House Agriculture subcommittee he may migrate to Australia to avoid US wheat overplanting penalties. He faced fines from 1954 to 1958 for wheat overproduction and claims government bureaucrats harmed his egg business. An Australian official notes no crop limits but marketing through local boards. Benson administration aide supports penalties under law.
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Washington
Australia
Stanley Yankus
Michigan
Wint Smith
Suge
Cee
Wes Sarsawe
Emeene
Gested
Yankus
County Agricultural
Dowagiac
Mich
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Divorce costs man one million in South Carolina
Eligio del Guercio Jr., 26, heir to a roller bearing fortune and owner of Fairview Farms Inc., divorces on desertion grounds and settles for over 1 million dollars. Two trust funds totaling 900000 are set up, with income to his wife and two children. He pays 1001000 in cash and 500 for moving expenses, plus 62500 deposited to fund a house in Connecticut. He testified he is worth 10 million dollars.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Eligio del Guercio Jr
Fairview Farms Inc
Connecticut
del Guercio
U S Plans Moon Shot To Orbit Sun After Tests
The United States readies a moon-aimed satellite launch to orbit the sun using a four stage Juno II rocket. Army and Navy tests, including Thor-Able, Jupiter, and Polaris firings, proceeded with varying success as space officials track results and data.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Navy
Air Force
Ascension Island
Vanguard II Orbit Reports Show NASA Weather Data Progress
NASA reported Vanguard II completed 108 orbits since Feb 17 with 96 weather reports intact. The satellite spends over 50 minutes in sunlight per orbit, scans cloud cover data, and uses ground stations in Fort Stewart San Diego Lima Antofagasta Santiago and Woomera to transmit 106.03 megacycle signals. A Pan American strike threat was averted after an agreement in principle on wages rules and working conditions pending union vote.
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Washington
American Weather Eye
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Vanguard
Fort Stewart
San Diego
Cailif
Lima
Peru
Antofagasta
Santiago
Chile
Woomera
Australia
Vanguard II
Middle New York
Pan American World Airways
Frankis A. O'Neill, Jr
National Mediation Board
Transport Workers Union
O'Neill
Nyasaland unrest voiced as independence push grows
Nyasaland nationalist UT MasUngspanGa warned British authorities jailing him would not quell the rising call for independence. He said Nyasaland is awake whether he is dead alive or jailed, as riots and protests spread across the federation.
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Blantyre
Nyasaland
Central African Federation
UT. MasUngspanGa
Protectorate
Vanguard II Transmitter Details and Orbit Facts
Vanguard II carries a 108.00 megacycle transmitter for temperature data and tracking. The Army estimates cloud maps from Vanguard data will take one to two weeks more. Vanguard I and II are small spheres. Vanguard II weighs 21.5 pounds with a 20 inch diameter and an Earth orbit between 335 and 2050 miles, likely to continue for centuries.
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Vanguard II
Vanguard
Vanguard 01
Indian Kills Friend Over Snake Belief in New Mexico
Juan L. Chinana a Jemez Pueblo Indian was sentenced to eight years for the voluntary manslaughter of Rafael Toya whom he killed after Toya allegedly threatened to turn into a snake and bite him during a December drinking bout at the Pueblo.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Juan L. Chinana
Rafael Toya
Toya
Chinana
U.S. District Court
Pueblo
Carl Hatch
Secret Snake Society of
The
Jemez
John L. Jones
Snake Society
Chinawa
Hatch
United States
Birth Mutations Blamed On Atom Fallout
California health consultant Dr. Dell F. Cullum warns one in four births may show mutations this year due to strontium 90 from atomic fallout. He says the rate could rise with ongoing X-ray use and cites radiologic health concerns from the State Department of Public Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
California
Dell F. Cullum
State Department of Public Health
Macmillan Blasted by Mikoyan Over Berlin Talks
Anastas Mikoyan accused Prime Minister Macmillan of keeping a tough line on Germany and warned of a separate Soviet pact with Khrushchev if peace with Germany and Berlin are not arranged. Macmillan, in Kiev, urged honest negotiations for peace while UK sources say hope for a thaw is fading.
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Moscow
Anastas
Mikoyan
Macmillan
Germany
Berlin
Khrushchev
Soviet Federation
Rostov-on-Don
Kiev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev rebuffs Western conference on Germany
Soviet Premier attacks the West on Tuesday and rejects a proposed foreign ministers conference on Germany. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, with Prime Minister Macmillan, appears determined to salvage progress from the Khrushchev Macmillan talks. A final Kremlin meeting is set for Monday with a communique to follow before Macmillan’s return from Leningrad to Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Selwyn Lloyd
Macmillan
Kremlin
Leningrad
Moscow
UK Prime Minister’s Rostov Speech Draws Mixed Praise
Mikoyan’s Rostov remarks praise Macmillan for seeking mutually acceptable solutions and for proposing trade and cultural exchange. He notes a useful exchange of views but says talks shifted to the German peace treaty and Berlin, where the Prime Minister took a tougher line, possibly due to commitments.
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Mikoyan
Macmillan
Germany
Berlin
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Happy) Chandler
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