Glenn Prepares for Orbit as D-Minus 3 Routine Begins
The space program builds toward John Glenn Jr.'s scheduled orbit flight with D-minus 3 preparations. Repairs to an oxygen leak have been completed, back-up pilot M. Scott Carpenter tested a mock mission, and Glenn reviewed medical results while undergoing light exercise and rest guidance from Dr. William K. Douglas.
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Associated Press
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Glenn
M. Scott Carpenter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Carpenter
Cocoa Beach
William K. Douglas
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil J. Grissom
Seventh Victim Found In Mount Elbert Avalanche
Twin Lakes Colorado AP reports the body of 7 year old Mike Adamich the seventh victim of Sundays avalanche on Mount Elbert was recovered Tuesday about ten feet from where his brother Billy was found earlier. Parents William and Mrs Adamich were rescued from the rubble along with others.
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Twin Lakes
Colo
Colorado
Mike Adamich
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Mount Elbert
Ttheir
William Adamich
Milk At Every Meal Kennedy Orders Milk at White House
President Kennedy told a national dairy and nutrition conference that milk use decline is serious for agriculture and the country. He drank milk at the speaker’s stand and announced milk will be served at every White House meal. He cited factors such as radiation fears and concerns over weight control, while stating health authorities see no radiation danger.
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Dent Kennedy
Dairy and Nutrition
White House
Kennedy
Senate Sends DuPont Bill To White House
The Senate approved a measure to cut taxes for Du Pont stockholders if they receive about 3.5 billion dollars in General Motors stock due to an antitrust ruling. The plan lets stockholders pay capital gains rates on the difference between Du Pont's cost and GM's current value, sparing roughly two thirds of Du Pont’s 200,000 shareholders from tax.
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Senate
DuPont
General Motors
House
Kennedy
Supreme Court
du Pont
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Gems Stolen From Socialite’s Home Worth $50,000
In Philadelphia area, thieves removed a 40-pound wall safe from Cortright Wetherill’s Happy Hill Farm estate last weekend. Jewelry worth over $50,000 disappeared, with Russian imperial emeralds from the Romanoff collection possibly taken. The emeralds, once czarist, are kept in a Philadelphia bank vault.
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Philadelphia
Cortright Wetherill
Chester County
Wetherill
Happy Hill Farm
William L. Tarr
Willistown
Austria Moves To Open Albanian Diplomatic Mission
Vienna reports the Austrian government approved on Tuesday the establishment of an Albanian diplomatic mission with Gaguo Neso, former ambassador to Prague, as head. The move precedes formal accreditation and comes as Albania seeks relations with Western states amid its rift with the Soviet bloc and Moscow over de Stalinization.
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Vienna
Gaguo Neso
Prague
Albania
Moscow
UN Approval Seen Likely for Angola Resolution
U N delegates expect overwhelming support in the General Assembly for an Asian African draft urging Portugal to end harsh rule in Angola and move toward independence. The 40 sponsor measure seeks to deny NATO ally Portugal any aid that could aid oppression, with likely votes well above two thirds.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
General Assembly
Portugal
Angola
Assembly
United States
Britain
France
NATO
U.S
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Poland
Bulgaria
Security Council
Lisbon
Ghana
Mali
Mongolia
Family of Nations
VEW Post Surges in New Members in 1962 Drive
Commander Charles Elam of Miami Valley Post 3809 VFW reports more than 432 new and renewal memberships in under four months of 1962, surpassing the 1961 total and placing the post first in Ohio District 4. District 4, with 3,237 members, leads the department. Hobart Hopper commands, with Clermont and Hamilton counties forming two district councils.
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Charles Elam
Miami Valley
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ohio District 4
Hobart Hopper
VFW Department of Ohio
Hopper
Middletown
Clermont
Hamilton
VFW
Donald Venneman
Paul Miller Jr
John Sparks
Miller
Sam Warmoth
District 4
U S and Soviet Film Project Announced
New York AP reports plans for a joint Soviet American motion picture produced by Lester Cowan. American and Russian actors will star, with filming in both countries under a cultural agreement. The film adapts Mitchell Wilson novel Meeting at a Far Meridian.
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New York
Lester Cowan
U.S
Soviet Union
Cowan
Far Meridian
Mitchell Wilson
United States
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