Shepard Reports Vibration Narrowly Blurred Vision During Flight
NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr disclosed that rock and vibration briefly blurred his vision early in the May flight. He said changes will be made to the Mercury capsule to reduce vibration, including more foam rubber head support and a better space craft adapter ring to prevent a recurrence.
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Washington
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
U.S
Ocean
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Parachute Capsule Periscope Aids Naval Flight Debrief
A historical report notes the water landing matched the catapulting of a plane from a carrier. The two day Grand Bahama Island debriefing proved useful for future flights. Five minutes of weightlessness resembled floating with no impact on movement or breathing. The capsule periscope served as a view aid and a backup for navigation and parachute release monitoring.
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Grand Bahama Island
Unusual number of needles during preflight exams noted
Shepard voiced a mild complaint about the numerous physical examinations before the flight saying he felt as though an unusual number of needles were used.
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Shepard
Ayer Fire Causes Major Losses to Plants and Homes
Officials and business leaders assessed the aftermath of a fire in Ayer that destroyed two industrial plants and 10 dwellings, with unofficial losses pegged at around 6 million dollars. Hartnett Tanning Co. and International Purchasing Co. were partly ruined, leaving about 40 people homeless.
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Ayer
Mass
Hartnett Tanning Co
International Purchasing Co
Fire devastates quarter mile front with 25 dead and 10 injured
A major blaze swept a quarter mile front destroying all buildings as a 2 mile per hour wind drove flames. Firefighters fought for over four hours and heavy smoke felled 25 people with 10 more lightly injured. Responders included 600 soldiers from Ft Devens and crews from up to 20 miles away.
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Ft. Devens
Loss of tannery hits central Massachusetts town
The tannery, employing about 400 and central to a 15 000 population town, was the main industry. It has distributed over 32 million in annual bonuses, with the Hartnett firm treasurer Edwin Coltin estimating the company’s loss at 4 million dollars.
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Massachusetts
Edwin Coltin
Hartnett
Akron Industrialists Face Tax Charges
Akron industrialists Poncet Davis and Sydney L. Albert are to appear in U S Tax Court opening June 19 to face tax claims totaling more than 6 million dollars.
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Cleveland (Ap
Akron
Poncet Davis
Sydney L. Albert
U. S
Well-Off Youths Admit 500 Burglaries in Two Years
Fourteen boys and young men from affluent homes confessed to 450 to 500 burglaries with loot up to 100000 dollars. Half attend NYC or Long Island colleges. Burglars operated in Queens and Nassau County. Three men faced receiving stolen goods charges as they paid fractions of loot value. Age range 14 to 22. eleven charged with burglary, three with juvenile delinquency.
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NEW York
New York City
Long Island
Queens
Nassau County
Saved 1 000 Soldiers Pigeon Hero Dies
G I Joe the pigeon credited with saving about 1 000 British soldiers by delivering a message during a World War II operation died at the Detroit Zoo. The bird had flown on October 18 1943 from Colvi Vecchia Italy and prompted a raid to be called off.
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Detroit
G. I. Joe
Colvi Vecchia
Italy
Detroit Zoo
Akron Man Kills Wife Then Self in Family Tragedy
AP reports in Akron Ohio that John O Smith 83 killed his wife Annabelle 42 in their home with a 16 gauge shotgun and then shot himself dead. Police described a family argument preceding the double homicide suicide.
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Akron, Ohio
John
Saturn Launching Site Readied for Fall Flight
Cape Canaveral NASA completes an 11 million dollar Saturn launch complex to support first firing next fall. The 45 acre site includes a tall service tower and ground support for the C1 rocket with 10 ton payload capacity. A second Saturn complex will be built for the C2 vehicle as the space race with the Soviet Union accelerates.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Saturn
Storms Diminish After Whacking Plains Area
Severe storms drenched Waco with 3 inches of rain in 90 minutes and dropped up to 5 inches in spots. Tornadoes touched down near Boise City and across the Texas Panhandle as the complex weather system swept across the Plains from the northwest Panhandle to northern Texas and adjacent states.
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Waco
New Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
Boise City
Okla
Texas
The
Panhandle
Dayton Woman Killed After Crash In Cleveland Suburb
A 63 year old Dayton woman died at Mount Sinai Hospital from injuries in a two car collision in Bratenahl Monday. The victim, Zelma Gessman, was a passenger in a car driven by Pauline 3 of Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Dayton
Mount Sinai Hospital
Bratenahl
Zelma Gessman
Pauline 3
Weather Shifts with Showers Across Mississippi and New England
Scattered showers moved through Mississippi and northern New England while coastal western Washington saw drizzle and fog. Cooler Canadian air reached the northern Great Lakes lowering temperatures to the 40s and 50s, with fair mild weather in most other areas and readings mostly in the 60s and 70s across the eastern two thirds.
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Mississippi
New England
Washington
Canada
Great Lakes
G. I. Joe the pigeon earns fame at Fort Monmouth and Detroit Zoo
A World War II hero pigeon named G. I. Joe received a congressional gallantry medal. Afterward he was inducted into the U.S. Army pigeon Hall of Fame at Ft. Monmouth New Jersey. The Detroit Zoological Society requested his transfer to their zoo and the bird arrived four years ago to become a feature attraction.
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G.I. Joe
U.S. Congress
G. I. Joe
Churchill Loft
U.S. Army
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Detroit Zoological Society
Trujillo Son Not Interested in Political Dynasty
Porfirio Rubirosa said Rafael Trujillo Jr. has no ambitions to carry on his father’s Dominican Republic regime. Rubirosa spoke in an interview with the New York Journal American after arriving in New York on an unofficial visit.
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New York
Rafael Trujilo Jr
Dominican Republic
Porfirio ‘Rubirosa
New York Journal-American
Rubirosa
Wife Slaying Suspect Pleads Innocent in Ohio
Robbie Cochran, 36, charged with fatally shooting his wife Margaret, 27, in Greenville Ohio, pleaded innocent Monday and is held on 10000 dollars bond pending grand jury action.
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Greenville
Ohio
Robbie Cochran
Margaret
Kennedy Returns from European Tour to Address Nation Tonight
President Kennedy arrives at Andrews Air Force Base at 9 33 am after a week visiting European leaders including Khrushchev de Gaulle and Macmillan. Congressional leaders diplomats and officials greet the returning chief as he steps from his jet and walks a receiving line of about 70 people.
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Kennedy
America
Europe
Andrews Air Force Base
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy tours White House with Dirksen and Fulbright
President Kennedy flies with Senate Republican leader Dirksen and Foreign Relations Chair Fulbright to the White House for a day of briefings. He plans a 6 p.m. EST national speech and will meet bipartisan leaders to report on his trip.
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Everett M Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
Executive Mansion
Kennedy
Dirksen
Fulbright
Kennedy to Press Berlin Stand in Vienna Talks
Tonight's talk centers on generalities in Kennedy Khrushchev discussions with Congress awaiting details. Kennedy is expected to reaffirm Western resolve against new Communist moves in Berlin and other flashpoints. Democrats hopeful for East-West progress. Republicans more skeptical about concrete outcomes.
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Kennedy
Khrushchev
Berlin
Congress
Vienna
Mansfield Calls Talks Worthwhile Aiding East West Negotiations
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said the conversations were well worthwhile and could lay groundwork for lower level talks on East West differences. He added that any reasonable agreements at the ambassadorial level might enhance prospects with Khrushchev, at least indirectly.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Khrushchev
Meharry Medical College speaker envisions behavior cure
Dr Janet Travell told Meharry Medical College graduates that medical progress will target behavioral change rather than physical illness. She spoke of modifying human behavior for societal good as medicine’s future, while noting her travels with President Kennedy.
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Nashville, Tenn
Kennedy
Janet Travell
Meharry Medical College
Travell
Paris
Vienna
Meharry
Cincy Man Saves Blinded Foreman
An engineer braved sulfuric acid to rescue foreman Frank Adamson who was blinded by a pipe burst at Virginia Carolina Chemical in St. Bernard. Adamson, 61, is in critical condition with burns. Shelby Becknell, 60, aided and is in fair condition. Police also treated Sgt. Wallenhorst for ankle burns.
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Cincinnati
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
St. Bernard
Frank Adamson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Shelby Becknell
Adamson
Becknell
Joseph Wallenhorst
Garden Humor Turns on Hoe Trouble at Home
A lighthearted note about working in the home garden centers on the pun hoe. The item hints at a serious tone despite comic setup, implying a domestic gardening mishap or frustration with garden tasks.
Weather Outlook With Scattered Thunderstorms
Warm humid conditions persist with scattered thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. Today’s high in the 80s and tonight’s low near 60s. Wednesday turns partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Monday’s high was 82 with an overnight low of 62.
Kennedy Sleeps Well On Way Home From Europe
President Kennedy rested at Goose Bay Labrador after a London leg of his European tour aboard the Boeing 707. He slept soundly during a six hour layover and would depart at 6 30 a.m. EDT for the three hour flight to Washington.
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Labrador
Kennedy
Washington
London
Air Force
OAS Sends Commission To Republic
A five nation OAS commission will travel to the Dominican Republic to assess whether the country is headed toward greater freedom or a tighter dictatorship after the assassination of Rafael Trujillo. The seven nation group voted to dispatch the probe following Washington’s request, with Dominican Foreign Minister Herrera Baez welcoming the mission. This marked a diplomatic win for the Kennedy administration with broad regional backing.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Caribbean
Rafael Trujillo
U.S
Profirio Herrera Baez
Kennedy
United States
Clealy
Five-nation OAS commission to depart from New York
OAS officials expect the special five nation commission to leave New York Thursday morning. Members include Panama the United States Argentina Mexico and Uruguay. Dominican professional exiles in Puerto Rico and New York along with Venezuela sent messages to the commission asserting the Dominican Republic remains oppressive and tyrannical since Trujillo's assassination.
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OAS
New York
Panama
United States
Argentina
Mexico
Uruguay
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Six Children Die in Portageville Home Fire
In Portageville Missouri six children aged 1 to 9 died when their home burned Monday night. One child was critically burned and mother Jesse Mae Forest was treated for shock. Neighbor Jimmy Davis and Van Adams helped rescue a child as flames halted further rescue.
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Portageville, Mo
Jesse Mae Forest
Jimmy Davis
van Adams
Michael Forest
Aaron
Don
Ema Mae
Kayseen
Rabbis
Jen-nett
Cleveland School Head Resigns After 14 Years
Cleveland's Board of Education must appoint a new superintendent for the first time since 1960s as Mark C. Schinnerer resigns after 14 years. He leaves August 1 with a $25,000 annual contract that has three years remaining and may retire or pursue roles at the Ford Foundation or an educational television institution.
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Cleveland
Board of Education
Mark C. Schinnerer
Schinnerer
Ford Foundation
Retailing revolution spreads as Woolworth plans Woolco
A shift in U S retailing sees major chains adopting discount formats. Woolworth announces Woolco as the biggest discount chain with first units to open this year. Interstate and S S Kresge push discount plans as department stores fear losing customers. Cantor notes expected 80 percent of shoppers rely on discount centers in 5 to 10 years.
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Jack Lefler
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Interstate Department Stores
Mich
Hartford
Conn
Sol W. Cantor
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