Town Whoops Home Glenn Smiles in New Concord Welcome
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. spent five and a half nostalgia filled hours in his hometown New Concord Ohio where 45 000 to 90 000 residents welcomed him with a luncheon parade speeches and a press conference. He showed emotion at moments including tears during the invocation and after a brief speech. The visit also included a gym reception at Muskingum College where old friends and the Stag Club cheered. Glenn received honors such as naming a portion of U S 4 the John H Glenn Highway and reflected on his finest hour and TV appearances with candid remarks about politics and family.
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New Concord, Ohio
John H. Glenn Jr
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Washington
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New Concord
Muskingum College
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Lold High School
John
Stag
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Zanesville
Cambridge
John H. Glenn
Michael V di Salie
Ifor
Jack Paar
New York
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John Glenn Returns to New Concord in Home Town Welcome
In New Concord Ohio crowds greet astronaut John Glenn at a seven hour parade marking his orbit of the earth. Family, Lions Club members, and Muskingum College honor Glenn and his family with community tributes and a Travelers Award for his son.
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Carolyn
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McNamara Announces Atmosphere Nuclear Test Resumption
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara says the United States will resume atmospheric nuclear testing after exhausting non explosive methods. He notes minimal expected radioactivity and contrasts U.S. plan with Soviet tests. General Lemnitzer backs resumption after military review.
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Eniwetok-Bikini
Pacific
U.S
U. S
McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Protests Turn Into Mob Scene in Times Square
A peaceful rally against atmospheric nuclear tests in Times Square grew to about 2,000 demonstrators and clashes with police. Dozens were arrested as crowds surged through barricades and traffic halted on a busy avenue amid chants of Shame.
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New York
Times Square
Priice
Key West renames South Street to Gen. John Glenn Sr.
Key West residents protest the City Commission action renaming South Street to Gen. John Glenn Sr. Protests follow when astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. visits the naval base after three orbits. Officials say the move was unofficial and will be reviewed at the next meeting.
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Key West
John Glenn Sr
John H. Glenn Jr
Key West Naval Base
United States
Glenn
U.S. Marines
Pilot lands MIG forms Formosa defector
Chiang Kai-shek greeted the defection of Liu Cheng-ste 25 from the Red Chinese air force who landed a Soviet MIG I S fighter at Taoyuan. He earns 35000 in awards as the first intact-plane defection to Formosa. The event bolsters Nationalist morale and is seen as a sign of Communist weakness.
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Formosa
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Taoyuan Air Force Base
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Public opinion split on Kennedy nuclear test decision
The White House said telegrams from the public are split down the middle on Kennedy’s decision to resume nuclear tests. About 1,000 telegrams were received in response to Friday’s nationwide broadcast, per White House press secretary Pierre Salinger.
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White House
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Pierre Salinger
Newark man killed in accident near bridge
Floyd Roe 2% of Newark died after his car side swiped a stone bridge near the city north area. He was thrown from the vehicle in the Saturday crash. Authorities investigated the cause of the collision.
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Ohio
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Glimpse Into Urban Squalor and National Paradox
A Kennedy linked view highlights a rising urban crisis among youth marked by poverty hunger and delinquency. The piece notes struggles of teachers and social workers to reach affected youth and marks it as a malignant cancer on American society.
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Robert Kennedy
Middletown Journal
Defector Liu Lands in Free China After Training Flight
Nationalists report Liu, who defected from Red China in 1957, landed after a training flight with Communist airmen. He handed his revolver to base command and said he was happy to be in free China. Chinese planes pursued but were turned back. 12 Sabre jets escorted him to Taoyuan following defection procedures.
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Cinderella joke sparks tax questions for modern child
A humorous line imagines a child querying whether Cinderella's pumpkin turned coach is taxed as ordinary income or capital gains. The quip plays on tax terminology to contrast a fairy tale event with real world finance concepts.
U2 Plane Found in Mojave Desert. Pilot Dead
The wreckage of a U2 spy plane was found near the Kramer Hills east of Edwards AFB California. Capt John Campbell 36 of Blasdell New York was killed. He was on temporary duty with the 4000th Strategic Wing based at Laughlin AFB Texas. An investigation was ordered to determine the crash cause.
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del Rio
Tex
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Edwards
Air Force
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Highway 466
San Jacinto Mountains
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Soviet Union
Capsule recovered after 4 day Discoverer mission over Pacific
An Air Force C130 snagged a parachuted capsule from Discoverer No. 38 after a four day earth orbit. Capt. Jack R. Wilson led the recovery, the longest orbit in the three year program, with 65 orbits set as a new record.
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Pacific
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Jack R. Wilson
Toledo
Ohio
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Earth
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Ohio Crash Kills Two At Bryan Intersection
Two people died and two were injured in a weekend auto collision at a Bryan Ohio intersection. Victims were Winifred Howe 63 of Malvern Ontario and the Rev. Earl Kenneth Giemer 31 of Brazil Indiana.
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Ohio
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