Jets Chase Enemies In Mock Air Test Sky Shield II
Jets from NORAD SAC and RAF faced over 200 enemy bombers in Exercise Sky Shield II spanning North America. Interceptors launched from hundreds of runways as night fell, while crews plotted bomber courses and prepared countermeasures in a wide scale simulated conflict across the United States Canada and Britain.
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Discoverer 32 Signals Led To Russian Satellite Rumors
NASA officials discounted reports of a new Soviet satellite after Discoverer 32, launched Friday from Vandenberg, broadcast on 20,005 megacycles. Tokyo's radio institute and Smithsonian Observatory independently noted signals on that frequency, but NASA said the transmitter on the US satellite was the source and Russia likely not involved.
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Kuykendall Quits FPC Last Of the Appointees
HYANNISPORT Mass AP The Cape Cod White House Saturday announced the resignation of the last Eisenhower appointee holdover on the Federal Power Commission Jerome Kuykendall a Republican who had tried to hold his post as chairman last summer resigned effective next Jan Kennedy accepted with thanks for Kuykendalls fine public service As of New Years Day the commission which regulates natural gas and other interstate power supply industries will consist entirely of Kennedy appointees The President will have to name a Republican to succeed Kuykendall to maintain the 3 2 party balance The chairman Swidler a Democrat Morgan and OConnor also Democrats Ross a Republican were Kennedy appointees OConnor a Texan tied to gas firms faced Senate opposition Kuykendall and fellow commissioners had appeared before a House subcommittee over back door influences He said he wasnt influenced by industry ties This year Kuykendall resisted Kennedy naming Swidler chairman which is now Swidler leading the agency He had chaired since 1953 and will leave Jan 1 after years of government service to return to private law practice while staying on to stabilize a commission that has seen rapid membership changes His term would normally expire next June
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Military training halts air traffic across vast theater
In a massive exercise the military conducted realistic training and testing while airlines suffered a 12 hour blackout from noon to midnight Eastern. No airliners or private planes flew through the war theater, and about 2,900 flights were canceled during the period.
Castro Regime A Menace, FBI Report Says
FBI Director Hoover reports the Castro regime in Cuba threatens U S security noting increased domestic intelligence problems from the Caribbean rise of communism. He cites Cuban citizenship grants to Puerto Rican nationalist leaders and active pro Castro groups in the United States. The FBI also notes record crime trends including auto thefts bank robberies and embezzlements.
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Two Dogs Drive Sheep Flock Off Cliff in Alps
In GAP France AP report says two roaming dogs panicked 750 sheep on Mt Devoluy near Du Noyer Pass causing a 200 foot plunge. Owner estimates 12000 dollars in losses as most animals died or were destroyed. one dog killed and the other captured.
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Disarmament Urged by China and Burma Leaders
Communist China and Burma prime ministers called for general disarmament and a ban on nuclear weapons to ease international tension in a Saturday meeting in Tokyo.
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