Nine new astronauts named amid space program tensions
Houston AP reports NASA to name nine astronauts to support the Mercury program as John Glenn and Walter Schirra quell rift over outside commitments. Schirra's six orbit flight is planned for Sept 28 with Mercury Atlas 8. Gilruth and NASA deny tension will curb astronauts' duties.
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Houston, Tex
National Aeronautics Space Administration
John Glenn
Walter Schirra
Schirra
Glenn
Earth
Wally
Gilruth
NASA
Mercury Control Center
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Mercury Control
News Media Communications Branch
Hearing on Steel Contempt Hearing Canceled
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on contempt of Congress for four steel firms refused to disclose cost production figures was canceled due to insufficient committee attendance. The companies Republic, Bethlehem, National, and Armco argued that releasing the data would harm competitive positions domestically and internationally.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Republic
Bethlehem
National
Armco Steel Corps
Brazil approves plebiscite on Goulart powers
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a plebiscite for January to decide granting executive powers to President Joao Goulart. The 169 to 83 vote followed Senate approval, easing the crisis as Latin America's largest nation faces a general strike and political upheaval after Prime Minister Francisco Brochado da Rocha's resignation.
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Brasilia
Chamber of Deputies
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Senate
Latin America
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Goulart
Rio de Janeiro
Brochado da Rocha
Pilot testifies pilot error caused fatal crash near Norwalk
A commercial pilot who witnessed the takeoff and crash testified to federal inspectors that an error by the pilot contributed to the fatal crash after takeoff near Norwalk Ohio. Four people died in the incident beside the Ohio Turnpike.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Ohio Turnpike
Here
Red China Loudly Denounces U S After U2 Downing
AP reports Peiping intensified anti American broadcasts after a U2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over mainland China. Officials in Tokyo note Beijing warns against any U.S. aggression while stressing an Imperialist challenge. The fate of the pilot remains undisclosed.
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Tokyo
China
Tomufel Aoadin
Anommnitrance
Fruuweriul Feu Waenonwedsa
Asia
U.S
Air Force
Peiping
Southeast Asia
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
New China
Shotgun in his face misfire saves officer
AP report from Cleveland recounts Lt. Raymond Walker facing a loaded shotgun held by Ronald DelNegro after a domestic call. The gun failed to fire before Walker shot DelNegro, who was treated at Metropolitan General Hospital for a bullet wound to the left leg.
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Cleveland
Raymond Walker
Walker
Orville Baldwin
Brooklyn
Nancy DelNegro
Ronald
DelNegro
Baldwin
Metropolitan General Hospital
Poll Tax Amendment Submitted to Governors
Washington AP The proposed anti poll tax 24th Amendment to the U S Constitution was submitted Friday to the governors of the 50 states. Bernard L Boutin general services administrator announced the formal ratification process by sending papers to the governors who must forward the joint congressional resolution to their state legislatures and certify back. If ratified by three fourths of states within seven years the amendment would ban poll taxes as a federal voting qualification. Only Alabama Arkansas Mississippi Texas and Virginia still require payment of poll taxes.
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Washington
U.S
Bernard L. Boutin
General Services Administrator
Boutin
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
Chief’s taunt to tribe about reclaiming land
A historic cartoon caption quotes an Indian Chief telling his tribe that the land will be theirs again and that palefaces should go to the moon, reflecting period discourse and hostility toward settlers.
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Moon
Soviet Union detonates 15 megaton nuclear blast
The Soviet Union fired a 15 megaton nuclear device at Novaya Zemlya, announced by the Uppsala Seismological Institute and signed by Markus Baath. It marks the second-largest detonation in a test sequence that began August 5 with a 40 megaton blast.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Soviet Union
Novaya Zemlya
Uppsala Seismological Institute
Markus Baath
Death Of Fish In Great Miami River Under Probes
Dayton authorities investigate the death of an estimated 100000 fish in the Great Miami River. Montgomery County game protector Alex Shartle said water samples have been sent to Columbus for analysis.
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Dayton
Ohio
Great Miami River
Alex Shartle
Montgomery County
Columbus
Ike On Campaign Trail In Home Pennsylvania
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigned in Scranton boosting the GOP in Pennsylvania. He endorsed William W. Scranton for governor to a 10,000 strong crowd and later spoke from a statewide telecast about party unity while noting the race for Senate and voting patterns. He highlighted unity and criticized the Democratic administration.
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Pennsylvania
Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Midwest
Penn‘sylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Eisenhower
GOP
William W. Scranton
Gettysburg
U.S
James van Zandt
R-Pa
Joseph S. Clark
Charles A. Halleck
Rensselaer Thursiday
Leslie C. Arends
Kankakee
United Party
Jury Suit Over Candid Camera Episode
Bronx man Richard Marshall and his wife Pauline sue Columbia Broadcasting System Allen Funt and Arthur Godfrey for 100000 claiming a April 9 1961 Candid Camera segment showed them on a subway ride and wrongly labeled them as married causing embarrassment and a nervous breakdown.
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New York
Bronx
Richard Marshall
Pauline
Columbia Broada System
Allen Funt
Arthur Godfrey
Marshall
Blue Cross Costs Reach New Level in Southwest Ohio
In Southwest Ohio Blue Cross hospital costs hit a record 45,663,853 for the year ended June 30. Hospital Care Corp said the figure covered 312,811 hospital cases among 1,460,000 people served in the area.
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Cincinnati
Blue Cross
Ohio
Hospital Care Corp
Sabin Advisory Meeting On Polio Vaccine
An expert advisory committee in Washington is set to decide if Sabin oral polio vaccine remains suitable for mass immunization. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry will speak after a closed morning meeting. The session was moved up after Canada reported four paralytic polio cases among four million people.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Luther L. Terry
San Francisco
K.O
Sabin polio vaccine sparks Canada US debate on use
Dr Albert Sabin urged continued widespread use of the oral Sabin polio vaccine despite Canadian Health Department cautions pending study. He argued delays risk outbreaks as U S communities press on with immunization while a US advisory panel weighed 12 paralytic polio cases linked to vaccination on a liner radio interview.
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Federal Health Department
U.S
Albert B. Sabin
Cincinnati University
Associated Press
Canada
United States
Sabin
Ohio Cities Going Ahead With Polio Immunizations
In Columbus Cincinnati Port Clinton and Painesville the mass immunization plans proceed despite a Canadian Health Department suspension of Sabin oral polio vaccine. Washington advisory action is awaited with three dose schedules in Cincinnati Port Clinton and Painesville and a Sept. 30 start in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Canadian Health Department
Cincinnati
Port Clinton
Painesville
Washington
Public Health Service Advisory Committee
Ex-Manager Details Estes Cash Plunder Before Arrest
A. B. Foster testified to Senate investigators that Billie Sol Estes looted about $195,000 from his companies between March 14 and April 6 as law enforcement closed in. Foster described two envelopes totaling $17,600 retrieved from a safe deposit box hours before Estes’ arrest on federal fraud charges.
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Washington (Ap
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
A. B. Foster
Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Treasuries
N. Battle Hales
Agriculture Department
Department
Foster
Synod Elects Veler for LCA President in Ohio
The newly organized Ohio Synod of the Lutheran Church in America has elected Dr. Herbert W. Veler from suburban Upper Arlington as its first president.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Synod of the Lutheran Church In America
Herbert W. Veler
Upper Arlington
Aid Sought for Quake Homeless in Turkey Iran
The League of Red Cross Societies says over 100000 people lost homes in eastern Turkey earthquakes, with survivors exposed to seasonal rains and winter. It appeals for tents, prefab houses, clothing, and medicines as conditions worsen. In Iran, about 60000 homeless reported with 122 villages affected and 20 destroyed, while medical and food needs are reportedly met.
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Geneva
League of Red Cross Societies
Turkey
League
Red i Crescent
Red Cross
The
Iran
Test Shot Fired at Nevada Nuclear Test Site
The Atomic Energy Commission conducted an underground nuclear explosion in Nevada. It was the 50th test in the Nevada series and the first since August 24, described as low yield with a blast force under 20 000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Three Kennedy Bills Win House Passage As Congress Adjourns
Congress pushes toward autumn adjournment while advancing three Kennedy proposals. The House passed the U N bond issue, tariff revision bill, and standby Reserves authority. Senate action looms as Finance Committee moves toward tariff power. mass transit grants bill faces delay.
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Gress
Kennedy
U.N
Jtrade
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
Senate Finance Committee
House Armed Services Committee
John W. McCormack
Mass
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Commerce Committee
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