JFK Jet Sets Moscow Washington Nonstop Speed Marks
President Kennedy’s Air Force Boeing 707 completed a nonstop Moscow to Washington flight setting 30 speed records. The 5,004 mile, 9 hour 53 minute run landed at Andrews Base in rain after a Moscow leg of 8 hours 38 minutes 42 seconds. Col. James B. Swindal piloted the jet with NAA officials Dr. Robert Dillaway and Clyde Barnett aboard as Soviet permission for the round trip was negotiated.
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Washington
Moscow
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
United States
Russia
James B. Swindal
National Aeronautics Association
Robert B. Dillaway
Woodland Hills
Calif
Clyde Barnett
Los Angeles
California
NAA
Canaan
Wisconsin Assembly votes down housing discrimination bill
Madison Wisconsin the Assembly approved 50 to 47 a housing discrimination ban with nine Democratic members joining Republicans to oppose Gov Reynolds. The measure would let the attorney general or a district attorney seek an injunction in real property sales leases or rentals. The same session passed a bingo resolution 51 to 42 while a Sunday closing bill failed 17 to 16 in the Senate. The bingo measure requires state supervision and 25 percent of gross receipts to the state and moves to the Senate with referendum. A highway safety inspection bill was discussed to require 1.4 million Wisconsin cars to pass a $1.50 inspection with 20 cents to the state.
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Madison
Assembly
Wisconsin
Senate
Milwaukee
Richard Peterson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Awe Ewe
Reuben LaFave
Roconto
Senate Highway Committee
Dan Schutz
State Motor Vehicle Department
Gemini Spacecraft Tests To Start Soon
Simulated tests will be conducted this summer by McDonnell Aircraft Corp to evaluate landing characteristics of the Gemini Space Capsule. The tests will be at Parks Metropolitan Airport near Cahokia Illinois across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. The Gemini spacecraft will hold two astronauts and land on the ground unlike the Mercury capsule.
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ST. Louis, Mo
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
McDonnell
Parks Metropolitan
Cahokia
Ill
Mississippi River
St. Louis
West Point Class to Graduate Cadet Hawkins in June
Cadet William C. Hawkins, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hawkins of Darlington, will join West Point's graduating class on June 5. A senior year cadet first sergeant and football letterman, he will receive a second lieutenant commission in the artillery and was appointed to the Academy after graduating from Sparta High School with former Rep. Gardner Withrow.
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West Point
William C. Hawkins
Raymond Hawkins
Darlington
Hawkins
Gardner Withrow
Sparta High School
Lutherans Oppose Parochial School Aid Across States
The Wisconsin Lutheran Synod council of presidents says church leaders do not want or seek state assistance for education. The synod runs 224 parochial grade schools and eight high schools in 13 states and warns state funding would invite unwanted government supervision and intrusion.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Lutheran Synod
Council of Presidents
Synod
Balance of Nature Myth Denounced by USDA Chemists
Organized agricultural chemists reject critics who say chemical pesticides upset the balance of nature. A booklet from the Manufacturing Chemists' Association argues the phrase is a misnomer implying harmony that does not exist.
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USDA
Washington
The
Manufacturing Chemists’ Association, Inc
Air Force X-21 Laminar Flow Wing Tests Pass
Northrop X-21 research aircraft with laminar flow wings passed flight tests using a new air flow control device. Thin wing slots collect surface air, ducts remove it, and rear exhaust reduces drag. Prototype nearing completion at Hawthorne plant with July desert test center participation.
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Edwards Air Force
BASF
Californ
Northrop Corp
Air Force
Hawthorne
This Desert Test Center
Romney Says No 1964 Presidential Bid Yet Leaves Door Open
Washington Governor George Romney told National Press Club members he will not seek the 1964 Republican nomination under any circumstances but did not rule out a possible draft movement. He urged civil rights extension, pressed for state and local empowerment, and opposed federal constitutional amendments viewed as centralizing.
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Washington
George Romney
Michigan
National Press Club
Candone
Romney
America
LAB FUND APPROVED FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT PROJECTS
Washington. The Senate appropriations committee approved a $985,093,400 budget to finance Interior Department operations and related agencies. The plan includes $3,800,000 to construct a wood chemistry laboratory at Madison for the forest service.
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LAB Fund
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Madison
Forest Service
Lost and Found Logic in a Practical Guide
A concise reflection on practical problem solving centered on the idea that loss prompts action. The piece frames logic as the best response when something valuable disappears, urging decisive steps over hesitation.
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