Plans To Base Moon Station Revealed In 1960s Study
Baltimore AP reports tentative government backed plans to station men on the moon. Martin Co under NASA contract maps life support in a barren environment with insulated balloons caves and tunnels for shelters. Remote controlled boring gear and pushbutton construction likely. suits limit heavy work. special moon surface vehicles and stilts for ship maneuverability. Landing sites favored within large crater flats with caution for boulders and crevices.
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Baltimore
John de Nike
Martin Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Side Swipes and Missing Cash at Laundry
In New Haven Lee Nong reported a theft of about eight dollars from his laundry cash register while he stepped next door to a self service laundry. In Oakland Vida Coen aged 64 was found seriously injured with a slashed wrist in her basement and was taken to hospital after a deputy coroner initially sent her to the morgue.
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New Haven, Conn
Lee Nong
Nong
Oakland
Calif
Vida Coen
Winifred Robinson
Weather county forecast in modest terms
Considerable cloudiness with scattered tandy showers this evening and tonight. Partly cloudy Thursday, not so warm with a high near 99. Tonight’s low around 70. Temperatures will be moderate Thursday with highs near 99.
House Approves Billion-Plus Military Authorization
Washington AP reports the House authorized nearly 1 billion for weapons ships and planes as part of a 3.247 billion package Kennedy seeks to counter Communist threats in Berlin. The plan includes 612.2 million for tactical aircraft 304.77 million for missiles and 50.4 million for ships including Constellation fire damage funds. Unemployment fell 440,000 in July to 6.9 percent with 5,140,000 unemployed, while total employment declined slightly.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Berlin
Constellation
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Open Fire On French Planes Near Algerian Frontier
In Tunis use of antiaircraft guns targeted French planes violating Tunisian air space near the Algerian frontier. Government listed 50 such violations in the past two days. French air force sources at Bizerte base confirmed continued air reconnaissance.
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Tunis
Bizerte
Kennedy presses foreign aid plan with intense Capitol Hill lobbying
President Kennedy mobilizes broad pressure for an $8.8 billion, five year development loan program for new nations. He meets senators and representatives, uses committees, and fields letters from AFL CIO and Citizens Committee for International Development as he seeks decisive votes.
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Washington
Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Treasury
Congress
Citizens Committee For International Development
United Nations eyes emergency session on Tunisian crisis
Asian and African leaders say they can gather 32 of 50 signatures to request a UN General Assembly emergency session over the Bizerte dispute with France. U.S. opposition aims to avoid a meeting, urging direct negotiations and a prompt pullback to prewar positions. Bourguiba seeks broader support against France as Tunisia tensions rise.
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United Nations, N
Stevenson
Mongi Slim
Washington
Kennedy
de Gaulle
Bahi Ladgham
Habib Bourguiba
U.S
Bizerte
United States
France
Berlin
Bourguiba
Soviet Union
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Helicopter Mail Service Proposed by Kansas City Post Official
Kansas City's acting postmaster floated helicopter mail service from the main post office to towns up to 200 miles away across Missouri and neighboring states. Ted Bland stressed he spoke for himself, not the Post Office Department, while Hall Brothers Inc seeks a rooftop heliport near the post office. A city committee will draft a temporary landing pad plan on Hall Brothers eight story building as regulations gaps are noted.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Ted Bland
Post Office Department
Sam
Bland
Hall Brothers Inc
Doug Warner
Hall Brothers
County Sells Rock Crusher and Hammer Mill
Franklin County sold its rock crusher and B-10 hammer mill to high bidders. H. B. Zachry, San Antonio, bought the hammer mill for 3800 dollars and Marr and Sons Construction Co., Warrensburg, paid 4200 dollars for the rock crusher. Bids on 30,000 feet of untreated bridge planking favored Kaw Lumber Co., Topeka, at 3315 dollars. Future rock for county use will be bought by bid and negotiation to cut costs.
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Franklin County
H. B. Zachry
General Contractors
San Antonio
Tex
Marr and Sons Construction Co
Warrensburg
Kaw Lumber Co
Topeka
Wheeler Lumber Co
West Des Moines
Iowa
Hubbard Lumber Co
Ottawa
Johnson Lumber Co
Lincoln
Neb
Berlin Summit Talks Echo Fall Negotiation Debate
West Berlin raged over Fulbright's proposal that East German escape routes could be negotiated with the Communists. Fulbright faced sharp criticism from official East German and Communist media while West Berlin officials urged freedom of movement. Refugees arrive at 1,500 daily as talks and economic tensions continue amid calls to settle costs in Western currency.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Sen
J. W. William Fulbright
East Germany
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Neues Deutschland
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Ernest Lemmer
der Kurier
Fulbright
United Nations
Dios
71 Air Force Alerts 28000 Guard and Reserve Units
The Air Force alerted 28000 personnel in 71 Air National Guard and Reserve units for possible active duty as part of the defense buildup amid the Berlin crisis. President Kennedy signed legislation enabling up to 250000 reservists to be called and extended active service by one year. Units across 28 states and the District of Columbia may recruit about 5000 to full strength, with about 750 aircraft involved.
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Air Force
Air National Guard
Air Reserve
Berlin
Kennedy
Evc
District of Columbia
National Guard
District
Air Force Ready Reserve J
Continental Air Command
U.S. Air Force
West German defense minister fuels reserve callup rumors
Bonn Germany AP Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss hinted West Germany may mobilize 20000 Reservists amid reports of a reserve callup after a 10 day US trip. Strauss offered no firm comment on the plan or on possible extensions of conscript service from 12 to 18 months.
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Bonn
Germany
Franz Josef Strauss
West Germany
United States
Strauss
Defense Ministry
No Kansas Units In Alert Call
Washington AP Missouri Air National Guard and Air Reserve units were among 71 alerted for possible call up. Missouri reserves include 442nd Troop Carrier Wing and 303rd and 204th Troop Carrier Squadrons at Richards-Gebaur AFB. Kansas units were not included.
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Washington
Missouri
Air National Guard
Air Reserve
Air Force
442Nd
Richards-Gebaur Afb
131St Tactical Fighter Wing
157Th Tactical Control
St. Louis
Kansas City
Joplin
Springfield
Tinker Afb
Oklahoma City
Rain boosts crops in Ottawa area strawed by stormy night
Last night's thunder showers delivered 1.39 inches of rain across the Ottawa weather station area stabilizing the fall crop outlook. Farmers credit the moisture with better alfalfa, corn and soy bean prospects while dairy and beef interests anticipate stronger pasture and feed supplies. The rain slowed mudding flood work but engineers continued plans for the Santa Fe bridge pier at Walnut Street as local business eyes a brighter agricultural economy.
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Marais Des Cyg Ines
Ottawa
Galley
List & Clark
Army Engineer
Santa Fe
Walnut Street
Kansas
West Meets in Paris to Seek Peaceful Berlin Crisis Path
Western foreign ministers open talks in Paris aiming to lay groundwork for a Berlin crisis settlement and possibly a future Western summit. Kennedy may meet allied leaders this year. Khrushchev signals conditional willingness to negotiate on Soviet terms.
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Washington
Paris
Berlin
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Couve de Murville
Lord Home
Britain
Heinrich von Brentano
West Germany
NFO Plans Aug 7 Meeting on Price Boost Action
Des Moines AP NFO will hold an August 7 meeting to decide on an all-out holding action to lift farm prices. Oren Lee Staley says over 10,000 members from at least six states are expected to attend as the organization seeks to strengthen and compel processors to bargain.
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Des Moines
National Farmers Organization
NFO
NFO Board of Directors
NFQ
Staley
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