Air Force celebrates first aerial catch of ejected capsule
In Honolulu AP reports the Air Force celebrated the first aerial catch of a capsule ejected from an orbiting satellite. A C119 Flying Boxcar snatched the 85 pound capsule at 8 500 feet over the Pacific using a dangling device. The crew including Capt Harold E Mitchell and Lt Robert Counts were honored for the dramatic recovery. The capsule and crew were flown to Hawaii then to the mainland for analysis.
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Air Force
Honolulu
U. S. Air Force
Space
Pacific
Ottawa
Alaska
Kansas City
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Pelacu
U. S
Hawaii
O. J. Ritland
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Iwrraru Wen Yu
Robert Counts
Yuba City
Calif
Lockheed Laboratory
Sunnyvale
Washington
Vote To Break With Trujillo At OAS Meeting
Costa Rica AP report says foreign ministers at the OAS agreed to condemn the Dominican Republic and break diplomatic ties with Trujillo. They also suspended arms shipments and halted full U S backed proposals for a elections committee. The vote moves to a seventh meeting Monday with Caracas leading the push.
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Ban Jose
Costa Rica
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Venezuela
Romulo Bentancourt
Plane Commander Attended K State in Manhattan Years
AP report notes Capt Harold E Mitchell commander of the Discoverer XTV capsule catch attended Kansas State University in Manhattan in 1946 47 and 48 He was a K State track team member who ran the two mile His mother Eleanor H Mitchell of Greenfield praised the achievement and recounted her long service as house mother at Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Nu sororities during Kansas and Kansas State years.
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Greenfield, I
Harold E. Mitchell
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Mitchell
Bloomington
Eleanor H.mitchell
Greenfield
Lily
Kansas
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas State
Sigma Nu Fraternity
K-State
University of Town
Weather County Forecast Shows Thunderstorms and Mild Weekend
Scattered thunderstorms expected in the southern portion this afternoon and over the area tonight and Sunday. Partly cloudy otherwise with highs this afternoon around 80s, tonight lows mid to upper 60s. Sunday highs in the 50s.
Fines Fund Franklin County Schools From Traffic Revenue
Franklin County Jugend school fund receives 5962.47 by Feb 20 from fines collected by the county court. Traffic offenses dominate, with 102 of 118 July cases. 64 speeding, 61 on Interstate 35. Radar checks and a state trooper patrol I-35 between Ottawa and Kansas City.
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Franklin County
Roselyn Whitley
Robert L. Pinet
Sheriff's Office
Kansas State Highway Patrol
Ottawa
Kansas City
U2 Pilots Family Hopes On Nikita Appeal
In Moscow Francis Gary Powers learned his family was present for his spy trial after seeing them in the courtroom. His attorney Alexander Parker said Powers did not know they had arrived until the opening of the proceedings. Barbara Powers had telegrammed him from Moscow.
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Gentry
Sieterle
O'Hara
Riverside
Duvel
Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Alexander Parker
Richmond
Powers
Barbara
Parker
Dias
Lumumba Under Threat From Abako Opposition
In Leopoldville the Congo Abako party warned Premier Patrice Lumumba will be ousted by legal or illegal means. Abako vice president Gen Franklin County said the party plans censure of Lumumba and may pursue other actions if he remains in office.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Abako
Patrice Lumumba
Franklin County
asVital Moanda
Lumumba
United Nations
Kansas
Moanda
Aninnterview
Good Ole Mel To Meet Sandpipers
In Laguna Beach a Peoria worker, Melvin Miller, is lured to California by Marine Capt. Joe Gestson after a long running joke sparked by a long distance call. A vacation fund, signs, and shell casing prompts raise nearly $300 for Mel to visit August 31 with a week of perks and a motorcade welcome at LAX.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Peoria
Melvin Miller
Tllinois
Joe Gestson
Camp Pendleton
Ron
el Toro
Melvin
Gestson
Herday
Niser
Mel
Hero
Joe
Piper
Gestion
Callifornia
Grant Maxwell
Laguna
Maxwell
Los Angeles International Airport
Machines For Clemency In Motion In Powers Case
MOSCOW AP Barbara Powers said she will not leave Moscow until she has done all she can to help husband Francis Gary Powers, sentenced to 10 years detention for espionage. She may appeal directly to Soviet leaders for clemency as lawyers plan a conference with defense attorney Mikhail Grimov. Powers’ father Oliver said the pilot is the same as always. The family hopes Khrushchev can reduce the sentence.
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Moscow
Barbara Powers
Francis Gary Powers
Gary
Oliver W. Powers
Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail I. Grimov
Frank Rogers
Roanoke
Virginia Bar Assa
Best
Wwe
Rogers
Khrushchev
Oliver W. Powersiners
Sions
Ida
Supreme Court
Leonids
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Communiist
Jessica Hileman
Washington, D.C
Manteen Brown
Milledgeville
George Liberace to wed in California
George Liberace, violinist and brother of pianist Lee Liberace, has obtained a license to marry Joan Eiker, a 27 year old nurse. He is 4, she 27.
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Wayne Michaels
Charles Michaels
Baldwin
Ralph Tedrow
N. Poplar
Dale
George H. Swank
Ralph Adams
Ottawa
Joseph, Jr
Joseph Blake
N. Sycamore
Stephen
Eldon Lyons
Richemond
Joe Blake, Jr
Richmond
Joe
Joe Blake
George
Santa Monica
Calif
George Liberace
Lee Liberace
Joan Eiker
Oklahoma Family Missing On Flight
Oklahoma City AP report says Henry Griffing, a Video Corp. president with holdings incl TKWTV, his wife, Linda 2, and Phillip 25 went missing after a private plane flight that began Tuesday in Teterboro New Jersey. They had just returned from a six week Africa trip.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Griffing
Oklahoma
Teterboro
N.J
Griffing
Video Corp
TKWTV
New York
Linda
Phillip
Africa
Delegates From Congo Arrive For UN Meeting
The Congo delegation arrives in New York ahead of the Security Council session as Patrice Lumumba escalates tensions by accusing Dag Hammarskjold and demanding withdrawal of white troops. Vice Premier Gizenga leads nine African members after a weather delay, with the Council set to convene Sunday morning.
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United Nations, N.Y
Congo
Security Council
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
U.N
Hammarskjold
New York
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Antoine Gizenga
Gizenga
L-Nation Council
Winners At Richmond Fair Are Named
The Richmond Free Fair entered its second day amid large crowds and active participation. Organizers reported strong attendance and announced winners across events with several notable performances and prizes awarded.
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Sandra Herring
Williamsburg
Joanne Roeckers
Richmond
Sandra Kimball
Princeton
Princeton Jolly Workers
Berea Boosters
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