Kennedy Expands Plan To Create Peace Corps
Kennedy promotes a volunteer Peace Corps emphasizing qualified Americans. He targets ill prepared ambassadors and cites Bandaranaike mispronunciations in Ceylon to argue for skilled personnel. He campaigns through Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma City and Washington, criticizing Nixon’s Social Security record and urging voter support.
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U S Orbits Spinning Top Satellite in Ionosphere
Cape Canaveral reports Explorer VIII, a 30 inch spinning top shaped satellite, launched by a Juno II rocket at 12 23 a m to study the ionosphere. The craft, designed to map electrical particles 50 to 1000 miles high, completes 112 minute orbits and could boost intercontinental and satellite communications research.
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Nixon Favored By Publishers Editors in Poll
A Publishers Auxiliary pole of nearly 4,000 newspaper executives found Nixon leading Kennedy among weekly papers with 416 electoral votes to 115 in 36 states. Daily executives echoed Nixon's edge with 350 to 147 votes across 32 and 15 states, while three states remained undecided.
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Fire at Camillus Barn Threatens Hoard of Hay and Grain
Staite police say a Wednesday night fire near Syracuse may be arson. Firemen battled a barn at Rudy Karasek’s farm eight miles west of Syracuse destroying 17,000 bales of hay 3 000 bushels of oats and 400 tons of corn worth about 200 000. About 140 cattle were fed elsewhere.
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Two U S Scientists Win Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics
American chemist Willard Libby and physicist Donald Glaser win 1960 Nobel Prizes. Libby receives the chemistry award for the atomic time clock method dating fossils and organic material. Glaser earns the physics prize for the bubble chamber imaging of atomic particles.
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Registration Upstate Gains in New York Vote Totals
Upstate declines are offset by gains in the New York City metropolitan area, yielding a record 8,352,742 registered voters for the upcoming election. NYC counties total 3,622,653 with Nassau Suffolk and Westchester at 1,237,293. upstate counties combined reach 1,237,293. Several upstate counties fall below 1956 totals, while observers warn the upstate vote could counter NYC plurality. The official Erie County figure is pending. state total excludes Erie.
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Kennedy Wins Syracuse In Daily News Poll
In the New York Daily News statewide poll Senator John F. Kennedy leads in Syracuse with a near 5-4 margin over Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Syracuse is the 16th of the state’s 20 largest cities outside New York City to back Kennedy. Nixon leads Broome County and Orleans County margins, while overall Kennedy holds 55.8 percent to Nixon’s 44.2 with 24 648 straw votes counted.
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Judge Orders Finch Jury Back To Deliberations
In Los Angeles the jury in the Finch murder trial is sent back to deliberate after 50 hours of consideration. Dr. R Bernard Finch 42 and Carole Tregoff 23 are accused of plotting and carrying out the July 1959 shooting of Finch's estranged wife Barbara Jean 36. The prior jury failed to reach a verdict after 3743 hours.
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Fatal Car Crash Claims Westfield Woman
Mrs. Mary Wasmund, 58, of Westfield, died after being struck by a car near her home. The incident occurred today and the driver remained at the scene pending investigation.
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Belgians Hampering U N Congo Efforts, Dag Says
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold accuses Belgian nationals of returning to the Congo and influencing the Mobutu administration. He says their activities threaten UN aims and undermine law and order, including arming separatist forces and directing violence.
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Nixon Jubilant After Ike Campaign In N Y
Vice President Nixon praises Eisenhower’s New York campaign stop as a sign of Republican victory rallying in the home stretch. Eisenhower touts Kennedy at Manhattan Coliseum as Nixon targets South Carolina and Texas with further speeches.
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Cyclone and Tidal Wave Kill Thousands in East Pakistan
Four thousand more people reportedly died Monday as a cyclone and tidal wave struck the Chittagong coast in East Pakistan. Gov Azam Khan said he saw innumerable dead and island villages were submerged by a 20 foot wave. About 100000 people were left homeless.
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King Ineligible to Vote Over Unpaid Poll Taxes
Montgomery Alabama authorities rule Rev. Martin Luther King Jr cannot vote in person or absentee here due to unpaid poll taxes since 1938 with payment deadline last February. King, now in Atlanta, is deemed ineligible for the upcoming election.
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Eisenhower Nixon NY Swing Fails to Deliver Knockout Punch
President Eisenhower and running mate Nixon campaigned in New York for 45 electoral votes but fell short of a decisive blow against Kennedy. Eisenhower praised Nixon and Lodge at a Coliseum rally, criticized Kennedy indirectly, and noted U S strength while omitting former criticisms of Korea. The campaign left Nixon and Lodge hopeful but disappointed at the level of attack.
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Flood Tide Rages Along Po Delta in Italy
Ten thousand residents in the Po delta lowlands were evacuated as floodwaters burst a 450 foot breach in the dikes and inundated thousands of acres of farmland.
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