Missile launch destroys Transit 5A satellite at Pt Arguel o
Spectators from San Diego to San Francisco watched a high altitude explosion as a solid fuel missile from Pt Arguelo near Vandenberg released a Transit 5A satellite into polar orbit. The Navy intended four small satellites for weather and navigation. The radio receiver failed to respond, preventing data transmission and orientation, leaving the satellite inert. A Long Beach man told children it was Santa Claus as the event unfolded.
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Pt. Arguelo
Navy
Ventura
San Diego
San Francisco
Long Beach
Santa Claus
North Pole
Skybolt debate linked to Macmillan and Kennedy Center
A fragment ties Macmillan to the Kennedy Center over Skybolt with mention of a smoother, more dependable system. It notes a 300 yard motor trip from a home connected to Kennedy and references an apparent slaying in the vicinity.
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Kennedy
Baby Returns After Life Saving Surgery
An 18 month old girl from Prestwick Scotland returned home after a New York operation to remove an eye to stop a tumorous condition threatening life. Doctors say the procedure saved her life and the infant is expected to recover sight in the remaining eye.
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Prestwick
Scotland
Lille
Margaret
McKeown
New York
Iber
Prison Riot Quelled After Hours of Fire Fight and Hostage Walkout
A massive prison riot left 25 dead and 30 wounded as 403 inmates including political prisoners and strike leaders clashed with guards. Prisoners seized 20 hostages for about 12 hours, throwing bodies from windows and firing during a Molotov fueled breakout. Authorities with army troops and police rescued captives, executed five ringleaders, and secured the jail after negotiations failed and then succeeded.
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Wwe
Mare Man
Jrurzun
Leopoldo Insaurralde
Insaurralde
Rodriguez
Age Uran Lujan
Uran
Ringl
Uroopa
Miguel Angel Palva
Villa Devoto
Carige
Paiva
Family Moves Out as Boa Moves In
The Fred Carter family reported two visitors in the basement, prompting evacuation. Sailay, a boa constrictor captured by tranquilizer spray after several others failed, was restrained by The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Philadelphia
Fred Carter
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Sailay
Baily
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Eiher
Pt. Arguello
Vandenberg
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Macmillan
Kennedy Center
Skybolt
Congo
Lieswellyn Thompson
David K. E. Bruce
Britains
McGeorge Bundy
Tolthe
Aij
Matthew McKeown
Robert Holt
Matthew
Francis
Michael
Irurzun
Rodriguez Galan
Are
Eaders
Casipillon
Seffecy
Salo
Sendon
London
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Saiiv Express
the Express
Boa
Christmnes
Bond's
Lakewool Center
Lakewood Blvd
Anaheim
Broadway
Greater
Los Angeles
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