Cosmonauts reveal near miss and parachute landing feat
Russia's twin cosmonauts Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich disclosed they came within about three miles in orbit and landed by parachute after their tandem spaceflight. Nikolayev completed 64 orbits and Popovich 48, with ships Vostok III and IV. they landed about 124 miles apart near Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
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Robert J. Korengold
Moscow
UPI
Russia
Andrian Nikolayev
Earth
Pavel Popovich
Vostok III
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Kazakhstan
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Vostok IV
Nikollayev
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Britain
Sir Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Brazilian Jetliner Crash Kills 113 With 9 Missing
A DC8 jetliner with 104 aboard ran off the runway at Rio de Janeiro International and crashed into Guanabara Bay. Officials report 113 dead, 9 missing, 82 survivors in hospitals or at home. no Americans among 93 passengers and 11 crew members aboard the Panair do Brasil flight to Europe.
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UPI
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Guanabara Bay
Airlines
Europe
Panair Do Brasil
Va. Girls Missing Seven Seek FBI Help
Two seven year old girls Rita Ohlgren and Maria Teresa Morley vanished in Alexandria on Sunday. Police reviewed hundreds of tips while the FBI joined the probe and ruled out nothing. A stained cardboard receipt book was found near the girls homes as investigators pursue leads in a case described as possibly involving abduction or worse.
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UPI
Francis Johnson
Rita Ohlgren
Maria Teresa Morley
Federal
Trouble Repeats For X15 Spaceplane
Space scientists intensify inquiry after the X15 experiences a second control failure in a week. The dual malfunctions cripple two flights causing pilots to take emergency action and raising fears of disastrous re-entry as Maj. Bob Rushworth and Joe Walker navigated to safety.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
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Space Agency
Joe Walker
Tornado-Like Winds Strike Ohio and Kansas Kill Three
United Press International reports violent winds from a Canadian cool front swept Ohio and Kansas overnight. A storm killed three men in Cleveland and toppled a water tower at Monarch Aluminum Plant, crashing through five floors. Two women died when lightning struck a home near Frankfort, Indiana.
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Humid day with scattered showers and heat records
Partly cloudy this afternoon with scattered showers or thundershowers, mainly south. highs in the 80s north and 88 to 95 south. Tonight cooler in places, lows 66 to 72, then a mild Wednesday. Reported wind and weather events include a funnel cloud over Cleveland and power outages affecting up to 10,000 families in Ohio, plus damaging storms across the Northeast and mid Atlantic with top gusts and record heat.
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Oak Hill
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Cleveland
Ohio City
U.S. Weather Bureau
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U.S. 2
Hogansburg
N.Y
St. Regis Indian Reservation
New York
Allentown
Philipsburg
Kansas
Atlantic Ocean
Popovich Tracks Air in Water Bottle in Space Experiment
Moscow UPI reports Soviet astronaut Lt Col Pavel Popovich described an experiment with a bottle of water in space. He noted that unlike on earth, where empty space rises to the top, in microgravity a sphere of air remains suspended in the bottle center regardless of shaking.
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Moscow
UPI
Pavel Popovich
Earth
Titan III rocket to speed up U S space launches
Air Force Titan III will launch giant satellites and craft with brief countdowns for quick orbital access. Described as a standard space workhorse, it can lift 5 000 to 20 000 pounds to near earth orbit with thrust surpassing Russia's boosters and designed for rapid national defense missions.
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Charles W. Corddry Washington
UPI
America
Air Force
John Glenn
Scott Carpenter
Russia
Giant Fiesta To Honor Jackie
RAVELLO Italy UPI Local residents plan a southern Italian fiesta to honor Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy as an honorary citizen. Mayor Lorezzo Mansi announced the plans with Neapolitan songs and native dances as Mrs Kennedy and her daughter Caroline extend their stay. Alphonse Gambardella who pilots the first lady's motor launch hosted a dinner at her rented 900 year old villa with his wife Olga and their three children.
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Ravello
Italy
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
Lorezzo Mansi
Alphonse Gambardella
Mrs. Kennedy
Gambardella
Olga
Driver Of Cab Sought
NEW YORK UP I The most wanted man in New York City is a white cab driver with a dark complexion and foreign accent. He drove James William Orr 14 and family from JFK to Grand Central on Aug 11 shadowing James for 40 minutes. If infected with smallpox incubation ends this week health officials warn he endangers others. He refused to surrender and reportedly overcharged the Orr family. He could face discipline.
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New York
UPI
New York City
James William Orr
Orr
New York International Airport
Grand Central Terminal
James
Dow Jones Noon Averages Report
At noon the Dow Jones Industrial average stood at 611.11, down 1.75 points. The 20 rail stocks were at 121.86, up 0.12, and the 15 utility stocks stood at 120.82, up 0.33. The overall market index was 211.39, down 0.16 with volume reaching 1,510,000 shares traded.
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Dow Jones
West Virginia Eyes $90 Million Public Works Aid
West Virginia could qualify for up to 90 million dollars in federal public works funds if Congress passes a federal aid bill. Governor Barron says the state can cover matching funds and has heard from 22 county courts and many municipalities and boards of education about planned improvements. The plan targets areas eligible for Area Redevelopment Administration aid, with projects to be completed in 12 to 27 months.
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UPS
West Virginia
Congress
Senate
House
First Thalidomide Death Reported By FDA
FDA reports possible first U S baby death linked to experimental thalidomide use. Larrick said the mother, among 207 pregnant women given the drug for testing, may have been unaware of her intake. Baby likely a girl with congenital deformities.
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UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Commindsianaw Cannan
PMN
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United Press International
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U.S
Larrie
Europe
Hardesty to resign as state Tax Commissioner
State Tax Commissioner C How ard Hardesty of Fairmont plans to resign within weeks. His assistant G Thomas Battle of Charleston will be appointed to succeed him by Gov W W Barron. Hardesty aims to return to private law practice and business interests in the Fairmont area. Battle, from a prominent Charleston family, is active in the State Young Democrats and is a Virginia Law School graduate. The move would be the first high level loss in Barron’s administration.
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C. Howard Hardesty
Fairmont
G. Thomas Battle
Charleston Gazette
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Fairmoor
Battle
W.W. Barron
Gaz
University of Virginia Law School
The
Commission
Railroads seek early hearing to trim featherbedders
Railroads plan to ask the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for an early hearing to cut featherbedders from payroll. Eastern Airlines gears up to fly again without engineers grounded in picket lines. The Defense Department cites 3000 facilities as off limits to Communist employment under a new Internal Security Act amendment. Lammot du Pont Copeland elected president of E I du Pont Co to succeed Crawford Greenewalt, who had led since 1948. President Kennedy remains pledged to their policy.
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Eastern Airlines
Defense Department
Pentagon
Communist Party of the United States
Lammot du Pont Copeland
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Crawford H Greenewalt
West Berlin bars riot risk with barbed wire along the wall
West Berlin police deployed barbed wire barricades on 250 yards of the western wall front opposite East German headquarters to curb anti Communist rioting. Mayor Willy Brandt met with Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II and Western Allied commanders to discuss preventing further violence and aiding refugees shot near the border.
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Wilhelmstrasse
East Berlin
Feet dominate Podiatry Association convention
Washington report notes the American Podiatry Association convention focused on feet with 1000 podiatrists attending. Papers covered toe and arch issues including telangiectasis and ingrown nails. Capt. Rupert Stivers of the U.S. Military Academy revealed West Point cadets show foot ailments linked to shoes and socks.
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Rupert Stivers
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Mystery Guns Recovered From Cheat Lake Cache
Skin divers recovered 48 more firearms from Cheat Lake near Morgantown bringing total found to 74. The cache includes 39 pistols, five rifles, and four shotguns. FBI checks seek origin while authorities link cache to 1958 attempted gun running to Cuban rebels.
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Morgantown
UPI
Cheat Lake
Darwin
Snooks
FBI
Stuart Sutor
Hialeah
Fla
Cuba
Sutor
National Guard
Canton
Ohio
Inclusion Of New Haven RR Rejected By Pa
In Washington, UPI reports Pennsylvania Railroad chief James M. Symes avoided merging the New Haven with the New York Central. Symes, under cross examination, said they do not want any part of including the New Haven in the Pennsylvania Central merger. The New Haven attorney warned the plan would be disastrous for the troubled railroad.
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New York Central Railroad
Joseph Auerbach
Pennsylvania
New York Central
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Central
Solon says U S outruns Soviets in missiles and bombers
Representative James E. Van Zandt of Pennsylvania, speaking at the National Society of Public Accountants convention in Philadelphia, declares the United States holds an advantage in missiles and bombers that is widening. He asserts NATO forces enable local defense without nuclear weapons and notes a theoretical missile gap did not materialize in reality.
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UPI
James E. van Zandt
U.S
Russia
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