Gnome nuclear test marks peaceful aims in New Mexico
In Carlsbad New Mexico scientists hailed Project Gnome as a successful underground five kiloton nuclear test aimed at peaceful uses. A vapor puff drifted northward and steel shaft sealing followed as precautionary measures closed roads and kept localers safe. Observers from many nations witnessed the event while government officials stressed low radioactivity and potential future power methods.
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Carlsbad
N.M
UPI
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Atomic Energy Commission
Cape Thompson
Alaska
Edward Tell
Tom Thumb Rocket Tests To Alter Satellite Orbits
Aerojet General Corp announced a small microrocket named Tom Thumb tested successfully in Arizona. The device, about the size of a cigarette, produced between one tenth and one hundredth of a pound of thrust yet could, in space vacuum, adjust a satellite's orbit over time. Aerojet also highlights its Titan II ICBM solid rocket motor of 430000 pounds thrust.
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Azusa, Calif
UPI
Aerojet General Corp
Aerojet
Attic Offices for Atomic Energy Committee Stir Envy at Capitol
Washington staff of the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee celebrates moving to a garret suite atop the Capitol east front. The attic includes two hearing rooms, luxury décor, indirect lighting, and an elaborate security system. Office space here costs far more per square foot than standard commercial space, prompting hopes for high quality legislation.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Capitol
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Santa Claus
Capitol
Atomic Committee
Ecre
Ribicoff Outlines New Welfare Administration Orders
Secretary Abraham Ribicoff unveiled a series of welfare reforms to curb crises in the public welfare program and boost efforts to move people off relief. The orders require states to create units to locate deserting parents, tighten fraud detection, and provide intensive casework for at risk families learning about funds earned by relief children. He urged broader revisions to Congress in January and called for expanded training of social workers.
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UPI
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Congress
West Virginia Welfare Chief Backs Kennedy Overhaul
Charleston West Virginia Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith welcomed the Kennedy administration plan to overhaul the national program. He said changes align with West Virginia aims to steer relief recipients toward productive work and support local agencies using federal funds for public works. He noted vouchers could replace cash for some recipients and praised proposals to curb deductions from relief for earned income.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
W. Bernard Smith
Kennedy
Smith
ADC
West Virginia weather outlook with precipitation likely
Cloudy and colder with rain or freezing rain late afternoon or tonight. High near 40, low around 28. Tuesday mixed snow or rain, some freezing, colder than normal. warming by Wednesday. Freezing rain, sleet, and snow possible Tuesday, with rain Wednesday about half an inch. River and lake levels normal. gauge at Hinton 3.6 ft.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Srias
Es Chins
Hinton
President Kennedy returns to White House after weekend
President Kennedy with his wife and 4 year old Caroline flies into the White House at 9 40 a m from Middleburg Virginia and begins plans for trips to Venezuela and Colombia. Secretary Rusk and foreign ministers meet in Paris to keep Western unity on Berlin and other Cold War issues. Defense Secretary McNamara arrives in London for talks with British officials. Heller warns a new steel strike could slow business as talks should start before June 30. Dominican President Balaguer refuses to resign amid threats of general strike and coalition talks fracture. U S plans early aid checks for veterans under the Korean GI Bill. Royal Canadian Mounted Police foil a Soviet Embassy document sting in Ottawa. the attache is expelled. A papal bull will announce the date for the forthcoming ecumenical council.
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Caroline
White House
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Venezuela
Colombia
U. S
Dean Rusk
Paris
Berlin
Rusk
Maurice Couve de Murville
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Congo
Robert McNamara
London
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Harold Watkinson
Walter W. Helper
Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
Santo Domingo
Joaquin Balaguer
Dominican Republic
Viriato Fiallo
Pedro Ramon Rodriguez Echavarria
Armed Forces
Balaguer
Uncle Sam
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Anatoly F. Loginov
Canada
Deer kill totals reported in Fourth District
Capt. Raymond Eye, a conservation officer, reports a light deer kill across Greenbrier Monroe and Summers counties in the Fourth District. Greenbrier 149 deer, Monroe 59, Summers 12.
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Greenbrier
Monroe
Summers County
Albania Break Impacts Envoys Packing for Home
MOSCOW UP I reports Albanian embassy officials packed for home after Soviet Albanian diplomatic break. Officials confirmed Tirana's severance announcement and said to ask Soviet Foreign Ministry for details. Berlin and East German sources noted recalls and possible follow ups. Western observers expect deterioration in bloc ties and a likely boycott after Khrushchev's attack on Enver Hoxha.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
Berlin
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West Berlin
East Berlin
Albania
China
Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Enver Hoxha
Communist Party
Katanga Plane Bombs UN Held Congo Airport
Katanga aircraft bombed Elisabethville airport early today in response to U N air attacks on military and mining sites. U N officials reported no damage or casualties. Katanga said U N jets struck Camp Tshombe and Kolwezi centers, causing fires at a gas storage tank and prompting ambulance warnings from U N forces. Local accounts of an attack on the Elisabethville post office were denied by newsmen.
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Elisabethville
UPI
United Nations
U.N
Kolwezi
Here
Union Miniere
Katanga
Fraternity Ends 72 Hour Basketball Marathon
Morgantown scene reports Delta Tau Delta members halted a 72 hour basketball marathon on an outside court after claiming a world record. The event began Wednesday at 9 PM and ended Saturday night with players rotating shifts. In Elon North Carolina Ken Richards, 18, a freshman from Garden City, NY, set a world record by enduring 24 hours under a lukewarm shower to raise $10 from a roommate.
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UPI
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West Virginia University
ELON
N. C
Ken Richards
Garden City
N.Y
Richards
Red Bloc Rift Shows Widespread Discontent
Acting Secretary of State George W Ball called the Soviet Albanian split evidence of discontent within the Communist bloc and a warning to neutral nations that the Soviet Union cannot long be trusted. UPI reports U S officials see a Russia China clash deepening as Khrushchev navigates limits on severing ties with Albania.
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UPI
George W. Ball
Meet the Press
NBC
Soviet Union
U.S
Russia
Red
Eichmann Convicted on All 15 Counts by Israeli Judges
German Nazi Adolf Eichmann was found guilty on all 15 indictment counts in Jerusalem sealing his status as history’s mass murderer. The verdict opened with swift deliberation after four months of trial. Sentencing could occur Thursday or Friday with potential death penalties on 12 counts unless extenuating circumstances apply. Appeals to the Supreme Court expected within four months. Eichmann arrived secretly from a guarded jail to face judgment.
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Eliav Simon
Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Spreme
Eichmann Trial Opens and Proceeds in Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann faced 15 counts for crimes against Jews in a trial that began April 11 and concluded August 14. Judges Landau Halevi and Raveh presided as defense attorney Robert Servatius prepared an appeal plan while Gideon Hausner delivered a landmark opening asserting six million witnesses. The record showed pretrial interrogation, classified tape remarks by Eichmann, and 1,400 linked documents, with survivors' testimony detailing Nazi crimes.
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Jerusalem
UPS
Adolf Eichmann
Moshe Landau
Benjamin Halevi
Yitzhak Raveh
Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Gideon Hausner
Servatius
Hausner
Israel
Eichmann verdict and other quotes from UPI summaries
United Press International quotes from Jerusalem judge Moshe Landau declaring Adolf Eichmann guilty of crimes against the Jewish people humanity and war crimes. In Carlsbad New Jersey Dr Edward Teller discusses Project Gnome stating the earth moving potential. In Elisabethville Congo U S Vice Consul David Whipple recalls Katangese attack at the consulate and fending off a rock with a bedroom door. In Azusa California Aerojet propulsion chief Lloyd Kohrs extols the Tom Thumb rocket thrust chamber and injector weighing about half an ounce.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Moshe Landau
Adolf Eichmann
Elisabethville
The
Congo
U.S
David Whipple
Swiss cheese holes alarm Wisconsin maker
Alice Grossniklaus of Wilmot Ohio, a cheesemaker, complains holes in Wisconsin swiss are too big. A tavern keeper customer said lunch counter patrons used too much mustard to fill the holes. Builders of a Milwaukee apartment house uncover a ready made fallout shelter under a razed garage two underground ventilated chambers eight inches thick walls, believed to have housed a moonshine still.
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Monroe
Wis
UPI
Alice Grossniklaus
Wilmot
Ohio
Wisconsin
Ready Made Shelter
Milwaukee
Supreme Court overturns sit-in convictions in Baton Rouge incident
The Supreme Court, in its first sit-in ruling, unanimously overturned the 1960 convictions of 16 Negro students who protested lunch counter segregation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The decision cited lack of evidence and did not address broader constitutional questions.
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Supreme Court
Baton Rouge
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