Mariner 2 Eyes Venus For Life Signs Scan
Earth command activated scanners for Mariner 2 to study Venus during a 42 minute window. The craft, 109 days into a 182 million mile mission, will skim 21,000 miles from Venus at 3:01 p.m. EST gathering data on atmosphere temperatures water vapor oxygen and magnetic fields while measuring radiation belts.
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Washington
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Goldstone
Calif
Mona Lisa Brought to Le Havre for U S Show
Armed guards and motorcycle police escort the Mona Lisa from Paris to Le Havre for transport aboard the liner France to Washington. The painting travels in a special protective case for a three week display starting January 8, with museum officials and six guards secured aboard a first class stateroom.
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Transport Geiger Carries Cuban Crisis Wives and Children
The military transport Geiger steamed toward Guantanamo Bay with about 400 of the 2,800 dependents who were evacuated from the base on Oct 22 aboard. The move comes as the base receives families during the Cuban crisis.
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Relay satellite speeds toward crucial test from Cape Canaveral
Relay, America's new radio television satellite, in a near perfect orbit, sped around Earth at over 15000 mph toward a key test by four ground stations in North America and Europe. The Delta rocket delivered Relay from Cape Canaveral, aiming to reestablish a live North America Europe TV link and connect South America into a global space communications network.
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Balloonists See Stars Clearly Land Safely
HOLLOMAN AFB N M UPI Air Force Capt Joseph W Kittinger Jr and astronomer William C White landed the Stargazer balloon 40 miles west of Deming NM at 7 34 am EST after an 18 hour ascent to 80000 feet. They traveled 120 miles west during nighttime experiments, with all systems functioning and White taking telescope observations.
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Dayton
Ohio
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China Lake
Calif
Kennedy to unveil tax cut proposal tonight
President Kennedy will outline a substantial tax reduction plan for 1963 in New York with a 20 to 30 minute speech at the Economic Club of New York followed by 30 minutes of audience questions. The plan aims for broad congressional acceptance amid expected opposition.
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Minn
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Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
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Destructive cold wave eases as arctic chill lingers
The nation endures one of its worst cold waves with nearly 200 deaths. Florida faces massive crop damage from the freeze, citrus losses run into millions, and vegetable supplies shrink. Tampa and Miami set December low records while the Great Lakes region remains an ice box with deep snow.
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West Virginia Weather Snow Flurries and Cold Outlook
Snow flurries expected this afternoon as colder air moves in across eastern regions. Tonight будет mostly cloudy and very cold with lows around zero to five below in the east and zero to five above in the west. Saturday remains cloudy and cold with highs 15 to 24. Beckley and Oak Hill report light or no snowfall, while Greenbrier River and Lake conditions remain normal and clear with two gates open at the lake and a new Hinton gauge at 2.1 feet.
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Brazilian Airliner Crashes Near Manaus Killing 47 Aboard
A Panair do Brasil four engine Constellation with 47 persons aboard crashed in jungle near Manaus Amazonas six minutes from Manaus on a puddle jumping Rio de Janeiro to Manaus flight. No survivors reported. heavy fog blamed. 40 passengers and seven crew were aboard. It was unclear if any Americans were among them.
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Explosion at Adolf coal mine in Merkstein Germany
An explosion ripped through the Adolf coal mine near Merkstein Germany harming several miners and injuring others. Officials say the number of deaths is not yet known with bodies not recovered and details are limited.
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Not For The Birds In Freezing Beckley Snow
Opal Ripley urges residents to help wild birds and small animals during a nine day snowstorm by offering accessible scraps and suet. Advice extends to barns and porches, with seed mixes costing about 59 cents for 5 pounds. Local temperatures reach 6 to 10 degrees above zero as roads stay passable and buses run.
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Beckley
Amere Gas Co
Banks oppose Nuckols plan for tag sales in counties
Beckley bankers say West Virginians buying auto license plates at local banks could burden banks with extra staff during peak tag periods. A WV Bankers Association study is advised before adoption, with county officials or court houses seen as effective tag sale points. Nuckols proposes selling passenger car and trailer plates via banks in May and June, awaiting a committee reply in January.
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Elmer L. Davis
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Chinese Pullback Reported From NEFA After Oct 20 Attack
New Delhi United Press Inter national says a government spokesman reported the Communist Chinese withdrew beyond Ciang Dzong Bom Bila and Walong in NEFA after an Oct 20 assault. Civil scouts seek confirmation before civilian administrators reestablish control. military follow-on not confirmed.
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U S Won’t Abandon Allies For Arms Ban
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva U S Ambassador Arthur H Dean told Russia the United States will not abandon its European allies as the price of any disarmament agreement. He reaffirmed that disarmament must not disturb the East West power balance and urged disarmament in stages.
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Judge’s open court spanking shocks Houston crowd
In Corporation Court Judge Abe Levy ordered a 16 year old to be spanked for unpaid traffic ticket. The mother, 42, agreed and asked for a belt. A police officer lent the belt and the mother spanked the boy in open court, while the judge presided.
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Turnpike Wreck Hospitalizes 3 and Halts Traffic
Three people were hospitalized after a two a.m. crash on the West Virginia Turnpike involving a car and a southbound tractor-trailer. The victims Herbert Likens, 39, Charleston. Terry Kerr, 18, Wilmington, Ohio. and Karen Anderson, 18, Wilmington, Ohio were treated for left side injuries at Beckley Hospital. traffic was halted for about an hour as officials investigated.
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Charleston
Terry Kerr
Wilmington
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Beckley Hospital
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Nitro
Airman Dies in Dover Area Crash Near Chestwold
State Airman killed near Chestwold when a car left a highway and struck a tree. Another airman from Dover Air Force Base was critically injured. Niedermyer, 22, from Benwood West Virginia, was named in the report.
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Thought It TV Scene Police Watch Woman Shoot Hubby
A woman named Patsy Ann Carter shot her estranged husband Raymond Carter outside Memphis police headquarters. Witnesses, including Police Commissioner Claude Armour, thought the event was a Route 66 TV filming. Carter was wounded in the stomach and hand andIs in fair condition. charges of assault with intent to murder and carrying a pistol were filed.
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