Maiden Flight Successful But Trouble-Plagued XB70 Readied
Engineers prepared the XB70 for a second test after a maiden flight described as successful yet troubled. The forerunner to future supersonic airliners faced fire, tire blowout, and engine issues during its 1.5 billion program, with test pilot Alvin White and Gen. Irving Branch calling it a big, promising step.
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UPI
Alvin White
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Barry M. Goldwater
Defense
Robert McNamara
Warren Report Urges Security Guard Changes
The Warren Commission report on Kennedy's assassination is expected to urge changes in presidential security and may scold Dallas police the Secret Service and the FBI. The White House said the document, over a quarter of a million words, would be released to President Johnson at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday.
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UPI
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
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FBI
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George E. Reedy
Earl Warren
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
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Now You Know by United Press International
The National Geographic reports musk ox fleece is extremely fine requiring only four ounces to knit a light sweater that resists subzero weather, illustrating remarkable insulation from this animal’s wool.
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United Press International
National Geographic
Shady Gets Axe From Wrexham Car Dealer
Shadrack Strickland an 18 year old from Wrexham was fired from his car salesman job after friends repeatedly called him Shady in front of customers. The nickname led to workplace friction and his dismissal.
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Shady
Wrexham
England
UPI
Shadrack Strickland
West Virginia Has Poor South Regional Income Growth
Atlanta report shows personal income in the South rose 106.1 percent postwar to 1963, but West Virginia lagged with only 83 percent growth. By 1963 South average income reached 1820, below the national 2449, while Florida led Southern states in per capita income at 2111 and West Virginia stood at 1883.
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UPI
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West Virginia
U. S. Department of Commerce
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Misssissippi
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Virginia
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Tennessee
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Louisiana
Florida
Tennesee
Mississippi
Integration Rights Worker Seeks Audience With Johnson
Alynne Quinn of McComb Mississippi plans to travel to Washington with two other Black McComb women to request federal protection from President Johnson. The group is joined by Rev Chester Miller of Wilton Connecticut representing the National Council of Churches. Quinn’s home was dynamited and a nearby church also damaged amid protests as police faced rock and bottle-throwing crowds. In Biloxi a federal grand jury probes the Philadelphia Mississippi slayings, with Sheriff Rainey as lead witness. The trio Goodman Schwerner and Chaney disappeared after a traffic arrest, with nine indictments anticipated. The Alabama legislature seeks a US constitutional amendment to strip federal power over public schools. Jimmy Brown denies Black Muslim membership but supports their aims. White House sources say civil rights law observance is progressing.
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United Press International
McComb
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Johnson
Alynne Quinn
Mississippi
Chester Miller
Wilton
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
U. S
Wallace
New York
Jimmy Brown
Goldwater plan would cost farmers half income
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman says Senator Barry Goldwater's proposed farm solution would slash farmers' net income by about half, with an estimated $6 billion annual loss. He spoke after Miller criticized administration farm programs, reiterating Goldwater's stance on an end to all farm programs.
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UPI
Orville L. Freeman
Barry M. Goldwater
U. S
Freeman
Administration
GOP
William E. Miller
Goldwater
Unemployed on Cy prus said to be sitting all day
Unemployed workers on Cyprus are described as “sitting” all day to avoid stimulating their appetites, reflecting a satirical take on idle labor and hunger during hard times.
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Cyprus
De Gaulle Tours Colombia Today on South American Swing
President Charles de Gaulle flies to Colombia on the second day of a South American tour focused on fostering independence for Latins from both the United States and the Communists. Security is tight. 50 people arrested in Bogota as a precaution. De Gaulle and Raul Leoni plan a joint communique during his 30 hour stay urging closer commercial and cultural ties, with limited economic aid now and potential technical aid later.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Colombia
United States
Bogota
de Gaulle
Raul Leoni
South America
France
U.S
Cut Out That Baby Talk Mumsy-Wumsy
London AP reports Barbara Hicks a Trinity College of Music speech and drama teacher condemns baby talk advising parents to speak to children with normal words to build vocabulary. She cites an educational report on speech defects and urges correcting lisps early to prevent long term faults.
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London
Mumsy-Wumsy
Barbara Hicks
FBI Arrests Man Who Confessed At Church
Charleston, UP I reports that David Elvin Carpenter, 41, a longtime Kelly Works employee and former treasurer of the Federal Credit Union, confessed to embezzling 18315 in a church gathering of about 500. He was arrested by the FBI and released on 500 bond awaiting November court.
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UPI
FBI
David Elvin Carpenter
Federal
Carpenter
Kelly Works
True Temper Corp
U.S
W. H. Belcher
Mom’s Real Vacation Begins With School’s Start
A mother, after a family trip with her kids, faces the return to routine as school starts. The piece notes the shift from leisure to daily schedules and highlights the start of a new term.
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