Titan-2 flight marks milestone in space program history
The Titan site launched the largest and heaviest nose cone yet built in the United States from Cape Canaveral. It landed 6,700 miles away in the Atlantic off South Africa. The Titan-2 is set to become America’s space workhorse, later forming the core of Titan-3 with nearly three million pounds of thrust, boosting national security and future manned flights.
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Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
South Africa
America
Khrushchev
United States
Canada
China
Soviet Russia
Ching
Gen
MacArthur
Washington
Manchuria
Gent
Charles Willoughby
Willoughby
Inner Asia
Portland
Ore
Genghis Khan
The Rock closes signaling penology reform hopes
The article reflects on the closing of The Reeek tional folklore prison and the shift away from island isolation toward rehabilitation. It notes officials see a need for drastic reform in penal institutions and views The Rock’s end as a potential spur for progress in reform and rehabilitation.
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San Francisco
Remembering the fallen in South Vietnam amid cold war rhetoric
Washington correspondent Peter Andrews notes the toll of Vietnam, where soldiers die in a war framed as anti-communist conflict. The piece recalls a growing roll of honor obscured by political speeches and nuclear age discourse.
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Washington
Peter Andrews
South Viet Nam
Local letters debate City Council race and wife tax
In a Mailbox exchange Reverend C W Black calls for support from officials he backed, prompting questions about why Congressman Henry B Gonzalez is singled out. Jose Garcia comments on a wife tax letter, praising Mr Veevers while arguing working wives strain families.
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C. W. Black
Henry B. Gonzalez
Henry
State Senate
Toe
Good Government League
Hev
Congressman Gonedter
Tack
Jose San Mantin
Richard A. Veevers
Jose Garcia
Appeal for son released from solitary in Monterrey Penitentiary
TD A Simmons of Fort Worth, Texas writes seeking aid to free his son held in solitary in Monterrey since August 1902 after an alleged crime he denies. He describes his son's poor health, his mother’s daily visits and mounting costs, and pleads for intervention to end what he calls an unwarranted health and moral burden on the family.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Common health myths you have heard about
Medicine myths versus facts are discussed as readers learn that an apple a day is not a universal shield and that weight, diet, humidity, birthmarks, fright, and calories all influence health. The piece urges consulting a clinician for individual medical issues.
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Wright
King
Synine
Peace on steel as talks curb looming strike threat
Reports from Washington and Miami Beach say a steel industry walkout this summer is unlikely as unions and management pursue a smoother, friendlier settlement. Analysts cite lower foreign costs, fringe benefits, and recent wage comparisons to justify a long peace, with talks led by Dave McDonald and Conrad Cooper.
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Yitsburgh
Kennedy
Steel Union
Washington
White House
Miami Beach
United Steelworkers
Dave McDonald
McDonald
Europe
Asia
Britain
U.S
U.S. Steel
Conrad Cooper
Cooper
Wréday Steel
Kaiser Steel
Kaiser
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Through the Years from the Sea of The San Antonio Light
The San Antonio Light notes items from 1943 and earlier including Sen Lynnon Jennson urging Texas cities to prep for atomic attack near military production plants, Porter mayor C K Quin's vision of a tax free San Antonio, school dedications and a 1932 Tynan Elementary naming, Bruno Newman and Mexican federation talks, San Antonio's first auto show in 1913 with opening April 20, and death of Capt William Davis a railroad contractor and Sal Shore.
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Lynnon Jennson
Texas
Johnson
Porter
C. K. Quin
Legislative
Austin
San Antonio
Public Service Co
Menger
Blum
St. Joseph's
William Davis
Sal Shore
Mao taunts Khrushchev as Sino Soviet rift deepens
A sardonic analysis argues Mao Tse tung taunts Khrushchev over Cuba and Pacific moves while China grows bolder. It recalls Mao’s shifting policy, the long Sino Soviet frontier, and the risk of a future atomic Chinese strike as Moscow fears a shift in power dynamics.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Mao
India
Khrushchev
Cuba
Hong Kong
Macao
Chamberlain
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
Mao Tse-tung
Russia
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Vladivostok
Chinese Turkestan
Khrashchev
Peking
der Mao Tse-tung
Nehru
Goa
Kazak
Soviet Union
King Penthes Syndicate
Tne
For the Good of Our City The Light Urges
The Light urges urgent city action including a storm sewer system, adequate hospital facilities, full flood control participation, extended sanitary sewer and water to all, a long range plan for ample future water supply, and completion of modern street lighting.
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Kelly
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Gulf and Rio Grande
Elizabeth Tynan
Bruno Newman
Mexico City
Arc
Moke Millinery Co
Kremlin
John Chamberlain
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