13 Story Balloon Breaks Apart During Inflation
Cape Canaveral AP reports a huge space balloon named Big Shot tore apart hundreds of miles above the Atlantic while inflating to a 13 story size. The 500 pound plastic sphere broke after launch from a Thor rocket at 6 06 am. observers witnessed bright fragments and a film record captured the 25 minute flight. NASA planned recovery efforts and a repeat launch to orbit Echo I later this year.
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Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
Cape
Thor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
San Salvador
NASA
Kovacs Death Leaves Widow With Debt Burden
Beverly Hills California UPI reports entertainer Ernie Kovacs was killed in a rain slicked crash. His wife Edie Adams faces financial hardship as debts linger after years of big spending.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Hollywood
Ernie Kovacs
Beverly Hills Community Presbyterian Church
Kovacs
West
Los Angeles
Edie Adams
Ernie
Edie
Liz And Eddie Adopt Year-Old Girl In Rome
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher announce the adoption of a one year old girl named Marie. The couple had sought the orphan for almost two years and provided no further details. Taylor is nearing 30 and has three older children from previous marriages.
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Rome
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Marie
Miss Taylor
Fisher
Michael Howard
Christopher Edward
Michael Wilding
Elizabeth Frances
Michael Todd
Family Of 10 Perish In Fire At Center Ridge
Center Ridge Arkansas eight children and their parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Paladino died in a two story home fire in the Catholic Point community near Center Ridge. Fire crews removed eight bodies from the ruins and searched debris for two more. the sheriff asked the state fire marshal to investigate.
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Center Ridge
Ark
UPI
Conway County Sheriff's Office
Andrew Paladino
Catholic Point
Arkansas
Frank Rossi
Sheriff's Office
Gtate Fire Marshal’s Office
Youth Dies In Visit To Ghost House
In Hamilton Ohio University of Cincinnati freshman Jack W Langhorst 18 died from a shotgun blast fired by house owner Harry Demoret 82 during a visit to a supposedly haunted house. Langhorst died after staggering from the house to the yard and collapsing. Deputies said Demoret faced no charges.
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Hamilton
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Jack W. Langhorst
Cincinnati
Harry Demoret
Langhorst
Demoret
Republicans Save Punch For Big One
In Florida the Republican party plans to field candidates in at least five congressional contests and challenge Sen. Smathers. With 46 hopefuls listed, only four are Republicans aside from U.S. Rep. William Cramer. The 11th District near Orlando shows multiple GOP and Democratic hopefuls as qualifying runs Feb 20 to March 6 with a 1125 fee.
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Congress
GOP
G. Harold Alexander
Fort Myers
U.S
George Smathers
Secretary of State
Orange
Brevard
Indian River
St. Lucie
William Coleman
Orange County School Board
Ken Folks
Orlando
Edward Gurney
Winter Park
John Sutton
Laurence Sunbrook
Cocoa
William Roundtree
Nicholas Connell
Orange County
Beth Johnson
William C. Cramer
St. Petersburg
Washington
Smathers
Insurance Circular Brings Little Solace
Earl Etter, a retired utility worker in Fraser Michigan, slipped on an icy morning while fetching a letter from his roadside mailbox. The note turned out to be a circular from a casualty and accident insurance firm and provided little comfort or help.
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Fraser
Mich
Earl Etter
Etter
Winter Smacks Again as Major Storm Hits Dixie and Midwest
A UPI report details a new winter storm sweeping from the southern Rockies into the Midwest and Deep South. Up to 8 inches of snow from Kansas City to Chicago, heavy rain in the Deep South, and sub-zero cold across the northern plains. Tornado damage reported in Hattiesburg with no injuries. Death toll climbs with at least 16 new weather related deaths. North Carolina drownings due to ice on a pond. Snow depths: 8 inches Kansas City, 6 inches Chicago, 3 inches Grand Junction and Grand Rapids. Loveland and Kenosha report 20 inches and 6 inches respectively. Roads hazardous across multiple states. Chicago trains late and traffic slow with drifting snow.
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United Press International
Midwest
Dixie
Plains
Rockies
Kansas City
Chicago
Michigan
Hattiesburg
Miss
Montana
Minnesota
North Carolina
Newton Grove
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grand Junction
Colo
Grand Rapids
Mich
Olathe
Kan
Kenosha
Wis
Loveland
Shreveport
St. Louis
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Enid
Okla
Dutch Sink Two Indonesian Torpedo Boats Off New Guinea
Dutch navy says two Indonesian torpedo boats were sunk and a third fled in a brief battle south of the Buru Mountains in Dutch New Guinea. A Dutch official called it an unsuccessful invasion attempt. the Hague cabinet met in emergency session.
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Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
UPI
R. M. Elbers
Hague
Defense Ministry
Buru
New Guinea
Iran Units Land Reform Amid Anti Communist Drive
Tehran announces radical land reform to curb Communism. Shah signs bill to break up estates near the Soviet border, distributing land to peasants in 30 new cooperatives. Landlords may retain one village, with 40 days to choose. compensation set at ten times annual income. peasants repay over 15 years. About 5,000 families in 300 villages affected.
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Tehran
Iran
Hassan Arsanjani
Maragheh
Soviet Union
Arsanjani
St Pete Man Dies In Crash On Howard Frankland Bridge
A car collided with a truck on the Howard Frankland Bridge as dawn broke. John Stewart, 24, of St Petersburg died at a Tampa hospital. Dolly Grover, 29, also of St Petersburg, survived with minor injuries. The truck, identified as driven by Joseph Cortez, 50, went into Tampa Bay and was recovered three hours later with no one inside the cab.
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Tampa
Howard Frankland
Tampa Bay
John Stewart
St. Petersburg
Bay
Joseph W. Cortez
Dolly Grover
Tampa General Hospital
L. J. Buchanan
Stewart
Sarasota Bay death of 94 year old man reported
Frank Elmer Martin of 115 Sunset Drive was found dead in Sarasota Bay near Sunset Drive. Police and the county medical examiner investigated, with Det. Lt. Arthur Johnson stating it appeared to be self-inflicted pending autopsy results by Dr. Millard White.
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Frank Elmer Martin
Sunset Drive
Sarasota Bay
D. M. Beechie
Sam Troyer
Martin
Millard White
Arthur Johnson
State Secretary Adams To Address Florida Supervisors Conference
Secretary of State Tom Adams will headline the mid winter meeting of the Florida Association of Supervisors of Registration at the Azure Tides Hotel. About 100 supervisors and their families are expected as 67 county supervisors discuss voting legislation and procedures for the 1963 session.
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Tom Adams
Florida Association of Supervisors of Registration
Azure Tides
Sarasota County
Virginia Meade
Florida
John Dekle
Hillsborough County
Adams
Ringling Museum
Ringling Residence
Ringling Circus Museum
The
State Association
Joe Oldmixon
Escambia County
County Commission
Warren Henderson
John O. Binns
Sarasota
Daniel Gorham
Palm Beach County
Association
Skindivers Grim Encounter With 14-Foot Shark Near Farallon Islands
Floyd Pair Jr., a 29 year old Sacramento milkman, dove near the Farallon Islands with a 100 diver party. He was attacked from the right side by a 14 foot brown shark, sustaining serious leg and buttock wounds but keeping his tight suit on and surviving after help from other divers and a helicopter amputation to hospital.
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San Francisco
Floyd Pair Jr
Sacramento
Caif
Milkman
Pair
Farallon Islands
Golden Gate
Merrimac
Franklin Hospital
Stroud Construction Remodel Repairs on 12th Street
Local contractor Stroud Construction lists remodeling and repair services at 2337 12th Street with contact numbers 958 1060 and 958 0942. The brief notice highlights renovation work and home improvements offered to residents.
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Stroud Construction
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