Titan ICBM Test at Vandenberg Marks Historic Launch
Bob Considine reports from Vandenberg Air Force Base on September 23 1961 as the Titan I intercontinental ballistic missile completes a first integrated total weapon system test. Brig. Gen. Roger Crow and Col. Joseph J. Cody oversee the countdown while observers witness the Titan rise on its 165 foot silo, ignite its two stages, and vault toward a target area off Eniwetok 6600 miles away amid a plume of fire and vapor.
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Free World
SAC
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
N. S. Khruschev
Efficors
Martin Company
God
Tve
Eniwetok
Martin Prgineer
Vandenberg
Air Office
Vardenherc
Air Force Systems Command
Ballistic Systems Division
Statesie Air Command
Titan I
U.S
Titan ‘I
Warren Afb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Offutt Afb
Neb
Fairchild Afb
Spokane
Wash
Forbes Afb
Topeka
Kans
Lincoln, Neb
Schilling Afb
Salina
Altus
Ohio
Dyess Afb
Abilene, Tex
Walker Afb
Roswell
N.mex
Plattsburg Afb
Plattsburg, N.Y
Titan I missile power display showcases US readiness
A reporter observes the 395th Missile Squadron under Capt. Lester E. Treankler at Kingsford recounting Titan I silo operations. The visit details massive underground launches, reinforced silos, and the scale of Cold War preparedness, noting Titan I readiness, future Titan II plans, and global strategic implications.
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Lester E. Treankler
Kingsoord, Mich
United States
Extremist labels in Kennedy critique draw sharp party lines
A Kennedy Western tour drew fire over labeling critics as extremist right wingers. The letter argues both extremes, left and right, distort debate while warnings rise about Cuba Berlin and U S influence. It recalls 1952 conservative epithet and calls for balanced political discourse.
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ADA
Kennedy
Cuba
Berlin
Extremist Labels Prompt Questioning of Left and Right
A reader argues against using terms like ultra conservative and extremist to describe political groups. The letter invites analysis by public polls to explore how the extremist right and left may fuel each other, suggesting extremes arise as responses to one another.
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Gallup
Labor unions seek vigor amid declines and corruption verdicts
Ralph McGill reports from Atlanta on the AFL CIO era tensions and the labor movement's image crisis. He notes past corruption cases, automations, and wage trends eroding dues paying membership from a 14 million peak to about 12.5 million while unemployment tops four million. George Meany warns of stagnation as UAW and Steelworkers face automation pressures.
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Atlanta
Florida
CIO
AFL
Afl-Cio
James Hoffa
Cape Canaveral
Dave Beck
George Meany
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW
Dave McDonald
United Steelworkers
Labor Survives Yet Faces Three Tough Realities
The piece argues labor must resolve interunion conflicts to avoid raiding and fragmentation while rising costs blamed on unions persist. It notes automation pressures, the shrinking blue collar base, and the South’s rising industrialization with race and politics hindering organizing, creating three major challenges.
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Dustry
Meany
Miami
Whic al
Wfion
South
AFL
CIO
Santa's workshop goes high tech in a automated Christmas
The Lighter Side notes with humor that computers and Univac machines are entering Christmas, replacing traditional elves. It describes department stores using gift suggestion computers and a toy PC offering quizzes. The writer predicts computers will become common in Christmas rituals and even replace letters to Santa with punch card ecards.
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Washington
UPI
Santa Claus
Santa
Univac
Know Your America Q A on the Declaration pledge
The document states that the signers pledged to each other their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor in support of the Declaration of Independence.
Kennedy pledges civil rights bill early in new Congress
Fulton Lewis reports Kennedy says Senator Clark and Representative Celler will draft a bill embodying all civil rights pledges for the new Congress to take up in January. The Clark Celler bill stalled under White House opposition and is unlikely to pass next year due to administration reluctance to push on civil rights.
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Washington
Clark
Pennsylvania
Celler
New York
Congress
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium
White House
Kennedy
Judiciary Committee
James Eastland
Jack Kennedy
Kennedy Civil Rights Position Scrutinized At Convention
The piece reviews Kennedy's civil rights stance amid Southern opposition at Los Angeles. It notes Patterson and Alabama Councils push for support, Battle's talks with Almond reveal Kennedy's wary, evolving position. Johnson later cites voting record and duty in defense of Kennedy's record.
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Kennedy
Alabama
John Patterson
Los Angeles
Sam Englehart
Alabama Citizens Councils
William Battle
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond
Battle
Almond
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
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Joseph J. Cody
Tower of Babel
Titan
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Thomas White
Air Force
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Kansas
KoRee
Ona Sf
Barry Goldwater
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Sam
Goldwater
Goddard
JFK
Ralph McGill
McGill
By Dick West
Egbert
Uncle Egbert
World AT Large
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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