Nuclear Test Solves Van Allen Belt Mystery
AP reporter recounts how the 1.4 megaton hydrogen bomb test above the Pacific last year provided data on high energy electron decay in the Van Allen belt. Wilmont N. Hess of Goddard Space Flight Center described rapid artificial radiation decay and implications for spacecraft design and future experiments.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Blacksburg, Va
United States
Pacific
van Allen
Wilmont N. Hess
Goddard Space Flight Center
van Allen Belt
Hess
Inser
Welcome Rains Douse Scurry County and Texas
Scurry County and nearby areas received welcome rains the first in about two months. Totals included 2 inches at Lake J. B. Thomas near Snyder and 1.7 inches south of Ira, with Hermleigh logging about 1 inch and 3 more inches, while Dunn reported 1.5 inches. Reports spread to other towns as a cool front moved through West Texas, with scattered heavy showers and some severe storms across the state.
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Hermleigh
Dunn
EF J. Goodlett
Snyder
City
Wayne Williams Place
Polar
Fluvanna
Lake Thomas
South Texas
Fort Worth
Oak Cliff
Dallas
Andy Aliaz
Hurst
Panhandle-Plains
West Texas
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions Northeast and Central
regional forecast summary shows scattered thundershowers in central and south areas with cooler conditions in central regions. Northwest and Southeast Texas expect partly cloudy skies with isolated showers. coastal winds 18 knots. highs in the low to mid nineties and lows around mid to upper sixties.
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Texas
South
Ais
Southwest
Student Loses Hands In Homemade Bomb Explosion
Eddie Ralph Mustain a 22 year old San Antonio college student lost both hands in a premature explosion of a homemade bomb. Fellow observer Roger Passant 19 suffered a possible chest injury as the device blew up in a park in southeast San Antonio. William Klein 25 said Mustain made the bomb as an experiment and attempted to discard it before detonation.
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San Antonio
Eddie Ralph Mustain
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Roger Passant
San Antoni
William Klein
Mustain
AEC Chief Backs Plea For Test Ban Treaty Approval
Dr. Glenn Seaborg, head of the Atomic Energy Commission, testifies that underground testing would enable broad nuclear weapon development including antimissile warheads. He supports ratification as in the United States' best interests and cites feasibility of underground tests and potential peaceful uses.
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AEC
Washington
Glenn T. Seaborg
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Seaborg
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
United States
U.S
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
Senate House Atomic Energy Committees
McNamara
Soviet Union
John Stennis
Dmiss
Barry Goldwater
Frank J. Lausche
D-Ohio
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stennis
Maxwell Bd. Taylor
Joint Chiefs
Tayor
Edward le Ler
Cientiffic
Joint Chiefs of Star
FDA orders antibiotics prove claims for wide range products
The FDA requires drugmakers to prove effectiveness of antibiotics in items like throat lozenges and nose sprays sold without prescription. A Sept 6 deadline was set, with many companies likely unable to meet tests. The move targets labeling claims, not safety, affecting about 30 lesser-used antibiotics and tied to the 1962 act amendments.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Federal Register
Assn
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Rail disputer stalls as Aug. 29 deadline nears
Negotiations between railroads and five unions stall over firemen on diesel trains. Carrier chief J E Wolfe calls a positive stalemate and Congress debates moving the issue to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senate leaders signal doubt about Kennedy plan. no immediate legislation expected.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor Department
J. E. Wolfe
Firemen's
Engineers
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
General Chay Men's “Committee of the Union
Congress
Kennedy
Wirtz
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Warren G Magnuson
Commerce Committee
John O. Pastore
D-Ell
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Mansfield
Magnuson
Rainfall Douses Drought. San Angelo Sees Rainmaker Foe
San Angelo receives two inches of rain into the watershed and river basins. The Weather Bureau reports an inch, while local gauges show up to two inches. The city weighs future weather plans as the Rainmaker from Tulsa remains a distant bid.
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San Angelo
Mother Nature
Tulsa
Oklo
Weather Bureau
Sterling City
Garden City
Water Valley
Stiles
Jack Herring Ranch
Norton
Runnels County
North Concho River
White Postal Workers sue over promotions in Dallas
A group of white postal workers filed a federal suit in Dallas claiming race discrimination after three Negroes were promoted to supervisor at the Dallas main post office. The complaint states white employees ranked high on a promotion register while the top Black employee ranked far lower.
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Washington
Dallas
Post Office Department
U.S. District Court
Snyder School Board Approves Record Budget for 1963 64
The Snyder school board approved a 1963 64 budget of 4 005 844 with 2 308 882 for operations and the rest for bond interest. A tax rate of 1 97 was set after a 350 000 value reduction by consultants. New faculty hires and resignations were approved, calendar set with school start September 3 and last day May 27.
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R. E. McBride
Standard of Texas of
McBride
Kk McCollum
Ella Sue Simpson
Travis
Donna Davison
Japan Signs to Ban Nuclear Tests Amid Hiroshima Anniversary
Washington AP reports Japan joined a treaty banning atmospheric, outer space and underwater nuclear tests. The move marks the 18th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender following the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Mrs Kennedy Home From Hospital After Birth
Mrs John F Kennedy returns home to Hyannis Port with the President, after a hospital stay following the birth of her third child Patrick Bouvier Kennedy who lived less than two days. She will rest at Squaw Island into mid September as doctors advise reducing official duties. The family welcomed her with Caroline and John Jr. at the summer home.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
John F. Kennedy
John W Walsh
Kennedy
Otis Air Force Base
Squaw Island
Heli
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