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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1962
Page
1
Space rendezvous demands precise orbital mechanics. Delays in launch affect separation. engineers use circular and elliptical orbits to reduce gaps. Radar, computers, and docking methods such as magnets and clamps enable final mating of two spacecraft.
On the first anniversary of the Berlin wall, Communist and West Berlin police clashed across the barrier with tear gas, smoke bombs, and water cannon. West Berliners and authorities urged restraint while celebrating with silence. East German Reds hailed the event as peace rescue.
Elyria police detained a 27 year old man named James Johnson of Columbus after a report he could be a con artist. Officers found a stack of counterfeit money with a real dollar on top and bottom in his possession. Johnson claimed the fake funds were for a Monopoly game and he was jailed without pass go.
The AFL CIO National Executive Council opens its summer meeting in Chicago with leaders including George Meany and Walter Reuther expected to back a reduced national work week to curb unemployment. The session faces militant moves against James Hoffa's Teamsters and rival union ambitions by CWA and SIU, including plans to form a rival Teamsters union.
The New London Senior Little League All Stars defeated Missouri to earn a berth in the World Series in Williamsport Pennsylvania, facing West Hempstead on Long Island. The report notes more details on page 22 while indicating various other sections and columns in the issue.
Partly cloudy and cooler today and tonight with a high of 74 to 78 and a low of 54 to 58. Tuesday remains fair and cool. Sunday's range 60 to 68, with a late Sunday range of 62 to 81. 24 hour precipitation ending 8 p.m. EDT Sunday was 0.08 inch.
President Kennedy returned to Washington from a Maine weekend to finalize his economic report and announce by 7 p.m. EDT whether a tax cut is needed. He and advisers will refine the speech after a fog delayed his takeoff from Brunswick. The trip followed a leisure weekend at Gene Tunney's Johns Island estate and a Manitou sailing cruise.
Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich continued a space marathon in Vostok III and IV, circling Earth about every 88 minutes at near 18,000 mph. They had logged 35 and 19 orbits respectively by 4 p.m. and faced further live TV from space with no clear return time.
Sohio Research Center in Warrensville Heights reports exclusive reception of conversations and data from Soviet cosmonauts Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich. Ten researchers monitor orbital flights of Vostok III and IV as both ships progress over Ohio with several daily passes and intermittent transmissions.
A United DC-8 carrying 81 passengers and seven crew members inadvertently landed at Troutdale field after misreading lights, mistaking it for Portland International Airport. No injuries were reported. The flight departed for Seattle after refueling, with FAA investigating the error.
Moscow reports two Soviet astronauts, Pavel Popovich and Andrian Nikolayev, chatting as their ships circled the Earth. They confirm code names Golden Eagle and Falcon and discuss temperatures, humidity, and how they feel while orbiting from a space station near the cosmodrome.
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