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Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1961

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Man In Orbit Flight Postponed to January

NASA set MA-6 Mercury Atlas to launch early next year with John H. Glenn Jr as pilot and M Scott Carpenter as backup. Official checks said Atlas, capsule and tracking network progressed smoothly though no exact date was given, with aim for the first week of the new year at Cape Canaveral.

Washington U.S Space Agency John H. Glenn J The Cape John H. Glenn Jr M. Scott Carpenter

Soviet arms budget jumps 45 percent in 1962 plan

Soviet Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov announced a peacetime military budget hike of about 45 percent, totaling 134 billion rubles for 1962. He said the increase was to counter NATO, while noting the U S defense budget rose by roughly six billion dollars.

Moscow UPI Soviet Union Vasiy Garbuzov U Ssr Supreme Soviet Liament Garbuzov U.S.S.R NATO Bloc NATO

U.N. Air War Expands in Katanga Conflict

In Elisabethville and Kolwezi a UN air campaign clashed with Katanga forces as UN jets destroyed Katangan aircraft and a Dornier bomber, while a Katangan attack hit Elisabethville airport. The UN reported gains including a strategic highway underpass and heightened tensions as U Thant prepared a crisis report. Tshombe condemned U.S. involvement and warned of further complications.

U.N Elisabethville

Britain Challenges U N political role in Katanga

In the House of Commons Deputy Foreign Secretary Edward Heath said U N forces in Katanga have no right to impose a political solution by force. He urged the UN to seek a settlement between Congo's central government and Moise Tshombe's Katanga regime, while acknowledging UN self defense. The United States backs UN action to restore movement in Elisabethville.

U.N Congo U.S United Nations Britain Washington United States Paris Katanga Moise Tshombe Manono Elisabethville His Congo London Edward Heath House of Commons Heath Elizabethville

Paroled Simmers, ex-Detroit detective, to return to Tucson

Norman C Simmers, former Pima County deputy and ex-Detroit detective, who shot Evelyn Georgia Scott during a 1957 dispute, was granted parole after an eight to ten year manslaughter sentence. He will be released January 14 and plans to live in Tucson with his wife Agnes, who is dying of cancer.

Jim Johnson Pima County Norman C Simmers Sheriff's Office Simmers Florence Detroit Evelyn Georgia Scott Frank Eyman Agnes Tucson

Florida Holds Tucsonian In 14-Car Crash

Clarence Houston a prominent Tucson attorney was held by Florida State highway patrol after a 14 car crash in heavy fog near Pace on U S 90 twenty miles east of Pensacola. Twelve people were hospitalized and Mr and Mrs Houston were uninjured in the chain reaction incident.

Florida Clarence Houston Tucson Pace Fla Associated Press Houston Pensacola

Kids Speak On Khrushchev Bomb In Surrey Class

A St Anns Heath Primary School class of about ten year olds in Surrey wrote on Khrushchev s 50 megaton bomb. Many express fear and desire for peace. A reader awards top remark to ten year old Martin Blank who wrote The world is going crazy.

Harry Ferguson London UPI Nikita Khrushchev St. Ann's Heath Surrey Khrushchev Martin Blank

Kennedy seeks new tariff powers to curb encirclement

President Kennedy urged replacing the Reciprocal Trade Act with broad powers to lower tariffs for Free Europe and forge an extraordinary economic NATO to combat Communist encirclement.

New York UPI Kennedy Europe NATO

Weather and trade policy notes from Kennedy speech

Weather outlook remains balmy yet brisk with variable cloudiness tonight into tomorrow. Temperatures forecast from a 37 degree low to a 68 degree high with yesterday’s 67 and today’s 63 at 2 PM. President Kennedy urged bold U. S. trade policy at NAM Congress, favoring expanded exports and investment tax credits, while opposing full European Common Market membership and calling to replace the Reciprocal Trade Act. He warned that failure to build American exports could weaken the United States in the free world and endorsed action to broaden tariff policies without harming U. S. industries.

West United States Kennedy Florida Afl-Cio Miami Beach U. S NAM

One Of Two Light Planes Still Lost

One of two light planes missing since Saturday was found yesterday afternoon, but the search for the other continues today. The westbound plane from Tucson to El Monte, piloted by W. W. Journay, was found intact in the El Centro area. It had been reported 24 hours overdue at El Monte by a relative of the pilot. The other plane, eastbound from Long Beach, was believed headed for Tucson and last heard from when its pilot, Ross Weber of La Crescenta, was at Blythe for a Phoenix weather report. The eastbound plane carries two passengers identified as William Powless and George James O'Brien Jr., both of Anaheim. O'Brien is a Standard Oil Co. representative and the son of a San Francisco executive.

Dominic Crolla Tucson el Monte Calif W. W. Journay el Centro Ray Talbot Federal Aviation Agency Long Beach Blythe Phoenix Ross Weber la Crescenta William Powless Anaheim George James O'Brien Jr O'Brien Standard Oil Co. Representive George James O'Brien Sr San Francisco

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