Moon Shoot Plans Denied by Pentagon Officials
The Air Force announced plans for August lunar probes but ARPA chief Roy W. Johnson denied any final decision to contact the moon directly. He said dates will depend on equipment development. Anderson said three lunar probes are to launch in August September and October with one to crash on the moon and others reach space, possibly forming a figure eight.
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Air Force Research and Development
Roy W. Johnson
Defense Department
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPA
Johnson
Milwaukee
E. Anderson
Air Force Research and Development Command
Anderson
Air Force
Thor
Moon
Earth
Atlas
Spy Trial Threatened For Yanks
East German state media warned that the nine U S soldiers from the 3rd Armored Division could face trial as spies after their helicopter was forced down in Communist territory. Washington and Bonn rejected negotiating with East Germany for return, saying the demand aims to force recognition of the regime.
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UPI
Defense Ministry
Die Volksarmee
the Peoples Army
East Germany
Washington
Bonn
German Democratic Republic
U.S. 3Rd “Armored Division
U. S. Army
State Department
Derby Racers Face Final Derby Inspection Tomorrow
Derby racers must pass a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. inspection at Derby Downs three miles south of Benson Highway on Country Club Road to race for prizes. Cars passed will be impounded, and a new helmet and T shirt grant entry to a Thursday Old Tucson party with hot dogs, pop, and Derby movie photos. Free buses depart Eagle Park at 8 a.m. and return about 2 p.m. Riders must wear T shirts and helmets to board and attend the party.
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Derby Downs
Benson Highway
Country Club Road
Old Tucson
Eagie Park
South 2Nd Ave
E. 16Th St
Wheels In The West Derby Movie Filming Underway
Filming has started on Wheels In The West the 1959 Soap Box Derby movie featuring Tucson. A General Motors crew shot at San Xavier Mission today with plans to film downtown and Old Tucson later. Key crew include Michael Omaley producer John Irvine director and Robert Wylie cameraman. Derby Downs nights will cover race sequences crowd shots and prize presentations. The track now rewired for 75000 watts lighting donated by Sylvania Electric Corp. Destrelity Electric Co and Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co organized the project.
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General Motors
San Xavier Mission
Old Tucson
Michael Omaley
John Irvine
Robert Wylie
Derby Downs
Sylvania Electric Corp
Destrelity Electric Co
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Ike Proposes Talks Start July 1 With Khrushchev
President Eisenhower offered to begin technical talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev on July 1 in Geneva to probe foolproof methods for policing a possible nuclear test ban. He backs US Britain France experts, excludes neutral nations early, and says India and others could join later if useful. Dulles hinted Red China may be involved in future disarmament steps.
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UPI
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Khrushchev
India
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Red China
Dulles
Communist
China
Soviet Union
Miches
City Bond Package Advances With Cuts and Plans
A city bond package totaling 4.66 million dollars, approved by the Chamber of Commerce Tax Study Committee, moves to the City Council with trims to parks libraries and street projects. The panel backs a 1.0 million streets plan, 1.26 million for sewage plant expansion, 430 thousand for fire equipment, and proposes delays on downtown railroad overpasses while negotiations with the railroad continue. The overall bond program targets Aug. 5 voter consideration with self liquidating water bonds still under study.
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Mgr
Porter Ws
Homer
Santa Rita Park
Randolph Park
Southern Pacific
Tuc
Som
Broadway
Speedway
Campbell Avenue
Alvernon Road
Tucson Airport Authority rejects Hughes lab proposal
Tucson Airport Authority officials turned down Hughes Aircraft Co bid to build a 55,000 square foot engineering laboratory on 17 acres at the airport. The decision, amid plans for a $600,000 bond issue and a new terminal, keeps Hughes projects on hold as the authority prioritizes debt limits and ongoing airport expansions.
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Hughes
Air To Company
Tet Boat
Vos
Terry. Atkinson Af
American Hiring: Dodge Plant Idles 1400 Workers
About 1,400 United Auto Workers were sent home from the suburban Detroit Dodge truck plant after Chrysler said 400 final assembly workers refused to return after lunch. The union urged workers to return, citing company harassment. Negotiations continue with General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford as a wait-and-see mood dominates. In Milwaukee, hundreds queued at the Wisconsin State Employment Service as American Motors announced plans to hire 1,200 more, with 450 at Kenosha and 750 at Milwaukee Rambler plant, making the line the longest since WWII.
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Warren Dodge
Chrysler Corp
International Union
UAW
Dodge
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Employment Service
American Motors Corp
State Employment Service
Kenosha
Rambler
Arch ie Miller Keeps His Own Coffin Ready
STANSTEAD ABBOTS England Archie Miller 92 reveals he has slept in his own coffin for 33 years polishing it daily in a shed. The solid oak coffin cost 23 pounds and is planned to provide a comfortable last rest with brass handles and a respectable appearance when he dies.
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Stanstead Abbots
England
Archie Miller
Miller
Clawson Promoted to Vice Chair of Industry Committee
Ben W. Clawson, plant manager of the Douglas Aircraft plant, named vice chairman of the Chamber of Commerce industrial development committee. He succeeds J. B. O Dowd, who held the post since the committee’s July reorganization. Chair Lewis W. Douglas of the Arizona Bank and Trust co. remains as chair. Clawson outlined plans for an executive meeting to set new goals and potential reorganizations while noting ongoing confidential talks could attract new industries to Tucson. The chamber board scheduled a special meeting to discuss Roy Drachman’s recent charge in the Really Digest.
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Douglas Aircraft
Chamber of Commerce
J. B
Dowd
Lewis W. Douglas
Southern “Ariszona Bank & Trust Co
Clawson
Tucson
Chamber
Roy
Drachman
Chamber Needs New Thinking and Leadership
Drachman said the chamber was not leading community growth and called for fresh thinking planning and new leadership to drive progress.
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Drachman
Arizona A Comics Crossword Editorials Events on WHERE TO 1 bum 10
Puzzle notes and brief items appear on the Arizona A Comics page with crossword clues and editorials. Molly Mayfield contributes a puzzle on page 22 while films and public records are listed in the same section.
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Arizona
Molly Mayfield
De Gaulle Told To End All Parties
Paris dispatch reports the Algeria based Super-Committee of Public Safety defied General Charles de Gaulle by demanding an end to all French political parties and threatening to extend its influence to mainland France. The Algerian dissidents also urged De Gaulle to cancel plans for Algerian municipal elections within a month. De Gaulle met aides to review foreign policy and potential high level talks with world leaders, with possible meetings with Adenauer, Macmillan, and Eisenhower discussed by informants.
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de’ Gaulle
France
da Gaulle
I de’ Murville
Konrad
Aderiaus Bannot
Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Hew
Macmillan
NATO
Washington
de Gaullé
London
United States
Fourth Republic
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Weather Forecast Boosts Desert Heat and Clouds
The weatherman predicts a warm spell with cloudy skies and no rain. Afternoon highs near 100 degrees expected as yesterday's high was 1 degree cooler than the 1955 record of 109.
Macmillan Warns U.S. Must Not Overplay Purses
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan warned against tightening the United States purse strings in the cold war economy. He said the United States must act as chief banker to the free world while Britain and Western Europe lack funds to prop up world trade. Macmillan spoke at Johns Hopkins University as Eisenhower and Macmillan received honorary law degrees.
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Baltimore
Harald Macmillan
Sam
Russia
United States
Free World
Great Britain
West Europe
Macmillan
Johns Hopkins University
Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins
Helicoper
White House
Milton Eisenhower
Washington
22 Saved In Flaming Plane Crash Near Rio
An Aerolineas Argentinas four engine plane from Europe with a Rio stopover crashed on Alta Grande Island in the Atlantic near Rio. All 22 aboard were rescued, six crew members among them, though circumstances remain unclear as reports differ whether the craft hit the sea or burned on the beach.
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Brazil
UPI
Atlantic
Rio
Air Ministry
Alta Grande Island
Aerolineas
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