Space program risks weighed as Glenn warns of failures
NASA figures warn Congress that future U S space flights may fail and even cost lives while emphasizing continued confidence in the program. John Glenn urged lawmakers not to lose faith as Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom backed the effort and its worth beyond rivalry with Russia.
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UPS
John H. Glenn
Congress
U.S
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House Space Committee
America
Russia
Kennedy
Ture
Alan B. Shepard
United States
Missouri Escapees Captured Near Farmington Iowa
Two Clarke County jail escapees, Wally Hoyt Smith and Charles Franklin Worrell, captured after fleeing to Iowa and chased back into Missouri. Iowa Trooper Leonard Whiele halted their car with help from Van Buren County Sheriff Orville Lee. They surrendered about ten miles south of Farmington.
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Iowa
UPI
Clarke County
Kahoka
Missouri
Wally Hoyt Smith
Charles Franklin Worrell
Leonard Whiele
Whiele
van Buren County
Orville Lee
Lee County
Don Arnold
Fort Madison
Lee
Patterson Heads Emergency Planning
Des Moines Iowa State University professor Ralph E Patterson Jr is named Iowa s first state director of emergency resources planning by Governor Norman A Erbe The role focuses on the economic mobilization aspects of civil defense and post disaster recovery Patterson keeps his ISU post and will not receive government pay Patterson is a Boone native.
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Civil Defense
Erbe
Patterson
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Iowa State
Boone
3 Killed 10 Hurt In Bus Accident
A truck pulling a trailer struck a Greyhound bus in New Braunfels Texas before dawn. Three passengers died and ten were injured, all but the truck driver being bus passengers bound from Dallas to San Antonio. The truck driver, Charles Brandon, 33, Garland, Texas, crossed a grass strip and hit the bus on the left side front wheel.
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Tex
UPI
Greyhound
Dallas
San Antonio
Daniel Arthur Morse
Hollis
N.Y
Charles Brandon
Garland
Joseph Davis
Carmen Garnello
East Chicago
Ind
Garnello
Davis
No Space Like Home Astronaut Glenn Basks In Welcome
Washington welcomed Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr after his orbital flight with a rain soaked crowd of about 250000 lining Pennsylvania Avenue. He thanked Congress and his family for support calling the homecoming like being among "home folks" and praised future space goals.
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UPI
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Palm Beach
Fla
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Mars
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Palace Bombing Two Planes Attack Saigon Palace
Viet Nam leader Ngo Dinh Diem escaped an apparent assassination when American‑made fighters bombed and strafed his palace. Rebels in the South Viet Nam air force reportedly piloted the attack as U S officials said it did not appear to be a coup.
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South Viet Nam
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
United States
Washington
U.S
Honolulu
Harry D. Felt
Pacific
Siagon
Frederick Nolting Jr
Viet Namese Air Force
Bien Hoa
Renew Bid for Health Program Ross Workers To Vote
Ross Electronics workers at Washington and Burlington plants will vote Tuesday March 6 on UAW representation. The two plants count as one unit per NLRB ruling, with about 70 workers in the Burlington plant and ongoing union activity at the Burlington Iowal Industries site where UAW won a recent election. Negotiations with UAW locals continue as a nearby Burlington strike proceeds after a January vote showed 92 of 315 workers in favor.
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Advance Ross Electronics Corporation
Washington
Burlington
United Auto Workers Labor Union
Advance-Ross
National Labor Relations Board
UAW
Iowal Industries
Lloyd Grady
Fallout Shelter Plans Discussed for Washington County
County officials held a morning meeting at city hall to organize fallout shelter plans. John Ganon and Don Maxwell lead efforts with S W Kaster assigning city duties while Muscatine engineers survey potential sites. Des Moines meeting outlined next federal steps with Barber Jr and Gov Erbe welcoming county civil defense officials.
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Washington County
John Ganon
Board of Supervisors
Don Maxwell
S. W. Kaster
Maxwell
Kaster
City of
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Muscatine
Des Moines
George R. Barber Jr
Denver
Colo
Ray Stiles
Iowa
Norman Erbe
Fifty Miners Killed In Belgrade Explosion
A methane gas explosion in a Banovici coal mine traps and wounds miners. Tanjug reports 54 dead and 2 missing, with 124 of 180 miners underground rescued. rescue teams work to reach those still trapped as 72 were later listed missing.
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Tuzla
Sarajevo
Sub-Zero Cold Grips Midwest as Snow Looms in Several States
Sub-zero readings hit eight mid continent states while light snow touched the West and New England. Snowfalls of up to 10 inches paralyzed parts of the Midwest. rivers rose as residents faced flood risks along the Mississippi and Ohio.
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Citrus
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Jr High Orientation Draws 350 Attendees at Local High School
Three hundred fifty parents and eighth grade students attended the junior high orientation at the local high school. William Hutchinson arranged the program to connect eighth graders and parents with high school life. Principal E Kelly Schlapkohl outlined freshmen subjects and woodworking offerings.
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William Hutchinson
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Jim Kosien
Marlene Buhman
Kathryn Waddell
Carlton Bump
George Cordes
George Chambers
Tom English
Verne Knecht
Kennedy urges medical care and immunization plan for aged and children
President Kennedy renews push for medical care for the aged funded by Social Security and a three year federal vaccination program for all U.S. children under five. He calls for air pollution research grants and the creation of a National Environmental Health Center to coordinate nationwide controls.
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API
Kennedy
Congress
National Environmental Health Center
NEHC
French Troops Patrol Algiers Amid Terror Wave
French paratroopers with armored cars patrolled central Algiers to suppress a wave of terror as OAS attacks killed 38 and wounded 67 nationwide. The violence raised year to date casualties to over 1,100 dead and nearly 2,000 wounded, with Arabs bearing the brunt.
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UPI
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OAS
Maison-Carree
Twelve Below In Iowa During Night
Frigid temperatures and heavy snow coverage spread across Iowa with Spencer and Waterloo dipping to 12 below. An ice jam on the Des Moines River at Ottumwa threatened flood as a new storm brought 2 to 4 inches of snow statewide.
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United Press International
Iowa
Spencer
Waterloo
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Dubuque
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Weather Iowa: Light Snow and Cold Through Wednesday
Occasional light snow and continued cold across Iowa through Wednesday. Lows night 5 to 10 below zero, highs Wednesday from zero to 10 above. Outlook for Thursday calls for more snow and slightly less cold.
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