Space Twins Red Carpet Welcome In Moscow Under Gray Skies
Soviet Premier Khrushchev greeted Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich on a full red carpet ceremony in Red Square. Tens of thousands cheered as the cosmonauts, praised by Khrushchev for a landmark space flight, received Hero of the Soviet Union honors.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Soviet Union
Volga
Vnukovo
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Red Square
Nikolayev
Popovich
Lenin
Earth
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Nikolayev and
Locust Sighting Sparks Insect Swarm Talk In Winchester
The Gown Crier notes a three inch locust spotted in Winchester yesterday. A cooling note adds 130 more days until December 25. Winchesterettes majorettes received 25 dollars each for their participation in the Grand Feature Parade in Romney West Virginia.
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Winchester
Winchesterettes
Romney
W. Va
The
Crier
Peru Regimes Recognition Won Ties But No Arms Aid
The United States recognizes Peru's military regime and resumes diplomatic ties but will not send arms or an ambassador to Lima. Washington cites restored civil liberties and pledged elections as reasons while restarting $81 million in economic aid and delaying $22 million in military aid pending review.
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Washington
United States
Peru
Lima
State Department
U.S
Grand Jury To Get Church Fire Case
Charles W Redmond Jr 22 confessed to setting fires at WHAG radio station and two local churches in Hagerstown Maryland Police Capt F M Funk said Redmond will be presented to a September grand jury Bond set at 5000 He faces additional arson burglary charges and has admitted eight other incidents in Virginia and Maryland Church damage totaled 112000 with most losses at the First Presbyterian Church July 4 and Centenary Evangelical Reformed July 9.
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Corporation Court
F. M. Funk
Warren
Rudolph
Charles W. Redmond, Jr
Redmond
WHAG
Funk
David K. Poole
Washington County
Springfield State Hospital
Virginia
Maryland
First Presbyterian Church
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed
Presbyterian Church
Three Money Bags May Hint At Plymouth Mail Heist
Three money bags including one marked Federal Reserve Bank of Boston were turned over to the FBI amid the $1.5 million Plymouth mail truck robbery probe. Found by two Nashua youths Friday night, the bags were given to Frederick Gutherer, a policeman, who delivered them to federal agents.
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Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
FBI
Plymouth
Nashua
N.H
Woods
Frederick Gutherer
Lunar contamination fears at Virginia Tech conference
Scientist Carl Sagan warned that lunar micro organisms could be carried back to Earth by astronauts or spacecraft. He urged thorough sterilization of ships and decontamination of crews to prevent possible contamination of Earth from lunar microbes. Virginia Tech President T Marshall Hahn Jr cited institutional leadership and expected growth in science and tech.
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Earth
Istic
Carl Sagan
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Harvard
Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory
Sagan
Apollo
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
Virginia Tech
Hahn
Lions Club Broom Sale Planned for September
A Lions Club announces a broom sale with events scheduled around September 18 to 28 in the city. Proceeds support club activities.
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Lions Club
City
Notice R W Reubush Takes Barber Shop Post
R W Reubush begins work at Swartz Barber Shop offering haircuts for 50 cents with insured address updates Aug 18 22 25 31. Carnival at Legion Grounds runs August 20 25.
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R. W. Reubush
Swartz
Carnival Legion Grounds
House Approves Raise in Disability Compensation for Vets
The House backed a bill to boost disability pay by about 9.3 percent for 2 million veterans and reopen government life insurance to World War II and Korean War veterans. A House Senate conference to reconcile versions follows.
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Senate
House
Berliners protest at wall shooting of youth Fechter
An angry crowd of West Berliners gathered near Checkpoint Charlie after East German border guards shot and killed 18 year old Peter Fechter at the wall. U S commander Major General Watson urged restraint and warned of consequences, as locals lament Allied inaction.
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Watson
West Berlin
Spandau
Five Day Injunction Halts Redstone Strike
An injunction by U S District Judge Clarence W Allgood halts the Huntsville Redstone Arsenal strike for five days and sets August 22 for a merits hearing on a permanent injunction while NLRB investigates. Local 558 IBEW picketed three gates protesting non union workers, idling several Marshall Space Flight Center and Army Missile Command projects, valued in the millions and tied to Saturn programs.
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Birmingham
Ala
Huntsville
Redstone Arsenal
U.S. Dist
Clarence W. Allgood
Allgood
National Labor Relations Board
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Baroco Electrical Construction Co
Pensacola
Fla
Arsenal
Marshall Space Flight Center
Army Missile Command
NLRB
Marshall Center
Baroco
6Th
Satellite Bill Finally Freed
The Senate approved the administration's communications satellite bill 66 to 11 after invoking the anti filibuster rule for the first time in 35 years. The measure creates a private government regulated corporation to own and operate the U S segment of a global satellite relay system, with Kennedy backing but Democratic opposition over taxpayer investment and private monopoly concerns. If the House accepts the Senate version, the bill goes to President Kennedy. otherwise a conference could trigger a new filibuster.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Kennedy
U.S
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Eastern Air Lines to resume full jet service
Eastern Air Lines announced full operation will resume Sept 13 after a strike by flight engineers since June 23. Malcolm E. MacIntyre said over 10 percent have accepted the settlement and that August 23 will see three man jet crews in service. A new training school in Miami will train about 300 senior pilots for flight engineer certificates.
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Miami, Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Malcolm E. MacIntyre
Eastern
MacIntyre
Miami
Humphrey Hearing To Resume On Nickel Stockpile Case
Senate investigation into the Hanna nickel contracts continues after a cooling off period as Sen. Stuart Symington plans to reconvene hearings. Humphrey, now Hanna honorary chair, defends a claimed 7.5 million profit on the $98 million stockpile contract while Symington and Sen. Prescott Bush push for fuller recall and reexamination of records and tax returns.
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Ie M. Humphrey
Capitol Hill
Cleveland
Senate
Humphrey
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Subcommittee
Hanna
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Hanna Associates
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hanna Company
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Robert Mitchum
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