Destructive Minus Warhead and the Skybolt Saga
AP reports the Skybolt project faced major controversy as the unmanned missile never carried a warhead yet strained U S Britain ties and sparked conflicting statements from Air Force and Defense officials. Congress planned scrutiny led by Lt. Sen Richard Russell as six tests yielded five failures before a later claim of a successful sixth flight at Cape Canaveral.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
U.S
Air Force
Defense Department
Congress
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Skybolt
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatrick
Gilpatric
Secretary of Defense
Army
Navy
Curtis E. LeMay
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McNamara
Skybolt test sparks debate over impact point and timing
U S officials defend the December Skybolt test as successful while critics question the stated impact point and the rationale for a test conducted a day after President Kennedy informed the British. Debris from the disintegrating second stage may have fallen near the predicted area, raising policy as well as technical questions.
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Skybolt
Defense Department
Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
United States
Air Force
Office of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Powell Leaves Estate to His Wife and Children
Los Angeles AP report states actor Dick Powell left most of his estate valued over 1 million to his widow and two children. The bulk of Four Star Television Co. shares went to June Allyson, Richard aged 12, and Pamela aged 14, with remaining shares to his second wife Joan Blondell's children Norman Powell 25 and Ellen Powell 23. Powell died of cancer January 2.
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Los Angeles
Dick Powell
Star Television Co
June Allyson
Richard
Pamela
Actress Seeks Annulment Of Marriage
Actress Miss Christian seeks an annulment of her brief marriage to actor Edmund Purdom. They wed last March in a Mexican town near Mexico City. Purdom, now in London, was informed. she plans to visit her daughters Romina and Taryn Power in Rome.
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Hollywood
Christian
Edmund Purdom
Purdom
Mexico City
London
Italy
Tyrone Power
Romina
Taryn
Rome
Red Buttons Divorce Granted to Helayne Buttons
Helayne Buttons 43 wins divorce from Red Buttons after 1949 marriage. settlement reported at 84000 dollars on grounds of extreme cruelty. She says love remains though they are no longer in love and will always care for each other.
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Los Angeles
Red Buttons
Helayne Buttons
Red
Notice of Abandoned Property Owners in Virginia
Notice listing individuals and entities appearing to own abandoned property under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Provides inquiry contact to State Treasurer, 65 day claim window from January 17 1963, and eventual custody transfer after 85 days. Names include R E Antrim Boyce Mary Byrd Mary Ball and others with addresses or statuses.
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A. M. Rucker, Jr
P.O. Box
Richmond
Virginia
Board Debates Prisoner Kidney Donation Policy
The board rejects allowing inmates to donate kidneys citing lack of public policy and safety concerns. February meeting focuses on juvenile training schools crowding and high return rates. Painter notes 1950 52 and 1960 62 figures on commitments and returns, while Carroll Minor cites overcrowding limiting attention at the schools.
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Board
W. L
General Assembly
Painter
Carroll R. Minor
Campaign to Raise Marshall Memorial Funds in Virginia
A Virginia committee led by former Gov. John will launch a statewide drive starting Jan 25 to fund a memorial library museum for Gen. Marshall in Lexington. Honorary members include Sen. Harry Byrd Sen. A Willis Robertson Gov. Albertis Harrison Jr. Colgate Darden. Gen. Omar Bradley chairs the foundation which began in 1953 and already holds several thousand interests and key papers, diaries and records.
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Virginia
John
Tecclaker
Harry F. Byrd
A. Willis Robertson
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr
Colgate Darden
Lexington
Gen
Omar N. Bradley
Gen. Marshall
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