Nike Zeus antimissile hailed by supporters
Washington reports congressional backers hailed the Nike Zeus antimissile's first successful test as a major breakthrough. Defense officials urged caution noting it intercepted a distant target without a warhead. The seven year, 1.2 billion dollar program could reach 15 billion if produced.
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Defense Department
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Calif
Nike Zeus Antimissile
Washington
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California
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George P. Miller
D-Calif
House Space Committee
Pacific Marshall Islands
Strom Thurmond
United States
Khrushchev
Russia
U.S
GM Reports Record Sales and Earnings in 1962 Growth
General Motors reports record second quarter and first-half 1962 sales and earnings. Net income for the quarter reaches $402 million, with per share $1.41. Six-month earnings total $776 million, per share $2.72, while sales hit $7.691 billion.
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NEW York
General Motors Corp
Local items and notices span keys found and MRR sightings
The Down Crier notes a GMC ignition key found in front of Joe's at Park and Shop. Ray Mackinley and the Glenn Miller Orchestra stopped for breakfast at Shawnee Restaurant en route to Pittsburgh from Virginia Beach. Brenda Smith, NC Miss Universe contestant, is praised by Frank Shifflett and North Carolina. prank calls disturb a local woman, police advise reporting and possible line checks by the telephone company.
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Star Office
Joe’s
New Park and Shop
Ray Mackinley
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Shawnee
Millwood Ave
Pittsburgh
Virginia Beach
Edward Shifflett
Winchester
Brenda Smith
North Carolina
Smith
James Shifflett
Danville
Shifflett
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Star
Senate Confirms HEW Secretary Nomination
The Senate confirmed President Kennedy's pick Anthony J. Celebrezze of Cleveland to be secretary of welfare. Celebrezze, 51, a Democrat, succeeds Abraham Ribicoff who resigned to run for the Senate from Connecticut. This marks the first Kennedy Cabinet change.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Cleveland
Celebrezze
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Laos peace treaty welcomed by Gromyko in Geneva
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko called the Laos accord a guarantee of peace in Southeast Asia and beyond as he arrived in Geneva for the 14 nation treaty signing. He said the agreement would make Laos united independent and neutral and noted past artificial obstacles to the Laotian settlement. Prime minister Prince Souvanna Phouma and Canadian Foreign Secretary Howard Green welcomed the accord and its potential to aid global diplomacy.
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Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Laos
Southeast Asia
Gromyko
U.S
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Jungle Kingdom
W. Averell Harriman
Prince
Howard Green
Strasburg Man Held In Slaying
John William Smith, 24, is charged with murder in the death of Raymond Garner Putnam, 48. Putnam died from blunt instrument trauma, possibly a stove poker, sheriff says. Putnam found near Strasburg Junction by Dennis Palmer, 12. Analine Gordon, 26, says Smith struck Putnam on the head during a Tuesday night fight over Gordon. Both suspects questioned. Smith denied involvement. Preliminary hearing set for Monday. autopsy performed in Winchester.
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Putnam
Miss Gordon
Smith
Winchester
Three Americans Among 26 Dead In Jet Crash
A United Arab Airlines Comet IV crashed in central Thailand killing 26 aboard. Among the dead were three Americans from Pittsburgh area, Mrs. Virginia Gilbertson and her children Christine and Eric, traveling from Tokyo to the United States via Bangkok. The craft originated in Tokyo with Cairo as final stop. weather was clear at impact.
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Thailand
United Arab Airlines
Virginia Gilbertson
Bradford Woods
Pittsburgh
Christine
Eric
United States
Tokyo
Gilbertson
Dennis
Blaw-Knox Steel Company
Cairo
Hong Kong
Bombay
Kuwait
GNP Advances to 552 Billion for Second Quarter
The nation's Gross National Product rose to an annual rate of 552 billion in the second quarter, seven billion higher than the first quarter's 545 billion but below the Kennedy administration's hopes. The finding could influence a proposed tax cut to stimulate the economy. Kennedy had forecast 570 billion for 1962, with 560 to 570 needed in Q2 to meet that target.
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Washington
Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Man Testifies He Found Wife With Other Man in Car
A jury weighs murder trial of Frederick Keith Feather accused of killing his wife Betty Jo Feather after he testified he shot her during a blank moment in a parked car on January 28. He described constant calls from a man his wife supposedly saw and said he destroyed photos of Jim Fox believed linked to the affair.
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Frederick Keith Feather
Commonwealth
Dabney Watts
Edwin M. Nikirk
Feather
Elliott Marshall
Mr. Nikirk
Richard Zimmerman
Nikirk
Zimmerman
Kearneysville
Inlaw
Ruth C. Braithwaite
Eagle Drive
Betty Jo
Winchester
Court Says All UN Members Should Pay Up
The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled by a 9-5 vote that United Nations member states including the Soviet Union France and many Arab states owe about 80 million dollars in unpaid assessments for peace keeping operations.
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International Court of Justice
United Nations
U.N
Soviet Union
France
Norstad Resigns as Allied Chief in Europe
President Kennedy accepted the resignation of Gen. Lauris Norstad as supreme Allied commander in Europe and NATO forces. Possible successors named include Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. Norstad, based in Paris since 1956, cited ongoing crisis and asked to be relieved around November 1, 1962. Kennedy expressed regret and praised Norstad’s long service.
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Washington
Kennedy
Lauris Norstad
Europe
NATO
White House
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Norstad
Maxwell D. Taylor
Paris
United States
le Monde
Kenly
Larry
Peru Junta Maps Counteroffensive Amid Rising Strikes
In Lima the military junta discussed a counteroffensive as protests grow at home and abroad. A mission to Washington may seek reversal of U.S. aid cuts while student and labor strikes intensify, with La Prensa reporting 45 arrests. The turmoil fuels talk of a civilian figurehead president to avoid dictatorship.
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Lima
Peru
Washington
U.S
la Prensa
Undrth
Argentina
London crime hits record high in 1968
London police report indictable crimes rose to 196 854 last year, up 4.5 percent from 1960. Scotland Yard detectives average 60 hours a week, above the usual 48 hours.
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London (Ap
Poelice
London
Scotland Yard
Virginia tour welcomes business and financial writers
Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. and Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. host a three day Virginia visit for business and financial writers from New York and Washington. The group tours Northern Virginia, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Hot Springs, and the Shenandoah Valley to spotlight the state's industrial progress.
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Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Virginia
New York
Washington
Virginia Beach
Harrison
Harry F. Byrd ,Jr
Winchester
Joseph C. Hamrick
Norfolk
Hot Springs
Shenandoah Valley
Red Berlin Tactics Could Force War Warns Gen. Clay
In a two part AP interview Gen. Lucius D. Clay warns the Kremlin risks war if it pushes Berlin. He says the West will resist with force if Russians go too far while hopeful for a reunified free Germany and notes improved allied reaction capabilities and potential economic blockades as leverage.
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Kremlin
West
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Clay
Germany
Khrushchev
Associated Press
East Germany
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