Live Telstar exchange bridges U S and Europe in TV debut
The Telstar satellite linked American and European programs in a 20 minute live telecast. Viewers across the Atlantic saw American life scenes and Europe shared London landmarks and Rome opera. The joint broadcast, seen by about 200 million, used Eurovision and seven language narration.
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New York
United States
Atlantic
Telstar
America
France
Europe
Pear
Detroit
United Nations
Mt. Rushmore
London
Paris
Vienna
Belgrade
Opera
Rome
Geneva
Germany
Earth
Space
Spain
Tower of London
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Eurovision
European Broadcasting Union
Berryville walkers puzzled by moving box and travel tale
In Berryville Hilda Joyce and Garnett Levi are seen walking for exercise. A cardboard box traveling from Berryville to Winchester via New York and Baltimore sparked curiosity as it linked shipments from Doubleday to the Army Intelligence School and back through a New York firm. A Brunswick photographer’s oil card mix up is noted as a separate coincidence.
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Berryville
Hilda Joyce
Garnett Levi
Hilda
Winchester
New York
Baltimore
Boscawen St
Doubleday
Army Intelligence School
Holabird
Army
U S delays Laos troop pullout under Geneva deal
The United States plans a careful Laos withdrawal, keeping about 750 advisers until it secures assurances from the International Control Commission that North Vietnam has begun pulling out. The 14 nation pact requires foreign forces to leave Laos within 75 days, while North Vietnamese troops aiding Pathet Lao may be moved elsewhere.
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Washington
United States
Laos
International Control Commission
Geneva
Control Commission
Red North Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
South Viet Nam
Saskatchewan Doctors End 13 Day Boycott
Saskatchewan doctors reopen offices after a 23 day boycott ending with a doctor government agreement to amend the medical care act. Premier Lloyd will call a special session to pass changes as the college dismantles emergency services in 41 hospitals and most doctors return to outside plan practice.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan
Woodrow Lloyd
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
North America
Saskatchwan
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Twister Hits Rapidan Area Causes Property and Crop Damage
A storm described as a twist er of sorts struck the Rapidan area last night, covering about a half mile wide and several miles long. It dumped 0.99 inch of rain with high winds and golf ball sized hail for about 10 minutes, uprooting trees, damaging barns and crops, and pinning a tree on a car, with no injuries reported.
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Rapidan
Otis B. Jones
Rapidan Milling Company
Death of Idaho Senator Henry C Dworshak shocks Congress
Idaho Republican Sen. Henry C. Dworshak dies at 67 from a heart attack found by his wife in their apartment. A conservative stalwart since 1939 he opposed World War II involvement and most postwar federal spending. His passing triggers a potential Idaho election to fill the remaining four years of his term.
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Washington
Idaho
Henry C. Dworshak
Capitol Hill
Georgetown University Hospital
Ward C. Dworshak
Dworshak
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Francis Case
South Dakota
Senat
Robert E. Smylie
Senate
Frank Church
U. S
Aid to Viet Nam Paying Off Says McNamara
Pearl Harbor AP report says Defense Secretary McNamara after a 12 hour secret session with top U.S. military and diplomatic leaders says South Vietnam is beginning to win support from the people and that U.S. military aid is paying off. He urged placing material and support where it helps most with leaders including Young Nolting Harkins and Felt present.
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Pearl Harbor
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
U.S
Viet Nam
Kenneth Young
Thailand
Frederick E. Nolting
Paul D. Harkins
Southeast Asia
Harry D. Felt
Pacific
Monsoon Rains Leave 370 000 Homeless on Luzon
Manila reports 370000 people homeless on Luzon after six days of monsoon rains. Rain continues as the constabulary records seven deaths. Unofficial damage estimated at 8.5 million dollars.
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Luzon
Manila
Philippine
Constabulary
Flight Engineers Offer to Accept Goldberg's Plan
Striking flight engineers signaled willingness to accept Secretary Goldberg's settlement formula to end the Eastern Air Lines walkout. They demand retroactive arbitration of pay and other economic issues and plan to sue to block individual offers and unnegotiated changes to engineer qualifications. Eastern resumes limited service as FAA evaluates pilot and engineer licensing adjustments.
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Goldberg
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
Flight Engineers International Association
Aflcio
Malcolm MacIntyre
U.S. District Court
New York
Miami
Fla
Federal Aviation Agency
Jet Airlines
High Altitude Nuclear Blast Delayed by Weather
In Honolulu AP reports the United States postpones its planned second high altitude nuclear explosion for 24 hours due to weather. Task Force 8 notes ten half hour holds pushed the test to near a 3 a.m. deadline. The blast, if conducted, would be submegaton in yield and occur at 30 to 40 miles altitude.
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Honolulu
United States
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Task Force 8
Reds Ambush U S Sergeant and Interpreter in Viet Nam
In Saigon a U S Army sergeant and his Vietnamese interpreter were ambushed and kidnapped by Viet Cong guerrillas while on a hunting trip near Phan Theu three miles from the coast. Another American, Sgt. Carl E Brown, escaped. Brown's wife Myra N Brown lives in Columbus Georgia.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Carl E. Brown
Washington
Brown
Myra N. Brown
Marathon Drive
Columbus
Phan Theu
Treasure Box Clearance Sale Drastic Reductions
The Treasure Box offers a clearance on all summer clothes with drastic reductions. Store hours are Wednesday and Friday from 9 30 to 4 30 and the sale will close in August.
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Vacatio
STORK
Carpers Valley Church
Winchester
Kennedy rebukes Soviet for testing A weapons
President Kennedy rebuked the Soviet Union for testing nuclear weapons during a Telstar telecast viewed across the Atlantic. He warned against further tests, noted Berlin progress stalled, and pledged not to devalue the dollar. He discussed taxes, politics, Congo, Lemnitzer, and nuclear safeguards.
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Kennedy
Washington
Soviet Union
Berlin
Telstar
Atlantic
U.S
United States
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congo
U. N
Katanga
Europe
U. S
Interna
Highway Toll Climbs to 451
Virginia's highway toll for the year rose to 451 with four more deaths reported. The tally compares with 423 a year earlier. Victims include 18 year old Robert E. Karr of Fairfax County fatally injured in a ditch crash, 21 year old Thomas Lee Ray of Deniston, 7 year old Cheryll Pendleton of Front Royal in Fauquier County, and 18 month old David Wayne Comer of Nicklesville struck near Gate City in Scott County.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Robert E. Karr
Fairfax County
Karr
Fairfax Hospital
Thomas Lee Ray
Denniston
Halifax County
Cheryll Constance Pendleton
Front Royal
Linden
Fauquier County
David Wayne Comer
Nicklesville
Gate City
Scott County
Victor Moore Dies at 86. Memorable Comic Actor
Victor Moore of East Islip New York died Monday at age 86. The actor was best known for his comic role as a vice president in the musical comedy Of Thee I Sing and had a long career on film and Broadway.
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Victor Moore
Islip
N.Y
Moore
Dr Beatty Returns to Office Hours July 25
Dr W C Beatty comes back from vacation and will hold regular office hours starting Wednesday, July 25, continuing on weekdays.
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W. C. Beatty
Ben Khedda's Cabinet Bows To Radicals In Algeria
ALGIERS AP Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda's cabinet reportedly bowed to radical Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and agreed to a seven member political bureau named by Ben Bella. Ministers said a formal announcement would authorize submission of the bureau to CNRA for approval.
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Algiers
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Ben Khedda
Algeria
National Council of the Algerian Revolution
CNRA
Tripoli
National Liberation Front
FLN
Disarmament Talks Strain Over Soviet Pressure
At Geneva the United States urges an arms elimination program and a nuclear test ban while urging the Soviet bloc to halt persistent blocking lures. Gromyko counters Western plans, insisting on destruction of all nuclear weapons and refusing on-site inspections.
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Geneva
U.S
Dean Rusk
United States
Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Gromyko
Soviet Union
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