Key Project Mercury Capsule Test Wrecked
The Atlas booster failed shortly after liftoff 65 seconds in causing the one ton Mercury capsule and the rocket to sink in the Atlantic four to twelve miles offshore. NASA said radio contact was lost and telemetry indicated a catastrophic failure. Project director Robert Gilruth noted the capsule would have had little chance of floating if a crew had been aboard.
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Fila
Atlantic
National Aeronautics, and Space Administration
Robert Gilruth
Project Merc
Ury
Ct Spall
Space
Confed flag lighter and dirt jar among odd finds
A Yankee salesman in the Star office showed a Confederate flag lighter bought in Atlanta. H W Whitacre found a pint dirt jar in a blackberry patch. grass grows inside and Whitacre wonders how it survives. Weather forecasts predict possible tonight rain with 83 degrees today and near normal temperatures ahead. Mr and Mrs Carter Luttrell reported porch watchers as a whirlwind was seen nearby.
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Star Office
Atlanta
H. W. Whitacre
Front Royal Road
Whitacre
Safe recovered as Maryland man nabbed after Woodstock burglary
Police captured Richard James Murphy 32 of Timonium at a roadblock west of Woodstock within minutes of thieves taking a safe from the Farmers Bureau cooperative store. The safe and over 3000 dollars in cash and checks were recovered. Murphy faces multiple charges and a second suspect is sought.
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Woodstock
Maryland
Farmers Bureau Cooperative
John W. Keller
Richard James Murphy
Timonium
Keller
Murphy
Shenandoah County
Ward
Sheriff's Department
H. C. Lucas
Truck Flattens Auto Killing Nine in Odessa
A 30 ton truck crushed a car in Odessa Texas killing two mothers Patty Lee Roberts 36 and Bess Letterman 49 and seven children aged 8 months to 16 years. A baby was critically injured. Driver John Settle 28 hospitalized. The car pulled from a stop sign into the truck’s path, sending the car into a ditch.
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Odessa
Tex
Patty Lee Roberts
Bess Letterman
John Settle
S.C. Merchant
Eisenhower Sees Victory as Nixon Lodge Face Election Trial
President Eisenhower expresses confidence the Republican ticket will defeat the Democrats in November. He notes Nixon and Lodge will contend right to Election Day while discussing the Chicago convention and a $53.2 million Peru loan by the Export-Import Bank. Eisenhower plans to return to Newport after the Denver trip.
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Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Peru
Newport
R. I
Chicago
Constitution Party to Name Candidates
Dallas AP report on Constitution party delegates nominating candidates for president and vice president. The party, with Southern roots, seeks to curb farm controls and repeal the federal income tax, backing states rights. In 1956 T Coleman Andrews polled 175,679 votes in 19 states without carrying any state or electoral vote.
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Dallas
Tex
Constitution Party
Southern
T. Coleman Andrews
U.S
Kennedy and Johnson Meet to Discuss Military Spending
Senators Kennedy and Johnson meet in Hyannisport Mass to map a strategy on arms spending amid Khrushchev insults and the U S U S S R clash over defense needs A two billion dollar extra appropriation is favored by adviser Averell Harriman with Kennedy open to higher spending while Johnson weighs Ike era defense push and broader political issues for the short Congress session
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Lynsak
Savripis
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Kennedy
Averell Harriman
Congress
Blican
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Harriman
Harry S. Truman
Mother Hides Three Children for 11 Years in Tecumseh
In Ontario police report a mother kept half her six children indoors to hide the family from landlords and friends. The three hidden children, two girls and a boy, are described as growth retarded and in poor condition after discovery. The others slept in a single bed and were later found living with the family. The mother, Shirley Leach, 38, confessed to concealing two girls and a boy for years to avoid gossip and stigma.
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Tecumseh
Windsor
Leach
Gordon
Angry Koreans Seize and Burn Ballot Boxes
In Sam Chon Po near Masan the crowd of more than 2,000 disrupted the first free election in a decade. Police reported power cuts and nine ballot boxes removed and burned as liberal and Democratic candidates vied for seats in the National Assembly.
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Seoul
South Korea
Masan
Syngman Rhee
Liberal Party
National Assembly
Sam Chon Po
Pusan
Coe SS
John M. Chang
Democratic Party
Lee Jai Hyon
Nixon Sees No Need Now To Up Taxes
Vice President Richard M Nixon said there is no present need to raise taxes and that national security must come first in the next administration. He stressed spending priorities include military and other activities and dismissed worries about foreign leaders reacting to U S politics. He noted Democrats outnumber Republicans in registration, but said voters are moving toward candidates rather than party labels and expressed confidence he will win.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
U. S
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
GOP
Los Angeles
Turning Point In History Is Seen Ahead
Richard M. Nixon, newly named Republican presidential nominee, returns from the convention ready to launch a campaign he calls a turning point in history. He pledges to build a better America and unite the GOP while pressing Kennedy in a broad national push across regions.
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