Space suit test rider ground tests at Philadelphia center
A technician in a Mark IV space suit undergoes a subsecond blast-off test at the U S Navy air material center in Philadelphia. The suit, made with B F Goodrich, aims to protect pilots from extreme accelerations. the experiment simulates 19 G weight gain up to 20 times normal in the first 72 inches. Later reports note the man later sought a newspaper and, at home, his wife found him unconscious on the garage floor.
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U.S. Navy Air Material Center
Philadelphia
Navy
B. F. Goodrich
Ranchers Clash With Federal Agencies Over Rangeland
Boise Idaho AP ranchers protest Forest Service and BLM grazing cuts in vast Idaho ranges. Dave Little recalls 18000 acres grazed for sheep in 1942 but faces a 1050 acre allotment now due to overgrazing concerns. Officials cite five forest uses water timber grazing recreation wildlife. Corlett notes agency tensions and policy dispute over land use.
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Boise, Idaho
Dave Little
Idaho
Boise National Forest
The
Forest Service
Emmett
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Howard E. Ahlskog
Boise National Foret
John Corlett
Idaho Stateman
Corlett
Key Witness Beaten in Underworld Probe
Los Angeles AP report says Jackie Leonard fight promoter for Hollywood Legion Stadium was beaten by unknown assailants in Northridge after a trip to a drug store. Leonard, who testified before a California Athletic Commission hearing, suffered a severe head wound and had feared threats from Frank Carbo and his associate Blinky Palermo. Police escorted Leonard after the attack.
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LOS Angeles
California
Jackie Leonard
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Northridge
Leonard
California Athletic Commission
Frank Carbo
New York
Frank
Blinky) Palermo
Carbo
Don Jordan
Boise forester admits range management failures
Don Seaman, forester in charge of grazing on the Boise forest, concedes failures in adjudicating the range over the last two decades. He says the range was overestimated and actions were too slow as officials discovered unknown factors impacting grazing.
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Don Seaman
Boise Forest
Bank robbery suspect released after surrender in Norfolk
Police reported that a man arrested for attempted bank robbery was released when he surrendered and claimed he, not Dough, committed the crime. Officers said the two suspects were amazingly similar in appearance.
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Norfolk
Ww. , Jr
Dough
Khrushchev Arrives in Budapest for Talks with Hungarians
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Budapest for talks with Hungarian leadership after a week in Albania. He appears relaxed and sun tanned as diplomacy moves forward in the capital.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nikita Khrushchev
Albania
Khrushchev Visits Hungary Amid Crisis Talk
Khrushchev arrives in Hungary aboard a TU104 jet with Defense Minister Malinovsky. He is greeted by Hungarian party chief Janos Kadar, Premier Ferenc Muennich, and other local leaders as talks about Moscow’s role resume.
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Dion Y. Malinovsky
Hungarian Communist Party
Janos Kadar
Ferenc Muennich
Skyhawk pilot lands after buzzard strike in Arizona
Marine Capt. Samuel Newton of Vincent Field Arizona piloted a Skyhawk after a head on encounter with a large buzzard. His wingman Lt. Pat Kogan assisted in guiding the jet to an emergency landing.
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Vincent Field
Ariz
Samuel Newton
Newton
Pat Kogan
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