U S Forces Abort Nuclear Test Blast Over Johnston Island
The United States aborted a Thor missile test near Johnston Island after a malfunction. The device was destroyed at sea with no detonation and no danger to humans or radioactivity reported. Debris fell within a safety zone as officials assess a future test schedule.
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Thor
Efe Johnston
United States
Pacific
Arthur Sylvester
Johnston Island
Monsea
JTF8
Johnston
Hawaii
Soviet Union
Virginia Governor Says State Won't Run Schools Alone
Governor Harrison argues Virginia cannot simply take over operation of schools in Prince Edward County or other counties with suspended public education. He notes the constitution assigns joint state local funding and that a constitutional amendment would be needed for statewide operation. The desegregation case in Prince Edward remains under advisement as the federal judge weighs whether the state must maintain public schools.
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Prince Edward
Virginia
Harrison
Supreme Court
Powhatan
Engagement at Watkins Bluff near Holly Springs
A 100 years ago today report notes U S S Jacob Bell mounting an engagement with Confederate batteries at Watkins Bluff in Holly Springs Mississippi, with the area occupied by Federal troops.
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U.S.S
Jacob Bell
Watkins Bluff
Holly Springs
Miss
Miss Virginia Pageant Opens In Roanoke With 29 Contestants
Roanoke hosts the 1962 Miss Virginia Pageant with 29 contestants arriving. Miss Virginia will be crowned Saturday night and progress to Miss America 1963 in Atlantic City. Miss America 1962 Maria Beale Fletcher of Asheville appears as a featured guest. judging panel is an all male group from five states.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Atlantic City
Chamber of Commerce
Roanoke Country Club
Maria Beale Fletcher
Asheville
N.C
Fletcher
Charlotte Ann Thomas
Winchester
Valerie Raye Scott
Atalntic City
The
Jayceettes
Exchange Will Honor Sen Byrd For Americanism
The Virginia State Exchange Clubs plan a three day convention in Norfolk where four Distinguished Virginian Awards will be given. Honorees include Sen Harry F Byrd for Americanism William J O Sullivan Jr of Hampton Aero Space Award and Lt Julius R Johnson of the Richmond Police Department Crime Prevention Award. B Edward Wood of Miami will be principal speaker.
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Norfolk
Virginia State Exchange Clubs
Thentato
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Americ
William J. O’sullivan Jr
Hampton
Julius R. Johnson
Richmond
National Organization
U. S. Apple Crop Set at 121.9 Million
The National Apple Institute pegs this year’s U S apple crop at 121 954 000 bushels down from 125 510 000 last year. North Carolina shows a higher-than-expected rise while Washington and western states vary. The group notes a shift toward more red delicious and fewer Staymans with most regions about five to fifteen days ahead.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Apple Institute
North Carolina
Mr. Laise
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Oregon
California
Winchester
Laise
Stayman’s
Virginia
Secret Service Crackdown on U.S.-Canada Counterfeit Ring
Secret Service agents and police arrested three Canadians and a Vermont man in New York City in a probe of a counterfeit money order ring tied to Canada. In Detroit three Toronto men were detained with counterfeit drafts, and Buffalo police held four Montreal and Ontario suspects with near $9,000 in counterfeits. Nine individuals face charges or detainers as authorities coordinate with Canadian officials.
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New York
Secret Service
Vermont
Toronto
Detroit
Buffalo
N.Y
Canada
New York City
Edward P. Callahan
Albury
Gary Bell
Barry G. Kirk
Shaun Bernard
Montreal
Bruce W. Walker
David C. Ford
Gordon D. Atamancheck
Pasquale Dinamo
Marcel Contois
Joseph L. Levesque
Raymond Charon
Port Arthur
Ont
U.S. Border Patrol
Truman Helps West Virginia Observe 99th Birthday
Former President Harry S Truman assists West Virginia in a simple capitol steps ceremony marking the state's 99th birthday in Charleston.
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Charleston
W.va
Harry S Truman
West Virginia
City Council approves 15 cent tax hike and budget
The council adopted a 2,253,162 budget with a 15 cent real estate tax increase and a five dollar per year sewer charge boost. The vote was unanimous among those present. Property Owners Association urged expense cuts and warned of possible rent hikes amid the tax rise.
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Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Massie
Finance Committee
Stewart Bell, Jr
Bell
Wanda Riley
Truck Crash Traps Two Men in Beer Truck Cab
Two men were trapped in the cab of a beer truck after it skidded off the road and overturned near the junction of Routes 50 and 259. Early reports suggested the driver lost control as residents described the mid afternoon accident and rescue volunteers from Gore and Winchester responded.
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Gore
Winchester
Rusk Opens Paris Talks With NATO Leaders
In Paris Dean Rusk began consultations with NATO military and political leaders after a brief, animated meeting with Charles de Gaulle that yielded no progress on easing Franco American rifts. He met Norstad and Finletter then headed to NATO HQ for talks with Stikker and the council before returning to French officials for three days of diplomacy.
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Paris
U.S
Dean Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Rusk
NATO
de Gaulle
Lauris Norstad
Thomas K
NATO Council
Nome
Norstad
Finletter
Dirk A. Stikker
Council
Maurice Couve de Murville
Georges Pompidou
Couve de Murville
Council OKs Rules and Protocol Committee formation
The council unanimously approved forming a rules and protocol committee to assist new members. City Solicitor J Randolph Larrick to set procedure. Mayor Claude Smalts Jr to appoint. The panel may address seating practices and city facility tours. Traffic, safety notes and B and O repairs cited.
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Eh Workith
J. Randolph Larrick
Claude B. Smalts
Stewart Bell, Jr
Butler
William Battaile
N. Loudoun St
Lee Grant
B & O Railroad
Tiros V Will Photograph Weather Systems Over Soviet
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP America's newest weather satellite Tiros V orbits on a hurricane and storm hunting mission. It will photograph cloud cover over a vast area including the Soviet Union and share images with Soviet meteorologists under a Geneva pact.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Tiros V
United States
Soviet Union
Weather Watch
Tiros
U.S.S.R
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Geneva
Senos
Newfoundland
Arctic
Rostow to face Senate questions on foreign policy survey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee will question Walt Rostow of the State Department’s Policy Planning Council about a new foreign policy survey. GOP leaders challenge the paper’s claim the Soviet Union is mellowing, while Rostow offers to testify. the document remains largely classified.
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Washington
Walt W. Rostow
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Rostow
State Department
Capitol Hill
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Soviet Union
Dirksen
Wals
Senate Foreign Trons
John Sparkman
William Fulbright
White
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RED Cross Bloodmobile
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Bloodmobile
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Lady Manhatten
Miss Virginia
Sen. Byrd
Algiers
Jean-Jacques Susini
Chaki Mostefai
Tunis
Mostefai
Algeria
Oran
Susini
U. S
James F. Laise
H. F. Byrd, Inc
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Charlie Ritenour
Anderson
Bulletin
Cal
W. Amherst St
Public Safety Committee
Soviet
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Moscow
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