Fresh Air Children Arrive for Summer Host Placements
Forty four Fresh Air Children travel from New York to stay with area families in Stephens City and Harrisonburg. Mrs Ruth Martin and Mrs Paul Newlin coordinated the weeklong journey with several bus stops and meals provided. Hosts welcome youths ages 7 to 17 including two five year old Puerto Rican twins, planning two or four week stays with return dates July 10 and 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Fritts
Stephens City
New York
Ruth Martin
Paul Newlin
Washington
City DOG Tag Rule Change and Plaza Repaint Notice
Warden Irvin Cleveland explains a General Assembly reform delaying dog tag requirements from four to six months. Court house Plaza traffic is halted for re painting lines by board of supervisors order. A motorist’s tire mishap led to a small fire with smoke and a chaotic scene near Old Chapel and Boyce. Downtown merchants display chairs with eye catching price cards, one labeled please do not sit on these chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Cleveland
General Assembly
Board of Supervisors
Sheriff's Dept
Old Chapel
Boyce
Pan Am Strike Ban Extended Ten Days
A federal judge extended by ten days his temporary ban on Pan American flight engineers strike actions as court proceedings continue. Eastern Air Lines paused operations since Saturday and awaits Pan Am case results before deciding on resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan-Am
New York
Pan American World Airways
Daniel Kornblum
Engineers’ Union
U.S. Dist
George Rosling
U.S. Court of Appeals
Rosling
Pan Am
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
Afl-Cio Flight Engineers International Association
Afl-Cio Air Line Pilots Association
Pan American
Oran Quieting After Secret Army Pressure Ease
In Oran, western Algeria, leaders of the Secret Army Organization appeared to abandon the violent campaign. French sources report a halt to sabotage ordered by former Col. Jean Defour, with unconfirmed reports of ex-Gen. Paul Gardy fleeing. Officials warn of fragile calm as talks with the FLN trend toward a peace agreement by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Oran
Jean Defour
Algeria
Paul Gardy
Gardy
Secret Army
Pierre Laffont
Echo D’oran
Rene Soyer
Estes scandal widens as Senate probes agriculture rules
Senate investigators told that the Agriculture Department warned on December 20 1960 about Billie Sol Estes cotton acreage schemes and that farm aid officials in Texas repeatedly approved deals. Key figures including H L Manwaring and Orville Freeman faced questions as the Estes case spurred a broad inquiry into political influence and program abuses. The House probe also pressed on with a separate, temporary recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Paul E. Kamerick
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Texas
H. L. Manwaring
Freeman
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
McClellan
United States
Reeves and
Pecos
House
Missing soblen convicts spy to surrender for life sentence
Dr. Robert A. Soblen, 62, a convicted spy for the Soviet Union, was reported missing by his wife as federal authorities seek him for surrendering Thursday. A bench warrant was issued and FBI agents hunted for Soblen while U.S. Attorney Morgenthau seeks forfeiture of his $100,000 bail.
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New York
Robert A. Soblen
Soblen
Soviet Union
William B. Herlands
U.S
Thirteen Prisoners On Water Tower At Western Penitentiary
Thirteen inmates perched on a water tower at Western State Penitentiary in Pittsburgh protest conditions. They reached the tower after six earlier climbers joined the original claimant, inmate Robert Payne, who demanded a meeting with a state official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Robert Payne
Washington, D.C
Congress Debates Overriding School Prayer Ruling
Congress debated constitutional amendments to overturn the Supreme Court ruling against public school prayers. Leaders doubted success, citing the two thirds and state ratification hurdles, while critics accused the court of removing God from law. Senate discussions followed similar doubts from Republican Dirksen and House Democrat Celler. The ruling held that the New York Regents prayer violated the First Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
United States
Celler
New York
Board of Regents
Ulbricht Rejects Four-Power Talks On Berlin Wall Tension
East German leader Walter Ulbricht rejected Western four power talks to ease violence along the Berlin Wall. He said East Germany will pursue talks with West Berlin on normalizing relations, stressing the matter lies with East Germany and West Berlin, not the occupation powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Berlin Wall
Ulbricht
East German
Communist Party
Central Committee
West Berlin
Nuclear test shot dropped from plane near Christmas Island
The United States announced a nuclear test near Christmas Island in the Pacific. The Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense reported the device had a yield equal to about a million tons of TNT and was dropped from an aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Christmas Island
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
Manned Flight Could Orbits This Summer
The United States plans a possible six orbit manned flight this summer with Walter M. Schirra Jr. as pilot. NASA says mission length depends on technical factors and may include a nine hour flight. If five or six orbits occur the landing would be northeast of Midway Island due to Earth rotation. A four orbit mission would land near Midway while three orbits match earlier Mercury mission patterns. Cooper named as backup pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Walter M. Schirra Jr
D. Brainerd Holmes
Civilian Space Agency
U.S
Minay Island
Pacific Ocean
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Midway
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
L. Gordon Cooper
Schirra
Navy
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Judge Grants Continuance In Estes Trial
Judge J H Starley granted Billie Sol Estes a continuance in the defrauding case involving Reeves County farmer for 162144. The judge said it would be futile to try the trial in Reeves County now and kept open the possibility of moving the trial location. Dist Atty R B McGowen said the state did not join the defense motion but endorsed honoring a usual first continuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Tex
J. H. Starley
Billie Sol Estes
Reeves County
Starley
Dist. Atty
R. B. McGowen
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Herald Tribune Fresh Air
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Agriculture Dept
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James Maroney
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