Courier IB Satellite Aims to Forge Global Military Links
A Cape Canaveral launch sent the Courier IB magnetic brain satellite aloft to establish a world wide U S military communications network. The 61 inch, 500 pound sphere carries five magnetic tape recorders and can relay 68 060 words per minute. A two hour update on orbit status was anticipated from the Defense Department.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Courier IB
Wilber Brucker
Defense Department
Scout rocket flight reported successful
The United States launched a 72 foot Scout rocket aiming for 3700 miles high and 6100 miles out over the Atlantic to test nuclear explosion detection from space. NASA reported all four stages fired successfully after an 80 minute ballistic flight from Wallops Island.
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United States
Atlantic
Civilian Space Agency
Space Agency
Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
South Atlantic
South America
Africa
NASA
Atlas
Titan
Thor
Lions Club Broom Sale Supports Sight-Conservation in Frederick County
The Lions Club hosts an evening broom sale with 909 dozen brooms available for county residents. Net proceeds go to sight-conservation work. Harvest Moon shines in the sky as reported. Cecil Carper of White Post sets a sweet potato record by bringing two potatoes weighing a total of five pounds. Total potatoes in one hill reach fifty pounds after spring planting. Mrs. Robert L. Fisher at Godfrey Miller Home notes a plant called Hawaiian Star Vine by a friend. Mrs. Samuel Fenton recalls owning a wax plant of the same description.
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Lions Club
Frederick County
Cecil Carper
White Post
Star
Robert L. Fisher
Godfrey Miller
Frances Peterson
Deputy Paul Dicks Leaves Frederick County Sheriff Office
Deputy Paul Dicks resigns effective Oct 15 to join the Virginia Department of State Police after more than 27 years in service. Married to Delores Surratt, they reside in Marlboro. Sheriff DeHaven seeks applicants aged 25 to 45 with a high school diploma to fill the vacancy, preferring an candidate from Op equon District.
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Paul Dicks
State Police
Frederick County
Virginia Department of State Police
Richmond
Delores Surratt
Marlboro
Robert L. DeHaven
DeHaven
Opequon
Free Bus Service In Miami As Strike Continues
Strike bound buses resume operation in Greater Miami with free rides. Drivers and management agree to a fuel and bus loan arrangement while wages remain unsettled. Union official Harry Barber notes the public service motive as drivers forego wages. The walkout began Saturday over a 50 cent pay raise, later adjusted to 20 cents with management offering 4 cents. average pay is $2.16 an hour.
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Harry Barber
Drivers Union Local
Ike Says He Will Retire Just to Rest
Washington AP report notes President Eisenhower says retirement would be to rest and not to seek another presidency. He discussed politics with Amvet scholars and urged youth voting rights and informed public participation, backing lowered voting age to 18.
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Washington
D. Eisenhower
Amvets
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Harold Russell
Lions Club Gifts Safety Patrol Uniforms to Virginia Avenue School
The Winchester Lions Club presented safety patrol uniforms yesterday afternoon at Virginia Avenue School. Bernard F. Groves Jr. offered the gift to David Holliday and Swagler Koonce II, with Sgt. Holmes McFarland and L. M. Castleman observing. Koonce is captain and Holliday lieutenant of the Virginia Ave patrol. Castleman pledged a Washington baseball trip for the patrol as appreciation.
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Winchester Lions Club
Virginia Avenue
Bernard F. Groves, Jr
David Holliday
Swagler Koonce, II
Holmes McFarland
Winchester Police Force
L. M. Castleman
Lions Safety Committee
Young Koonce
David
Owen Holliday
Virginia Ave
Castleman
Safety Patrol
Washington
Presbyterians End Cavalcade in Prep for Mission to the Nation
Presbyterians conclude a local Cavalcade with two dinners and a mass meeting drawing over 2,000 attendees, the largest gathering in Winchester Presbytery history. Dr. John W. Melton of Baton Rouge spoke at Handley High School, urging the church to proclaim faith and love to fortify the nation.
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Committee On Arrangement
Handley High School
John W. Melton
Baton Rouge
Dope Smuggling Ring Is Smashed
International narcotics ring led to the arrest of Guatemala’s ambassador to Belgium and the Netherlands Mauricio Rosal and three others in Manhattan. About 110 pounds of heroin valued at 4 million dollars seized, with 70 thousand dollars in cash found. The scheme spanned 11 months with regular shipments and involved New York City operatives Charles Bourbonnais and Nick Calamaras.
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U.S
Guatemala
Belgium
Netherlands
Mauricio Rosal
Manhattan
Rosal
Washington
Carlos Alejos
United States
Etienne Tarditi
Paris
Charles Bourbonnais
New York City
Trans World Airways
Nick Calamaras
Calamaras
Bourbonnais
Tarditi
Castro Plans Red Sugar Deal Pledge For All Cuba Crop
Havana sources report Fidel Castro aims to barter Cuba sugar for years of import from Communist bloc. Ernesto Guevara to go to Moscow for Bolshevik anniversary to push sale of the entire sugar crop at 3.25 cents per pound. Red China and others already taking over a third of 1961 crop.
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Cuba
Havana
Fidel Castro
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National Bank
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Moscow
Red China
United States
Guevara
Soviet Bloc
Soviet Union
Nixon Uses Change of Pace In New Jersey
Vice President Richard Nixon campaigned in New Jersey arguing for Eisenhower era inflation controls and GOP continuity. He contrasted the New Jersey stop with North Carolina and Virginia pitches while aiming to secure 16 electoral votes here.
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New Jersey
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
North Carolina
Virginia
Charlotte Coliseum
Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Dixie
New York
Pennsylvania
Confederacy
Richmond
Charlotte
Khrushchev Seen as Acting Under Orders at U.N.
Associated Press analyzes Premier Khrushchev in New York as seemingly carrying out specific directives from Moscow. Observers note his long absence from his office, varied U.N. performances, and prior Paris sitdown, fueling talk that military figures or hard line Stalinists may be calling the shots.
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N.Y
Khrushchev
United States
U.N
Paris
Moscow
U.N. General Assembly
U.S.S.R
Africa
Middle East
New York
Prospects Fade for Any East West Agreement
United Nations reports fading chances for a significant East-West accord as Khrushchev attacks Hammarskjold, demanding Eisenhower confession over the U2 incident. Moscow pressed for a Khrushchev–Macmillan meeting while leaders depart for Paris and Cairo.
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N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Harold Macmillan
Hammarskjold
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Khrushchy
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Soviet Union
Tito
Yugoslavia
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Cairo
Sukarno
Indonesia
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
U.N
Robert Menzies
Menzies
White House
Red China
U. N
Kennedy Rests After Hard Day Of Politicking
Senator John F. Kennedy, after a 16 hour day touring Illinois, plans a light schedule with a fund raising speech in Indianapolis and meetings on Negro vote strategy. He extolled warm receptions amid crowded crowds, calling the trip heartening and noting large turnout in southern Illinois.
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Indiana
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St. Louis
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Egypt
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Massachusetts
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Harrisburg
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