The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-11
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
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H. v. LANCASTER, R.
} PRIMARIES HELD
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} CENTAUR ExPLODES

. CENTAUR EXPLODES
THE MEDICAL CARE for the
aged bill now before Congress
will be passed this year. Presi-
dent Kennedy predicted Tuesday
in a speech to the United Auto
Workers at Atlantic City. Il am
confident that the great majority
in fact all doctors, will treat
those who may be covered by
this national program, he said.
This was an indirect reference
to some zoo New Jersey physic-
ians who have signed a state
ment saying that they won't.
Speaking before the same group
Labor Secretary Arthur Gold
berg called the doctors resolu-
ton "a disgrace to the coun-
try"
PRIMARIES were held in five
states Tuesday. In Florida. for
mer Sen. Claude Pepper, who
was unseated by Sen. George
Smathers in the 1850 Democratic
primary, won in his bid for the
third Congressional seat. Pepper
had can1paigned hard for the
Presidents medical care for the
aged plan and had received his
endorsement. Sen. Smathers and
Rep. Dante Fascell were renom-
mated. In Ohio, Gov. Michael
Disable and Sen. Frank Lausche
won Democratic denomination.
Robert Taft, Jr.. son of the late
conservative Senator, won the
COP nomination for Congress
man-at-large.
DEFENSE SECRETARY Nc
NAMARA arrived in Sa G o n
Wednesday and set out almost
Immediately for close look at
the fight against Communist
guerillaS in South Wet Nam.
with him is Gen. Lyman Lem
nitzer, chairman of the US Joint
Chiefs of Staff. At an airport
news conference he called the
Communist capture of Nam Tha
in neighbCring Laos a violation
of the 12-month cease-fire in
that country. Meanwhile, it was
reported from London that Rus
STA and Poland have blocked
plans for an international invest
igation of the Nam Tha fighting
GEN. LUClUS CLAY, who has
completed his assignment as
President Kennedy's personal
representative in Berlin. said he
sees no prospect for a settle
ment there in "the next few
weeks or even months On
his arrival in New York Tuesday
night Clay minimized difference
es between the U. s. and West
Germany over the value of So
viet-American talks on Berlin.
In Camberra. Australia, Secre-
tary of State Rusk said Wednes-
day. Berlin is the biggest Soviet
challenge to the free world and
I'VE will not be forced, squeezed
or burdened out
THE CENTAUR, America S
newest rocket. exploded 10000
feet above the Atlantic and So
seconds after life-off from Cape
Canaveral Tuesday. The l05-foot
rocket was the forerunner of a
new family of rockets being de-
veloped to send heavy payloads
into space. AS scientists sought
the cause of the failure. Project
Mercury officials watched for
any indication that their schedul-
ed three orbit shot of Astronaut
Scott Carpenter on May II should
be delayed. The Centaur' first
stage was an Atlas missile SINH
liar to the one which launched
John Glenn and another which
is being readied for Carpenter.
However it was learned Wednes-
day the trouble was in the Cen
taur itself, not its Atlas booster.
RUSSIA will not sign any
treaty banning nuclear tests I'M
less France also signs. Soviet
delegate Valerian Zorin told the
l7-nation Geneva disarmament
discussion and recently exploded
a nuclear device underground
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