Glenns ham sandwich question marks space diet for future orbiters
NASA and medical teams presented the first detailed scientific report on John H. Glenn Jr’s triple orbit mission. They confirmed overall normal health, minor scrapes, and no disorientation, while noting Glenn could eat foods like applesauce in weightlessness and even attempt ham sandwiches if they do not crumble. The doctors highlighted his control of the capsule and the flight’s overall success as a milestone in manned space exploration.
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Space Agency
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Dog Gus Retires From Route After Pound Incident
A Louisville post office dog Gus, famed for his steadfast route duty with Troquois Park carriers, was hauled to the pound after mistaking a dump truck for a delivery vehicle. Postmen raised a save Gus fund and Gus will retire, living with Willard Carpenter behind a fence with a new dog license, Suzy replacing him briefly.
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Conn
Ed Bowery
Referendum Asked on Nationwide Turkey Supply Program
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced a nationwide referendum for June 1822 to approve a federal marketing order regulating turkey supplies. The plan aims to stabilize prices, with producer quotas and set aside markets for surplus turkey, applicable to larger commercial units. Turkey production rose 28 percent in 1961 to 168.1 million birds, while returns fell 4 percent from 1960.
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Orville Freeman
Turkey Advisory Committee
Turkey
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Petroleum firm wins initial price increase approval
The Railroad Commission allowed Warren Petroleum Co of Tulsa to set an initial price of 18.5 cents per thousand cubic feet for gas and 89 percent for oil and gas wells for the year. The decision covers 2,659 oil and 89 gas wells with 65 dry holes, including 32 gas wildcats. Seven wells were drilled in Wheeler County Texas and production volumes totaled over 2.7 million barrels for April. The ruling awaits final commission order unless reviewed within 30 days.
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Houston
Harry Frazee
Off Broadway blooms in a busy season in New York
Off Broadway theaters in New York report more than 1 million dollars in activity as 96 shows have been presented since September. The scene grows with cheaper access, backers rising, and major institutions eyeing the smaller venues, while some productions struggle to find an audience in the critical opening weeks.
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Agercale
Texas Draft Boards To Call 218 In May
Texas draft boards will call 218 men in May as part of the selective service quota. Col Morris Schwartz says the May target is 26 fewer than April and focuses on the qualified pool, with volunteers encouraged.
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Joseph Buloff
Gramercy Arts
Brecht
Jury Dismisses Murder Case Over Jury Impasse in Tennessee
In Sneedville Tennessee circuit court Judge Wayne Oliver dismissed murder charges against Carl Myers and James Horton after five days with no jury. Only two jurors were seated from 1400 citizens amid a statewide jury impasse. The defendants refused to move trials. prosecutors called the situation a breakdown in the judicial process.
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Carl Myers
James Horton
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Edward Friar
Friar
Myers
Horton
Lon Tyler
Alex Morris
Senator Claims Hoegh Profits From Civil Defense Push
Senator Stephen M. Young accused Leo A. Hoegh of promoting fallout shelters while OCDM director and now profiting as Wonder Building Corp vice president. He cited Hoegh’s Iowa governorship loss and later federal posts, criticizing $207.6 million shelther survey spending as wasteful.
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Ohio
Leo A. Hoegh
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Young
Senate
Hoegh
Wonder Building Corp
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