Cooper Seeks Final 22 Orbit Flight Aims for Splashdown
Astronaut Gordon Cooper presses toward completing a 22 orbit Mercury mission aboard Faith 7. Ground control gave the go ahead for a full descent as 16th and 17th Earth orbits concluded over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Recovery forces waited near Midway Island and the Pacific for landing in the afternoon despite camera work en route.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Pacific Ocean
Mercury Control Center
Cooper
Shanghai
China
Pacific
Midway Island
Midway
Kearsarge
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Grissom
United States
Faith 7
Alan B. Lrd Jr
Australia
Roger
Muchea
Atlantic
Duvalier Vows to Stay in Office Despite Revolt
Haiti's Dictator François Duvalier said he will remain in power after his constitutional term ended. He announced a self declared six year re election and planned inauguration on May 22. Foreign observers question his grip as exiles plot action while Haitians are mobilized for the ceremony.
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Duvalier
Port Au Prince
Papa Doc
Haiti
Clement Barbot
United States
Chuckle Adam figures Eve’s other suitors
A playful, fictional quip notes Adam’s supposed trouble but asserts he avoided listening to Eve discuss other possible husbands. The line hinges on biblical figures in a tongue in cheek tone.
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Adam
Eve
Copr
Gen
Fea
Corp
Thieves Net $300 In Biddeford Break In
Biddeford police report thieves entered the office of Atty William Stone at 260 Main Street and stole 300 in cash and checks from an unlocked safe A larger sum reportedly remained. Desks at John Hancock and Boston Mutual Insurance at 117 Main Street were rifled but nothing else missing. Entry believed made with a key.
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Atty
William Stone
Masonic
Main Street
Biddeford
Stone
John Hancock and
Boston Mutual Insurance
Church Taxes To Be Studied At Maine Diocesan Meeting
At the Maine Diocesan Convention in Portland St Pauls Episcopal church Brunswick urged a committee study of taxing church property. Brunswick officials warned that taxes will be levied on parsonages and rectories valued above the 6000 dollar exemption.
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Portland
St. Paul's Episcopal Church of
Brunswick
Maine
Prospects for Lewiston Raytheon Plant Closure
Governor Reed expressed hope that another company will occupy Raytheon Co's Lewiston plant before year end. Two prospects have shown interest as Raytheon discontinues its transistor components operation due to unfavorable market conditions.
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Reed
Raytheon Co
Lewiston
Raytheon
Debris Photographs Sought In Thresher Loss Search
Oceanographic scientist Dr. Paul M. Fye reported photographs showing debris on the ocean bottom near the Thresher loss area 220 miles east of Boston. The images are under analysis by Navy experts and Woods Hole researchers as the Court of Inquiry investigates the submarine’s mysterious sinking with 129 men.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Woods Hole
Mass
Paul M. Fye
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Navy
Thresher
Boston
Mace Geenast
Frank Andrews
Naval Court of Inquiry
Inboane
Atlantic
Andrews
Racial Pact Backed By Birmingham Business Leaders
Prominent Birmingham businessmen back a desegregation pact aimed at ending racial unrest in the city. A list of 77 names was disclosed as part of efforts to curb violence and deter a white boycott of downtown merchants amid rising tensions between white and Negro communities. Mayors and police officials urged calm while Montgomery reports Gov. George C. Wallace weighing actions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Montgomery
George C
Goldwater Seeks Halt on Presidential Fund Drives in California
Senator Barry Goldwater asks three California GOP volunteer groups to stop fundraising for a 1964 presidential bid. He says he isRunning only for re election to the Senate and will refund or decline such contributions. He refused any draft support and did not name the groups involved.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Goodwin J. Knight
New Yorker
California
Senate
Astronaut Gordon Cooper Sets U.S. Space Flight Record
Gordon Cooper holds a new U.S. flight duration record as he circles the Earth in a smoothly conducted space mission. Barry Goldwater asks three California Republican groups to halt fundraising for his presidential bid. Senate leaders plan a debt limit bill vote before the current cap of 305 billion dollars is breached. Haitian dictator Francois Duvalier says he will remain in office.
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Gordon Cooper
U.S
Earth
Washington
Barry Goldwater
California
Senate
Francois Duvalier
Saco Industrial seeks Area Redevelopment grant for survey
Nicholas Scontras, president of Saco Industrial, applied to the Area Redevelopment authority in Washington DC for a grant to fund a planning survey at the Saco Industrial park. The $7,000 survey would produce topography and plant layout maps plus soil analysis, with letters of support from Maine officials.
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Nicholas Scontras
Saco Industrial Corporation
Area Redevelopment Authority
Washingston
D. C
Saco
Industrial Corporation
Lloyd K. Allen
Maine Department of Economic Development
Spaceflight Fails To Interrupt Gordon Cooper Sleep
At Cape Canaveral and over Ascension Island, astronaut Gordon Cooper dozed during long flight segments. Doctors noted near sleep during the 10 hour rest window as Cooper’s breathing and heart rate settled into a calm, regular pattern. Ground calls were quiet as sensors tracked his rest.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
California
Ascension Island
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