Prayer Evidence Of Cooper Faith In Space
Washington AP reports Maj Gordon Cooper used a tape recorded prayer on his Faith 7 mission as he looped Earth on orbit sixteen. The moment, in a public congressional setting, showed astronauts may hold personal religious beliefs beyond NASA's notations.
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Washington
Maj
Gordon Cooper
Congress
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cear
Space Agency
Seabrook
Alan Shepard Jr
Cooper
Reites
Wheat Growers Defeat Controls in National Referendum
Wheat growers voted strongly against tighter controls in a nationwide referendum shaping farm policy. The plan failed to reach the 66.7 percent threshold, with 547,151 for and 596,943 against, signaling a major defeat for the Kennedy administration and a continued shift toward voluntary cuts and price supports through 1963-64.
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Washington
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Mississippi
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Southeast
NATO Moves to Form Inter Allied Nuclear Force
NATO ministers in Ottawa open a three day meeting with plans to establish a mixed crewed nuclear strike force using U S Polaris submarines and Britain's V bombers. The plan aims to sidestep De Gaulle's objection and integrate non nuclear NATO members with U S strategic assets amid Soviet protests.
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NATO
Ottawa
Atlantic
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Canada
House of Commons
Charles de Gaulle
Argle
U.S
Europe
de Gaulle
Lain
France
Lyman Lemnitzer
Britain
Lemnitzer
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
West Germany
United States
Mediterranean
Wallace opposes federal action in Alabama university dispute
Governor George Wallace asserts state sovereignty to resist federal orders on University of Alabama integration. Astronaut Gordon Cooper receives New York City's largest ticker tape parade down Broadway. Wheat farmers reject Kennedy plan for tighter output controls. Atlantic allies confront Soviet warning and plan to create an international nuclear strike force at NATO talks in Ottawa.
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George Wallace
University of Alabama
Gordon Cooper
New York City
Broadway
International
NATO
Ottawa
Clean Up Biddeford Drive and Sale Week
Biddeford Jaycees sponsor Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up Week with city sprucing efforts. The Biddeford Saco Merchants Committee promotes a three day spring value sale on items useful for the campaign starting Thursday.
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Biddeford Jaycees
Biddeford
Biddeford-Saco Merchants Committee
Legion at Saco chooses Goodwin post commander
Owen-Davis Post American Legion at Saco elected Guy Goodwin as commander with Erwin Stevens first vice commander and Donald Lucas second. Other officers named include Walter Stebbins past commander Gordon Flood adjutant and Carl Murphy sergeant at arms.
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Guy Goodwin
Owen-Davis
American Legion
Beach Street
Saco
Erwin Stevens
Donald Lucas
Walter Stebbins
Gordon Flood
Donald Keithley
Ronald Ayotte
Joseph J. Stirling
Joseph Roberge
Carl Murphy
Maurice Parisien
Portland
Bar Harbor
Ey Grant
Donald Keithey
Koonstad
Joseph Ouellette
Amvets
Dick Grant
Chicago White Sox
Owen- Davis
Wally Grace
Arthur Albrecht
New Yorkers cheer Gordon Cooper in Broadway ticker tape parade
Millions line Broadway as Gordon Cooper rides from Bowling Green to City Hall in an open car. Police struggle to clear crowds while residents shout hello Coop and go Gordon. The 36 year old Air Force major orbited the earth 22 times and addressed lawmakers after a brief lunch.
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New York
Gordon Cooper
Broadway
Air Force
Earth
Canyon of Heroes
Doppler
Bowling Green
City Hall
Coop
Gordon
Ooper
Senate
House
Greensboro Negroes Released in Greensboro Racial Unrest
More than 900 Negro students were released from jail to the custody of North Carolina A and T College amid ongoing racial unrest in Greensboro North Carolina. A court order guided the release of temporary jails housing over 1200 people with trials set to begin Thursday.
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Greensboro
N.C
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Terry Sanford
L. A Wdy
Bennett College
Greensboro War Memorial Coliseum
A&t College
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Saco Parent-Teacher Association
Fairfield School
Richard Dupuis
Robert Whittier
William Searle
Laforrest
Augusta
Thaanum
Peter A. Thaanum
Walter N. MacGregor
Eastport
Stuart Brown
South Portland
Food Industry Group
Brown
Gen
Fea. Corp
Alfred Street
Maine
Legion
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Indian Ocean
White House
Girl Scout Hall
Pool Street
Andre Fortier
Pauline Fortier
Raymond Kelleher
Patricia Kelleher
Ann Hoctor
Elaine Goulet
Fernand Goulet
Gail Dansereau
Nancy Montpas
Ruth Banker
Patricia Bishop
Sandra Cochrane
Sharon Roy
Claire Fortier
Bonnie Remar
Cynthia Pouravelis
Dianne Simard
Barbara Simard
Miss Hector
Greensboro Negroes
Saco Jets
Saco Recreation Center
Lewiston
Peggy Zello
Susan Pollock
Linda Freeman
Sharon Wilson
Wendy Hallett
Patricia Martin
Ellarene Ellis
Janet Emerson
Debra Bloodgood
Sharon
Maine Linoleum CO
Merchant’s Committee
Biddeford-Saco
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