Cooper figures light could be trouble during 22 orbit mission
Cape Canaveral AP Gordon Cooper recalled at a news conference that he initially ignored the green light signaling trouble with his re entry guidance system. He later used manual control to safely return to Earth and described viewing distant ground details from orbit including cities and a space center. He planned a quiet day before White House events and a New York ticker tape parade.
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Gordon Cooper
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Cooper
White House
New York
Cocoa Beach
Gordo
Supreme Court limits exchange immunity from anti trust laws
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that the Securities Exchange Act does not grant the New York Stock Exchange immunity from anti trust laws. Justice Goldberg said anti trust laws check anti competitive acts by exchanges and their members while Justice Stewart dissented. The ruling focused on a Dallas litigation involving Municipal Securities Co. and Municipal Securities Co., Inc. and their exchanges actions in 1959.
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Supreme Court
Securities Exchange Act
New York Stock Exchange
Goldberg
Justice Stewart
Harlan
Stewart
Municipal Securities Co
Municipal Securities Co., Inc
Dallas
Exchange
Municipal, Inc
U.S. District Court
New York
U.S. Circuit
The
Securities Exchange
Housing Code Approved on First Reading in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city council unanimously approved a minimum housing code on first reading after more than a year in the making. No protests were voiced by 20 attendees, with the Good Government Assn endorsing the final form along with the Mayor's Advisory committee Human Relations Council League of Women Voters Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees.
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Cedar Rapids
Good Government Assn
Human Relations Council
League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce and
Jaycees
High Court Ruling Targets Segregation and Housing Standards
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned convictions of lunch counter sit in demonstrators in four Southern states and ruled segregation unconstitutional use of state power. The decision outlines local minimum housing standards for Cedar Rapids addressing health fire safety sanitation including plumbing living space heating lighting ventilation bans basement dwellings and third floor dwellings only if approved by health fire and building officials. It also assigns maintenance duties for multi dwelling units and requires written notices with reasonable remedial time.
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Supreme Court
Warren
Cedar Rapids
Fire, Health and Building Departments
Board of Health
New Orleans
Justice Harlan
Harlan
Greenville
S.C
Exiles Form Cuban Unity Committee to Battle Castro
Miami AP report says Cuban exiles formed the Cuban Committee of Liberation with 150 leaders signing a charter of unity to fight Castro. It notes U S government approval, 35 members to be announced after 10 more chosen, and a blueprint for action from CIA contacts. The charter appeals for international support and vows to reclaim independence.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Cuban Committee of Liberation
U.S
Castro
Cuba
America
Europe
Europeans Say Yes to Tariff Cuts
In Geneva the European Common Market agreed to across-the-board tariff cuts demanded by the United States. The six nations pressed for an automatic formula to adjust gaps between high American tariffs and lower European ones. West German Deputy Chancellor Ludwig Erhard claimed credit for the proposal, while French Finance Minister Valery Giscard d Estaing said it was for the Americans to decide.
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U.S
Ludwig Erhard
Valery Giscard D’estaing
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
U. S
VU. S
Erhard
Presbyterians Call for Clear Church State Boundaries
In a report to the United Presbyterian General Assembly, leaders urge separation of church and state. They oppose religious observances in public schools and church displays, reject tax privileges for churches, and favor universal welfare services while backing neutrality in faith government.
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Des Moines
John Calvin
Geneva
United Presbyterian General Assembly
New England
Desegregation Crisis Expels 1,081 Negro Pupils
In Birmingham the school board expelled or suspended 1,081 Negro students involved in desegregation activities. A Black leader warned of a mass boycott. Superintendent Theo Wright said the board expelled those over 16 and suspended those 16 and younger with summer school and fall re admission options.
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Birmingham
Board of Education
Theo Wright
Iowa Legislature Spends $1.25 Million in 125-Day Session
Des Moines reports the General Assembly cost about 1.25 million dollars to run its 125 day session. It was the longest regular session in Iowa history and the most expensive. A small group of legislators will return Thursday afternoon to close the 60th session.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Iowa
Supreme Court Refuses Speedup in Barnett Appeal
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hasten its hearing of Gov. Barnett of Mississippi. He seeks a jury trial in a criminal contempt case connected to his governorship and ongoing legal disputes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gov. Barnett
Mississippi
Rescued pilot and family survive crash in California woods
Jack Leineke 61, his wife Eva 54 and cousin Geneva Blair 62 survived a Thursday crash of a Piper Tripacer 20 miles south of Quincy California. They sheltered in a canyon cabin, rationed food, and were spotted Sunday by a search plane. an Air Force helicopter rescued them. Leineke asked about fellow pilot Gordon Cooper, still unaccounted after the crash.
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Oroville
Calif
Jack Leineke
Gordon Cooper
Leineke
Sacramento
Quincy
Fair Oaks
Eva
Geneva Blair
Air Force
Personal Income Reaches New Crest in April
Washington reports personal income rose in April to an annual rate of about 455.8 billion dollars, up 2.5 billion from March. The Commerce Department notes April income is roughly 18 billion higher than a year earlier, a 4 percent increase.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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