Cooper Hastens Day For Moon Landing
Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 36, completed a 34 hour space flight aboard Faith 7, signaling progress toward a manned moon landing. Doctors called his condition normal with only brief wooziness after egress. Cooper aided by John Glenn in manual re entry as the capsule landed near the Kearsarge, then was flown to Honolulu for a parade and reception.
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Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Midway Island
Space Agency
Ben James
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kearsarge
Honolulu
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Space
Glenn
Japan
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Roger
Cooper Returns Aboard USS Kearsarge After Flight
Gordon Cooper completed the spaceflight and was welcomed by a prayer from Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin C. Fairchild aboard the USS Kearsarge. Mrs. Cooper and the two daughters joined in the thanksgiving as the reunion neared, and gratitude was voiced to Pad 14 proprietor Guenter Wendt for the ride of his life.
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Uss Kearsarge
Gordon Cooper
Cmdr
Benjamin C. Fairchild
Caped Space Mission Sees Cooper Credit for One Second Adjustment
Cape Canaveral AP. Cal Huss, NASA flight dynamics officer, received a note from Gordon Cooper praising his calculation on retro rocket timing. Huss suggested adding one second to the standard 30 second countdown, which, at Cooper's Faith 7 speed, brought the craft five miles closer to the recovery ship Kearsarge upon landing.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cal Huss
Gordon Cooper
Gordo Cooper
Huss
Flight Dynamics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cooper
Kearsarge
MILESTONE FLIGHT TIMELINES FOR HISTORIC ASTRONAUTS
New York AP notes key solo flight feats from 1927 to 1963. Charles Lindbergh's solo from Long Island to Paris covered 3 610 miles in 33 hours 29 minutes 30 seconds. Gordon Cooper completed 22 solo orbits in 34 hours 20 minutes 30 seconds.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Long Island
Paris
Gordon Cooper
Spaceflight milestone tale ends with a wooden gift
Gordon Cooper earned 25 cents for a long high ride into space and received a hand lettered card from Guenter Wendt at Pad 14. The card called him winner of an around the world contest and invited him to present the 25 cent token for the ride of his life. Cooper later arrived at Pad 14 and offered Wendt a polished wooden square bearing a quarter and an engraved plate.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Space
Cooper
Guenter Wendt
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
G. F. Wendt
Pad 14
Wendt
Missourian Abates Felony Check Charge
George Aschwege of Carthage Missouri was allowed to abate a felony check charge in city court by paying the check amount plus sheriff and court costs. The $92.92 check to Ralph Heilman rural Barton County was marked account closed but abatement was granted after proof of an active account. He was arrested at Carthage, waived extradition, and brought to Erie by under sheriff John VanWickle of Neosho County.
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George Aschwege
Carthage
Ralph Heilman
Barton
Aschwege
Erie
John VanWickle
Neosho County
Colorado plans homecoming for astronaut Gordon Cooper
Colorado Governor John A. Love leads preparations for a spirited welcome home for astronaut Gordon Cooper. Cooper and his mother Hattie own a ranch near Carbondale, about 170 miles west of Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Coloradans
John A. Love
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Hattie
Carbondale
Cooper Family Heads to Hawaii for Space Prize Meet
Gordon Cooper and his wife and two daughters boarded a jet for Hawaii as the space champion's family joined the first flight of a five day schedule. The trip will pass Honolulu Cape Canaveral and Washington where they will be received by President Kennedy.
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Houston, Tex
Gordon Cooper
Hawaii
U.S
International
Honolulu
Cape Canaveral
Washington
Kennedy
Spaceflight trims weight as Cooper completes orbits
Aboard the U S S Kearsarge astronaut Gordon Cooper shed seven pounds during 22 Earth orbits. He reported no space sickness but nearly fainted when exiting the space capsule, marking a notable early spaceflight milestone.
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U.S.S. Kearsarge
Gordon Cooper
Earth
Conviction For Perjury in 1961 Grand Jury Case
Kansas City AP dispatch reports 74 year old retired gro cer LaRocca was convicted of perjury before a federal grand jury regarding testimony on revolver ownership tied to the 1961 Sheetz narcotics witness shooting. A Gunnison dealer linked LaRocca to buying 13 .38 revolvers in 1957 for Christmas gifts. One revolver was found near the Sheetz home. two Kansas City hoodlums were later convicted in the shooting. Sentencing was deferred.
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Kenneth Sheetz
LaRocca
William G. Elmer
Gunnison
Colo
Sheetz
Kansas City
Crash Kills Woman in Atchison Kansas Collision
Mrs. Herman G. Torkelson, 41, of Everest Kansas, was killed and her 44 year old husband was critically injured in a two car crash on U S 73 west of Atchison late Thursday.
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Atchison, Kan
Herman G. Torkelson
Everest
Kan
U.S. 73
Atchison
Salina Youth Killed in Traffic Collision
Salina, Kan. James L. Williams sixteen driving home from high school was killed when his sports car skidded on rain slick pavement into the path of a pickup truck driven by Quenton McKee of Abilene. McKee and two others in the truck were hospitalized for injuries.
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Salina, Kan
James L. Williams
Salina
Quenton McKee
Abilene
Kan
McKee
Feed Grain Control Okayed by Senate
The Senate approved the administration's feed grains control bill 45 to 35, continuing voluntary controls on corn and livestock feed grains for two years. The vote clears the measure for the president’s signature and sets the stage for the nationwide wheat referendum, with Kennedy highlighting farm freedom and adaptive planting.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Orville Freeman
Bullsnake Causes 69,000-Volt Outage in Fredonia
Power went off in Fredonia and nearby areas for about 45 minutes after a bullsnake crawled across a 69,000 volt main line on a 35 foot pole during a rain storm. The fireproof remnant of the bullsnake was found on the pole. The storm did not cause the outage.
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Fredonia
Insured Jobless Declines in Kansas
AP reports Kansas insured unemployment fell to 2.3 percent for the week ending May 11 from 2.6 percent, remaining slightly above the year-ago level of 2.1 percent. The figures reflect ongoing improvement in unemployment coverage despite higher annual comparison.
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Kansas
Topeka
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka For May 28 1963
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 am Friday showing 2 fatalities for May 28. For the 1963 period there were 159 deaths, compared with 188 in the comparable 1962 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Thayer Named Justice of the Peace in Thayer
Governor Anderson announced four local state appointments including Frank Austin Thayer to the position of justice of the peace in Thayer Neosho County.
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Thayer Is
Topeka
John Anderson
Frank Austin Thayer
Thayer
Neosho County
Near 3 Billion In Bank Deposits In Kansas
TOPEKA AP Deposits in Kansas banks reached a record high as residents boost savings. Total deposits at year end 1962 totaled 2,786 million, up 166 million or 6.4 percent from 1961. Savings and time deposits led gains while demand deposits rose more slowly. Loans outstanding finished 1962 at 1,286 million, up from 1,147 million the prior year, covering 523 banks in the study.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Bankers Association
Senate vote on administration feed grains bill
Senate approved the administration feed grains bill 45 to 35. Democrats Stuart Symington Long from Missouri and Edward V. Long supported it while Republicans Frank Carlson James B. Pearson opposed. In Oklahoma Democrat Mike Monroney and J Howard Edmondson voted for. Arkansas had Democrat John L McClellan for and J Fulbright paired for.
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Washington
Senate
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Edward V. Long
Kansas
Frank Carlson
James B. Pearson
Oklahoma
Mike Monroney
J. Howard Edmondson
Arkansas
John L. McClellan
J. Fulbright
Kennedy urges antitrust action to solve oil pipeline woes
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy proposes orthodox antitrust enforcement to address oil industry problems tied to national pipeline ownership. He cites state control limits and argues combined federal state oversight may need revision to balance industry needs with independent producers and refiners. The report marks a rare Justice Department critique of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission’s operations since 1959.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Congress
William P. Rogers
Justice Department
U S Helicopter Forced Down by North Koreans
North Korea claims its ground forces opened fire and forced down a U S Army helicopter just north of the Korean DMZ near the Han River. The two American pilots Capt Ben Weakley Stutts and Capt Charleston W Voltz fate was not announced.
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U.S
Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
North
Ben Weakley Stutts
Charleston W. Voltz
Military Armistice Commission
U.N. Command
U.N
Koreas
Stutts
Voltz
George H. Cloud
Mixed Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Cloud
Chang Chung-wan
Red Soil
Korea
Signs of easing in Birmingham race tensions
Federal signs of relief in Birmingham race turmoil as Atty. Gen. Kennedy adviser Burke Marshall returns to Washington. Sheriff Bailey warns of uneasy weekend with 24 hour guard and 3,000 riot-trained soldiers stationed nearby.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Melvin Bailey
Conservation Department
Bailey
Burke Marshall
Marshall
Ed Guthman
Joseph Dolan
Alabama
Kennedy
Weather and Kansas forecast from Topeka AP report
Sunny skies return to most of Kansas after showers and thunderstorms with fair weather and moderate temperatures through Saturday. Highs in the 70s, lows 40s to mid 50s. Rain totals in various areas ranged up to 1.72 inches, with northeastern sections receiving two to three inches in three days.
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Topeka
Kansas
South Central
Tribune
McAllister
Goodland
Oakley
Jerome
Columbus
Pittsburg
Sedan
West Central
Jobless Rate Edges Higher In April Amid Mixed Data
Washington reports the labor market remains paradoxical with record employment at 68.9 million and a jobless rate at 5.7 percent. Nonfarm payrolls rose to 55.9 million, factory jobs climbed to 16.7 million, and contract construction reached 2.5 million. Retail sales for the week ending May 11 were estimated at 4.8 billion, up from the prior week.
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Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
Intercepted Letter Hails Cooper After Spacecraft Landing
An intercepted note says after 600000 miles and a manual landing, Astronaut Cooper may be the first man to steer a craft that carried kind words for its backseat drivers.
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Cooper
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