Cooper Tells Space Story In Contrasts
Cape Canaveral, AP. Gordon Cooper recounted his space world tour in contrasts at a news conference. He described sights from Red China to Houston, noted the precise re entry, and shared lighter moments like dehydrated pot roast and the odd sight of his arms floating in weightlessness.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Red
China
Houston
Tex
Himalayas
India
Earth
Cooper
Mt Zion Club Meets as Community News Abounds
Mt Zion community notes cover a May 16 Mt Zion Club meeting led by Zalah Haddan with eleven members, plus guests Christine Hawkinson Teresa Mahoney and others. Reports list multiple Sunday dinners, Mother's Day gatherings, visits among families including Miller Erikson Kennedy Mahoney and Haddan households, and upcoming June 6 meeting with Anna Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Hawkinson
Teresa Mahoney
Anna Myers
Joan Lee
Regina Kelsey
Regina
Kathy Shook
Milton Eisenhower to Speak at K State Commencement
Milton S. Eisenhower, president of Johns Hopkins, will deliver the commencement address at Kansas State University on June 2. A Kansas State graduate and former president (1943 1950), he will be honored alongside Frank Carlson Joyce Call Sterling Brown Hendricks Solon T. Kimball Harold Sebring Murray Wilson with honorary degrees as the university awards over 1,600 diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Kansas State University
Eisenhower
Kansas State
Sen
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Joyce Call
Hallmark Cards
Kansas City
Sterling Brown Hendricks
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Solon T. Kimball
Teachers College
Columbia University
Harold L. Sebring
Stetson University
Murray A. Wilson
Wilson and Co
Salina
Connecticut Outlaws Tattooing Near Submarine Base
Hartford AP reports the Connecticut legislature approved a bill banning tattooing and closing tattoo parlors near the U S Submarine Base at Groton. From now on tattoos may be applied only by a doctor or under a doctor s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
Connecticut
U.S
Groton
Median age of US population at 1960 census
The 1960 census placed the median age of the United States population at 29.5 years, reflecting a young national demographic profile. The figure indicates a sizable share of residents in the under-30 cohort, with implications for housing, employment, and social planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Construction to Begin Farm Fame Hall in Kansas City
The first of 10 buildings for the Agricultural Hall of Fame will start in August. Funds for the initial structure include office space a museum and a library with meeting room space. The total project is estimated at 5 million dollars and a 750000 dollar campaign will launch in the Kansas City area in July and August with later drives in other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Kan
Agricultural Hall of Fame
James R. Isleib
Kansas City
Mothers Day Gatherings Across Town and Nearby
A series of social visits and family gatherings are noted from Chanute to Wichita and nearby. Families including Bailey Reeves Dye Moran Scribner Crow Bryant Straw Clawson Fox and others share meals tea visits and travel plans while school closes May 24 and several locals enter hospitals or travel for events.
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Bariton
Leslie Crow Jr
Tribune
L. L. Crow
Merlin Bryant
Joe Allen
Wichita
Bert Bass
Neosho Memorial Hospital
H. B. Straw
Topeka
Vic Clawson
Barbara
Delores
Paola
Mabel Fox
Elsie Fuller
Kennedy Aware of Wallace Aim in 1964 Bid
President Kennedy knows Governor Wallace aims to draw the South away in 1964 by a dramatic stand against integration at Alabama. Wallace pledges to block Negro admission, possibly at Huntsville in June or Tuscaloosa in September, hoping for a martyrdom moment with arrest photos. Kennedy warns federal troops only if racial disturbances occur, pledging to protect Negro rights to peaceful assembly.
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Washington
Kennedy
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
University of Alabama
University
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
U.S
Dixie States
Be an Iowa Professor Notes Slower Nail Growth
Dr William B Bean of State University of Iowa reports in Archives of Internal Medicine that his left thumbnail grew 117 to 126 days from cuticle to tip between 1942 and 1958. He notes 138 days in 1961. Also mentioned are Sunday dinner guests Mr and Mrs F A George of Thayer visiting their son Mr J K George and family.
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George Miller
Janice
Leon
Nellie Miller
Lee Kennedy
Federated Church
Clyde Cook
Finley Myers
Junior Hill
Chanute
Wichita, Kan
William B. Bean
Bean
State University of Iowa
The
Archives of Internal Medicine
F. A. George
J. K. George
Thayer
Robert McKinney
Fort Scott
Iercy Hospital
Joe Bottorff
Harold Bottorff
Gallatin
Ivan Bottorff
Harold Rowland
Emery Davis
Topeka
Erie Cafe
Lester Beech
Coffeyville
Darre
Little
Altamont
Lawrence Swan
How Can I Use Burned Out Miniature Flash Bulbs
A reader asks for practical uses for burned out miniature flash bulbs. The answer suggests using them as fishing bobbers by splitting the end contact, threading line, and closing the contact. The bulbs resist waterlogging and stay visible on the water surface.
Erie CWF General Meeting Highlights and Local Events
A report from Erie records the Christian Women's Fellowship meeting led by Mrs. Hollis Dunham with study on “On the Rim of Hope” by Mrs. F. J. Newell and devotions by Mrs. Gale Mullen. June 21 is set for a covered dish dinner and officer installations. The piece also notes various local visits, family gatherings, birthdays, club activities, and a funeral in Erie with several nearby residents attending.
The Chanute Tribune May Day 1943 Item
May 1943 issue of the Chanute Tribune carries community items and notices from Chanute and nearby districts. Local events, announcements, and advertisements reflect wartime era life in Kansas communities.
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Mt. Zion Community Reports
Walter Gericke
Worth Waltermire
Geneva Erikson
Bob Williamson
Wallace Erikson
Ed Ott
Wayne Erikson
Terri
Don Miller
Ina Hamby
Charles Miller
Tom Miller
Kathy
Clyde Wilcox
Jane
C. M. Hill Sr
Herbert Shellhorn
Stark Methodist Church
Frontenac
Iva Bohlander
Martha Gilmore
Wilma Goff
Hazel Sailors
Geneva Schooley
Ferro Kel
Sey
James Mahoney
Anna Mahoney
Genevieve
Rosalie Mahoney
Verlene Markham
Verna Shook
Loretta Cupper
Joe Mahoney
Jimmy Ideker
Ivan Bennett
Arnold Elder
Zulah Haddan
George Rush
Dwight Hawkinson
Bennett Haddan
Howard Woodworth and
Rosann
James Haddan
Milton Eisenhower
K-State
Ronnie Milleret
Washington High School
Ronnie
Earlton
Farlton
Richard Bailey
Stephen
Virginia
Lige Reeves
Mary Bailey
Tom Lacen
Everett Dye
Independence
Wayne White
Hutchinson
Lorna
Frank Allen
J. Frank Stevens
Humboldt
Dick Murrell
Jerry Clines
Oklahoma
Oldsmobile
Ranz Motor CO
Lincoln
Birmingham
Bertha Dennis
Nevada Talhelm
Glenn Crosby
Inner Mission of Christian Church
Eureka
le Mouser
Brookfield
Mae MaeDermed
Parsons
Ness
G. L. Hallman
Mrs
Floyd Ruble
Denise Yockey
Merie Yockey
City Park
Kathleen
Hibden
Debbie
Ronda Reeves
Mary Beth Shireman
Debbie Dickson
Marchelle Sayre
Zale Yockey
John Sidney
Clarence Obenhaus
Hollis Dunham
Dale Ewen
American Legion Hall
Pershing Brady
Hooker
Okla
Prentice Gudgen
Pittsburg
Everett Shrum
Rodney
Dessie Redman
Galesburg
Janet Bowman
Tracy
Jane McKinnie
James Pierce
Chanute Tribune
Blue Cross
Blue Shield OF
Kansas
Topeka Blvd
Kansas Hospital Sery, Assoc., Inc
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