Cooper completes historic orbital flight in Faith 7
The 36 year old Air Force major John Glenn Jr. enjoyed a record setting launch at 7 04 a m CST and entered orbit at 7 10 a m CST aboard Faith 7. He transmitted first television pictures and reported all systems go as the mission aimed at a 34 hour flight. Event included monitoring from Kennedy White House family observers and close weather watch.
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Perth
Australia
John Jr. Glenn Jr
M. Scott Carpenter
Space Agency
Air Force
Cooper
Sahara Desert
Africa
Grand Canardy Island
Cape Canaveral
Cape
Europe
Walter M. Schirratr
Faith 7
Zanzibar
U. S
President Kennedy
White House
Trudy
Camara
Janita
Houston
Hattie
Tecumseh
Oklo
Schirra
Gordo
Bermuda
Earth
Hangtr S
Alan B. Shepard
Project Mercury
Arnwine Aids Fort Hood Combat Course Project
Army PFC Freddie L. Arnwine of Route 1 Bynum Texas helps build a new half mile combat assault course at Fort Hood scheduled for completion May 30. The course features 59 pop-up targets and 50 demolition pits to train soldiers under realistic conditions. Arnwine, a demolitions specialist in Company B 16th Engineer Battalion, entered service in 1962 and trained at Fort Carson Colorado. He is 23, son of Mrs Essie M Arnwine of Chillicothe and alumnus of Frederick Douglass High School in Jacksonville.
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Fort Hood
Tex
AHTNC
Army
Freddie L. Arnwine
Clemmie
Bynum
Arnwine
16Th Engineer
Fort
Fort Carson
Colo
Essie M. Arnwine
Chillicothe
Frederick K. Douglass High School
Jacksonville
Dow Jones Averages Rise Amid Mixed UPI Readout
United Press International reports Dow Jones averages advance with a 3.30 point gain to 723.14, 20 rail stocks up 1.62 to 167.93, and overall activity showing 4th hour sales near 750,000 with total around 3.75 million by 2 p.m.
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United Press International
Dow Jones
Ne Cheng
Congressional Briefs and Political Movements
A digest of House actions on funding Philippine war damage claims and aviation media ratings, plus moves on May wheat controls and Powell’s Geneva trip. Also coverage of Haiti readiness, Birmingham racial disturbances, and anti-Communist inquiries.
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Delleatts
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Edmond Bunker
Radio Advertising Bureau
House Commerce
Powell
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.y
Education & Labor Committee
International Labor Organization
Geneva
State Department
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Committee On House Administration
Congress
Haiti
Armistead I. Selden
D-Ala
United States
Selden
House inter-American Affairs
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Alabama
Birmingham
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Industrial Gas Company to Attend Public Meeting
Bill Sayles head of the industrial department of West Texas Utilities notified the committee that he would be present. More invitees have not accepted. Industrial authorities will attend a public meeting whose place and time will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas Company
Bill Sayles
West Texas Utilities
Lawson
Woman Charged With DUI In County Court
Mary Howard arrested early today by the Sheriff's Department and City Police charged with driving while intoxicated. She pleaded guilty and was fined 125 dollars plus court costs, received three days in jail, and a six month suspension of her driver's license.
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Mary Howard
Sides Funeral Held Sunday At Kirkland
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Sunday at the Kirkland Baptist Church for Henry Grover Sides 71 a farmer stock man who died of a heart attack Saturday at his residence two and a half miles south of Kirkland burial followed in Kirkland Cemetery.
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Kirkland Baptist Church
Henry Grover Sides
Kirkland
Sides
TENSION EASED Racial tensions flare again in Raleigh
In Raleigh North Carolina more than 800 Negroes held a freedom march to back desegregation. Police arrested 34 demonstrators and 15 faced assault charges after a cafeier incident. A bi racial committee met two hours as Raleigh officials voiced progress.
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United Press International
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
North Carolina
Raleigh
Leslie Ferguson
Victor Bell Jr
Raleigh Ministerial Association
Alabama
George Wallace
Kennedy
Wallace
Henderson Re elected By Association
Jeff Henderson was re elected a director of the U S Highway 287 Association that closed its 1963 convention yesterday in Lamar Colorado. Vernon was selected as the 1964 convention site. Ike Parks a lumber dealer from Dumas is the new president. Other Texas directors are W T Smoot of Amarillo Roland Walden of Quanah and Joe Meador of Vernon.
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Jeff Henderson
Lamar
Colo. Vernon
Ike Parks
Dumas
Texas
W. T. Smoot
Amarillo
Roland Walden
Quanah
Joe Meador
Vernon
Pump repairs contract awarded to local entrepreneur
Frank notes the city water pump failure led to Kirkland Land Pump Company owner Mr. Jackson being awarded the repair contract. He operates in Kirkland with wells and oil test casing work. The body is at Newberry’s. arrangements incomplete. Born March 27, 1909, in Childress, he was a member of several local lodges and is survived by wife Mildred, two daughters, two sons, his father, three brothers, and two grandchildren.
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Jackson
Kirkland Pump Company
Kirkland
Newberry’s
Childress
Childress Ioof Lodge
Knights of Pythias Lodge
el] Chipad No. 273
Dokks
Mildred
Wayne Spradlin
Quanah
Sue Lewis
Fort Worth
Pat Jackson
Gene Jackson
Connecticu
James Melton Jackson
Ceremony Highlights Welcome the Eagleteam from Wichita
Jones says the event is an impressive ceremony open to the public as the Eagleteam from Wichita prepares to attend the occasion.
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Wichita Alls
Alls
Jones
Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson Reunite in Folk Comedy Duo
Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson reunite after a two year split, returning with a blend of humor and diverse folk songs. They critique today’s folk scene, note rock influences, and describe their backgrounds from Paris and Nogales to The Gateway Singers.
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Washington
UPI
Bud Dashiell
Travis Edmonson
Bud
Travis
Our Gang
Los Angeles
Gateway Singers
Lou Gottlieb
Limeliters
Carlos
Charlie’’ Gonzales
Hollywood
Smith Services Held For Mrs. Jessie Walker Smith
Funeral services were held at 2 p m today at the First Baptist Church for Mrs Jessie Walker Smith 77 long time Childress County resident since 1909 She moved from Tell to Childress a few years ago and died at home 704 Avenue Gow at 10 p m Monday with interment in Tell Cemetery
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First Baptist Church
Jessie Walker Smith
Tell
Six Cheerleaders Elected for 1963 64 Year
Gayled selects six cheerleaders for the 1963 64 school year. Elected are Pat Compton Miss Morris Arlynn Cardine Linda DeArmond Judy Wilson and Rita Keel.
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Page One
Pat Compton
Miss Morris
Arlynn Caradine
Linda DeArmond
Judy Wilson
Rita Keel
TV Schedules for May 15 1963 Across Local Stations
A listing of prime time lineups from KGFD KGNC KSYD KV TV KFDA and K7 stations for Wednesday May 15 1963. Programs include news reports weather shows Westerns comedies Twilight Zone Beverly Hillbillies Peter Gunn Our Man Higgins Naked City and late night movies.
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Ksyd - TV
Bowery Boys
Walter Cronkite
KV. TV
ABC News
Life Line
Kfda-Tv
Freddie the Fireman
Television schedule flashbacks May 16 1963 across local channels
A chaotic TV guide style listing for KFOX KGNC KSYD KVIL KFDA channels detailing daily programming from morning Continental Classroom to late night news and soap operas. It enumerates show times including Today News Say When Password Beachhead of soap and game shows with actors and hosts listed.
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KFOX
Weather Today
NBC News
NBC
Willie Wirehands
Ben Jerrod
N.B.C
Daddy
KGNC
Continental Classroom
Major Comar
King
Ruth Brent
Daddy Ksyd
Channel
College of the Air
Captain Kangaroo
Calendar
I Love Lacy
The
McCoys
Kvil TV
Jack LaLanne
Ann Southern
Keys
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Charlie Keys
General Hospital
Jane Wyman
Kfda TV
Jack Tompkins
Guiding Light
News Report
Dan
True Weather Report
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Bolin Warehouses
Vernon Key
Z. J. Harmon
Henderson
Frank
Eagle
L. Gordon Cooper
Cape Canavera
Fila
Gaston
KFDX
Miss Brooks
Fred Brooks
Virginia
Kgnc - TV
Huntley Brinkley
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