Americans Prepare For Space Again
Houston reports the U S space program back on track after the 18 month delay caused by the 1967 Apollo fire. A new Apollo craft undergoes tests at Cape Kennedy ahead of a fall launch while Schirra Eisele and Cunningham prepare for a lunar orbit test aboard the newer Saturn 5 configuration.
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William J. Cromie
del Borer
World Book Science Service
Houston
America
Cape Kennedy
Virgil
Gus) Grissom
Edward White II
Roger Chaffee
Grissom
White
Chaffee
North American
Rockwell
Downey
Calif
Walter
Wally) Schirra
Donn Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Earth
Manned Spacecraft Center
U.S
NASA
Grissom, White
Schirra
Eisele
Cunningham
Saturn
Soft Drink Chief Story Of Success
J Paul Austin rose from New York lawyer and Navy officer to Coca Cola Co president and CEO. His eight years in Africa shaped his career as he later led export operations before becoming Coca Cola’s tenth president. The Atlanta based firm hit 1 billion dollars in sales last year as it eyes further growth and diversification.
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Wich
Moon
Christopher Kraft
Jim Thomasson
Associated Press
Atlanta,ga
Coca-Cola Co
J. Paul Austin
Austin
New York
Coca-Cola
Harvard
Chicago
Georgia
la Grange
Samuel Yates Austin
Callaway Mills
Culver Military Academy
Navy
South Pacific
Coca- Cola
Robert W. Woodruff
Coke
Lee Talley
Woodruff
Coca- Cola Export Corp
Africa
Talley
Jeanne Weed
John Paul Jr
Samuel Weed Austin
Paris
Eugene McGarrhy
McCarthy
Thornberry’s shift toward liberal voting in Congress
Biographical sketch of Homer Thornberry noting his long service from 1949 to 1963, his ties to Lyndon Johnson, and a gradual move toward liberal leanings as reflected in Congressional Quarterly voting scores and key policy votes from 1950s to early 1960s.
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Thornberry
Congress
Washington
Homer Thornberry
Supreme Court
Johnson
House of Representatives
Kennedy
Texas
House
Mr. Johnson
Senate
Congressional Quarterly
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ornberry
Earl Warren
Abe Fortas
10Th District
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Circuit
Deep South
Lyndon Johnson
Rules Committee
Hawaii
Eisenhower
McCarthy's Popularity Surprises Political Establishment
James Reston reports Eugene McCarthy's rising poll numbers and fundraising, driven by antiwar sentiment and a calm, distinct style. The piece notes his clarity on withdrawal, outsider image, and appeal to voters tired of violence and political tricks, with ongoing campaign momentum.
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McCarthy
Adlai Stevenson
Jane
U-2 Crisis and Air Space Sovereignty Through History
The U-2 incident over the Soviet Union in 1960 sparked a Paris summit crisis when Khrushchev demanded an apology and a pledge to halt reconnaissances. The piece traces air space sovereignty from 1919 to postwar conventions, noting Cuba, Castro protests, and the space age redefining infinite altitude assumptions.
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Arnold H. Lubasch
New York Times News Service
New York
Soviet Union
Paris
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Francis Gary Powers
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Princi
U. S
Chicago
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William Homer Thornberry
The
University of Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
James Reston
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Wendell Willkie
Vietnam
Gene
Humphrey
Nixon
Rockefeller
Southeast Asia
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