Moscow Welcomes Space Partners
Valentina Tereshkova and cosmonaut Bykovsky were praised by Khrushchev at Lenin's Tomb in Red Square after Tereshkova completed 71 hours in space with 48 orbits. Khrushchev announced high honors for both and urged peaceful space conquest, while Tereshkova spoke of world peace and recalling wartime sacrifices.
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Moscow
Valentina Tereshkova
Khrushchev
United States
Valentina
Bykovsky
Lenin
Red Square
Soviet Union
Arkansas Race Scene Is Quiet By WICK TEMPLE
Arkansas shows limited racial unrest with desegregation advancing. Little Rock schools desegregated in 1959. other districts begin desegregation. Colleges admit Negro students. scattered minor incidents include a Pine Bluff park beating and a dynamite blast at a Gillett church.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
University of Arkansas and
State
Texarkana College
Arkansas-Texas
Pine Bluff
Gillett
Harold Woodson
Area Men In Service Report From Parris Island
Marine Pvt 1e Charles M Moore son of Garland and Mrs Moore of Decatur completed recruit training June 11 at Parris Island SC. The 11 week program covers basic military law discipline and drill with three weeks on the rifle range. Meanwhile Airman First Class William D Teague of Bremen Ga is part of SEA TO exercise Dhanarajata at Taiwan Air Station Formosa training with 24000 troops from SEATO nations. Teague attended Bremen High School and is married to Delores P Fredrick.
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Parris Island
Fhtnc) — Marine Pvt
Charles M. Moore
Garland Moore
Decatur
Marine Corps Recruit, Depot
Here
Marine Corps
Bangkok
Thailand
William D. Teague
Bremen
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Teague
United States Air Force
Taiwan Air Station
Formosa
United States
William A. Teague
Lawson St
Bremen High School
Delores P. Fredrick
Cullman 1
Navy families greet Oriskany drills during presidential visit
USS Oriskany stationed off California during First Fleet exercises as President visits. Radioman third class Thomas M. Coffey and com missaryman second class Bobby H. Henderson of Decatur serve aboard. Hatton, airman third class, also from Town Creek, participates in firepower demonstration with Air Development Squadron Five. Oriskany homeported in San Diego.
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Oriskany
Thomas M. Coffey
USN
C. T. Coffey
Somerville Rd
Bobby H. Henderson
Percy H. Henderson
Sixth Ave. S
Decatur
California
The
San Diego
Calif
China Lake
FHTNC
Bobby G. Hatton
Otis E. Hatton
Town Creek 3
Air Development Squadron Five
Naval Lake
Carrier Air Group 16
Uss
Oriskapy
Carrier Air Group 11
Kitty Hawk
Navy recruit completes basic training at Great Lakes
Donald L. Poteete son of Mr and Mrs Joseph H Potette 327 Thomas St Athens completed nine week indoctrination at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Ill The program covers basic military law seamanship physical fitness drill swimming survival and first aid Each recruit undergoes tests and interviews to determine future training and assignments
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Great Lakes, Ill
Donald L. Poteete
Joseph H. Potette
Thomas St
Athens
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Til
Ship Sailor Serves Aboard USS Jupiter In Western Pacific
John L. Cordar disbursing clerk third class USN son of Mr and Mrs John L Cordar Falkville 2 serves aboard aviation supply ship USS Jupiter with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. He entered service in August 1961.
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USS
Jupiter
John L. Cordar
USN
Falkville 2
Seventh Fleet
Western Pacific
Cage St Faerie High
Williamson Serves Aboard USS Springfield Cruiser
Duaine C. Williamson, controlman first class, USN, of Mrs. Dorothy A. Warner, on Second Ave SW Decatur, is serving aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Springfield tagreedy the flagsidp for the Seah
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USS
Springfield
Duaine C. Williamson
USN
Dorothy A. Warner
Second Ave
Decatur
Army Major Cortner completes staff college course at Fort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth Kansas June 14 Army Maj Sanders A Cortner son of Mrs Hood Harris Courtland Alabama completed the 38 week regular course at the United States Army Command and General Staff College The course trains officers for division corps and field army commands Also noted are Major Carrier 34 graduate Columbia Tennessee Military Academy 1946 and West Point 1951 and Airman A 2 C Boyd K Derrick from Decatur arriving for assignment with United States Air Forces in Europe Derrick is the son of Mr and Mrs Floyd J Derrick of Decatur after Decatur High School Florence State College college attendance
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
AHTNC
Sanders A. Cortner
Hood Harris
Courtland
Ala
U. S. Army Command and General Staff College
Forth Leavenworth
U. S. Army
U. S
Columbia Tenn Military Academic
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Boyd K. Derrick
Decatur
United States Air Forces
Europe
Derrick
Shaw Afb
S.C
Floyd J. Derrick
3Rd Ave
Decatur High School
Florence State College
Nylon stockings aid rescue of trapped wildlife in flood waters
South African women donate used nylon stockings that are plaited to net and haul stranded animals to safety. Rescuers report the stockings secure animals more effectively and with less injury than rope amid rising river floods.
Average mean temperature of the British Isles noted
The source states that the average mean temperature of the British Isles is 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
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British Isles
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