Astronaut Gordon Cooper Visits Washington
Astronaut Gordon Cooper arrives in Washington for a presidential medal ceremony at the White House rose garden followed by a Congress address and a motorcade to Capitol Hill. He will receive NASA's Distinguished Service Medal from President Kennedy in a day of official events with family and fellow astronauts aboard.
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Stanley Meisler
Washington
Gordon Cooper
Air Force
Earth
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
White House Rose Garden
Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weather Bureau
John H. Glenn Jr
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lyndon B. Johnson
Secretary of Defense
Robert §. McNamara
Secretary of
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Earl Warren
Gen
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cooper
State Department
Johnson
James B. Webb
NASA
Coopers
New York
Broadway
Smokey
Keyes
Medical Self Help Awards in Arkansas
Three people have been chosen by a secret committee to receive the Medical Self-Help Awards for their major contributions to Arkansas medical self help. The awards will be presented at a meeting of the Arkansas Public…
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Little Rock
Arkansas
America
Texas Eastern
Texas Eastern Tsais Corporation
Houston
Texas
Court Delays Continue In Desegregation Ruling
Chief Justice Warren delivers a swing ruling declaring sit ins across the South unconstitutional. The Greenville D C case holds city ordinances forcing restaurant segregation violate the 14th Amendment, stating state action compels discrimination and cannot be saved by separating the mental urges of the discriminators.
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Karl Warren
Greenville
D.C
Warren
Alabama Expels Negroes Campaign Leader Hunger Strike
A campaign leader noted about 38 turnout despite expulsions by the Alabama prison commission. The freedom marcher Eric Weinberger, 31, from New York City, is in his sixth day of a hunger strike after transfer to Montgomery with 11 other marchers from Gadsden. Two white men were arrested at Anniston for violence involving shots fired at a Negro home and a Negro church on May 12.
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Anniston
Weather Continued From Page One
Weather in eastern and southern Missouri drifts cooler today with decreasing clouds and a few light rain showers ending by afternoon. Highs in the 60s, tonight lows around 40 in the northeast and mid 40s in the south. Generally fair and cool tonight and Wednesday.
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Missouri
Health Association to honor disaster leaders in Arkansas
Health Association awards highlight Arkansas pioneers in a program that has trained about 8,000 residents to aid themselves and others during disasters or nuclear attacks, making the state early to single out leaders in preparedness.
Stonewall Jackson Falls at Chancellorsville Fight
Confederate general Thomas Jackson is mortally wounded during the Battle of Chancellorsville near May 3. A bullet hit his right hand, another his left wrist, and a third his left arm, leading to amputation and his death a week later on May 10. His demise follows the battle’s costly victory for Lee’s forces.
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Lee
Thomas Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
Besore
Jackson
Chance Marsville
Chancellorsville
The Doctor's Strange Secret Chapter 8
A small town hushes as Dr Hondershall faces bewitching rumors about his life. Smokey wrestles with fear and duty while the hospital corridor and morning light frame a tense, intimate moment. Keyes calls, Lovey teases, and Clara braces for danger as unseen threads tighten.
Kennedy Sees Wallace Move To Shape 1964 South
President Kennedy faces Alabama Governor George Wallace as a potential 1964 southern challenger. Wallace aims to block admission of a Negro student at the University of Alabama, possibly at Huntsville in June or Tuscaloosa in September, risking arrest for a dramatic stand. Federal troops could be used only to protect rights. governors hope to sideline Kennedy in Alabama and other Dixie states.
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Washington
U.S
Kennedy
Lncal
Birmingham
Alabama
Dixie States
Osceola to Vote on Bond Issue
Osceola residents plan to vote on June 17 for a 3 million bond to enlarge the American Greeting Corp plant in Osceola. The funds would be used to build around the wall.
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Osceola, Ark
Osceola
American Greeting Corp
Livestock Show Dates Are Set in Arkansas for 1963
The Arkansas Livestock Exposition board set the 1963 show for October 15, shortening the event to five days from six. Executive VP Clyde Byrd cited a $25,000 operating profit last year due to good weather and strong attractions. The five day length avoids extending past Royal American Shows in Oklahoma, aligning with the contract.
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Little Rock
Clyde EB. Byrd
Montag
Oklahoma
Newport Election Date Pending After Court Ruling
In Newport city, pro city manager forces awaited official notice of an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that upheld their position in an election contest. Mayor T. J. Walden said he would call a special election for a Board of Directors as soon as the court notice arrived, ending a bitter dispute that began with a Jackson Circuit Court victory for the manager forces on August 2.
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Newport
T. J. Walden
Arkansas Supreme Court
Walden
Supreme Court
Jackson Circuit Court
Plant Addition Plans Boost Size to 24 Acres
A 575000 square foot expansion would double the plant to 24 acres. The bonds would finance air conditioning, parking, and other needs, with 20 year lease payments covering the debt. Construction of the addition is slated to begin in September.
Loyalists Crush New Turk Revolt in Istanbul and Ankara
In Turkey, loyalist troops halted a second coup attempt led by ex-Colonel Talat Aydemir within hours. Martial law was proclaimed in Ankara Istanbul and Kamir as cadets from Turkey's West Point joined the uprising. Aydemir and 10 insurgents were arrested and await trial while seven people died and 23 were wounded in the capital during clashes. General Cevdet Sunay declared the attempt entirely crushed.
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Ankara
Istanbul
Kamir
Talat Aydemir
War College
Turkey
West Point
Radio Ankara
Aydemir
Cevdet Sunay
Turkish Armed Forces
Dawn
Iquid
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