Mercury diary tapes reveal Cooper lone orbiting flight
NASA released inboard tape recordings of L Gordon Cooper Jr s 22 day Mercury mission. The abstract shows Cooper narrating his solo ascent and descent in the single pilot cabin as the era ends with the spacecraft program. Parts of the transcript may be garbled and the full record is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
U.S
Space Agency
Cooper
Houston
Tex
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Major Cooper
Himalayas
Red
China
Wally
Schirra
Orion
John
Glenn
Third Negro Enrolls At Alabama U
A 27 year old Negro scientist enrolled for post graduate work at the University of Alabama system. Justice Department officials assisted McGlathery in registering at the extension center while troopers watched to prevent interference with the federal order. He will attend two nights a week and paid a $60 fee for Introduction to Atomic Physics. Vivian Malone and James Hood also enrolled at Tuscaloosa this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
University of Alabama
U.S. Department of Justice
Dave
Mack) McGlathery
University Extension Center
George C. Wallace
Tuscaloosa
McGlathery
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Here
Vivian Malone
James A. Hood
Semitrailer crash kills girl in Duluth two wrecked cars
A loaded semitrailer lost control on a steep Duluth hill killing six year old Anne Vomastek of Aurora and injuring 16 others. The truck owned by Hill and Dale Farms of Guthrie, Minnesota sped 80 to 100 mph before crashing into buildings and cars on Piedmont and Superior Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minnesota
UPI
Minn
Anne Vomastek
Aurora
Hill and Dale Farms
Guthrie
Max Hites
Bemidji
Donovan Hites
Piedmont Avenue
Superior Street
Milton Simons
St. Paul
Good Leads In Search For Evers Killer
Police and federal agents pursued strong leads in Jackson Mississippi the search for Medgar Evers killer. Chief M B Pierce stated we have some good leads while Charles Evers widow urged continued fight for racial equality amid rising tensions. Opposition plans and guard activity at Ole Miss were noted as troops remained on campus outside Baxter Hall where James Meredith and Cleve McDowell live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Medgar W. Evers
M.B Pierce
Ivers
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Baxter Hall
James Meredith
Cleve McDowell
Meredith
Ole Miss
Evers
NAACP
Jackson State
Family of 20 formed by Milwaukee marriage
AP reports a 42 year old widower Howard L. Landry and 35 year old widowed mother Elizabeth M. Garms plan a June 22 wedding at St Philip Neai Roman Catholic Church in Milwaukee to unite their blended families totaling 20 children. Attendants will be Linda 15 and John 14. Post wedding they will live at Landry's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Howard L. Landry
Elizabeth M. Garms
Mary
Time to Close Ranks Civil Rights Bill Promised
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson told newsmen in Milwaukee that President Kennedy will offer an effective civil rights bill and Congress will pass it. He urged solving the racial problem and condemned violence while noting Medgar Evers death as tragic. Johnson met Gov. Reynolds and GFWC leaders, spoke after a Kennedy Eisenhower meeting, and said the nation must end disenfranchisement and wait no longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Dixie
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Congress
Russell
Supreme Court
White House
House
Jackson
Miss
Aaron Henry
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Medgar W. Evers
Robert F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
National Council of
Andrew T. Hatcher
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hatcher
Milwaukee
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Women's Club
Eisenhower
Birmingham
University of Alabama
Johnson
Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds
Dexter Otis Arnold
Washington, D.C
Lady Bird
Milwaukee Auditorium
Johnsons
Two Die in Brainard Area Car Crash On County Road
A two car collision seven miles southeast of Brainerd Minnesota killed Peter Mogensen who ran a South Long Lake resort and his sister in law Mrs Fred Mogensen both in their 60s. Larence Chisholm age 18 of rural Brainerd drove a car that collided head on and was critically injured. Mrs Peter Mogensen 60 was listed in poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd
Minn
Here
Peter Mogensen
South Long Lake
Fred Mogensen
Crow Wing
Mogensen
Larence Chisholm
False alarm over British submarine off New England coast
A temporary loss of communications aboard the British submarine Artemis triggered a Boston Coast Guard sinking report about 700 miles off the coast. Navy officials said the alert was issued to ships in the area but canceled after the truth emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Artemis
Coast Guard
Navy
Newport
R.I
Talbot Peterson named Wisconsin GOP chairman in Madison
Talbot Peterson 41 of Appleton won the 28 member Republican executive committee ballot to become state chairman in Madison. He defeated Carl Steiger and Floyd Springer after seven ballots. Peterson plans to visit county chairmen and push a stronger party HQ role in campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Talbot Peterson
Appleton
Peterson
Claude Jasper
Carl Steiger
Oshkosh
University Board of Regents
Floyd Springer
Racine
Jasper
Philip G. Kuehn
Kuehn
GOP
Steiger
The
Valley Iron Works Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Barbour
Alabama U
Space
Africa
Atlas Mountains
South Indian Ocean
Erfront
Lawrence K. McChesney
Cornell
Wis
Vomastek
John Vomastek
Edwin Erickson
Gail
Bessemer
Mich
Ericksons
Anne
Knife River
Walter F. Bakker
Renville
Wallace C. Rydin
Bakker
Katherine
Senators
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
George Smathers
D-Fla
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Carl Albert
Okla
Hale Boggs
D-La
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Leslie Arends
R-Ill
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Medgar Evers
Los Angeles
Althea Simmons
Gus Courts
George W. Lee
Lee
Bel- See
LBJ
United States
Gen
Lyndon Johnson
John Reynolds
Federation
Springer
Peterson-Steiger
Man
France
Red Cross
Isabella Grewe
Eau Claire
Emily Baldwin
Wisconsin Rapids
Dorothy Krohn
Ray Jondahl
John Hough
Janesville
UPI Telephoto
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!