Troops Remain Poised as Birmingham Burns Toward Tense Night
Federal observers said Birmingham's racial atmosphere is improving but troops stay ready for rapid trouble. A lone picket outside the army command post was arrested for parading without a permit. President Kennedy ordered 3,000 riot trained troops into the area after pre-dawn riots that injured 22 and burned a city block following two racial bombings.
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Jerry Dutton
National States Rights Party
Cuba
Alabama
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Radar glitch delays Cooper 22 orbit space flight
A radar malfunction and a bulky diesel engine delayed L Gordon Cooper's planned 22 orbit flight around Earth by at least 24 hours. Mercury Headquarters warned Pacific conditions looked favorable but Atlantic weather could disrupt the 34 hour mission, leaving Cooper with only 12 minutes to launch if cleared.
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Cape Canaveral
Cooper
NASA
Fla
UPI
America
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Mercury
Pacific
Atlantic
Wesley Frederick Wins Big SUN Game Prize Then Misses Reward
Wesley D. Frederick wins a large SUN contest prize package worth about $20 000 including an automobile and an ocean trip but cannot claim it. He is a U S Navy Seabee stationed in Adak Alaska serving with Mobil Construction Battalion 10 and was away during the prize announcement. He explains travel costs and duty kept him from accepting and hopes to participate again, noting the Seabee’s service and his disagreement with disqualification.
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Wesley Frederick
SUN
Wesley
Frederick
Sam
U.S. Navy
Ag Seabee
Adak
Alaska
Nevada Power President Dies at 65 in Palo Alto
Reid Gardner, president of Nevada Power Company, died Monday night at Palo Alto Stanford Hospital in California. He was 65 and had served nine years as chief executive officer here. Gardner was elected chairman of the board in May 1962 and spent almost forty years in the electric utility industry. He began his career in 1924 with Michigan Bell, rising from clerk to supervisor before leaving in 1930.
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Reid Gardner
Nevada Power Company
Palo Alto Stanford Hospital
Palo Alto
Calif
Gardner
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
General Commercial Supervisor
Relief Crisis Triggers Hunger Aid Stampede in Chicago
Thousands of relief recipients besieged thirty neighborhood distribution centers in Illinois amid a Public Aid crisis. Shoppers gathered for federal surplus foods, with most crowds orderly, but a TV cameraman was attacked and his gear stolen at a point where nearly 1,000 people pressed for food.
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Chicago
UPS
Variable Cloudy Skies With Warm Southwest Winds
Weather report notes variable cloudiness and southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. High near 88 and a low around 60. Yesterday peaked at 89 with a 65 low. Noontime humidity and sunrise and sunset times listed.
Culinary Local 226 Election Sparks Confidence Vote at Polls
Thousands of Culinary Workers Local No. 226 cast ballots at union headquarters in a closely watched election. At press time about 3,500 ballots were counted with two hours left. 8,000 members exist. Bramlet leads Shue for secretary treasurer, while Ben Schmoutey nears victory for president.
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Commerce
New York
al Bramlet
Luther Shue
Perspiring Astronaut Unruffled After Space Ride Scrub
L. Gordon Cooper, 36, spent 5 hours 5 minutes in his capsule in Hangar S awaiting liftoff. He quipped that they would try again tomorrow after a scrub order arrived 12 minutes before launch. He stayed smiling despite the delay and the sweaty 20-pound suit.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
UPI
L. Gordon Cooper
Air Force
Hangar S
Cooper
X-15 Flight Probes Heat in Edge of Space Test
Edwards AFB Calif. test flight by Air Force Maj. Bob Rushworth pushes the X-15 toward its space record as it roars to near edge altitude to study heating from air friction during reentry. The mission aims to gauge heat buildup for future high speed runs.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
APL
Air Force
Bob Rushworth
Rushworth
Helldorado Weekend Wrapup Builds to Climax at Cashman Field
The 29th annual Helldorado weekend shifts toward a climax with a public barbecue at 6 p.m. at Cashman Field and a 6:45 parachute jump by Thunderbird Sky Divers weather permitting. The Helldorado Village and Kraft Carnival run daily from 1 p.m. The first evening rodeo at Cashman Field is Thursday at 8 p.m. with a Sunday 4 p.m. ABC telecast.
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Thunderbird
Abc-Tv
Las Ve
US Lets European Air Fare Increase Stand
The U S government backed a five percent rise in Atlantic air fares approved by IATA and sought to limit future changes. President Kennedy proposed a bill to allow the CAB to roll fares back and regulate foreign airlines after three days of the higher rates taking effect. Congress and critics charged the administration with folding under European pressure.
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UPI
U.S
North Atlantic
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Trans World
Pan American World Airways
International Air Transport Association
IATA
Kennedy
Congress
TWA
Pan Am
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Russian Trawler Fleet Steams Past Canaveral
Three Russian fishing trawlers were spotted off the Florida coast but the Coast Guard said they moved on beyond the three mile limit toward Cuba at normal speed. The Coast Guard noted at least 30 Russian trawlers have recently used this route and found no cause for alarm.
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Miami
UPS
Florida
Coast Guard
Canaveral
Cuba
Paul
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