Altitude Record Set by Balloonists Off Carrier
Two Navy officers on a balloon launched from the USS Antietam in the Gulf of Mexico soared to about 113500 feet about 136 miles south of Mobile Alabama. Cmdr Malcolm Ross piloted as the craft set a new record nearing 116000 feet while pilots eyed the Gulf Coast and Florida from the high vantage point.
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Gulf
Mobile
Ala
Cmdr
Malcolm Ross
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf States
New Orleans
Gulf Coast Line
South Pass
Mississippi River
Navy
Washington
Victor G. Prother
Bethesda
Naval Medical Institute
Ross
Pensacola
Fla
Antieam
Prather
America
Air Force
Joseph W. Kittinger Jr
Cape Canaveral
Charleston
S.C
Memphia
Tenn
Gaveston
Weather Sees Launch On Friday For Shepard Mission
Forecasts show improved weather with a greater than even chance of lift off for astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. from Cape Canaveral. The countdown begins with a final five to seven hour check, postponement previously due to storm fronts, and includes NASA tests on the Redstone capsule and a heart sensor system.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S. Space Agency Today
Alan B. Shepard Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Mercury
Cape Area
Navy
Shepard
John H. Glenn Jr
Redstone
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Agency
Burt North
John Powers
NASA
Powers
Glenn
Mercury
Floating Classroom Sinks In White Squall Tragedy
The Albatross, a student cruise ship, sank in a sudden white squall off Florida with five crew and students lost. Thirteen survivors were rescued by the freighter Gran Rio after a frantic effort to reach lifeboats.
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Tampa
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Charles
Tad) Sadler
Pittsford
N.Y
Tropics
Sadler
David
Tod) Johnstone
Stonington, Conn
Philip le Boutillier
Perrysburg
Ohio
Johnstone’s
Tod
Gran Rio
Surinam
Kingston
Jamaica
Tampa Bay
Christopher B Sheldon
Das
Laos Accepts Souvanna Invite for Peace Talks Near Vientiane
Laos government accepted ex Premier Souvanna Phouma's invitation to peace talks planned Friday near Hin Heup north of Vientiane. A military delegation will meet rebels to map an armistice line before political leaders convene, while Souvanna seeks neutralist leadership and Ban Namone as a potential venue. The talks face delays over military ceasefire details and field negotiations.
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Boun Oum
Hin Heup
Vientiane
Souvanna
Phoumi Nosavan
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Council of Representatives
Laos
Ban Namone
Clinic Provides Career Discussion For LHS Students
High school students are invited to a career discussion at the Bert Nash Clinic from 7 30 to 9 tonight. Dr Gary Lee will moderate with specialists in psychiatry psychology social work occupational therapy and teachers of the handicapped. Slides on mental health work will be shown and invited students from Lecompton Baldwin Eudora Haskell and Lawrence High will attend.
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Bert Nash Clinic
4Th and
Mo. Sts
Gary Lee
Winter Veterans Hospital
Lecompton
Baldwin
Eudora
Haskell
Lawrence High
Lee
Albert Moore
Evadne Laptad
Ted Matthews
June Smith
Henry Remple
Esther Twente
Bert Nash
Robert Johnson
William Binns
Jesse Milan
New York Stocks Close Higher With Gains Across Market
The New York stock averages finished higher with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 246.7, up 1.0, while several leading issues set new intra day highs amid broad strength across sectors.
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New York
Wage Bill Passes Senate and House Boosting Min Wage
President Kennedy wins a major reform as Congress approves the minimum wage bill 64 to 28 in the Senate and 230 to 196 in the House. The measure raises the wage to 1.15 in four months and 1.25 in two years, extending coverage to 3.6 million workers in retail and service sectors. Exemptions shield cotton gin, tobacco, and livestock sectors. Republicans bolster support, aiding the administration's comeback.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Congress
Senate
White House
Rain Expected This Evening and Friday in Lawrence
Rain is forecast in the Lawrence area with showers tonight and Friday. By noon this day, 0.2 inch had fallen and more is expected. Temperatures will rise slightly with lows around 45 to 50 and highs near 60.
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Lawrence Area
Ise Service As Officer Is Revealed
The history of the Lawrence humane movement traces to 1911 when Dr John Ise became humane officer at $20 a month. His early work focused on horses and cases of neglect, sparking city response to animal welfare.
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Ise Animal Shelter
East 19Th Street
The
Humane Society
Lawrence
John Ise
Kansas University
Ise
Morocco food program approved by Kennedy administration
The United States authorized a $17.8 million food-for-peace project for Morocco. Under the plan 200,000 tons of U S wheat will be used to pay wages for 200,000 Moroccan workers on economic development projects.
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Washington
United States
Morocco
White House
Kennedy
George McGovern
U.S
Dr John Patton resigns KU post to study abroad
Dr John Patton, director of the Westminster Student Center at Kansas University, announced his resignation effective May 31 1962. He will take a leave of absence Sept 1961 to May 1962 to study Near Eastern culture at American University in Beirut Lebanon before returning to teach and counsel at a college or university yet to be announced.
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John Patton
Westminster
Kansas University
Patton
12Th and
Oread Sts
Oread
Dale Rummer
Kansas Synod Committee
Christian Life Department
Ohio
Muskingum College
Oklahoma University
Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Service
Robert E. McCann Dies After Captivity in China
American businessman Robert E. McCann, held as a prisoner in Red China for ten years on espionage charges, died of cancer at age 60 almost a month after his release.
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Manila
Robert E. McCann
Red China
Plans Revealed For Park Plaza South Apartments In South Ridge
Plans announced for a 128 unit Park Plaza South apartments project in the South Ridge Plaza area with eight buildings and 64 units to start Monday 26th Street location one block east of Iowa. Ownership and financing involve Lawrence and Kansas City investors with Rex Parsons Builders’ Investment and Joe McCoskrie of Kansas City linked to other nearby developments. Units will feature brick and masonry two story construction with gardent viewing, some furnished carpeted and air conditioned interiors, rents from 85 dollars and up and off street parking.
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Joe McCoskrie
Kansas City
Southridge Plaza
MecCoskrie
McCoskrne
Builders
Rex Parsons
Lawrence
Park Plaza South
Russell Jones
26Th Street
Iowa
Southridge Plaza Development Corp
Mark Moore
Moore
Junior Olympics Events Planned for LHS Track
Lawrence High School hosts multiple junior olympics through May. Girls high school events begin May 12 at 3 30 pm, with elementary meets May 16 and 18 and junior high May 22. Events cover bantams 10 and under to intermediate 15.
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Lawrence
Installment Loans at Underwood Inv Co
Status: Advertised installment loan services at Underwood Investment Co located at 1117 Mass Avenue. Offers repayment plans and fixed terms for borrowers seeking personal financing through local lender channels.
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Underwood Inv. Co
Mass
Weather notes for Northeast Kansas forecast
Occasional rain and thunderstorms possible through Friday in northeast Kansas. Not as cool Friday with overnight lows around 45 to 50 and Friday highs near 60. Previous day reported high and low values, rainfall at .02 inches, and historic record highlights for the date.
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Kansas
P.u
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Gulf of Mex
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Robert Faulk
Rockledge Rd
Ien, Conn
N. Alice Sheldon
William Bunting
Cambridge
Bunting
Radcliffe College
Sheldon
George Ptadnik
California
Robert Wetherill
Robert Wetherill III
Media
Chris Corstine
Robert Corstine
Montreal
Canada
Rick Marsellus
Richard W. Marsellus
Newport Beach
Calif
John Goodlett
Max W. Goodlett
Arlington
Far East
Donald E. Huth
Souvanna Phouma
Invita
Tion
Pathet Lao
LHS
JFK
Army Air Force
Tulsa
Okla
South Ridge
South Ridge Plaza Area
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