Space Journey Postponed After Bermuda Radar Failure
Cape Canaveral on hold as L Gordon Cooper Jr 36 leads Mercury mission delaying for radar issues in Bermuda. Officials plan a new launch window between 7 and 9 30 a m Wednesday with weather similar to today and a full recovery fleet on standby.
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Project Mercury
Outer Space
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Atlas
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Birmingham in Uncertainty as Troops Stand Ready
Chaos and fear grip Birmingham as 3,000 troops stand by amid nightly violence. Two whites and several blacks hurt. two suspects arrested in assaults on officers. reports of bombings and property damage across the city.
Impatient launch delay at Cape Canaveral over diesel snag
At Cape Canaveral a diesel engine failed to start delaying a Mercury launch. Fuel impurities in the line and pump required replacement and purging as L Gordon Cooper Jr waited in the Mercury capsule. The 123 foot, 450 ton service tower sits ready on rails awaiting clearance.
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Mercury
Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Mercury Control Center
Fire destroys large farm equipment plant in Kansas City
A massive blaze at a Fairfax district farm equipment plant in Kansas City Kansas forced 50 workers to flee. Firefighters battled nine companies as flames rose 50 feet above the roof, with losses estimated at about 2 million in parts. The cause was not known.
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Kansas City, Kan
Fairfax District
Minneapolis- Moline Farm Equipment . Co
Former Senator McGill Dies in Wichita at 84
Former U S Senator George McGill aged 84 died early today at St Francis Hospital Wichita after a heart ailment. A Kansas Democrat, he was the state s first to be elected to the Senate twice. Born 1879 in Lucas County Iowa he moved to Kansas as a child and later studied law. He won his first Senate term in 1930 to fill an unexpired term and was reelected in 1932 defeating Gov. Ben Paulen.
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Wichita
U. S
George McGill
St. Francis Hospital
McGill
Kansas
Senate
Ben Paulen
LHS Drive-In Concert by Lawrence High School Band
The Lawrence High School Band presents a 7 30 pm drive in concert in the LHS parking lot with weather backup in the auditorium. Audience members may remain in their cars to listen while Charles Kassinger directs.
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Lawrence High School
LHS
Charles Kassinger
Weather Outlook Warm Humid with Scattered Showers Northeast Kansas
Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected tonight with warm humid and cloudy conditions. Wednesday will be warm near 90 degrees with mid 60s overnight lows. Temperature readings show early morning lows around 60s and highs near 84 to 92 in prior years.
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Registration For Small Wheat Operators Ends Monday
Voters in Douglas County about 945 residents are now eligible with 380 signed up, plus 565 farmers automatically eligible. The 15 acre rule excludes some, but many farms are under that threshold. Polls open May 21 from 8 am to 8 pm at nine local voting locations.
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Eben Farley
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
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Africa
Clinton Township
Eudora City Hall
Grant School
Kanwaka Township
Lecompton City Hall
Marion Township
Baldwin Legion
Willow Springs Township
Desegregation clashes in Nashville raise tensions downtown
Negro students clashed with police and rock throwing whites in a two hour downtown demonstration demanding desegregation of all public accommodations. A shotgun blast damaged a home of H E Braden, executive vice president of the Nashville Christian Leadership Council, but no injuries. Police arrested five, two hospitalizations reported as violence erupted near segregated restaurants and the city jail. Mayor Briley sought a biracial peace accord as leaders planned another meeting.
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Nashville
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Civic Auditorium
H. E. Braden
Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Wescoe to Lead KU Sunday Pops in Hoch Auditorium
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will conduct the KU Sunday Pops program with an 80 member chorus and 70 member orchestra for one number. Vice chancellors George Smith and Keith Lawton will assist briefly as other faculty finance the event with formal dining and root beer service.
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Hoch Auditorium
Journal-World Photo
George Smith
Keith Lawton
Mt. Dread
Wescoe
Robert Baustian
Clayton Krehbiel
Conductor Baustian
Neal Wherry Day Honors Lawrence High School Leader
Lawrence High School today celebrated Neal M. Wherry for more than 25 years as principal with a day proclaimed in his honor. Students and staff presented gifts including a red blazer, a lifetime activity pass, cuff links, a special jacket, and LHS china as tributes to the retiring administrator.
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Wherry
Lawrence High School
Neal M. Wherry
Lawrence
Alan Hitt
John Ames
Wayne Nelson
Mare Lhs
LHS
Marilyn West
Jill Perry
Ken Whitenight
Gary Ray
Scattered Rain Expected In Lawrence Area
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast to develop tonight in the Lawrence area and continue into Wednesday. Expect variable cloudiness and high humidity with temperatures around 90 on Wednesday and mid 60s tonight. No precipitation figures given, but storm warnings are in effect for north central Kansas.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Pool Feasibility Study At Lawrence High
A committee examining the feasibility of an indoor-outdoor pool at Lawrence High School held its initial meeting. Dr. Carl Knox announced members should gather information for a second meeting in mid summer to discuss findings. The group will review legal, engineering, financial aspects and workability. Members include Larry Heeb Ethan Allen Harold Horn Olin Petefish Milo Stucky Don Robertson and Dr. Knox.
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Lawrence High School
Carl Knox
Larry Heeb
Ethan Allen
Kansas University Government Research Center
Harold Horn
Olin Petefish
Milo Stucky
Kansas University
Don Robertson
Knox
Hungerford KU entomology professor dies at 77
Dr. Herbert Barker Hungerford emeritus professor and former entomology chair at Kansas University died Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital at age 77 after a week of illness. He was a renowned authority on aquatic and semi aquatic waterbugs and was to receive KU's Citation for Distinguished Service to Mankind posthumously. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Frances and daughter Mrs Andrew Hamilton, five grandchildren named Anne and Martha Hamilton, and other relatives. Born 1885 in Mahaska Kansas, Hungerford joined KU in 1909 after teacher training at Emporia State, earned A B 1911 A M 1913 PhD Cornell 1918.
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Kansas University Entomology
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Alumni Association
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John Ise
Trinity Episcopal Church
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Rumsey
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Frances Kenney
Paola
Crescent Rd
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Anne Hungerford Hamilton
Martha Frances Hamilton
Mahaska
Kan
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Cornell
Emporia State College
Haddam
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