Cooper Space Flight Ends With Calm Return to Earth
Astronaut Gordon Cooper, after an 84 hour orbital mission, landed safely 96 miles southeast of Midway Island aboard the USS Kearsarge. Officials called his condition normal with brief wooziness, and he praised lessons learned for future extended space operations.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Honolulu
Cooper Reception By JFK Delayed
Washington AP Gordon Cooper’s White House reception with President Kennedy is delayed 24 hours to Tuesday for more breathing time after his 34 hour spaceflight. Pierre Salinger says the rose garden ceremony will start at 1015 a.m. CST Tuesday. Cooper will rest Monday and attend a news conference Sunday at Cape Canaveral.
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White House
Air Force
Pierre Salinger
Rose Garden
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Salinger
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Andrews Air Force Base
Fair Weather Is Due on Saturday
Gentle and scattered Thursday showers added moisture to Lawrence. The forecast calls for fair mild weather through Saturday with a low near 50 tonight and a Saturday high in the 70s. May has 2.42 inches of rain, the wettest month since September 1962, when 6.27 inches fell. Thursday rain totaled .07 inches, then .18 inches in the evening. Wednesday brought .68 inches of rain and wind damage.
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Lawrence
Astonishing Open Lanes Tonight Hillcrest Bow Adv
Open lanes event headlines Hillcrest bowling alley on Friday night with ads promoting special raffles and prizes. Local business marketing uses vivid language to draw crowds and players to the venue.
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Hillcrest Bow
Officials Unworried By Control Failure In Mercury Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Mercury officials expressed confidence in Gordon Cooper as pilot after his spacecraft auto control system failed during 29 hours 40 minutes of flight. Flight Director Chris Kraft said Cooper was in good shape and could still perform retrofire manually or by fly by wire. Ground tests and gyroscope checks were used to verify attitude systems after a dim panel light indicated potential reentry issues.
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Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Space
Glenn
Japan
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Roger
Project Mercury
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Chris Kraft
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John Glenn
Guenter Wendt
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
G. F. Wendt
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Wendt
Gordo Cooper
Outdoor Display Draws Crowd in Downtown Lawrence
Downtown Lawrence’s Outdoor Living display drew a sizable crowd despite bad weather. Merchants reported strong activity along the 800 block of Massachusetts Street, with one shopkeeper calling it the busiest Thursday night shopping event of the year. The Bermuda shorts contest was canceled as few men wore Bermudas, and plans for a possible rescheduled contest were not announced as the show continues through Saturday.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Stock Market Closes Up on New York Averages
Official page report shows closing average for 60 stocks at 273.6, up 0.4, marking a New York 1963 high as market indices edge higher.
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New York
Prayer on Carrier After Flight Aboard USS Kearsarge
A Protestant chaplain led a prayer of thanksgiving aboard the carrier as astronaut Gordon Cooper returned from space. The broadcast praised Cooper's safe return and mentioned Cooper's daughters and Mrs. Cooper. NASA's flight dynamics officer Cal Huss credited a one second countdown adjustment that saved miles in landing.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Kearsarge
17-year-old inmate slashes wrists at Douglas County jail
Charles Edward Eldson, 17, of Gardner Route 1, was rushed to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 3:25 p.m. after apparently attempting suicide by slashing both wrists with a razor blade. Sheriff Fred Brooker said the blade's source was unknown. Eldson, jailed on forgery charges, was not believed to have lost much blood and was in good condition.
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Charles Edward Eldson
Route 1
Gardner
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Fred Brooker
Eldson
Eidson
Kennedy Wins Major Farm Vote With Feed Grains Bill
Senate passage of the administration feed grains control bill gives President Kennedy a decisive farm victory ahead of a wheat controls referendum. The 45 to 35 vote over two years of voluntary controls on corn and livestock feed grains followed GOP attempts to delay. The measure, now to be signed into law, allows wheat farmers to plant other feed grains while diverting land from wheat and aims to reduce production and government stocks.
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Kennedy
House
Armed Forces Day events sweep Kansas area bases
Armed Forces Day events unfold with open houses at Forbes Air Base in Topeka Ft Leavenworth and Richards-Gebaur near Kansas City. Displays include B 47 RB 47 and U 6A missiles and a Golden Knights parachute show. Intercept by F 102 jets and ROTC drill team highlight Richards-Gebaur Sunday events.
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Topeka
National Guard
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Army
Golden Knights
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U. S
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Kansas University
Lawrence High to graduate 319 seniors in late May
Lawrence High School will award diplomas to 319 seniors in its 89th commencement. The event will start May 28 at Hoch Auditorium, with Kansas University Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe delivering the address. Baccalaureate is set for May 26 at 4 p.m. in the campus auditorium with Rev. M C Allen delivering the sermon.
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Frank J. Brown
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Floyd E. Huff
Full Gospel Christian Assembly
Terry McCluggage
Rumsey Funeral Home Ad Promotes Chapel of Spaciousness
An advertisement on page 2 highlights Rumsey Funeral Home offerings with a chapel described as spacious and beautiful. Contact VI3-5111L for details and services.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Citizen Group Will Glimpse Master Plan Next Tuesday
More than 100 Lawrence citizens will view the first preliminary report on the citys comprehensive planning effort Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Lawrence High Schools Little Theater John Cofer of Harland Bartholomew Associates will present base maps land use zoning streets and population analyses The plan aims to guide Lawrence growth through 1985 with a final report due in August 1964 and subcommittee studies through fall and winter by 1964
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
City Commission
Harland Bartholomew & Associates
St. Louis
John Cofer
Northeast Kansas Weather Outlook Through Saturday
Fair conditions dominate with cooler nights expected, tonight's low near five degrees and Saturday's high around the mid sixties. The report includes daily temperature readings and past records, plus a note on the A A U W House Beautiful tour scheduled May 19 from 2 to 5 p.m.
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