Mercury Capsule Endurance Push Pushes Space Flight Limits
An analysis notes Mercury capsules growing beyond original three orbit limits. L Gordon Cooper Jr. poised for about 22 orbits in May with plans for possibly 70 orbits later this year. Scientists wrestle with tradeoffs between endurance and scientific payload in this evolving space program.
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Alvin B. Webb Jr
Cape Canaveral
UPI
United States
America
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
John H. Glenn Jr
J. Scott Carpenter
Mercury
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Brush and Building Fires Kill Six Across Region
A weekend of raging brush and building blazes killed at least six people, left hundreds homeless, and caused millions in damage from Maine to Virginia. Fires burned 350 homes and 300000 acres. Staten Island suffered ten square miles burned. state fire warden Bernard Bartlett called it the worst in 30 years.
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Weather Bureau
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Connecticut
New York State
Virginia
New Jersey
New York City
Staten Island
Bernard Bartlett
New York- New Jersey
Baltimore, Md
Biddeford
Maine
King George County
Foam Douses Blazing Oklahoma Gas Well
A gas well near Perryton Texas Oklahoma border burned for 24 hours, killing Donald C. Patchin and injuring G I Harvey and Marion J Ogden. Shamrock Oil Co owns the well which vents 20 million cubic feet daily. Foam finally smothered the blaze as firefighters faced intense heat and debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perryton
Texas - Oklahoma
Shamrock Oil Co
Shamrock
Supreme Court Meets Washington In April Session
The Supreme Court meets today to hand down decisions and orders before the second week of arguments in the April session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Court
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Estes Raps Segregation in Montgomery Visit
Texas financier Billie Sol Estes denounces segregation as un Christian and un American during a visit to three Montgomery Negro churches. Estes, a Church of Christ lay minister, spoke after arriving as guest of Fred Gray who defends many NAACP cases. He was sentenced to 15 years for mail fraud, appeals bond pending. He told a Holt Street crowd that a future judgment day will not have segregated crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Fred Gray
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gray
Church of Christ
Nashville
Tenn
Holt Street Church of
Mail Delivery To Be Curtailed In Wichita Region
The Wichita Postal Region warns that mail service in Wichita Omaha Oklahoma City Tulsa and Kansas City Kan could be sharply curtailed unless the senate restores a funds appropriation. Delivery to tenants in new areas may stop after today without the 8.34 million supplemental grant, while Postmaster General Day considers a hiring freeze as an alternative.
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Wichita, Kan
UPI
Wichita
Senate
Post
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Kansas City
Kan
Charles W. Shoemake
House
J. Edward Day
Day
Boat Capsizes Nine Saved on Mohawk Lake
A Sunday afternoon pleasure outing on Mohawk Lake near Tulsa ended safely when a 14 foot boat carrying Richard Z. Robinson, his wife, and six children with operator Tom Carl Mains capsized. No one was injured and all aboard were rescued before firemen arrived.
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Tulsa
APS
Mohawk Lake
Richard Z. Robinson
Tom Carl Mains
Brighton Sunday Aims to Challenge Stereotypes of Cooks
The event argues cooks are not fat or lazy, countering public perception. Organizers emphasize skill, discipline, and dedication in the culinary profession during a community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
New Laos Fight Not Surprising to Asia Experts
Asia observers expected renewed fighting in Laos after last year's shaky truce. Britain resists fresh Geneva talks while Russia hesitates, as Maoist China and Moscow weigh risks of renewed diplomacy. The core issue remains how to sustain a stable Laos as a corridor between China and Southeast Asia.
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Laos
Britain
London
Geneva
Russia
Red China
Moscow
China
Southeast Asia
Controversial Hans Globke Seeks Retirement in Fall
Hans Globke, a longtime aide to West German leader Konrad Adenauer who drafted commentary to Hitler’s racial laws, plans to retire this fall despite Adenauer’s objections. Globke, 64, has faced repeated resignations and violent criticism from Communists and Socialists, but Adenauer has kept him on until now.
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Hans Globke
Globke
Konrad Adenauer
Hitler
Adenauer
Germany
In Japan Local Elections Conservatives and Socialists Claim Victory
Rival claims of victory emerge after last week's local elections in Japan as the government conservatives and the opposition Socialists tout wins. The Democratic Socialist Party admits losses as its local assembly seats fall from 135 to 86 amid a squeeze between blocs.
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Japan
Democratic Socialist Party
Democratic Socialists
Disarmament Conference Considers Break in Geneva
Delegates from 17 nations at the Geneva disarmament talks weigh a one month vacation after an Easter session without progress. Neutral delegations push to stay in session while US and USSR reportedly favor a break in late May or early June to reassess.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Rehabilitation Conference Set in Norman Oklahoma
The first joint annual conference of the southwest area of the Oklahoma Health and Welfare Association and Oklahoma Rehabilitation Association titled New Horizons for the Disabled will be held Thursday at the Center for Continuing Education in Norman. Attendees from Lawton include counselors Floyd Wood Ralph Hunter and Johnny Grider from the Vocational Rehabilitation Division Dr Ted Stephens psychologist and ORA Southwest Area chair Dr Charles Green city health director Major Harold Davis Lawton Salvation Army speaker Voyle C Scurlock Oklahoma Vocational Rehabilitation service director and past National Rehabilitation Association leader.
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Southwest
Oklahoma Health and Welfare Association
Oklahoma Rehabilitation Association
Center For Continuing Education
Norman
Lawton
Floyd Wood
Ralph Hunter
Johnny Grider
Ted Stephens
ORA
Charles Green
Harold Davis
Lawton Salvation Army
Voyle C. Scurlock
Oklahoma Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Aeon
National Rehabilitation Sociation
Heat Wave Records Tumble Across Plains And Rockies
Heat waves sweep the southern plains while heavy snow piles in the Rockies and northern states. Record warmth hits Oklahoma City 90, Springfield Missouri 93, Presidio Texas 100, Ely Nevada four inches of snow, and storms threaten with hail and tornadoes.
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Plains
United Press International
Rockies
Midwest
Los Angeles
Wyoming
Colorado
Lander
Wyo
Rocky Chain
Lamar
Jamestown
Ind
Illinois
Missouri
Pawnee
Oklahoma City
Springfield
The
Mercury
Nixon and Kennedy Split Over Cuba Invasion Debate
AP analysis notes Nixon and Kennedy share vague stance on removing communism from Cuba. It recalls campaign contradictions on intervention, the 1961 invasion, and Nixon’s later admission in Six Crises that he favored invasion all along while concealing it during the 1961 race.
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Nixon
Kennedy
Cuba
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Khrushchev
United States
Fidel Castro
U.N
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Eisenhower
Subscription Rates For Morning Press And Constitution
Subscription rates payable in advance for morning and Sunday editions, with carrier and mail options across various counties. Includes prices for Constitution Press and Sunday, morning only, and weekend delivery, plus special notes on short-term and out-of-state rates and a 2 percent state sales tax.
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Constitution
Constitution Press
Comanche
Cotton
Tillman
Kiowa
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Jackson
Mo. Mo
Const Press & Sun
Oklahoma & Lawton
Last Jailed Americans Leave Cuba After Clemency Move
The final 27 Americans held in Cuba awaited a “freedom flight” to the United States as New York attorney James B. Donovan said his year long mission to free prisoners and Cuban refugees was accomplished. The group joins 1,000 more refugees set to depart later this week, bringing total evacuees to over 5,000.
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Havana
UPI
Cuba
United States
New York
James B. Donovan
Donovan
Fidel Castro
U.S
Castro
American Red Cross
Rudolph Abel
Nilet Francis Gary Powers
Isle of Pines
Bear mauls trainer at Sheums Circus in Hong Kong
Polar bear attacked trainer Miss Sheum Yue-Kwei daughter of the circus owner during a show in Hong Kong as hundreds watched. She was in serious condition with possible loss of her left arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPI
Sheums
Sheum Yue-Kwei
Asthma Formula Becomes Available Without Prescription
The asthma formula most prescribed by doctors for private patients is now available without a prescription. Medical tests show it stops attacks in minutes and provides hours without recurrence of spasms. It is touted as a leading, safe prescription when used as directed and may be sold without a prescription in many states.
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New York
N. Y
Primatene Tablets Offer Night Relief From Asthma
Primatene tablets open bronchial tubes loosen congestion and relieve nervous tension without injections. The secret is a full prescription strength combination of three medicines each with a special purpose aimed to stop asthma distress and promote sleep. Primatene 98¢ at any drugstore.
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Southwest Chemical Co
Asia
William J. Fox
Sneed
Pnes
Sneed Acres
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Ohio
Tennessee
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
Sierra Range
New England
Grees
Presidio
Tex
Ely
Nev
Austin
Los Angeles County
Palmdale
Calif
Utah
Salt Lake
By James Marlow
Associated Press News
Geronimo
Geronimo Properties, Inc
Bermuda
Clement’s Garden Center
Cache Road
Bond
Ee Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc
Bordstown
Nelson County
Kentucky
Citas
Ene
Asnesleains
Bear Mauls
Cooper Automotive
City National
4Th & D
Lawton- Free
F.d.lc
FBLC
Uwa
Discount Department Store
Lawton, Okla
Holsey’s
Ralph Helf
Mark Barker
Okla
RCA Victor
W.T
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