NASA Director Won’t Approve Mercury Flight
NASA Director James E Webb showed reluctance to a Project Mercury flight lasting up to 100 hours. He favored ending Mercury and proceeding with Gemini apparatus to orbit two men in about 18 months, though no final decision was announced.
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Washington
UPI
Space Agency
James E. Webb
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Webb
Mercury
Walter C. Williams
Manned Spacecraft Center
Andrian Nikolayev
Cooper
Williams
Funeral Rites Held for Robert L Thompson
Funeral services for Robert Lee Thompson 70 of 204 Columbia were held at Becker Memorial chapel after he died Sunday in an Oklahoma City hospital following a long illness. Rev. Carl Summer officiated. Burial with a military funeral followed at Highland cemetery Amerian Legion section. Sfc John W Flewellen led the firing party. Pfc Daniel Callison played taps. honor guards included Arthur Maxberry Royce D Ramsey Jr Lowry Whitehead American Legion Post. Bearers: Paul Dunbar Eddie Gaskins John Newman A J Peck Worley Adair Blair Taliaferro.
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Robert Lee Thompson
Columbia
Oklahoma City
Becker Memorial Chapel
Carl Summer
First Church of the Nazarene
American Legion
Highland Cemetery
Sfc
John W. Flewellen
34Th Artillery Brigade
Daniel Callison
97Th Army Band
Arthur Maxberry
Royce D. Ramsey Jr
Lowry Whitehead
Teen causes crash while kissing girl friend in Bloomington
Richard F. Thomas, 17, kissed his 16 year old girlfriend and lost control of his car crashing into a pole in Bloomington. The girlfriend and another teenage passenger were slightly injured. Police said the crash caused a cut lip and several broken teeth for Thomas.
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Bloomington
Calif
UPI
Richard F. Thomas
Thomas
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