Delayed Cooper flight postponement disappoints family
In Taylor Lake Village near Houston Astronaut L Gordon Cooper delays. His wife Truday calls the postponement a disappointment as daughters Camala 14 and Janita 13 attend Webster Junior High. NASA official Dave Schwartz says no statement from Mrs Cooper until flight completion.
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Taylor Lake Village
Tex
UPI
L. Gordon Cooper
Truday
Camala
Janita
Webster Junior High School
Coopers
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Bermuda Radar Fault Delays Cooper 22 Orbit Space Flight
Astronaut L Gordon Cooper Jr. delays his 22 orbit mission after Bermuda radar trouble. Officials plan a new launch window between 8 a m and 10 30 a m Wednesday with weather similar to today. The radar dish determines orbital path and safety.
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Gordon Cooper
Joe Schmidt
Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Bermuda
Walter C. Williams
Project Mercury
Williams
Tecumseh Mourns Delayed Gordon Cooper Flight
In Tecumseh Oklahoma Mrs Hattie Cooper sighs over Gordon Cooper delaying his Atlas mission due to a faulty radar. The family waited since 4 40 am amid diesel and gantry trouble with neighbors and local clergy watching as Tecumseh and Fletcher honor the paused lift off.
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Hattie Cooper
Gordon Cooper
Orena Herd
Oklahoma
Cooper
Shawnee
Okla
City OKs U S 277 Rogers Lane interchange plan
City council approves preliminary plan to build an interchange on U S 277 at Rogers Lane to improve safety and bring the route toward interstate standards from Wichita Falls to Joplin. The action includes right‑of‑way needs and street improvement district adjustments amid other agenda items.
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U. S. 277
Rogers Lane
Wichita Falls
Tex
Joplin
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Wayne Gilley
14Th
Gore
3Rd Elrod
Redistricting Turned Down Again by Comanche County Board
Comanche county commissioners again refused a petition to redraw district lines. Ebisch failed to get a second on his motion to follow the citizens petition after receiving Census Bureau data on Lawton area populations. A mandamus suit seeks to compel redistricting under state statute.
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Comanche County
Robert Ebisch
Central District
Ebisch
James Ash
R. F
Ike) Myers
U. S. Census Bureau
Lawton
Aftenoon
Census Bureau
Senator Charges Fare Surrender in Atlantic Routes
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson said the United States capitulates on Atlantic air fares as the State Department prepares to announce a 5 percent round trip fare increase. He noted American carriers would be directed to enforce the higher fares amid Kennedy’s push for Civil Aeronautics Board authority to regulate international fares.
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Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
United States
Atlantic
Magnuson
State Department
Department
White House
Kennedy
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Board
Birmingham Braces as Troops Await Riots
In Birmingham Alabama tension remains high as 3,000 combat troops stand by within striking distance amid scattered violence. Two Negro suspects face assault charges while a white youth and a Negro man suffer injuries from a knife and a steel ball. President Kennedy orders federal troops. Governor Wallace disputes legality and weighs a federal injunction.
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Jack Stillman
Birmingham
Ala
Carl Ivory
B. F. Walker
Erskine Browning
Walker
Ivory
Jack N. Spivey
R. E. Lambert
Gaston Motel
Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Lee Birmingham
Seniors Present Victory Bell at Lawton High
Lawton High seniors unveiled a large Victory Bell to the school at a farewell assembly. Ken Clardy handed the bell to assistant principal Bob Roundtree, who accepted it as a future LHS tradition. The event also named the key club as LHS club of the year and highlighted senior memories and performances.
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Lawton High School
Bob Roundtree
Ken Clardy
Clardy
LHS
Wes Hamm
National Thespian Society
The
Future Famers of America
Storms Damage Parts of State Across Oklahoma
Severe weather swept through a wide area with strong winds, heavy rain, and hail. Oklahoma City reports 75 mph winds breaking plate glass and cutting power lines while rainfall totals reach up to 1.53 inches in Watonga and other towns report variable amounts. Highs were forecast in the 84 to 94 range with lows in the 60s.
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Oklahoma
Mercury
U. S
Lawson
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
Bureau
Watonga
Shawnee
el Reno
Wetumka
Seminole
McAlester
Lawton
Just Getting To Fun Part Says Gordo
Astronaut L Gordon Cooper said he was "just getting to the real fun part" after spending 5 hours 51 minutes in his capsule before a scrub canceled the space ride. Cooper, an Oklahoma born Air Force major, sighed at the last minute delay and vowed to try again tomorrow.
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Cooper
Air Force
Atlas
Bermuda
APE Canaveral
UPI
L. Gordon Cooper
Danger S
John A
Shorty) Powers
Strike Threat To Be Studied In Oklahoma City
Gov. Bellmon will not personally intervene in a threatened strike by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union against Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co. He will appoint three members to the state board of arbitration and conciliation to study the dispute. Tulsa district director Robert M. Bickel says a fact finding committee will be named. About 300 union members are involved. the company serves 50 Oklahoma cities and 240,000 consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
UPS
Henry Bellman
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co
Board of Arbitration
Robert M. Bickel
Tulsa
Bickel
Bellmon
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Oklahoma Cities
Lawton
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Mrs. Cooper
U.S
Rogers
Sue Anna Lewis
Jan Burt
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Sandy Butcher
Joddi Stephens
Assembly
Carol Waudooah
Jan Loomis
Linda Lee
Terry Tibbets
Gail Bridges
Susan Brighm
Suzanne Jackson
St. Louis
Don Bentley
Paul Allen
Mike Quinn
Lana Reichle
Polly Nicklas
Gloria Gould
Ann Thomas
Carolyn Clary
Gordo
Powers
Cape
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