Beau Cooper launch described as “Beautiful” by wife
Mrs Gordon Cooper and daughters watched the Cape Canaveral Mercury capsule launch from their Houston area home. Public affairs officer Dave Schwartz said the family will stay in seclusion until Cooper’s 34 hour flight ends, with plans for a Hawaii reunion if he lands in the Pacific.
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Gordon Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Dave Schwartz
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cooper
Deen
Schwartz
Bermuda
Cam
Jan
Hawaii
Pacific
Houston
Aggies Honor Top Students at Honor Day Awards
Cameron junior and senior students were recognized at the annual Honor Day ceremony in the Aggie auditorium. Top scholastic honors went to James Marvel 3.93 and Sally Williams 3.91 with other awards including President's Award for Jeri Lynn Dale and Noon Lions Club for Gregory Sharp. Freshman honors went to Ann Honeycutt Ricki Graef and Kathy Kane with Gerald Robertson as top freshman male. Coachn’s Award went to Russell Fremin Jr and R and S Sporting Goods award to Tommy Bell.
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Cameron College
Aggie
James Marvel
Sally Williams
Kiwanis Club
Marvel
Edgar Marvel
Ferris
C. Williams Jr
Euclid
Jeri Lynn Dale
Evelyn Dale
Mountain Park
Gregory Sharp
Maxine Gordon
Dearborn
Noon Lions Club
Ann Honeycutt
A. C. Honeycutt
Arlington
Ricki Graef
Msgr
K. L. Harding
Andrews
Kathy Kane
Rosemary Kane
Gore
Gerald Robertson
Nat Robertson
Tim N. 16Th
Gerald
Phi Theta Kappa
Russell Fremin Jr
Russell Fremin Sr
Logan
Tommy Bell
C. L. Bell
Oklahoma City
R and S Sporting Goods Co
Rotary Club
Cameron
Page & Col
School Leaders Push for Pay Raises After Veto
Oklahoma lawmakers debated adding salary increases for about 20 000 teachers into the common school appropriation bill after Gov. Henry Bellman vetoed a 10.4 million raise. Atty Gen. Nesbitt said such an amendment would be legal and not require vetoing the whole bill, while Advocates pledged to pursue compromise as Bellman warned of draconian cuts in mental health highways higher ed and other state programs.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Senate
Henry Bellman
Bellmon
School Bloc
Oklahoma Education Association
Bellman
Atty
Charles Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Ferman Phillips
CFA
Phillips
Mother's Pride as Gordon's Space Flight Lifts Off
Tears flowed as Hattie Cooper watched astronaut son Gordon launch from Cape Canaveral with family and friends in Tecumseh. Grandmother Orena Herd and pastor Roma Stewart shared quiet support as newsmen and neighbors observed. The flight, delayed previously, proceeded with calm pride as the family marked the milestone on the eve of Hattie Cooper's 63rd birthday.
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Tecumseh
Gordon
Hattie Cooper
Orena Herd
Mrs. Cooper
Cooper
United States
Sooner Takes A Nap Even Launches Satellite Into Orbit
Cape Canaveral reports astronaut Gordon Cooper, piloting Faith 7, launching a private satellite during an early orbit test. The sphere with xenon lights was released from the capsule and tracked from Ascension Island amid garbled status reports. The test aims to aid future Gemini and Apollo rendezvous missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Per
Shawnee
Okla
Cooper
South Atlantic Ocean
Ascension Island
Mercury Control Center
Air Force
Cooper Orbits Earth on Faith 7 After Atlas Launch
Cooper lifts off from Cape Canaveral at 8 04 a m EST aboard an Atlas rocket and sends Faith 7 into an orbit from 100 2 to 166 miles high. Faith 7 reaches 17 546 mph, completes a globe circle every 88 45 minutes, as Kennedy and millions cheer.
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Cooper
Cane Canaveral
Faith 7
Altus AFB Cancelled Armed Forces Day Amid Alert Drill
An inspection team from 2nd Air Force placed Altus AFB on a practice alert forcing cancellation of the Armed Forces Day celebration. Lt. Alan MacWhinney said the base will operate under alert procedures until Saturday morning with exercises testing all equipment. Fort Sill will host public demonstrations instead, with displays and flyovers planned for Saturday.
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2Nd Air Force
Altus Air Force Base
Alan MacWhinney
Altus Afb
MacWhinney
Armed Forces
Tex
Fort Sill
Wichita Mountains
Post
Army
Post Field
Armed Forces Day
Officer's Pub
Area Weather Forecast Positive Warmth Through Thursday
Clear to partly cloudy weather with warm temperatures forecast through Thursday. Highs reach 92 today and 93 tomorrow, with a 91 high on Tuesday. lows near 68 tonight and 66 last night. An 11 am reading shows 80 degrees.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Okla
Cooper
Storms Cross Oklahoma with Heat and Thunderstorms
Weather updates show partly cloudy to stormy conditions across southwest Oklahoma with temperatures in the 90s. Lawton topped 91 Tuesday and is expected to 92 today, with overnight lows around 66 to 68 and scattered thunderstorms across northern and western areas.
Texas Oklahoma race to finish Red River expressway bid due Friday
Texas and Oklahoma battle to complete transcontinental link via U S 277 from Red River to Burkburnett with bids due Friday and Saturday. Oklahoma claims earlier March 1 1964 opening for Southwestern Turnpike while Texas eyes June 1964 completion, possible dead heat.
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Red River Expressway
Texas
Oklahoma
Lawton
Texas Highway Department
U. S. 277
Red River
Burkburnett
W. D. Hoback
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Southwestern
J. C. Dingwall
Guns Drawn Tulsa Shootout Ends in Fatality
Two night watchmen in Tulsa exchanged gunfire in an old-fashioned shootout. Arch ie Olin Lane, 67, said I just beat him to the draw after Walter Orville Smart, 4, who worked with Lane on a merchants’ patrol, was killed by two 32 caliber bullets. Police said the argument started the gunfight and continued the investigation with no immediate charges.
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Tulsa
UPI
Archie Olin Lane
Walter Orville Smart
Lane
Smart
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Washington
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M. Scott Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
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Roger
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