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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1961

Page

5

Titov completes sixth orbit aboard Vostok II

Soviet news agency Tass reports Gher Titov on Vostok II completes multiple orbits around Earth. He eats, rests, and communicates via Moscow radio while confirming all systems work. Titov describes feeling well and sends greetings as he continues the mission with vast global reception.

Titov Moscow Vostok TL Mos Methodist Hospi Woody Vostok I Yuri Gagarin Tass Gagarin Ussr Vostok

Births Recorded At Local Hospitals In Busy Sunday

Congratulations to families including Paul Ung and Mrs Kenneth Privett of 3921 Cinston for a son born at 6 40 am at Methodist Hospital. Also to Mr and Mrs Davie Jones of 2619 33h ton for a daughter at Bethotist Hospital. Fathers include a police detective and a farm laborer among others.

Aul Ung Kenneth Privett Methodist Hospital Davie Jones Polindy Bethotist” Hospital GO. Can Pris Methon Harvey Betts Sundayan Methodist Hospital

Texoma Hit Storm Lashes Lake Texoma Area

A thunderstorm line caused damage at Lake Texoma with a toppled pier at Island View Resort and fire destroying five boats. Winds ripped the 100 foot pier after broken power lines sparked a gas line rupture. Rescue efforts saved several craft as boats were stranded amid wet boathouses and scattered showers across Texas.

Page One Island View W. D. Batreau Dallas Waco Texas Longview-Tyler Texoma U. S. Weather Bureau Lubbock Dalhart Corpus Christi

U.S. Mercury Program Seen Unchanged by Soviet Flight

NASA officials say the U S program remains on track to place a manned earth satellite by year end or early 1962. The plan includes an unmanned test flight and a chimpanzee ride before a manned mission. Officials emphasize continued acceleration of the Mercury program despite Soviet success.

NASA Robert C. Seamans Jr Agency Yuri Gagarin Powers Low United States Earth Herman Oberth Alan B. Shep Oberth Ord Jr Nehru India Ier Gepeis Ben Sirwes East Berlin Twoton Poland Pater CTK Simon Ar Tal

Cultist John Harrell and son freed on bond

Cultist John R. Harrell and his young son posted 9500 dollars bond after a night in jail. They headed to a Louisville estate while some 100 followers fast as their leader is absent. 15 followers remain jailed alongside Pvt. Dion Gaylord Davis, 18, from the FBI raid that captured the group early Friday without shots fired.

ST. Louis, Mo John R. Harrell Louisville Harrell Dion Gaylord Davis FBI Davis

Titov the Eagle becomes second Soviet spaceman

Soviets hailed Gherman Titov, a young pilot and model aircraft builder, as the second Soviet in space. Moscow TV showed Titov smiling, recounting spaceflight and dedicating the mission to the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party. His father praised his diligence and early aviation interest. Titov grew up in Altai and trained at Stalingrad Flying School before military service in Leningrad. He is married to Tamara Vasilyevna and is a candidate member of the Communist Party.

Titov Khrush Gagarin Earth Moscow Tass Latin America Washington United Sikes Eagle Air Force Bej Tater North America Coland Scandinavia Stalingrad Iran Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Pacific Twoman Yuri Gagarin Spac Maj Ce Anes Arela Matherly Cern Reinhold Gens Maj. Gherman Stepanovich Titov Siberian Yuri A. Gagarin Moscow Radio Yuri Garin Communist Party Tamara Vasilyevna Stepan Pavelovich Titov Polkovnikova Altai Terr Ritory Siberia China Soviet Union Mongolia Gherman Verkhneye Zhilino Altai Polkovnikovo Jeven-Grade Malobikhino Leningrad Jags League Thov Polkavinkova Titev Titov Fa

Berlin Crisis Signals Western Unity and Blockade Talks

The West urged a united response to Soviet pressure over Berlin as four powers discussed a possible blockade. Khrushchev intensified propaganda and warned of a unilateral Soviet decision while refugees fled East Germany toward West Berlin amid the crisis talks led by Rusk.

Paris NATO Khrushchev Berlin Geneva United States France Britain West Germany Russia Soviet Bloc Uost Stern Sec Dean Rusk East Germany East Berlin West Berlin Tron

Kennedy plans to reorganize CIA intelligence structure

Report states Kennedy aides discuss detailed plans to split CIA operations among new director and deputy, with a shift of oversight to Defense and military offices. Generals Maxwell Taylor and James Killian involved, Dulles era functions debated, potential replacement considered.

John M. Hightower Washington Kennedy United Maxwell D Taylor James R. Killian Jr Massachusetts Institute of Tech

Foreign money violators face death penalty decree

Considine and others once sentenced to 15 years for currency violations have had their terms changed to death before the firing squad. Radio Free Europe notes this is the fourth tightening of the currency law in less than five months. The article observes that the youths prefer not to wait until 1980.

Editorial Pare Radio Free Europe

City watches Vostok I flight across sky in Charleston

Thousands line streets to view the Russian spaceship Vostok I as it passes overhead. WCSC-TV director Ken Klyce spots the craft piloted by Major Gherman Titov at about 8 09 p.m. EDT with binoculars, noting a bright, star like glow fading after 8 20 p.m. EDT.

Charleston S.C Klyce

Lightning Kills Oklahoma Boys In Tent Tragedy

A thunderstorm from cool Canadian air hit near Ft Cobb Reservoir in southwestern Oklahoma killing two boys aged 6 and 11 and injuring a third child. Oklahoma City saw downed power lines and hail with fires sparked by lightning. The storm system affected the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley while rainfall spread to the Atlantic coast and Gulf region.

Oklahoma Ft. Cobb Oklahoma City Great Lakes Ohio Mississippi Gulf Monroe Pensacola Fla Montana Needles Calif

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