Soviet Pioneers Perform Group Space Flight
Tass reports Vostok IV carrying Popovich and Nikolayev blasting off from a Black Sea launch site. Popovich, orbiting 112 to 157 miles high, logs notes as the two-man crew links with Vostok III in a coordinated space mission. Khrushchev congratulates the pilots on pioneering group flights in space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popovich
Nikolayev
Tass
Soviet Union
Outer Space
Ane Unique
Moscow
Atlantic
Spaceflight notes and two-ship rendezvous hailed
Soviet press celebrated the two ship orbital flight as a major step toward lunar missions and orbital rendezvous. Tass reported Vostok II and Vostok IV maintained two way radio links and stable coordination as Nikolayev and Popovich praised the near perfect mission.
Soviet Moon Rendezvous Boosts Space Race Debate
European papers hail the Soviet space launch as a potential step toward orbital rendezvous and lunar flight. Sir Bernard Lovell cautions a future joint rocket approach, while observers note America lags and Berlin wall politics color reactions. Chinese and Japanese scientists react with praise and concern about Cold War tensions rising.
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London
Kenneth Gatland
British Interplanetary Society
America
Khrushchev
United Nations
Berlin
East Germany
Euce
Imerel
Bernard Lovell
Britiain
Jodrell Bank
Europe
Russia
Italy
Corriere Della Sera
Peiping
Kuo Mao-jao
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Takeo Hatanaka
Tokyo University
Soviet Union
United States
Woman Treated For Gunshot Wound Here
Connie Petty 29 of 4412 Ave D was treated in Methodist Hospital for an accidental gunshot wound below her right eye suffered Sunday afternoon. Billy Petty of 1002 Idalou Rd Apt 8 reportedly picked up a .22 pistol and it discharged, with the bullet lodging at the base of the skull near the spinal cord but not injuring the brain or spine.
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Connie Petty
Ave. D
Methodist Hospital
Billy Petty
Idalou Rd
Apt. 8
IT GETS IN THE WAY Tie Branded As Nuisance
London based editor John Taylor defends Fred Venables refused entry to a pub for not wearing a tie. Taylor says a tie is a nuisance in public houses and jokes about epiglottis restriction and drink discoloration.
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London
UPI
John Taylor
Taylor
Fred Venables
Crarte
Burglars Raid Homes In City
Burglars hit two city residences with minor losses and burglarized a car at Mackenzie State Park. A suitcase with clothing worth 35 dollars vanished from A. J. Fowler’s Denver City police car. A. J. Fowler missing. John Leavis reported 86 dollars in change, shoes and three quarts of beverage from his room at Kobs Rooming House. Shoes were taken from Emmitt Dickson’s residence. A 2 dollar thermostat disappeared from Universal Auto Exchange. Eggs, paper, and toilet tissue were thrown in Mrs. Goldamae Copeland’s yard and trees. Tail lights broken and radio antenna snapped from Jack Seablom’s car.
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Mackenzie State Park
A. J. Fowler
Denver
Lubbock
John Leavis
Kobs
Ave. N
Emmitt Dickson
Zenith St
Universal Auto Exchange
Texas Ave
Goldamae Copeland
36Th St
Jack Seablom
50Th St
Radio Firm Files Trademark Suit Over RCA Initials
Radio Corporation of America files a federal suit in Miami alleging trademark infringement against Research Corporation of America. RCA accuses the Miami company of using RCA initials in mail ads for Cape Canaveral area real estate, risking public confusion amid RCA space projects. Gerald Robbins, RCA land manager, quips that no one owns RCA initials.
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Miami
Fla
Radio Corporation of America
RCA
Research Corporation of America
Cape Canaveral Area
RCA Radio
Cape
Gerald Robbins
RCA Land
Russians Orbits Two Men In Space In Close Rendezvous
Space news reports Russia launched its second spaceman within 24 hours as Vostok teams orbited in tandem at over 100 miles altitude. Lt Col Pavel Popovich and Maj Andrian Nikolayev conducted first in-space conversations, with Moscow TV coverage and radio links. President Kennedy welcomed the feat while Khrushchev praised the joint orbiting success.
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Russia
Outer
Pavel Popovich
Andrian Nikolayev
Earth
RED
Khrushchev
Popovich
Moscow
Red Space Sprint Prompts U S Moon Mission Timelines
News of Soviet twin space feats sparks debate over American schedule with Schirra to fly six orbits lasting about nine hours. NASA officials caution that Mercury 18 orbit and Gemini projects must stay on track for 1964 65 moon mission plans while noting Soviet launches demonstrate speed and power.
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Schirra Jr
Orit
Schirra
America
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Navy
Soviet Union
NASA
U.S
Mercury
Gemini
United States
Earth
Moon
Lunar
Cape Canaveral
Services scheduled for Rocky R Rivers in Rix Chapel
Rocky R Rivers died Friday night in a convalescent home. Services set for 2 p m at Rix Chapel with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Surviving relatives not listed. Ronald Reese, 16, injured in a Sunday night fight at 50th St and Gary Ave, treated at Methodist Hospital and expected to be discharged. Seven teenagers questioned, one admitting involvement.
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McMaster
Boone
Hale Center Co-Op Supply
Hale Center
First Baptist Church
Tommy Allen
G. B. Cornett
Ranger
Bennie Arnold
Jack Billington
Jim Bob Curry
Wayne McCoy
Bob Louthan
Melvin Hicks
Owens
Abernathy
Boyce Evans
James Ethenridge
Tohoka First Baptist Church
Tahoka Cemetery
Chambers Funeral Home
Melvin Owens
Lubbock
William Hicks
Rt. 4
Tahoka
Melvin Owens Jr
Jimmy Joe Owens
James Hicks
Germany
Virgil Hicks
Fort Hood
Charlie Owens
Mary Ann Owens
Fred Brookshire
Slaton
Menden
Fay Williams
Fort Worth
Leo Goebel
Denison
Montez Wiggins
Rix Chapel
Rocky R. Rivers
City of Lubbock
Ronald Reese
47Th St
50Th St
Gary Ave
Methodist Hospital
East German escape attempt foiled at border crossing
Two young East Germans attempting to flee to the West in a car luggage trunk were intercepted and arrested by Communist border police at the Helmstedt East West highway crossing on a Sunday report.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Bildzeitung
Berlin “Wall
Khrushchev
Berlin Wall
Helmstedt
GOP Demands Freeman Resignation Over Food Stamp Plan
Missouri Republican Rep. Durward Hall renewed calls for Sec. Orville Freeman to quit, accusing the administration’s food stamp pilot of being a slush fund for Democrats. He cites district selection bias with 25 of 26 districts represented by Democrats, urging a House investigation while the Agriculture Department defends the program’s criteria and aims.
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Hall
Freeman
Cites
House
Congress
Agriculture Department
Sylvester R. Smith
Agriculture Marketing Service
Area Redevelopment Administration
Kennedy weighs options as Congress confronts tax cuts
The article analyzes Kennedy facing a potentially hostile Congress if Republicans control the House, outlining possible moves from immediate tax cuts to standby authority for public works and other economic and employment measures. It notes past battles with a fully controlled GOP and hints at likely political maneuvers and surprises.
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House
GOP
Kennedy
Congress
Harry S. Truman
Jambaste
Births Recorded Across West Texas Hospitals
A sequence of birth notices from West Texas hospitals lists several families welcoming new babies. Details include parents names such as Joe Bradford Cox, Sabos Mendez, Steve Cain, John Ketchersid, Bobby Burnett, Moffett Smith, Leonard Martinez, Monroe Compton, Jerry Holman, Dee Franklin, Ramon Guajarde and their occupations, birth times, dates, and weights ranging from about 3 pounds 7 ounces to 9 pounds. Locations include West Texas Hospital, St Marys Hospital, Methodist Hospital, and Lauf Cline.
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Joe Bradford Cox
Detroit Ave
West Texas Hospital
Brandon & Clark Electric Co
Hong Kong Builds Refugee Fence On Frontier
Hong Kong raises a barbed wire barrier ten feet high and twenty feet deep along its 12 mile border with China to curb refugee flow into the British colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Red China
Record Heat Spurs Fatalities Across Texas
A heat wave across Texas tops readings in Longview 109 and Lufkin 108 while Dallas drops to 99 and Amarillo stays cooler at 94. The cool front shifts south as forecasters predict scattered thundershowers in moisture-deprived southern regions. Fatal heat events include George W. Mahon, 44, in Dallas after heat prostration. a Houston man died of heat stroke in Beaumont.
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Associated Press
Texas
Longview
Lufkin
Waco
Junction
Athens
Tyler
Henderson
Nacogdoches
Austin
Presidio
San Angelo
College Station
Laredo
San Antonio
Houston
Midland
Victoria
Wichita Falls
Wink
Dallas
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Shreveport
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
George W. Mahon
Beaumont
Space Systems under Scrutiny as Waste Question Arrives
House investigators set hearings to probe duplication among four space communication systems: Relay, Syncom, Advent, and Telstar. Gen Bernard Schriever leads witnesses from Air Force, Army, Defense Dept and NASA as they assess need and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
House
Joseph F. Karth
D-Minn
Advent
Telstar
Bell Telephone System
Atlantic
Arth
Bernard A. Schriever
Air Force Systems Command
Air Force
Civilian
Space Agency
The
Space Administration
NASA
Defense Department
iArmy
Polio vaccination drive details and schedule
Officials report individual Polio 10 or IV doses priced by donors. Donations totaled 83 911 collected during the drive. Waiting times stayed under 10 minutes as crowds gathered at dispensing stations starting at 1 p.m. A makeup period is set for Wednesday 5 to 8 p.m. in the Junior High School cafeteria, with the remaining two doses given six weeks apart.
Fire damages M M Electrical Shop in Tulsa
Fire caused about 1200 dollars in damage Sunday at the M M Electrical Shop in Tulsa. The blaze started outside the frame building on the ground level at a west wall and burned through. Cause is undetermined. damage includes loss of electrical supplies and building damage. Owner is Mike Powell.
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M&m
Frank Sneaphen
Mike Powel
Oil Tank Explodes in Sherman Firefighters Battle Blaze
SHERMAN AP A large oil tank of the H B Hunt Oil Co exploded and caught fire in north Sherman Tuesday night. The blast lifted the tank top about 150 feet and caused no injuries. Firemen from Perrin Air Force Base aided in fighting the blaze.
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Sherman
H. B. Hunt Oil Co
North Sherman
Perrin Air Force Base
Macmillan Leaves London for Yorkshire Shooting Trip
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan departed London on Sunday for a 10 day inrouse shooting visit in Yorkshire.
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Hunt London
Harold Macmillan
London
Yorkshire
May awards named for international piloting feats
The Harmon International Trophy winners for 1962 include Air Force Lt. Col. William R. Payne for the B58 nonstop Paris flight with refueling and a Washington Paris speed record. Jacqueline Cochran wins the Aviatrix Trophy for eight world records with a T38 and for flying an F104 at twice sound speed last Aug. to Oct. Clair Malcolm D. Ross and the late Victor A. Prather receive the Aeronauts Trophy for a Gulf of Mexico balloon flight reaching 113,739.9 feet. Prather died in a recovery accident.
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Washington
Jacqueline Cochran
Harmon International
White House
Air Force
William R. Payne
Carswell Afb
Fort Worth
Paris
New York
Miss Cochran
Floyd Odlum
Northrop
Clair
Malcolm D. Ross
Washington, D.C
Cmdr
Victor A Prather
Bethesda
Mid
Gulf of Mexico
Imen
Prather
Spinal Checkups For Children
Day Chiropractic Clinic promotes annual spinal checkups for school children to prevent later health issues. The notice urges parents to bring children from kindergarten through high school for examinations, citing spine health as key to overall vigor.
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34Th
Iave
V. Lubbock
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Nomos
Leonard Martinez
Rt 6
Monroe Compton Deald Bickory
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Sundis
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Ty Lubbock Steel Co
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