Capsule Recovery Marks Smooth U S Space Mission
Mitchell reports the capsule was sighted and recovered in eight minutes after a routine sighting. He and the crew describe it as a team operation with all feeling fine. The capsule will be flown by C130 to Lockheed Sunnyvale for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Hickam
Hickman
Lockheed Missile and Space Division
Sunnyvale
Calif
Hickam ‘Air Force Base
Air Force
Alaska
Hawaii
America
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Navy
J. Rutland
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Los Angeles
Col. Lee Battle
Discoverer
SD Esate
Paratus
Tass
Earth
United of Light Color
Grimoy
Powers family watches reunion after capture in Soviet Union
Frank W. Rogers describes Powers reunion with his wife and parents in Moscow. Powers says guards were kind during nearly 16 weeks of captivity and discusses possible transfer to assigned residence with family, while his lawyers plan clemency applications to Khrushchev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Rogers
Roanoke
Powers
Oliver
Pound
Jessica Hileman
Monteen Brown
Milledgeville
Jai
Sodt Union
Gary
America
Rogers
Griniov
Moscow
Barbara Powers
Supreme Soviet
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Khrushchev
Eisenhower regrets severit y of Powers sentence
President Eisenhower regrets the severity of the Soviet 10 year sentence on U 2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Senator Kennedy calls the punishment extremely harsh while Fulbright says it is lenient for espionage. Officials stay restrained awaiting possible modification and avoid making the case a campaign issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sen. J. Wiliam Fulbright
Senate
Moscow
Powers
U. S
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
See
Christian A. Herter
Amherst Girl Named Lamb Farm Bureau Queen at Littlefield Contest
Seventeen year old Kaye Bradley of Amherst won the Lamb Farm Bureau queen title at Littlefield High School auditorium. Ann Fields of Littlefield was named first alternate. Eight entered. talks on Farm Bureau value were given. Judges were Odell Frazier Coy Phillips and Jewel Robinson, with Ben Stephens as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlefield
Kaye Bradley Herst
Lamb Farm Bureau
Igh
Ann Fields
Miss Bradley
Amherst
Bill Bradley
Miss Fields
West Texas State
Virgil Fields
Joyce Mr Gaugh
Kay
Morur Littlefield
Billie Vann
Star Route
Jo Ann Vaught
Littfield
Martha Wuerflein
Mulegee
Juanita St. Claur
Mulerh
Farm Bureau
Ode 11 Frazier
Coy Phillips
Jewel Robinson
Levelland Lubbock
Ben Stephens
Services Pending For Brown Infant
Services are pending at the Mc Donald Funeral Chapel for Karen Lynn Brown infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald R Brown The baby was born Friday at Reese AFB Hol and lived about 13 hours The father is stationed at Reese AFB and the family lives at 337 Mitchell in Reese Village She is survived by parents and grandparents from Evansville Ind and Ocilla Ga
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mc Donald
Karen Lynn Brown
Donald R Brown
Reese Afb
Holl
Mitchell
Reese Village
Earl Cooper
Evansville
Ind
Frederick ‘Louis’ Brown
Fletcher
Ocilla
Las
Soviet Launch Coincides With Powers Trial Verdict
Reporters covering the Francis Gary Powers U-2 trial watched as a Soviet space craft launch was announced just as the verdict neared. Soviet authorities hailed the event from the Hall of Columns where the trial was held, signaling a demonstration of their aerospace capabilities.
Plea Planned by Wife Spy Pilot in Soviet Trial
Barbara Powers seeks clemency for her husband Powers as sentencing for espionage remains final. Soviet officials hint at possible reduced terms citing good behavior while questioning Western motives amid Cold War tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sky
London
B. S. Nikiforov
Lev Smirnov
Soviet Supreme Court
Powers
Moscow
Soviet Union
Barbara Powers
Izvestia
Supreme Soviet
Nikita Mrs. Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Grimov
United States
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
Rain totals roll across Texas as fronts shift
Weather reports show roof falls near Baird and 361 and Eastland with 25 minute rainfall bursts. Abilene area totals include Blackwell 2 inches Hawk 1.50 and Cisco 1.20. Other stations report Houston 1.60 and Killeen 1.47 with lighter readings elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baird
Eastland
Abilene
Blackwell
Hawley
Cisco
Weather Bureau
Houston
Killeen
Tyler
Lufkin
Corpus Christi Waco
Mineral Wells
Alpine
Beeville
Powers trial sentence sparks mixed European relief and debate
Across Europe reactions split. In London the 10 year sentence drew relief amid calls it a propoganda exercise. in Copenhagen and Vienna readers questioned justice and motives while Paris framed Powers as a symbol of policy and duty. Moscow radio predicted cooling of warlike ardor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Frost Ondon
Europe
London
Copenhagen
Vienna
Die Presse
Paris
le Figaro
Powers
U.S
Atlantic
Moscow
Ocean
Birth notices from local hospital and families
Multiple birth announcements from West Texas Hospital and Methodist Hospital record sons and daughters born to Reynolds Low Marley Abernathy and other listed families. Details include weights around seven to eight pounds and times in the afternoon or evening, with parents identified as farmers, self employed, or road workers.
Liquor Pleas and Bond Amounts in City Court
A list of defendants facing liquor and illegal possession charges with bonds set from 500 to 750 dollars. Figures include Tiard, Flores, Moreno, Guthrie, Bustillos, Garcia, Lara, Avarado, Hernandez, Matthews Payton, Grimaldo, Jackson, Johnson, Scott, and Eva Mac Bell. Several defendants were fined or sentenced for related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiard
Quit Ave
Kathryn Flores
E. Broadway
Connie Moreno
George Guthrie
Teresa Bustillos
Ave. M
Wnosn
Soledad
Garcia
ER. Broadway
Adele Lara
Margarita Alevarado
Ave. X
Grace Hernandez
S. Ave. NI
Fair Matthews Payton
Slaton
Olita Grimaldo
James Jackson
William $. Johnson
Gilbert Scott Jr
Ave. B
Eva Mac Bell
Ave. A
O. B. Davis
Ave. C
Jose Reyes Mora
Lubbock
Louis Johnson
Land
Fracture and illness tally at St Mary's Hospital and area
Friday night reports three people in medical care. A patient at St Marys Hospital is treated for injuries from a fall. Mrs Ray Chapman travels to Sheffield Alabama to be with an ill aunt. Lonnie Peel remains in emergency care after a go kart accident at the Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Hospital
Ray Chapman
43Rd St
Sheffield
Ala
Louise Mens
Lubbock
Post
Lonnie Peel
Methodist Hospital
Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds
Peel
Rix Funeral Home
Tech Graduation Marks Start of 1960 61 Year
The Tech graduation events unfold with a rehearsal at 8:30 a.m. for degree candidates and a 10 a.m. Army ROTC commission. Air Force cadets are set to be commissioned at 10:30 a.m. in the Union. A reception for degree candidates and families follows from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Gerre Hancock
Tech
Second Baptist Church
Union ‘Theological Seminary
American Guild of Organists
Army Rotc
Air Force
Union Building
R. C. Goodwin
Fort Worth Lawyer Harry Porter Brooks Dies at Seminole
Fort Worth tax lawyer Harry Porter Brooks, 68, died in Seminole after suffering a heart attack while visiting IM F Doss. Arrangements were made to send his body to Fort Worth. Survivors include his widow and seven brothers Erskine Brooks of Greenville Edwin and Murray Brooks of Fort Worth Morton Brooks of Atlanta Brooks of Rockdale Tex and Sam Brooks of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Porter Brooks
Fort Worth
IM. F. Doss
Emade
Erskine Brooks
Greenville
Edwin and
Murray Brooks
Morton Books
Atlanta
Brooks
Rockdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mikhail I. Grimov
It I
Haiti Victory
Jenson
Brown
Jillsum
Germany
Hall of Columns
Oliver Powers
Manteen Brown
Rudenko
Barbara
Turkey
Jast Avil
Pakistan
Urals
Sverdlovsk
Ine
Lockheed
Milidemenid Teidass
Waso
William
Mollie
Hiroshima
Leland Webb
Grinell
Reese Air Force
Ramon Martines
Wolftofin
Nell
Laut
Nees
Britain
Borisoglebsky
Ritoaancy
Indonesia
Foreign Office
Estevan Gardt Lubork
Maughter Wevuhing
Raut
Hg" Ectes
Rola
Tuyerma
Etma
Tut
Maine
Taut Cini
Taria
Mra
Robert J. Tolbert
Lana
Ting
Ool
Eanes
Hollywood
UPI
Jacqui Chan
Suzie Vy Imswuan
Wong
Johnny Worth
van Horn
Laredo
San Angelo
Adana
Peshawar
Bodoe
Norwa
Rob Reynolds
Stok
Weishing
Methowst
Fon Lowe
Laileybore
Weishina
Jerry Swinford
Zeal
Tao West
Jimmy Brown
Petersburg
West Texas Hospital
Currie Curry
West
Tess Hospital
Texas
Marley
West Texas
Harold Spillwell
Anny
Jay
Thompson Implement
Abernathy
Algaene Harmon
Wedowee
Arthur Hurst
Tazewell
Tenn
George Donahan
Russelville
Wendall King
Stearns
Strelka
Belka
Harter
38Th St
Avalanche Journal
Mike
Marlin
Tex
W. J. Hariter
DeWitt Weaver
Avalanche-Journal
Weaver
Seminole
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