United States Triumphs In Space Flight Leaders Halted By Capsule Loss
The United States reports a successful manned spaceflight by Virgil Grissom, matching Alan Shepard’s earlier flight despite capsule loss at splashdown. Grissom’s mission adds a second American in space and informs future projects while Russia’s Yuri Gagarin claims orbital flight.
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Virgil T. Grissom
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Grissom
U. S
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
U.S
Vanishing Funds and a Deepening Federal Deficit
The government ended the fiscal year June 30 with a deficit almost double Kennedy’s March projection. Tax receipts lagged due to a business dip while actual spending exceeded expectations, driving total debt higher by nearly four billion dollars. This trend suggests deficits will persist as revenues shrink and expenses rise.
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Uncle Sam
Kennedy
Schools favor courses on Communism says Nation's Schools
A recent Nation's Schools survey of school administrators shows 63 percent favor offering specific courses on Communism. Attitudes shifted from fear of contamination to support for teaching the nature of Communism to arm youths with facts and truth to combat the ideology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation
Parable in advance: By Carter and Company
The notice outlines a pledge page in the Lubbock paper dated July 22 1961 noting a public stand statement and a carrier rate of 2 dollars for the edition with a 6 month charge of 278 dollars. It references One Nation and God indivisible with Liberty and Justice for all and mentions local staff and editors.
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W. Ratliff
Asociie
Ouisice
Monteest
BLA
Ovina
Monte Mo Funday
LSB
Mons
Lubbock
Texas
Astronaut Joe Kittinger Hero of Spaceflight Feats
Capt. Joe Kittinger, Air Force test pilot, gave astronauts a hero with his record ascent and descent from 102,800 feet in the world’s tallest balloon flight. He fell 16 miles before opening his main chute, achieving speeds near 614 mph in the upper atmosphere. He prayed for safety as he endured the perilous drop.
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Bob Considine
APE. Canaveral
Joe Kittinger
Air Force
Orlando
Fla
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
Space
New Mexico
Joe
John P. Stapp
Stapp
Project Excelsior
Considine
Joe Kittinger and the daring fall that inspired space survival
Joe Kittinger’s high altitude jumps tested pressure suits and gear for spaceflight. His near-fatal 76,000 foot free fall highlighted risks and spurred survival research guiding later astronauts and projects like Excelsior.
Kennedy Faces Grim Decision on Resuming Nuclear Tests
President Kennedy weighs whether to resume underground nuclear testing amid mounting pressure from top military and legislative leaders. Senators Pastore Dodd and others urge action while Adlai Stevenson and Jerome Wiesner defend a testing moratorium. The outcome hinges on secrecy, Russian progress, and the risk of a neutron bomb.
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Ruth Montgomery
Ashington
Kennedy
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Thomas Dodd
Space and Foreign Relations
John L. Pastore
Heang
United Nations
Adlai Stevenson
Jerome Wiesne
JFK
Stevenson
Geneva
Nikita Ananee
Central Committee
Commounist Party
Odd
Pastore
Atomic Energy Committee
John Fitgerald Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Albert Einstein
America
Harry Truman
Brien McMahon
Joint Atomic Committee
Washington
Udall power over loans fuels desegregation battles
A Washington column argues the Udall Interior stance uses federal funds to push racial hiring rules and desegregation, tying stadium funding to a NFL team’s hiring of Black players. It cites George Marshall and the Redskins, criticizes federal influence on housing and defense, and notes broader federal power trends.
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Ray Tucker
Washington
Capitol Hit
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol
Sec
Udall
George Marshall
Washington Redskins
Marshall
Arizonian
Redskins
Uncle Sam
Heat observe and crop notes mark July news on the plains
The week’s heat boosts cotton growth with squares forming and some blooms, while farmers tackle late crops weeds and harvests. In Austin Harold Ickes approves a plan to donate one day’s Texas oil to Great Britain, potentially 1.34 million barrels worth 1.5 million dollars, if all producers participate. In Eaton 21 year olds register for the draft, including a man named Davis Longworth. In Tulsa Barnsdall Oil Co. announces the sale of 102 producing wells and 3,000 acre leases to Stanolind for about 5 million dollars, with gross production near 2,500 barrels per day.
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South Plains
Austin
Harold J. Ickes
Federal
Texas
Great Britain
R. H. Cuyler
John F. Camp
San Antonio
Camp
Corpus Christi
Roosevelt
Carp
Britain
Eaton
Ohio
Noah Harvey Herman
Daniel Boone
Buster Brown
Davis Longworth
New Paris
Longworth
Tulsa
West Texas
Rarnsdall Oil Co
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Ear
Andrews
Ward
Walker
Prayer in Schools Sparks Legal Debates Across New York
A New York Board of Regents non sectarian prayer plan faces opposition from parents who argue state funded prayer violates church state separation. Associate Judge Dye calls it state sponsored religious education amid broader debates on religion in schools and society.
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George EB. Sokolsky
Board of Regents
Resuite of
New York
Sokolsky
United States
Charles W. Froessel
God
Moses
Jesus
Micah
Karl Marx
Frederick Engels
Stalin
Ssociate
Marvin R Dye
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Earth
Vanishing Funds
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
NES
Considine’s
Tizzy
By Kate Osann
Zap
State Department
Department
State
Supreme Court
J. Paul Getty
National Safety Council
Colorado
Pikes Peak
Tucker
Beaune
California Desert
Wrottesley Manor
England
Europe
Hitler
Brooks
Upi—Crane Co
Midwest
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Morro Bay
Calif
Bonn
Mannheim
Ulm
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