Grissom's Space Flight Recap and Telemetry Notes
The account describes Gus Grissom's postflight reception by NASA officials including Webb and Powers, and his return plans to Cape Canaveral. It notes in flight readings, a second recovery attempt, and Grissom's moments of awe, concern over a sluggish control system, a small hole in a parachute line, and hydrogen peroxide release during reentry.
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Grissom
Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Hank
John H. Glenn Jr
Walter Schirra
Gris
Col
Jon HH. Powers
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Navy Vidr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
U.S
Robert C. Gilruth
Project Mercury
Gilruth
Kennedy
Washington
Randolph
Betty
Newport ‘News
Scott
Mark
Betty Grissom Quietly Celebrates Gemini Two Flight
Betty Grissom spoke from Newport News Va after Gus Grissom and colleagues completed a successful Gemini Two suborbital flight. She recalled tears at the capsule splashdown and described the long tense minutes in the ocean as rescue teams worked. Presidents, astronauts, and families followed the mission with pride as NASA gathered vital data.
Tax plan battles in House as sales levy advances
Close House showdown leaves a 2 per cent limited excise sales tax proposal in play while a 1 per cent general sales tax plan fails. Other provisions include a 324 million levy on natural gas pipelines and driver license increases. House action follows battles over revenue to fund education and state programs.
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Senate
Austin
Turman
Johnson
Temple
Jones
Kennard
Kilpatrick
Konieth
Gack
Lavalle
Leaverton
Longoria
McGregor
el Paso
Mellhany
Markgraf
Mallen
Pearcy
Peeler
Pieratt
Preston
Price
Rapp
Richards
Richardson
Roberts
Hillsboro
Sandahl
Schram
Smith
Beaumont
Spears
Springer
Stewart
Galveston
Wichita Falls
Negro students enroll at Texas Tech amid board secrecy
The Avalanche Journal reports Texas Tech admitted Negro students for the first time with officials stating they aimed to avoid fanfare and avoid legal action. Enrollment figures for the summer term exceed 2,700 with total summer and prior terms reaching over 4,000 and 10,207 for 1960 61.
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Avalanche Journal
Texas Tech
David Casey
Wall
Casey
City Hall
Tech
Texas, Tech Board
Avalanche-Journal
R. C. Goodwin
Six Die In Plane Crash At Shemya Alaska
A Japan-bound Alaska Airlines cargo DC-6C crashed while landing at Shemya Alaska causing six crew deaths. The craft, under Military Air Transport Service contract, originated from Travis Air Force Base and was en route to Tachikawa AFB Tokyo. Five victims were from the Seattle area: Edward Bowman, John Bird Jr, Dwight Babcock, William Donovan, Edson Marahrens. the sixth was Gilbert Sargent of Danville California.
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Shemya
Alaska
Alaska Airlines
North Pacific
Military Air Transport Service
Travis Airo Force Base
Calif
Tachikawa Afb
Tokyo
Seattle
Edward Bowman
John Herman Bird Jr
Kent
Wash
Dwight “Morton Babcock
Flight Engiineer
William Everett Donovan
Edson ‘A. Marahrens
Bellevue
Galvin William Sargent
Danville
Cail
Marionette Show At Texas Tech Delights Students
Daniel Lfords presented a one man International puppetry program in the Texas Tech Student Union ballroom featuring 200 marionettes. The Faust Salome sequence used smoke and lightning with elaborate costuming while other scenes included a Chinese New Year sky rockets and a West Point graduation tableau. About 273 attendees watched as the performer manipulated up to 187 strings and the show incorporated scenery, revolving floors, rain effects, bubbles, chandeliers, and underwater illusions.
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Texas Tech
Daniel Lfords
Tech Student Union
Faust
Salome
West Point
Liords
Stords
Birth announcements from multiple families in West Texas area
In a batch of notices read like a society page, several families report births at West Texas Hospitals. Details include newborns weighing from about 3 to 8 pounds with times on Friday, mothers and fathers named along with their employers and addresses in Lubbock and surrounding areas.
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Pod
Lestere Giltit
Bard St
Sveat
Texas Hospital
Southwest Special& Co
James Lindsey
Fr Colanie SL
West ‘Texas Hospital
Tower To Speak In Washington Oregon
A public speaking event features a tower figure addressing audiences in Washington and Oregon with details pending official confirmation. Organizers expect regional turnout and media coverage across multiple cities.
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Tower
Washington
Oregon
Midland and Northwest Texas Hit by Severe Storm Flooding
Torrential storms drenched the Permian Basin with 4.02 to 4.50 inches in about four hours. Midland streets and an underpass flooded, hundreds of cars stalled, a Latin American youth rescued, a Magnolia tank farm oil tank struck by lightning, and power outages reported as Wilco Building sandbagged. Odessa also faced three feet of water with hail and blocked roads while Electra recorded 3.64 inches and high water on State 25. Hurricane Anna swirled in the Caribbean as Amarillo cooled behind the front and a broad cool air mass moved south.
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Oklainton
Narfold
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Vernons
Wichita’ Falls
Magnolia Tank Farm
Midland
Texas Electric Service
Clo
Permian Basin
Wilco Bldg
Magnolia Tank
Odessa
Electra Electra
State 25
Electra
Trent
Texas
Roswell
N.M
Lubbock
Gage
Oklahoma
McAllen
Brownside
Rio Grande Valley
Caribbean
Central America
Nicaragua
Rain Drenches Towns With Heavy Thunderstorms
A line of severe storms drenched the area with heavy rain and gusty winds. Crosbyton saw .80 to 1.0 inches in about an hour, with water in Crosby County and near Crosbyton. Slaton reported showers nearing an inch. Midland measured 4.02 inches in roughly three and a half hours, downtown getting two inches in one hour. The weatherman warned outdoor activities may be curtailed as thundershowers linger.
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Crosbyton
Canyors
Slaton
Midland
U.S. Plans Free Airlift to Cuba for 120000 Refugees
The United States announces a government sponsored free airlift to bring more than 120,000 Cubans to the United States. Pan American and World Airways will boost Havana flights to 1,000 daily, funded by about 550000 from emergency foreign aid. Exit permits from Castro are required, and the plan faces potential obstacles.
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Ashington
United States
Spon Ison
State Department
Pan American
World Airways
Havana
U.S
White House
Miami
Lincoln White
Fidel Castro
Castro
White
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Florida
Kennedy
Congress
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Elizabeth Taylor Leaves Hospital After Plastic Surgery
Hollywood report says Elizabeth Taylor departed Cedar Sinai Hospital Friday following a plastic surgery procedure described as minor. No complications reported, Taylor will rest at home as doctors monitor recovery and outline post operative care.
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Hollywood
IAP
Elizabeth. Taylor
Leba
Six burglars named as K9 units help nab suspects
Six suspects face burglary charges after a Tuesday theft at Love Service Station and related break ins. One man was tracked by police dogs and bitten while attempting to barge a K9 unit. Bonds ranged to two thousand dollars for several defendants, with others held or awaiting hearings.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
K-9 Corps
Atty
George HE. Gilkerson
Donald Lewis Burns
Ave. X
Lubb
Don Addington
Ramon Long
Renfro
Addington
Wiliam Kenneth Workman
Liebock County
Fie
Suports
White
Allen
George HT
McCloskey
Tunisia and France clash over Bizerte base
Tunisian President Bourguiba urged mobilization and foreign volunteers while ordering troops home from the Congo and forming guerrilla units. France accused Tunisia of firing first and halted the base under a treaty, with talks to withdraw under negotiation. The UN Security Council adjourned without action as France says it acts in self defense to protect base communications.
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Page Ones
Abit
Ihe
France
New York
Tunisia
Sowie Union
Security Council
Bourguiba
United States
Bizerte
Froneh
Paris
Victims In Plainview Car Crash Show Minor Improvement
In Plainview Mrs. Jack Swanson, 36, of the Happy Union community, remained in critical condition Friday night but slightly improved at Medical Center Hospital. The crash near here Thursday killed 59-year old Claude Wesley Ropers of Vernon and left others hospitalized in varying conditions.
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Plainview
Jack Swanson
Happy Union
Medical Center Hospital
Claude Wesley
Ropers
Vernon
Dean Chapman
Swanson
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Gus) Grissom
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Thurmond
Townsend
Maey Walker
Wilson
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Thority
Virgil Grissom
Arrow
Mir
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Baylor
West Texas Hospital
Ramba Baking Co
Ramon
Picon
Wei
Lubbock Wreckup CG
Mreo
Ray Aldridee
Yexaco
Lee
Metan+o Hospital
Lone -Star Cement Co
Dean Notand
16Th St
Methodist Hospital
Hemphill- Wells Co
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Elizabeth Taylor
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