Radar Repair Clears Path for Cooper 22 Orbit Flight
Project Mercury officials gave a go for a new launch attempt by L Gordon Cooper after a Bermuda radar station failure delayed liftoff 12 minutes before touchdown. Weather looked favorable for takeoff between 7 and 9 30 am CST with Pacific recovery conditions holding steady. Cooper spent the afternoon fishing with Walter M Schirra Jr and prepared his flight plan as Atlas rocket and Faith 7 capsule were fueled and inspected.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Ape Canaveral
Fla
Project Mercury
L. Gordon Cooper
Bermuda
Cooper
Walter C. Williams
Mercury
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Williams
Mercury Force
Rocket
Atlas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FCC Head Quits Post
President Kennedy accepted Newton Minow's resignation as FCC chair and named E William Henry to succeed. The vacancy will be filled by Lee Loevinger with Senate confirmation pending. Minow plans to return to Chicago and join Encyclopaedia Britannica as executive VP and general counsel.
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Ashington
Newton N. Minow
Federal Communications’ Commission
Kennedy
E. William Henry
FCC
White House
Commission
Lee Loevinger
Antitrust Division
Justice Department
Senate
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
Chicago
Minow
Britannica Films
Henry
Memphis, Tenn
Loevinger
William H. Orrick Jr
JFK
William J. Crockett
Orrick
Herman Pollack
Crockett
Mr. Minow
Newt
Texas House Okays Open-Dealings Code For Solons
The Texas House tentatively approved a bill to force open dealings by state officials and lawmakers and tightly regulate actions. The measure was engrossed but not final. Amendments included ethics provisions and reporting requirements, with several constitutional amendments sent to the Senate.
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William Clayton Ustin
UPI
Texas House
Odessa
Bob Eckhardt
Houston
Jim Nugent
Kerrville
House
Allen Glenn
Abilene
Maurice Doke
Wichita Falls
Mr. Murray
James Nugent
Doke
William J. Murray Jr
Senate
Pan American College
The
Highway Commission
Texas A&m
College
University
Jail vigil planned at Etowah County Jail
An integrated group including Broadway actress Madeline Sherwood plans a vigil at Etowah County Jail in Gadsden Alabama on Wednesday. The event accompanies 18 Freedom Marchers being held in custody.
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Gagsden
Ala
Madeline Sherwood
Etowah County
Birmingham Urges Cautious Standdown of Troops
In Birmingham Alabama Rev Fred L Shuttlesworth urged Gov George Wallace to withdraw state patrolmen and for city police to assume control He said patrol brutality was alleged and federal troops were seen as provoking riots The governor had asked President Kennedy to pull back "advance echelons" while about 33000 riot trained troops stood by in Alabama The White House said Kennedy would not visit the planned Tuslimba Sheffield and See Birmingham area during his Alabama trip.
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Minow
Chicago
Associated Prose
Birmingham
Ala
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
George C. Wallace
Wallace
al Lingo
Ment
Kennedy
Washington
White House
Alabama
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Gets Around Fair Lady Everywhere But Space
Avalanche-Journal reports on My Fair Lady touring company with L Gordon Cooper Jr acting as advance man. The Lubbock engagement at Municipal Auditorium features 2:30 and 8:30 shows as the troupe travels from Scranton to Amarillo and beyond. Grossman notes over 60 million gross since Broadway opening with near 1800 attendees Tuesday night and 3300 across two days.
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Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Omeone
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr
My Fair Lady
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
England
Europe
Russia
Australia
Lubbock
Scranton
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Arizona
Pacific Coast
Joseph M. Grossman
Pioneer Hotel
Grossman
Pat Chandler
Frank Lashinsky
National Attractions
Charles Victor
Gaylen Byrne
Ben Casey
Rail strike threat prompts arbitration plea in featherbedding row
The presidential board urged arbitration to avert a nationwide rail strike within 30 days. Kennedy backed the recommendation and asked both sides to take it seriously. Railroads invited unions to a bargaining session on May 16 to resolve outmoded work rules blamed for $600 million in annual costs.
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United Press International
Wasengton
Kennedy
J. E. Wolfe
Chicago
National Railway ‘Labor Conference
Showers Dotted Panhandle to South Plains with Hail
Isolated showers swept parts of the South Plains late Tuesday as a Panhandle stretch saw hail the size of golf balls with reports of about half an inch of rain. Texas temperatures topped 90 across most regions with Lubbock at 93 and a forecast near 96 today.
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South Plains
Texas
Pampa
Clarendon
Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Lubbock
Tulsa
Silverton
Blackmailer quoted in a past present threat
A columnist defines blackmail as a man who discovers a past secret in the present to leverage in the future. The brief linguistic note appears in a humor column and mirrors the edition's light editorial tone.
Round-table discussion on cross-country tour of major production
Fred P. Doolittle, Ronald Drake, Professor Henry Higgins, and Eric Brotherson join a wide open round-table on the giant production touring the country. English visitors Charles Victor and Ronald Drake mark first bus and truck tour stops in smaller American cities.
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Fred P. Doolittle
Ronald Drake
Henry Higgins
Eric Brotherson
Pickering
Sesson
Charles Victor
America
Les
Morning Prayer Note from Natalie Camarillo Earth
A personal prayer begins a new day asking Heavenly Father for guidance and strength. The writer Natalie Camarillo petitions for patience courage and love as she faces daily tasks and interactions.
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Hevenly
Father
Natalie Camarillo
Earth
Scrubbed Holiday Sparks Back-to-School Rush
In Houston, 14-year-old Camala Cooper and 13-year-old Janita hurried to Webster Junior High after their father’s space flight was postponed. Their mother Mrs. Gordon Cooper quickly decided to send them to school, while the girls planned to stay home.
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Houston
Hattie Cooper
Tecumseh
Okla
B. F. Kellum
Ouston
Camala Cooper
Janita
Webster Junior High School
Manned Spacecraft Center
Gordon Cooper
Bermuda
Cam
Jan
Trudy Cooper
Joe Pirtle
United States approves rise in Atlantic air fares after British pressure
The U.S. yields to British demands and clears the way for a five percent fare increase on round trips with European air carriers. The CAB says it will modify its opposition on the increase after guidance from Secretary Rusk. Pan Am and TWA expect to post the higher rates after legal review. State Dept notes the fight not ended and Congress faces White House draft legislation.
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Associated Press
Ashington
United States
U.S
Atlantic
Aaas
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sec. of State
Dean Rusk
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Britain
PanAm
TWA
State Department
Weather Map Lubbock Area Forecast
Partly cloudy and warm with highs in the mid 90s. Scattered late afternoon and night time thundershowers expected across Lubbock and vicinity.
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Lubbock
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