Cooper Caps Space Feat With Personal Touch
Gordon Cooper completes the Faith 7 mission after a tense reentry and manual control, landing aboard the carrier Kearsarge. He communicates calmly with John Glenn, receives well wishes from Kennedy, and returns to a celebratory deck as Mercury Control monitors his safe, near flawless flight.
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Cooper Caps Space
Cooper
Faith 7
John H. Glenn
Japan
Mercury Control
Cape Canaveral
Pacific
Glenn
Old Gordo
Kennedy
John of Glenn Jr
Roger
Denten
Wives of Astronauts Stay With Cooper Family During Splashdown
The wives of four astronauts including Gordon Cooper joined the Cooper family after the splashdown. Mrs Cooper described the period as frightening and thanked friends for support while awaiting confirmation of the mission status.
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Donald K. Slayton
Virgil Grissom
Walter M. Schir Jr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Cooper
Zoning OKs Six Requests and Church Additions
The Board of Adjustment approved six zoning requests including a 4 by 14 foot sign on 34th Street and a service station setback issue. Other actions included nonconforming buildings, a new bedroom addition at 2910 Dartmouth, and a furniture store permit on Ave Q. Also approved were church missions at Central Baptist on 66th and Memphis and Southside Church of God continued use.
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Dry Cleaners
Pump Island
Robert McKelvy
Ave. Q
46Th
Sts
Hams
College Avenue
Church Mission
Jack Eastman
Central Baptist Church
66Th St
Memphis Ave
Eastman
W. C. Taylor
Southside
Happy News as Faith 7 Lands Safely in Orbit
Tears and smiles marked the long vigil of Hattie Cooper and her mother Orena Herd as astronaut Cooper and the Faith 7 completed a perfect landing. Grandmother Herd, 82, shared in the calm after the tense reentry as the family celebrated.
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Tecumseh, Okla
Hattie Cooper
Orena Herd
Texas House Approves Tech land sale for fraternities
Texas House passed two bills. One, tied to Texas Tech, would allow the Tech board to lease about 10 acres to Inter-Fraternity Housing Corp for sorority and fraternity houses with the property title staying in the housing corp. Proceeds go to the state general revenue. The measure faces dorm vacancy concerns but officials say space is needed. The second bill makes false bomb reports a misdemeanor with penalties including jail and fines.
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Reece Nena Cen
House
Byron Tunnell
John Allen
Longview
Senate
Avalanche-Journal
Austin Bureau
Austin
Bill Parsley
Lubbock
Texas House
Texas Tech
Tech Board of Directors
Inter-Fraternity Housing Corp
Housing Corporation
Blanchard
General Revenue Fund
State of
Texas
H. J. Blanchard
Tech
Parsley
Herd
High School Plan Offers Training Instead of Reform
Officials debate keeping unruly students busy through state reform alternatives. Lubbock style schools would train youths in auto mechanics welding or other district chosen trades to reduce unemployment and aid local economy.
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Commissioners Court
Lubbock
NASA weighs encore Mercury flight after Cooper three day mission
NASA officials guarded the possibility of a second 72 hour Mercury flight while Gordon Cooper's mission prompts questions in Congress about the space budget. Officials say analysis will take weeks and discuss readiness to reuse the capsule for future scientific experiments and the Gemini and Apollo programs.
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Gordon Cooper
Space Agency
Cooper
Congress
Virgil J. Grissom
Atlantic
Earth
D. Brainerd Holmes
United States
Local births listed for Thornton Howard Bradford Martinez Duarte
Mr and Mrs Gary N Thornton of Rt J Petersburg welcome a daughter at 12 58 pm weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces at West Texas Hospital The father is a farmer Mr and Mrs Roscoe L Howard of 13154 FE 25th St welcome a son at 11 36 am weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce at Methodist Hospital The Rev and Mrs Charles Bradford on a daughter at 2 32 pm weighing 1 ounce at Methodist Hospital The father is a monster Acuff Baptist Church Mr and Mrs Paul Martinez of 3508 East Sth St welcome a son at 11 19 pm Wednesday at Lauf Cline The father is employed by Jatbrback Mfg Co Mr and Mrs Ischas Duarte of 212 Temple welcome a daughter at 12 33 am Thursday at Lauf Cline The father is a construction worker.
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Gary N. Thornton
J. Petersburg
West Texas Hospital
Roscoe L. Howard
25Th St
Methodist Hospital
Macchines
Charles Bradford
Parkway Jr
Acuff Baptist Church
Paul Martinez
Lauf Cline
Jatbrback Mfg. Co
Ischas Duarte
Temple
Front Triggers Light Showers Across North Central Texas
Scattered thundershowers dotted portions of North Central Texas as a weak coal front moved into the Panhandle bringing showers to most of the state. Midland Odessa reported 0.96 inch in an hour, while Odessa man Robert L. Miller, 36, died after being struck by a car rushing from a church during the downpour.
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Texas
Panhandle
Midland-Odessa
Robert Ll. Miller
Odessa
South Plains
Child Struck by Car In Auburn Street Incident
Denise Dianne Hass, age three, daughter of Charles Hass of 2911 Auburn St, received emergency treatment at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after being struck by Clyde Adams of 3001 Auburn St. Police say the child ran between parked cars into Adams' path. she was released later. In Las Cruces, Paul Richardson reports being assaulted by three Black men near 13th St and Ave C, kicked after being shoved to the ground. nothing was taken.
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Denise Dianne Hass
Charles Hass
Auburn St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Clyde Adams
Adams
Paul Richardson
Las Cruces
N. M
13Th St
Ave. C
Richardson
Opening Of Hale Cotton Carnival Draws 11000 Crowd
About 11 000 people attend the opening night of the Hi Plains Cotton Carnival in Plainview for the three day event. The page notes a young organizer and other local figures among those present as the carnival launches.
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Plainview
Local 4 H and FFA Queen Contest Highlights and Fashion Show
Miss Shurbet, daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Shurbet representing Petersburg Home Demonstration Club, wins top honors. Rebecca Ann Harkelroad, 16, Cotton Center, places second as daughter of Mr and Mrs 0 W Harkelroad representing Cotton Center Community 4 H Club. Lindy Ray, 15, daughter of Mrs Kenneth Ray representing Orton FFA, takes third. Tonight features a Prince Rolls and Princess Blossom contest and a cotton clothing modeling show from 7 to 8 PM with more than 100 garments displayed Saturday night.
Man Prepares Year Ahead for Cape Canaveral Leap
A year before his bold jump from Cape Canaveral, a Gemini mission aims toward an Atlantic splashdown. The planned event centers on a careful progression toward the historic orbital milestone described by observers.
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Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
Gemini
Cooper completes space flight with Faith 7 splashdown
Millions across Britain and Europe stayed up for news of Major Cooper guiding Faith 7 home. Tass disputed six orbits but confirmed manual control after stabilizer faults. Television showed Cape Canaveral footage as Cooper spoke to ground control and his parachute opened safely.
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Trudy
Houston
Earth
Mercury
Faith 7
Mercury Control Headquarters
Glenn
Roger
Japan
Powers
Cape Canaveral
Aia
401
Hangar S
Space
John A. Powers
Walter M. Schirra Jr
U.S
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Soviet Union
Britain
Europe
U.S. Air Force
Buddy Marvelous
London
Tass
Mercury Control Center
Senate approves two year farm program for corn and feed grains
The Senate passed a two year voluntary controls program for corn and livestock feed grains amid a series of Republican amendments. The measure, linked to New Frontier goals, would allow price supports and payments for diverting acres in 1964 and 1965. It now awaits President Kennedy's signature before a nationwide farmer referendum.
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Associated Press
Washington—Senate
Democrats
President v. Kennedy
Senate
House
Kennedy
Mike Mansifield
D-Mont
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Oklahoma
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Dave Schwartz
Manned Spacecraft Center
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Cora Cooper
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