Powers to resign as voice of Mercury program
Houston Chronicle reports Lt Col John A Shorty Powers, longtime official spokesman for the astronauts and Mercury Control, plans to resign amid tensions over flight plan details and a staff dispute. Powers, eligible for Air Force retirement, has faced questions about his future after his extended NASA assignment near Cooper’s mission.
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Houston Chronicle
John A
Shorty) Powers
Cape Canaveral
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Houston
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Washington
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
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Space Center
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Coup Bid Stifled By Loyalists
Turkish rebels led by ex colonel Talat Aydemir failed to seize power in Ankara and Istanbul. Gen Cevdet Sunay warned surrender or airstrike and loyalist forces controlled the capital while calm was urged. Radio Ankara resumed broadcasts as loyalists arrested insurgent officers and disarmed rebels. Aydemir and fellow conspirators faced crackdown.
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Ankara
Talat Aydemir
War College of Cadets
Radio Ankara
Cevdet Sunay
Army
Ismet Inonu
Sunay
Aydemir
Long Range Federal Plan Seen At Stake
Farmers vote today on the administration plan for wheat controls and supports in a nationwide referendum that could shape future federal farm aid. The plan seeks a 10 percent cut in 1964 acreages to 49.5 million and two wheat prices, aiming to curb overproduction while dividing portions for domestic food and nonfood uses.
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Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Area wheat referendum draws heavy turnout on South Plains
Duane Howell reports a record turnout is expected as 21 area counties vote on the national Wheat certificate plan for the 1964 crop. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm with five Lubbock County stations and about 12 250 potential voters. If approved nationally, the plan affects a major agricultural region including cotton and grain sorghum producers. Solon in leukemia test: Rep. Francis E Walter undergoes hospital leukemia tests at Georgetown.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Solon
Washington
Francis FE. Walter
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Georgetown Hospital
After School Ouster Sparks Federal Suit Threat
Dr Martin Luther King Jr announces lawyers will study legal options and may sue in federal court over expulsions without hearings. The move seeks to avert a biracial crisis while urging calm and avoiding mass protests. Superintendent Theo Wright orders immediate expulsions for students over 16 and suspensions for those under 16 with summer school as option.
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Theo Wright
Wright
Downpours Sweep Texas Amid Storm Toll and Delayed Planting
Heavy rains drenched Central and North Texas with up to five inches while downpours hit Bangs and Brownwood. Four traffic deaths occurred including three in one family near Brownwood. lightning struck Kilgore killing Mrs. N W Brown. A school near Centerville was destroyed by fire. Cotton planting deadlines were extended by 10 days for 15 coastal counties as cooler, drier air spread across the state. Maximum temperatures ranged from 65 at Alpine to the 70s and 80s elsewhere.
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Gulf
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Presidio
Colorful thought on money as a versatile accessory
The Conte Dictionary quips money as the only item whose color never clashes with any outfit. It frames wealth as a universal accessory beyond clothing, highlighting style over expense.
Supreme Court backs peaceful sit-ins in public businesses
The high court ruled states may not interfere with peaceful racial integration sit-ins in public places of business. Reactions split between moderation and concern with allowing shopkeepers to refuse service, as officials from Birmingham to Atlanta voiced varied views on implications and cooperation to resolve the issue. See HIGH COURT Page 8.
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Constance Baker Motley
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
New York
Carl E. Sanders
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Atlanta
Ivan Allen
Allen
Senate Debates Voter Registry Bill With Appropriations Move
U S Sen Tom Creighton reports conferees reached a voter registration plan to replace poll tax and a 3.1 billion appropriations bill ready for votes today. The registry would cost 25 cents per voter, exempting elderly in small counties. Rep Malcolm McGregor opposed the plan.
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Avalanche Journal News Services
USTIN
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Creighton
Malcolm McGregor
el Paso
House
Senate
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Prayer for Guidance and Peace Across Nations
Anonymous prayers for divine inspiration and wisdom for world leaders. The text asks God to guide councils toward tranquility so that Thy kingdom may progress and the earth be filled with knowledge of Thy love through Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ
Gordo Cooper Eyes Capitol Welcome After Orbit Flight
Astronaut Gordon Cooper meets with space engineers and President Kennedy in Washington and prepares for a ticker tape parade in New York. Debriefs on his 22 orbit 34 hour flight focus on the Mercury automatic control failure and future missions while Cooper shows no adverse weightlessness effects. He recovers at Surfside Manor with family after returning to Cape Canaveral.
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Gordon Cooper
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Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Project Mercury
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Trudy
Camala
Janita
Surfside Manor
Patrick Air Force Base
America
Kearsarge
City Man Cleared Of Spy Charge By U S Department
William Jones of Lubbock, once accused of espionage at the U S Embassy in Moscow, was exonerated by the State Department which said Soviet claims were unfounded and his foreign service career unaffected. Jones had left Russia last July and now serves as administrative officer at the U S mission in Berlin. A separate note reports a Soviet reply urging U S officials be deemed unwelcome. A&M College coed enrollment proposal advances in Texas House.
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Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
State Department
William Jones
Lubbock
U.S
Moscow
George Mahon
Department
Jones
Russia
Berlin
Mahon
Weather Map Page 10 A Lubbock Area
Continued partly cloudy and a little warmer with highs in the low 80s. Light to moderate southerly winds throughout the region.
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