Cooper lands craft after manual control six 22 orbit flight
Astronaut Gordon Cooper completed a 34 hour mission aboard the Faith 7 capsule, using manual controls to hit the Pacific Ocean recovery area after the automatic guidance faltered. He spent 34 hours in space, landed less than five miles from the carrier USS Kearsarge, and showed normal recovery with a brief bout of dizziness and dehydration.
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Rearsarge
Gordon Cooper
United States
Cooper
Pacific Ocean
Midway Island
Ben James
National Aernautics and Space Administration
Federal shifts ease Birmingham racial tension signs
In Birmingham the federal vigil on racial issues shows signs of easing as Attorney General Kennedy's civil rights adviser returns to Washington. Canada and the United States move to begin nuclear warhead talks with a stockpile pact expected within a month. Sukarno tightens political meetings in Indonesia amid anti Chinese riots.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
Washington
Canada
United States
U.S
Jakarta
Indonesia
Reuters
Sukarno
West Java
Gemini Flight Set Back
Cape Canaveral reports a Gemini program delay pushing first manned flight to late 1964 due to Titan II, spacecraft, and budget troubles. NASA official D Brainerd Holmes cautions a Mercury successor is unlikely before data from Gordon Cooper’s flight is analyzed. The Gemini bridge aims to two week weightlessness tests, rendezvous, and spacewalk prep before Apollo lunar missions.
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Fila
United States
D. Brainerd Holmes
U.S
Holmes
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gordon Cooper
Gemini
Mercury
Reinhardt to again carry NDP banner in Medicine Hat Redcliff
Milt Reinhardt, 30, appliance salesman and NDP nominee, will contest the Alberta provincial election for Medicine Hat Redcliff. He was the party’s only candidate at a sparsely attended nomination meeting at Medicine Hat High School. Reinhardt previously ran in the 1961 by election, finishing third.
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New Democratic Party
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
NDP
Alberta
Medicine
North Railway St
Ivy Hunt
Red Deer
Patricia Caroline
Leinweber
Broadfoot
Reinhardt
Minister of Health
Social Credit
Tories Set Date for Hat-Redcliff Nomination
The Progressive Conservatives plan a May 23 nomination convention for the Hat-Redcliff constituency in the June 17 Alberta election. Tex Fenske says the body will decide whether to field a candidate, to avoid top leader decisions during the president’s hospital stay.
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Progressive Conservatives
Hat- Redcliff
Alberta
Tex Fenske
Mr. Fenske
Junior College Shelved by Medicine Hat Board
Medicine Hat School Division No. 4 shelved support for a proposed junior college in Medicine Hat at a Wednesday meeting. Trustees said involvement would exceed the division’s current provisions and could create unfulfillable commitments, though they left open possible future participation.
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Medicine Hat
Board of
Medicine Hat School Division No. 4
Six to ten mill hike eyed by Medicine Hat school board
The Medicine Hat School Division No 4 expects a 6 to 10 mill increase to fund a 1963 supplementary requisition after the provincial Education Department approved a 741000 dollar budget. All districts pay a 32 mill requisition into the education foundation fund, with provincial top ups redistributed to districts.
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Department of Education
Education Foundation
Department
No News Monday. edition shift to Tuesday May 21
The NEWS will skip publishing on Empire Day Monday May 20 and return Tuesday May 21. Advertisers must submit copy by Friday 4 p.m. for Tuesday and by Saturday noon for Wednesday.
Montreal Sgt Maj Leja severely wounded by mailbox bomb blast
Sg t Maj Walter Rolland Leja, 45, an army engineer, was seriously injured when a bomb exploded as he attempted to dismantle it in a Westmount mailbox. Police linked the wave of bombs to an outlaw group, while schools were kept indoors during the search. Leja had previously removed a loaded dynamite package and was taken to hospital with critical injuries.
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Walter Rolland Leja
Westmount
Army
Leja
le Front de Liberation Quebecois
W. V. O’neill
McGill University
O'Neill
Adrian Lunny
Montreal ‘Star
Bomb at Golden Eagle Refinery Shocks Montreal Suburbs
A bomb exploded at the Golden Eagle Refinery in Points-aux-Trembles causing a leak of 100,000 gallons of fuel oil from an eight inch tank base. Firefighters flushed the oil away and officials warned that a blast in nearby tanks could have killed many. No major damage reported beyond the leak.
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Montreal
Points - Aux - Trembles
Golden Eagle
Alberta vetoes joint study on prairie water uses
Alberta Agriculture Minister Harry Strom said Edmonton will not join a proposed cross province water resources study. Directors from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta via the Western Canada Reclamation Association had urged participation with the federal government, but Alberta decided against the joint effort.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Harry Strom
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Western Canada Reclamation Association
Strom
May 20 Holiday Services Outlined for Medicine Hat
Residents will enjoy the first long weekend of summer May 18 to 20. Post Office wickets operate 8 to 10 a.m. Monday with no parcel post delivery. Banks close at 6 p.m. today and reopen Tuesday morning. City buses halt Victoria Day. Public Library closed until Tuesday. Government Liquor Store closed Monday.
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Medicine Hat
Boylan Drugs
Aberdeen Pharmacy
Medical Art
Victoria
Medicine Hat Public Library
Government Liquor
Subtle barbs mark Ottawa Commons opening in 26th Parliament
The first Commons sitting of Parliament 26 features Opposition Leader Diefenbaker noting that British speakers enjoy tax immunity while Canadian MPs do not. Prime Minister Pearson counters with a dig about deficits. McNaughton is praised for Speaker potential as the House confirms deputies and forms a standing committees panel.
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Commons
Diefenbaker
Alan McNaughton
Mount Royal
House of Commons
Canada
MacNaughton
Pearson
Montreal
Social Credit
Robert Thompson
New Democratic Party
T. C. Douglas
Senate
House
Lucien Lamoureaux
L.-Stormont
Herman M. Batten
L.-Humber - St. George’s
J. W. Pickersgill
Alexis Caron
L.hull
Gordon Churchill
Winnipeg South Centre
Eric Winkler
Grey
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