Last Tracking Link Aboard Ship Glenn Could Reentry Cooper
Coastal Sentry will position 300 miles off Kyushu to monitor Cooper during his 22 orbit flight. If Cooper cannot deploy retro-rockets Glenn could fire them from the ship to guide reentry. The mission, led by John H. Glenn Jr., marks televised space recovery with Nagasaki residents watching. A Bluenose replica is being built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
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Tokyo
U.S
Leroy Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Nagasaki Bay
Pacific
Kyushu Island
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Midway
America
John H. Glenn Jr
Cape Canavera
Glenn
Earth
Nagasaki
United States
Space Race Not Gauge For Education Says Expert
Dr George Counts of Miami University says Sputnik success reflects a political system rather than Soviet education. He notes Russia trained early elites before modern schooling and argues American education should prepare citizens to judge current issues, not imitate Soviet aims.
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Oxford
Russia
America
Miami University
George S. Counts
Sputnik
Schweiker ends bid for probe on Szili case
Sen Richard Schweiker halted his plan for a congressional investigation into former Marine officer William Szili who says he was ousted for helping hide the body of a Cuban labeled a spy. The case also involves the slaying and secret burial of Ruben Lopez, a Guantanamo Bay bus driver. Szili and his attorney will decide on further action.
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Washington
Richard
Schweiker
R-Pa
William A. Szili Szili
Marine Corps
Ruben Lopez
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Szill
John J. O’brien Jr
Philadelphia
Weather Delays Gal’s Final Hop to Brisbane
Betty Miller of Santa Monica waits in Suva Fiji for better weather to resume her solo Pacific crossing to Brisbane. She has completed 5,700 of 7,100 miles, delaying the final 1,400 mile hop from Nandi Fiji to Brisbane. She departed Oakland on April 30 in a twin engine Piper Apache.
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Suva
Fiji
Betty Miller
Santa Monica
Calif
Brisbane
Pacific
Echo Spring Distillery Ad in Louisville 1962
An archival item from 1962 shows 86 proof Echo Spring Distillery branding based in Louisville Kentucky. It references the bourbon producer and its alcohol strength for retail labeling and advertisement.
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Echo Spring Distillery
Louisville, KY
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By Conrad Fink
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia
B. L. Dawson Inc
Clark Street
Gal
Ohio
Tales
Kentucky Bourbon
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