Medical team mobilized for Cooper 22 orbit flight
Hundreds of medical specialists nurses and technicians are on alert around the world for Gordon Cooper's 22 orbit 34 hour flight. Supplies weighing 9561 pounds are staged at Patrick Air Force Base and on 27 ships with teams ready to fly to any site.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
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Cooper
Patrick Air Force Base
Air Force
U.S. Army
Tripler General Hospital
Honolulu
Hawaii
United States Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Patrick
Kindley
Bermuda
Lajes
Azores
Clark
Philippines
Naval
Yokosuka
Japan
Okinawa
Cubi Point Naval Air Station
Hspital
Cooper completes first orbit on long Mercury flight
Cape Canaveral AP Gordon Cooper reaches 1st of up to 22 orbits on the Faith 7 Mercury flight. Ground control clears at least seven more orbits and two alternate landing areas are planned as Grissom confirms go for seven. Cooper is televised live during the first orbit with Schirra monitoring from Cape Canaveral.
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Midway Island
Pacific
Kearsarge
Howard Minners
Cape Canaveral
Africa
South America
Ocean
Fla
Gordon Cooper
America
Mercury Control Center
Atlantic
Virgil I. Grissom
Guaymas
Mexico
Grissom
Roger
Faith 7
Florida-Georgia
Atlas
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Ispace
Canary Islands
Schirra
Space Shot At Glance Space Shot At Glance
CAPE CANAVERAL Fila Here are the facts on today's space shot Pilot Gordon Cooper 36 Air Force major married two daughters the fourth American to orbit the earth Launch 8 am EST goal 22 orbits 34 hours Landing near Midway Island Pacific Thursday Purpose obtain space medicine data on weightlessness and movement Religious Systems.
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Fila
Gordon Cooper
Air Force
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Cooper
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Globe
Pacific
Midway Island
Schirra
Rumors Mount Haiti Dictator May Flee
Reports from Santo Domingo say rumors spread that Haitian dictator Francois Duvalier would flee as his term ends. Possibilities included Curacao and New York routes, with Pan Am reservations noted and U S and Venezuelan reactions unfolding amid censorship and diplomatic moves.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Curacao
Venezuela
New York
Europe
Pan American World Airways
Paris
State Department
Washington
Louis Dejoie
Puerto Rico
Daniel Fignole
Port Au Prince
Beautiful Is Wifes Reaction To Launch Of Mercury Capsule
Mrs Gordon Cooper described the Mercury capsule launch as beautiful from the Cape Canaveral site as she and her daughters Camala and Janita watched from their Houston area home. Public affairs officer Dave Schwartz relayed her reaction and noted the family would stay secluded until after the flight and recovery.
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Gordon Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Fila
Mobutu to Visit United States for Army Aid Talks
Congolese army commander Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu will depart Thursday for a two week visit to the United States to press Kinshasa's request for U S military assistance in expanding the Congolese army.
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Eopoldville
the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
United States
Weather report notes warm night and possible afternoon shower
A warm night with lows in the mid fifties precedes a humid trend bringing a chance of afternoon or evening showers. Outlook shows highs around 75 and overnight lows near 33 to 46 with showers likely every other day through Monday.
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Ohio
Tuedsay
Fidel Castro arrives in Leningrad during Soviet tour
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro lands in Leningrad as part of his broader visit to the Soviet Union. The trip progresses with meetings and tours as relations between Cuba and the USSR deepen.
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Leningrad
Moscow
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Bare Knees Gets Her Trip Home
Jo Ann, an 18 year old Mehlville High senior, was sent home from a 10 day Washington tour after classmates and chaperones deemed her skirts too short. The student earned part of the $400 trip by working as a sales clerk. Her father defended her style while the district official declined comment.
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John Pfier
Jo Ann
Washington
Mehlville High School
Kermit Bierbaum
Wallace Keeps Birmingham Troops As Desegregation Ties Fray
Negro leaders accuse Governor Wallace of trying to spoil a biracial agreement by keeping state troopers in Birmingham. Wallace says the patrols stay to maintain order and calls for withdrawal of federal troops, while Kennedy urges moderation and cooperation at a luncheon with Alabama editors.
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George C. Wallace
Shuttlesworth
Birmingham
Bama
Alabama
Kennedy
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Birmingham, Ala
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