Space flight dope sheet for Sigma 7 mission
Associated Press details for the Sigma 7 Mercury capsule flight led by Navy Commander Walter Shirra Jr. The Atlas rocket delivers 362000 pounds of thrust for a planned six orbit nine hour mission with a Pacific Ocean splashdown near Midway Island. A 17 station global tracking network supports recovery by 40 ships 150 planes and 40000 personnel.
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Associated Press
Walter M. Shirra Jr
Navy
Atlas
Mercury
Sigma
Pacific Ocean
Midway Island
Globe
Walter Schirra Jr a Kewl Captain of Space and Family
Walter M Schirra Jr nicknamed Rah Rah by Annapolis classmates becomes a famed astronaut. Born 1923 in Hackensack New Jersey he grew up in a flying family and married Josephine Fraser of Seattle. Now based in Houston with two children he remains calm and cheerful under pressure as he trains for orbital flight.
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Josephine C. Fraser
Seattle
Wash
Walter Ill
Suzanne
Houston
Manned Space Flight Center
Schirra
Hackensack
N.J
Oradell
San Diego
Calif
Wally
Deadline Extended Barnett Proceeds In Daily Routine
Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett carries on with routine duties as nationwide protests over the University of Mississippi crisis swirl around the Capitol. He awaits the Fifth Circuit Court decision on arrest for contempt and receives visitors including Rep. James Brasfield and his daughter Jill. Patrols stand by outside as newsmen crowd the corridor.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
U.S Canitol
University of Mississippi
Barnett
U.S. Circuit Court of Ap
James Brasfield
Jefferson County
Jill
Brasfield
Weather dampens as fronts clash over weekend
A rainy low pressure system should move out tonight yet lingering showers are likely tonight and tomorrow. An older front kicks another disturbance into the Ohio Valley bringing scattered precipitation and thunder showers over the weekend. Highs near 73, lows around 49 through Monday. yesterday’s high 64 after a 56 overnight low.
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Ohio Valley
Kaiser Cuts $12 Off Steel Price
Kaiser Steel Corp announces a 12 per ton average price cut citing competition from eastern U S prices and foreign imports led by Japan. U S Steel president Worthington says the revision is being studied and Bethlehem Steel pledges to be competitive on West Coast prices.
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Kaiser
Oakland
Calif
Kaiser Steel Corp
U.S
Japan
Bethlehem Steel Co
Eastern mills face freight costs and slim margins says Republic Steel
In Cleveland a Republic Steel spokesman, ranking third in production, warns eastern mills cannot absorb freight charges or cut prices to compete on the West Coast. He notes a $40 a ton shipping cost from Chicago to the West Coast and only a 32 percent margin on sales.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel
Eastern Mills
Chicago
Effigy hangings mark tense Ole Miss calm on campus
At Ole Miss in Oxford the return to calm followed two bonfires and a dummy hanging near James Meredith’s apartment. Federal troops, about 2,490 from the 101st Airborne, began withdrawing as a third group redeployed to Columbus. No arrests were reported.
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Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Africa
Kosciusko
J. D. Williams
Ole Miss
Roger Whiting
Army Field Command
Memphis
Columbus
101St Airborne Division
Screaming Eagles
Byrd cites collusion at Oxford in Mississippi case
Senator Harry F Byrd charges collusion between the White House and federal courts over breaking the racial barrier at the University of Mississippi in a Senate speech. He questions when the government would use military force to enforce federal orders and says judicial and executive branches appear to act in collusion with military power.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
White House
University of Mississippi
Kennedy
Senate
United States
Byrd
Judicial Branch
Executive
Spaceflight records set as Schirra completes third Earth orbit
American astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. completed a third orbit in the Sigma 7 capsule, reporting a go condition for an intended six orbit mission. He conserved fuel during drifting flight, noted firefly-like frost particles illuminated by sunrise, and handled a suit temperature issue while ground control monitored fuel and attitude systems across Cape Canaveral and Bermuda tracking stations.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Betellmenst Bobstone
John H. Glenn Jr
Point Arguello
Calif
Glenn
Schirra
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Guaymas
Mexico
Carpenter
U.S
Russia
Project Mercury Opera
Mercury Control
Schirra i
Liftoff elation as Schirra heads to orbit
Mrs Walter M. Schirra and family react with mixed joy after the liftoff of her husband, astronaut Wally Schirra, into space. Roy Wallack relayed the calm brief comments to reporters as the Schirras watched on television. Only close relatives remained at the home, with newsmen asked to announce their visit and a voice from inside noting Mrs. Schirra would not see anyone presently.
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Houston
Tex
Walter M. Shirrake
Space Agency
Roy Wallack
Wallack
NASA
Explorer Probing Radiation in Looping Earth Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP A 89 pound Explorer satellite sped in a looping earth orbit to measure the sun radiation and its hazards to spacemen The yo yo course aims to reach 53000 miles from earth and swing to within 185 miles The payload was launched Tuesday at 511 p m in the 12th straight Thor Delta mission NASA official Robert Gray called it a normal performance and expected apogee and perigee to match targets
Basement boiler blast kills dozen in New York building
New York AP bulletin reports a basement boiler explosion at a New York Telephone Co building near Manhattan’s northern tip killed at least 12. Dozens were injured or trapped as rescue teams searched the rubble and many workers remained unaccounted for.
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New York Telephone Co
Manhattan
Seventh grader eager to watch recovery with family at home
Newsmen asked about comment from Mrs. Schirra as her husband recuperates. James L Holloway and Walter Marty Schirra IMJ, 12, charm with talk of staying home from Clear Creek Junior High to watch, with mother Mia and sister Suzanne, 5, joining grandmother for support.
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Suzanne
Chuckle About Language Use Reveals Hidden Voices
A light note explores how people use words to reveal or conceal thoughts, while others rely on speech in different ways, inviting readers to consider the motives behind everyday language.
Lawyers Move To Free Walker From Psychiatric Exam
In Springfield Missouri attorneys for former Major General Edwin A. Walker prepared to go to court seeking release from a government order committing him to a psychiatric examination. Walker, charged with inciting insurrection and seditious conspiracy in the University of Mississippi riot, was brought from Oxford Mississippi to the U.S. Medical Center for federal prisoners. The 53 year old commander who led the Little Rock Central High School integration faced a 60 to 90 day commitment with no bail while the examination proceeds.
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Springfield
Edwin A. Walker
Walker
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Miss
U.S. Medical Center
U.S. Dist. Atty
Russell Millin
Washington
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Kennedy
Clyde J. Watts
Watts
Central High School
Little Rock Ark
U.S
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Howard Benedict
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Wally Schirra
Army Air Corps
Episcopal Chure
Hangar S
New York City
Leslie B. Worthington
U. S. Steel
Alfanette Bracy
Raymond
Jackson
Jackson State College
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Valley News
Tig
Kano
Nigeria
Kane
Muchea
Australia
Perth
Woomera
Mrs. Schirra
Cape Canaveral, Fla
Robert Gray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bulletin
New York
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