Rene Carpenter Reacts Calmly To Spaceflight
Cape Canaveral AP Rene Carpenter wife of astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter faced reporters after watching her husband orbit earth. She spoke of calm during the flight drew comfort from family and anticipated a Sunday reunion and Colorado trip. She recalled hearing liftoff news by phone and noted a rare eyewitness family view of the Atlas launch. She said she felt no fear during the critical moments and only briefly worried about a radar report.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Rene Carpenter
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Mrs. Carpenter
Deadline on New Bills Sunday Night
Louisiana lawmakers prepare Sunday night reconvening at 7 p m as the 60 day session nears its end with a final chance to introduce new bills The House earlier adjourned after shifting 42 5 million to cover a 63 million deficit and a 4 7 million grant in aid for private segregated schools drew heavy votes in a tight tally The Davis administration supports moving funds to back a 60 million bond issue while critics fear the impact on integration and private school cooperatives
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T. T. Fields
Union Parish
Risley Tribe of
Assumption
Wellborn Jack
Davis
Tribe
Fields
Jack
New Orleans
Oklahoma State riot injures police and fireman
About 2,500 Oklahoma State University students rioted on campus, hurling beer bottles and rocks. Six women invaded dorms. two policemen and a fireman were hurt.—40 students arrested for drunkenness and disturbing the peace as troopers and campus officers restored order after a five and a half hour disturbance.
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Stillwater
Okla
UPI
Oklahoma State University
National Guard
Dick White
Marvin Helf
Frank McFarland
Helf
Oil Field Rapid Growth Adds New Producing Well
Citronelle Alabama AP reports the North Mobile County oil field adds its 31st producer as Jett Drilling Co. tests a new well south of the Donovan discovery. Drilled to 11,600 feet with casing at 11,507 feet, the 26th producer of the year.
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Citronelle
Ala
Mobile County
Jett Drilling Co
Shreveport
Little Rock Verbal War Over Reverse Rides
The so called reverse freedom rides ignite a verbal storm in Little Rock Arkansas pitting Gov Orval Faubus against governors in two northern states as 27 Arkansas Negroes face jeopardy. Faubus defends lack of authority for Capital Citizens Council to issue nonreturn bus tickets noting it is voluntary while critics decry the image burden. The dispute spills into politics with primaries near as opponents Sid McMath Marvin Melton and David Cox denounce the rides. Rhode Island Gov Notte accuses irresponsible government while Faubus questions northern steps against earlier rides. Hyannis Mass Gov Volpe hints welfare deductions for Arkansas Negroes could follow federal aid cuts.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Tivannis
Iwlass
Faubus
Citizens Council
Chamber of Commerce
Sid McMath
Marvin Melton
David Cox
Rhode Island
John A. Notte Jr
Hyannis
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Today’s Chuckle Pork chops ready on return home
A light humorous line notes a thoughtful wife who has the pork chops ready when her husband comes home from a fishing trip.
Rayville Man Elected President of Louisiana Public Health Assoc
George Ineichen of Rayville was chosen as the new president of the Louisiana Public Health Association at a Thursday meeting in Shreveport. He has served as secretary and previously led the United Cerebral Palsy chapter for Louisiana and East Texas. Additional officers include Dr. John M. Bruce and William Noble as vice presidents, John S. Lemasson as secretary, and Edna Mewhinney as treasurer.
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Ineichen
Pine Street
Rayville
Sneichen
United Cerebral Palty
Louisiana
East Texas
State Health Department
Honduras
U. S. Public Health Service
Graduate School
University of North Carolina
Louisiana State University
John M. Bruce
New Orleans
William Noble
Shreveport
John S. Lemasson
Edna Mewhinney
Aurora Means Dawn of Day in Space Capsule Name
Scott Carpenter named his space capsule Aurora, a term signifying the dawn of day the rising light of morning and the reddening sky before sunrise according to the explanation attributed in the source.
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Scott Carpenter
Licenses of 24 Doctors Revoked in New York
The New York State Board of Regents revoked the licenses of 24 physicians amid a medical licensing exam scandal. Among those stripped of credentials is Dr Alexander Maurillo, son of regents member Dr Dominic Maurillo. One Brooklyn doctor, Dr Lucio Pepe, faces sentencing for conspiring to sell exam questions. The board said licenses were issued in error and directed swift cancellation by the State Education Commission. Most affected doctors reside in the New York City area.
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Albany, N.Y
New York State Board of Regents
Alexander Maurillo
Dominick F. Maurillo
Regents
Lucio J. Pepe
Brooklyn
General Sessions
New York City
State Education Commission
Maurillo
Mass Flight Of Chinese Refugees Halts At Hong Kong Border
Hong Kong and British officials reported a sudden stop to the mass flight of Chinese refugees across the border. About 60,000 refugees had entered Hong Kong since May 1, with daily crossings previously ranging from 4,000 to 5,000. Authorities said border units were withdrawn and a detention camp closed, suggesting a return toward normal conditions.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Peiping
Parish-Wide Sunday Closing Drive Planned in Monroe
A committee of about 40 Twin City ministers and businessmen voted to seek a special September election in Monroe and West Monroe to decide Sunday closing. The group urges Ouachita parish wide participation and backs Senate Bill 77 for referendums on petition. Petitions would be presented by June 21 with sermons July 1 and signed petitions by July 10.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Twin City
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Weather forecast hints at warm weekend with isolated storms
It looks like rain and wind today though the forecaster avoided a firm prediction. He noted partly cloudy and warm conditions through Saturday with a high near 90 and a low around 68. An isolated afternoon thunder shower was possible, and sunset is at 7 06 p.m. with sunrise Saturday at 5 04 a.m.
Carroll Woman's Trial Set For Fall Session
Mrs. Lacy Carroll of Monroe faces a manslaughter charge for the New Year Eve shooting death of her husband John Carroll at 3301 South Grand Street. Indicted in April, she is out on $2,500 bond and is expecting a child in July.
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Lacy Carroll
Monroe
Fourth District Court
Quachita Parish
John Carroll
South Grand Street
Carroll
Living Costs Rise Again In April
Washington report shows consumer prices up two tenths of a percent in April, marking the third straight monthly gain and bringing 1962’s rise to seven tenths of a percent. The index reaches 105.2 percent of the 1957 59 average, 1.3 percent higher than a year earlier, with wage boosts of one to two cents an hour likely for about one million workers in auto, farm equipment, aerospace, and transit sectors under cost of living wage clauses.
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Washington
Labor Department
Orbital Quizzing Scheduled Today
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP Malcolm Scott Carpenter tells a stranger than fiction tale of orbiting Earth three times overshooting landing by 250 miles and vanishing for 41 minutes He was plucked by helicopter from a digby in the Atlantic and taken to Grand Turk Island Bahamas for an emotional reunion with John H Glenn Jr the first American in orbit
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Earth
Atlantic
Carpenter
Navy
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
John H. Glenn Jr
McKeithen Considers 1964 Louisiana Governorship
Public Service Commissioner John McKeithen said he may run for governor in 1964, amid encouragement from supporters. He referenced possible Long family backing if Senator Russell B. Long stays out, and said the public desires change from the current administration. He plans a Sunday news conference to discuss spaceflight events and their bigger implications for U S manned space programs.
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Russell B. Long
McKeithen
Stabbing After Prayer Shocks Ibadan Assembly
In Ibadan Nigeria a government minister was stabbed in the neck as a free for all erupted in the Assembly of Western Nigeria after prayers. Chair throwing and attacks followed until police used tear gas to disperse the fighting lawmakers. The mace was stolen and later found broken.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Assembly of Western
West Nigerian Assembly
House of Chiefs
House of Representatives
FBI Photographs Voter Registrar Records in Louisiana Parishes
FBI photographers moved into Morehouse Parish to document the registrar records at the request of the U S attorney general. The action followed a prior site in Franklin Parish and an order by U S District Judge Ben C Dawkins Jr. The registrar Mrs W A Hatton was told to provide records within 15 days but refused on state counsel guidance. Franklin Parish shows 4400 registered voters with 8500 listed in January 1961.
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Morehouse
Franklin Parish
FBI
Joe Flemming
New Orleans
United States
Justice Department
Washington
Winnsboro
Bastrop
U. S
Ben C. Dawkins Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
W. A. Hatton
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Morehouse Parish
Joe Rolf White
Albin P. Lassiter
Chicago
Lassiter
Franklin
Policeman slain in Boston bank holdup attempt
In Kenmore Square National Shawmut Bank a gun battle left Patrolman John J. Gallagher dead at 33 after chest and leg wounds. Protective service guard Harold Gillette 56 was shot in the leg and the would be robber Charles Tracy 37 was seriously wounded. Tracy, a married African American man, lived nearby and was taken to Boston City Hospital.
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Boston
Kenmore Square
National Shawmut Bank
John J. Gallagher
Beth Israel Hospital
Gallagher
Harold Gillette
Protective Service
Charles Tracy
Boston City Hospital
Tracy
Salvation Army runs 173 mobile canteens for disasters
The Salvation Army operates 173 mobile canteens nationwide ready 24 hours a day to serve at fires floods and other disasters.
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Salvation Army
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