Green Light for Cooper Pacific splashdown in sight
Astronaut Gordon Cooper received the green light to complete his 22 orbit Mercury mission. Weather over the Pacific landing zone was reported favorable with 50 percent cloud cover, 15 knot winds and 15 mile visibility as Faith 7 prepared for a late day descent and the carrier Kearsarge waited offshore.
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Fla
Gordon Cooper
Pacific
Cooper
Shanghai
China
Midway Island
Midway
Kearsarge
Waller MM
Schirra Dr
Pratt
Indian Ocean
Lawmakers Weigh Tax Changes in Iowa Session
In Des Moines lawmakers grind on a property tax relief bill amid Democratic Gov. Hughes pressure. A Petersen amendment to replace the graduated income tax with a 3 percent rate and expand the sales tax to hotels, motor vehicles, and services faces Senate scrutiny as factions clash over revenue plans.
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Des Moines
Halse
Harold Hughes
House
John Mowry
Marshalltown
Mowry
Senate
Vermeer
Peterson
Turkey
Hose
Hughes
Paterson
Cal
Petersen
John Murray
Dart Dodge
Awhich Hughes
Early Test On Canadian Arms Looms
Ottawa Prime Minister Pearson signals acceptance of nuclear weapons as Canada's new Parliament opens amid ceremony. Opposition set to address the throne speech Monday with focus on nuclear policy. The Liberals, with 129 of 265 seats, face a volatile minority, while the budget is not due until mid June.
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Ottawa
Laster B. Pearson
Canada
Robert Taschereal
Chaken
Fon
Georges Vanier
Libera
House of Commons
Hyanns Port
Social Credit
Democratic Party
Independent
Iowa To Remain Legally Dry on Fourth of July
Des Moines reports officials expect liquor by the drink not to be available in Iowa until sometime after July 5. The new liquor law takes effect July 4 with changes to licensing and pricing rules. A bill to plug holes in the law was passed, clarifying that licenses can cover unincorporated areas and that a 10 percent tax on liquor over the bar does not apply to beer.
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Des Moines
Sisle
Iowa
David 0. Shaff
R-Clinton
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Slept Too Soundly to Dream Cooper Reports
Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 35, completed a 24 hour space flight period with minimal fuel use and high oxygen efficiency aboard Faith 7. He slept through most of the orbit with ground crews noting his performance tops prior flights and his sleep prompted light banter from mission control and John Glenn aboard Coastal Sentry off Japan.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U. S
Gordon Cooper
U.S
Cooper
Air Force
Space
Cape Canaveral
Tony
Col
John A. Powers
Mercury Control
Powers
Hig Field
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Roger
Tight U S Controls Urged on Pesticides
Washington reports the Kennedy Science Advisory Committees warn that over a year 130 Americans, including many children, are killed by pesticide misuse. They urge swift federal action to tighten laws on marketing and use and call for legislative and technical proposals to Congress.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Congress
Beacon Is Launched By Cooper
Astronaut Gordon Cooper becomes the first to launch a satellite from an orbiting craft. He uses a xenonia beacon to test distance measurement in space and conducts radiation checks. An attempt to eject a tethered balloon for drag measurement fails. Cooper communicates with 19 tracking stations and shares light moments with Virgil Grissom above Guaymas Mexico.
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Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Guaymas
Mexico
Virgil J. Grissom
Grissom
Mrs Cooper Plans Trip To Hawaii
Houston reports Mrs Gordon Cooper plans to fly to Hawaii Friday with her teenage daughter for a reunion if his 34 hour 22 orbit mission ends in the Pacific as scheduled. Following the launching, Mrs Cooper hosted wives of ten astronauts, old and new, at the Cooper home.
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Houston
Tex
Gordon Cooper
Earth
X Cooper
Hawaii
Cooper
Pacific
McClellan Probes Alleged $100 Million Iran Aid Fraud
Sen John L McClellan said the Senate Investigations subcommittee received allegations and documents from Khaiber Khan of the Bakhtiari tribe alleging gross corruption and misuse of more than $100 million in U S aid to Iran. The panel met to review the material and expected corroboration.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
DeArk
U. S
Iran
McClellan
Senate
Khaiber Khan, Teader
Tran
Governor Cancels 10 Day Canada Fishing Trip
Des Moines Governor Har old Hughes said he canceled plans for a 10 day fishing trip in Canada this weekend. He cited the ongoing legislative session as the reason for the cancellation as the General Assembly nears its 123rd day with no clear end in sight.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Canada
General
Mobis Invention Aboard Capsule Aids Reentry
Astronaut Gordon Cooper plans a Pacific landing during his 22nd earth orbit aided by a descent indicator device designed by Edward Mobis a Muscatine native now at Bendix Davenport. Mobis a 1846 graduate of Muscatine High School is son of Mrs Lawrence Malis and husband of the former Ma Fagner. He joined Bendix after the U S Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point NY and prior service in the Merchant Marine.
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Gordon’ Cooper
Pacific
Muscatine
Edward Mobis
Bendix Corp
Malis
Davenport
Musgating High School
Lauwrence Malis
West Fifth Street
Ma Fagner
Musgating
Bendix
U.S. Merchant Marine
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
First American to Orbit Earth Peers at Sunrise Zodiacal Light
Astronauts Cooper and Grissom, amid a Saturn V era mission from Cape Canaveral, photograph the zodiacal light near sunrise and sunset. The crew analyses dust reflection theories from Mercury Control, with Grissom relaying lens and filter tips while Cooper advances toward his 17th Earth orbit. Faith 7 communications confirm timing and Shepard comments on photo work.
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Cooper
Virgil Grissom
Guaymas
Mexico
Grissom
Presbyterian Moderator Presses Bold Self Critique at General Assembly
The 175th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States opened with the moderator Rev. Dr. Marshal L. Scott urging candor on money, weapons, and race within the church. He warned timidity risks turning people away as commissioners from 244 million members gather to hear a sermon on sin, poverty, and militarism while electing a new moderator for the week-long session.
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General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In the USA
Marshal L. Scott
Chicago
Timdity
Erans Memorial
North
South
Mnien
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Te Grundy Center
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Children's Medical Center
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