Russians Celebrate Cosmonaut Landing
Moscow reports two cosmonauts Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova landed safely after 82 and 49 orbits respectively. Tass said Valentina landed near Karaganda in Kazakh SSR and Bykovsky northwest of Karaganda, both well. Public celebrations and radio broadcasts followed as officials hailed the mission.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Earth
Virgin Lands
Tass
Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Bykovsky
Miss Tereshkova
Valentina
Karaganda
Central Asian
Kazakhstan
Andrian Nikolayev
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
U.S
State Police Disperse Protest Vigil in Gadsden
About 300 to 350 African Americans gathered on the courthouse lawn in Gadsden Alabama were dispersed by roughly 100 state troopers led by Col Albert Lingo early today. The crowd had planned to protest after 396 demonstrators were arrested Tuesday. Troopers used night sticks and electric prods to clear the scene along with about 200 white spectators. Lingo maintained a tight patrol with Etowah County Sheriff Dewey Colvard estimating around 200 peace officers on duty citywide.
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Gadsden
Ala
Albert Lingo
Lingo
Alabama
Etowah
Dewey Colvard
Peace Chance In Jackson
A flicker of hope for racial peace appeared in Jackson Mississippi one week after Medgar Evers was killed as Negroes tentatively ended demonstrations. The mass meeting accepted city conciliation with minor dissent following new integration leadership requests.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson
Medgar W. Evers
Hoover Improves Dramatically Amid Health Crisis
New York AP Herbert Hoover 88 showed an almost miraculous improvement after a serious illness. A family spokesman Nel MacNeil said his vitality astonishes his family friends and doctors. He remains under observation with no current medical bulletins planned but there is no evidence his illness is linked to last Augusts cancer removal.
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New York
Herbert Moover
Nel MacNeil
MacNeil
Hoover
Panama seeks say in new U S canal plan
Panama's Foreign Ministry lawyer Eloy Benedetti told a TV audience that Panama should participate in running the proposed sea level canal. He argued Panama benefits little from the U S operated canal compared with the United Arab Republic earning about 150 million dollars from the Suez Canal.
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Panama
United States
Panamanian Isthmus
Foreign Ministry
Eloy Benedetti
Panama Canal
United Arab Republic
Rain Splits Reactions as Showers Bring Mixed Relief
The rain is a mixed blessing for residents and farmers, offering relief in drought areas while causing trouble for others. Some hope for more scattered showers to balance needs and keep outdoor plans on track.
Elizabeth Taylor to marry Richard Burton in surprise claim
London AP reports a Taylor spokesman confirmed she plans to wed Burton. Details on timing or divorce remain unrevealed as Fisher pledges to support the emulsion of the pair. Burton and Taylor, both married to others, have long been linked since filming Cleopatra in 1962.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra
Mrs. Burton
Miss Taylor
Burton
Eddie Fisher
Sybil Williams Burton
Italy
Elizabeth
Weather shower spread across Kansas today
Ottawa reported 1.01 inches of rain by noon as a passing front produced showers from light to brisk across the state. Distant readings ranged from 0.38 to 1.07 inches, with areas like Emporia 0.98 and Florence 0.81 inches, while Topeka saw spotty totals and additional thundershower action expected tonight or tomorrow.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pomona
Pomona Reservioe
Emporia
Abilene
Wichita
Florence
Topeka
Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy and Mild
County forecast notes partly cloudy conditions tonight and tomorrow with continued mild temperatures. Lows in the lower 60s and highs reaching 80 to 85 degrees tomorrow.
Kennedy proposes broad civil rights program to Congress
President Kennedy sent Congress a five point civil rights package aiming to desegregate public facilities and speed school integration. The plan envisions a federal community relations service and a ban on discrimination in interstate commerce linked venues and services, with a projected near billion dollar scope for employment and training efforts.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Administration
Hubert II. Humphrey
D-Minn
Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity
Lyndon B. Johnson
Biblic
Train Derails At Meade Meade Kans Rock Island wreck blocks line
Fifty one cars of a Rock Island freight train derailed in Meade Kansas yards delaying the main line. Some hoboes shaken but not hurt. The Golden State passenger train from Los Angeles to Chicago rerouted. Detour track laid and salvageable cantaloupes picked up by local high schoolers. A hot wheel bearing was blamed for the wreck.
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Meade
Kan
Rock Island
Golden State
Los Angeles
Chicago
J. F. Orlomoski
Police Discrimination Claimed At Meeting
Kansas City AP report of a Tuesday meeting by the Police Department attended by over 350 people where councilman Bruce Watkins accused police of racial discrimination in assignments promotions and harassment of Negro businesses. Police Chief Kelley defended actions citing language and dog use as law enforcement tools and noted a Negro officer declined a vice squad post. Herman A Johnson complained about sawed-off pool cues used by the vice squad as weapons.
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Kansas City
Bruce Watkins
US Puts Tiros 7 In Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Tiros 7 weather satellite launched by a Delta rocket at 4 50 a m from Cape Canaveral and entered a 400 mile orbit The new craft with Tiros 6 will provide extensive cloud cover photography of the Atlantic Caribbean hurricane season during a planned 10 day Northern Hemisphere phase followed by a five week southern orbit and then return to the Northern Hemisphere for peak activity in August and September
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Tiros 7 Weather Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallops Island
Delta Space
Atlantic
Caribbean
Tiros
Tiros 7
Tiros 6
Equator
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