Personality Spotlight Alan B. Shepard No. 1 Astronaut
United Press International profiles Alan B. Shepard the 37 year old astronaut and jet test pilot. The piece notes his two years of training two and three days of waiting before the launch and his calm demeanor under danger. It covers his height weight hair color eye color reserve and winning smile and mentions his East Derry New Hampshire origins and schooling.
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Space Committee Hikes NASA Budget to Beat Russia Moon
The House Space Committee approved a total boost of 126.6 million to Kennedy's space plan, including a 50.2 million rise for the Apollo craft. The package raises NASA's fiscal year funding from 1.23 to 1.36 billion, with separate steps needed for final appropriations.
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UPI
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America
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Cuba Steps Up War On Church Exodus Begins
Miami based dispatch reports priests and nuns fleeing eastern Cuba streaming toward Havana amid persecution under Fidel Castro. Five priests jailed in four days as churchmen denounced. two Spanish monsignors sought asylum in Havana and Bogota sought safe conduct. Authorities said 100 priests under house arrest and militiamen guard churches. reports also state seizure of private and parochial schools in Santiago despite no decree.
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Francis L. McCarthy
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UPI
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Trinidad Torrebajas
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Weather outlook with showers and warmer temps scattered
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms Saturday and west tonight. Tonight not so cool with lows 50 to 56. Saturday warmer with Beckley high yesterday around 82 and a 46 low last night. Oak Hill and Enon readings vary with clearing trends and river gauge steady near 3.8 feet. Women were made before mirrors and most have stayed there since.
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Epitaph on Grave Sparks Witty Windsor Reply
In suburban Cleveland a gravestone epitaph reads My glass is run My grave you see Prepare for death and follow me Mrs. Grace E Wort of Windsor Ohio replies I ll not consent Until I know which way you went The Michigan Senate votes to keep marriage license costs down killing a bill to raise it from $2 to $3
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Cleveland, Ohio
UPI
Cleveland
Grace E. Wort
Windsor, Ohio
Lansing
Mich
Radiant Wife Predicts Shat Spaceflight Success
Virginia Beach report describes Louise Shepard reacting with joy as news of Alan B. Shepard's spaceflight success comes in. She tells reporters she knew the mission would succeed from the moment it blasted off, cites updates from Cape Canaveral, and shares pride in his achievement with family nearby.
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UPI
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John Matthews
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Louise Shepard
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Cape Canaveral
First Flight Controlled By Pilot Space Breakthrough
Americas first astronaut broke space barriers as Alan B Shepard Jr. piloted Freedom 7. The 37 year old Navy commander launched from Cape Canaveral at 10 34 a m and landed 21 minutes later after a 302 mile Atlantic splashdown. NASA called the mission a success and the nation celebrated the historic pilot controlled flight.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
United Press International
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UPI
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Atlantic Missile Range
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
Alan Shepard
Man What A Ride Astronaut Shepard Lands Aboard Carrier
UPI reports astronaut Alan B. Shepard’s first words after recovery are Man, what a ride as he was plucked from the sea and brought to the Lake Champlain. The flight on the Redstone missile faced seven holds before launch and ended with Shepard reporting everything was okay through intense g forces and instruments.
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Jerome Strong
UPI
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Yuri Gagarin
President Thanks Shepard By Phone
President Kennedy spoke with astronaut Alan B. Shepard by radio from the White House after Shepard’s Atlantic recovery. Shepard said everything worked about perfectly and thanked the President for the praise and support.
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Shepard
Long News Mix From 1962 Highlights Faces and Foreign Ties
House Speaker Sam Rayburn rejects a report of retiring, stating he will run again in 1962. Pope John XXIII welcomes Queen Elizabeth II to Vatican City, marking a rare historic meeting. Labor Secretary Goldberg seeks binding arbitration for National Airlines and its 1100 striking workers. Lyndon Johnson plans a Southeast Asia swing to reassure allies. Bourguiba lauds US anti colonial stance in Congress. Fair Play for Cuba’s Martin Hall exits TV panel amid flag salutes. Nora O’Brien halts transcontinental horseback ride to take a job in Guilford New York.
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D-Tex
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Queen Elizabeth II
Vatican State
Britain
Arthur Goldberg
National Airlines
Lyndon B Johnson
Southeast Asia
America
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Johnson
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Congress
Martin Hall
Los Angeles
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Julie England
Cuba
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Board to Study Criticism on New High School
Raleigh County Board of Education will review criticism over delaying a new high school to replace Woodrow Wilson High. President Carl G Jarrell and Superintendent Sherman C Trail cited county survey findings and funding limits, while noting Woodrow Wilson has updated labs in chemistry and physics, with modern art and mechanical drawing courses occasionally affected by staffing.
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Woodrow Wilson High
Carl G Jarrell
Jarrell
W. T. Blakely
Beverly St
Releigh Register
Sherman C.trail
WWHS
JC. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Peregoy
Two Holdup Men Captured After Fayette Motel Robbery
Fayetteville officers and state police trapped a fleeing vehicle after a motel robbery on Route 21 near Beckwith. James Hayden 22 of McAlpin Raleigh County and Larry Guy Parnell 20 Oak Hill were arrested about 2 a m at Victor on Route 60. They signed confessions and are held in Fayette County Jail on armed robbery charges. The robbery was reported to the sheriff’s office around 1 a m. Deputy W K Toney made the arrest after a car description was broadcast by radio.
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Fayette County
Fayette
Beckwith
James Hayden
McAlpin
Raleigh County
Larry Guy Parnell
Oak Hill
Sheriff's Office
Victor
W. K. Toney
Gary Cooper in Cancer Fight Says He Is Not Afraid
Hollywood reports Gary Cooper 59 dying of cancer says it is God’s will and he is not afraid for the future. A grand jury in Kansas City calls organized crime a criminal playground. Louise Shepard remarks she chose not to attend Cape Canaveral. Henry Raymont quotes Fidel Castro predicting a Communist revolution in the United States before Castro is ousted.
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United Press International Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Kansas City
Washington
UPI
Henry Raymont
Fidel Castro
United States
Caribbean
Beckley watches with pride as Shepard completes space mission
Beckley residents paused daily work from 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. to cheer America's first spaceman, Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, on a 15 minute flight. City workers, educators, magistrates, and police listened on radios and televisions as the capsule splashed down, with prayers and shared relief at the successful mission.
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Navy
Alan B. Shepard
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Shepard
Atlantic Missile Range
Laos Begins Peace Talks On Hostile Road Juggle
Representatives of the pro Western royal government of Laos and the Communist Pathet Lao rebels met on a dusty road near Ban Hin Heo to begin peace talks amid hostility. A six member government team led by army Inspector General Sing Battanasa flew in for the talks on the main highway between Vientiane and Luang Prabang as Pathet Lao delegates hurled abuse.
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Michael Malley Ban Hin Heap
Laos
UPI
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Pathet Laos
Sing Battanasa May
President Kennedy Signs Minimum Wage Bill Into Law
President Kennedy signed a bill raising the minimum wage to 1.25 dollars an hour and extending coverage to about 3.6 million more workers. The act raises existing coverage to 1.15 dollars for those already under the wage hour law, with first increases taking effect September 5 after Labor Day. AFL-CIO President George Meany and a large union delegation witnessed the ceremony in the White House.
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Hale Montgomery
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Kennedy
Temperance League Seeks Name Change
West Virginia Temperance League may dissolve in name only at its annual meeting. The group considers a new, more action-oriented name and will elect officers and designate a new full time whisky-fighting superintendent. Rev. Stanley B. Niles turns 65 in January and retires soon.
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UPI
West Virginia Temperance League
Antiliquor Organization
W. S. Overstreet
Ravenswood
Stanley B. Niles
Oklahoma
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