Carpenter Turns Orbit Dream Into Space Flight
Cape Canaveral reports on James Carpenter the Mercury astronaut who flew three orbits around Earth. The Navy lieutenant commander led navigation and communications work for Project Mercury and shared guard moments with wife Rene and four children. His personal journey from youth in Boulder Colorado to astronaut is recounted with his family near Cocoa Beach watching launches.
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Carpenter
Air Force
Donald K. Slayton
John H. Glenn Jr
Boulder
Colo
Navy
University of Colorado
Colorado
Rene
Navy Test Pilot School
Patuxent River
Washington
Goa
Cocoa Beach
Cape Area
Scott
Jay
Carpenter overshoots sea landing in Mercury mission
CAPE CANAVERAL. Scott Carpenter completes three orbits but appears to overshoot the planned Atlantic splashdown by about 200 miles. Rescue planes locate him in a life raft near the Atlantic as 18 parachuting medics stand by and braking rockets slow the capsule from 17 500 mph to 270 mph.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
Scott Carpenter
Project Mercury
Carpenter
Atlantic
United States
Air Force
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Sarasota Federal offers FHA loans with low monthly payments
Advertises FHA home loans from Sarasota Federal with interest as low as eight percent and small monthly payments. Provides contact number 955-1161 for applications and advice.
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BEE Sarasota Federal
Senate Probers Question 1000 in Estes Case Spread
Senate investigators disclosed they questioned more than 1000 people as hearings loom into Estes business dealings tied to a federal cotton program. The FBI's entry into Henry Marshall’s death case and Pratt’s carbon monoxide death are probes linked to Estes and a chorus of political controversy.
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Washington
Senate
Billie Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Kennedy
FBI
Henry Marshall
Texas
Wnto
Marshall
Franklin
Tex
J. A. Jachimczyk
Pany
John L. McClellan
Dark
Pratt
House
Rep
L. H. Fountain
D-N.c
Mississippi Governor Faces $200000 Suit By Student
University of Mississippi senior Billy Barton filed a $200000 libel and slander suit against Gov. Ross Barnett alleging execution of Gestapo tactics to smear him for being accused of NAACP ties. Barton claims state officials damaged his reputation and harmed his job prospects in Mississippi. He seeks $50000 in general damages for reputational injury and economic boycotts, asserting Mississippi's status as a white supremacy stronghold.
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Jackson,miss
UPI
University of Mississippi
NAACP
Ross Barnett
Billy Barton
Pontotoc
Miss
Mississippi
Barton
Barnett
Mississippi Sovereignty Commission
Atlanta
Former Manatee Student Dies After Heart Attack
Jack D. Foard 41 of Bradenton Florida, a former Manatee Junior College student and Air Force retiree, died after a heart attack during an after class discussion on a Tallahassee campus. He enrolled at FSU last September and is survived by his widow Pauline Foard of Tallahassee.
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FSU
Manatee Junior
Florida Angler, 13, Killed By Lightning
A 13 year old boy was killed by lightning while fishing with a cane pole off a river dock in Jacksonville. A companion escaped injury. James E Morton Jr. said Michael was standing when the flash and thunder struck.
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Jackksonville
James E. Morton Jr
Michael
Tass reports Cape Canaveral launch of Aurora 7
Tass announced the U S space mission sending astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter aboard the Aurora 7 from Cape Canaveral Florida. The Atlas booster lifted at 7 45 a m and Carpenter radioed from orbit after five minutes. The plan calls for three Earth orbits.
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Moscow
Tass
U.S
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S. Navy
Carpenter
Arm Reattachment Success Stuns Boston Medical Team
Six surgeons spent six hours at Massachusetts General Hospital trying to rejoin a severed right arm to a 12 year old boy after he was struck by a Boston and Maine train near Somerville. The operation began with the pulse in the wrist confirming blood supply. If successful it would be the first full limb restoration of its kind.
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Boston
Somerville
Everett Knowles Jr
Boston & Maine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Henry L. Edmunds Jr
Vietnamese plot to assassinate U.S. envoy ends in death sentences
A South Vietnamese military tribunal sentenced three Vietnamese to death for plotting to kill U.S. Ambassador Frederick E. Nolting Jr. with a hand grenade last July 8. A soldier was also condemned for spying for the Viet Cong, with three accomplices given 5 to 10 years at hard labor. The death sentences go to President Ngo Dinh Diem for confirmation.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Frederick E. Nolting Jr
Noking
Ngo Dinh Diem
Glenn Is Named Father Of The Year
AP reports Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. named nations Father of the Year by the National Fathers Day Committee. They praised his space flight and family devotion, noting his modesty and leadership. Other awardees include Robert Morse and Arthur Godfrey in their respective Father of the Year categories. Glenn and wife Anna Margaret have two children, John David and Carolyn Ann.
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New York
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
America
Anna Margaret
John David
Carolyn Ann
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Robert Morse
Arthur Godfrey
E. G. Marshall
Robert Reed
Louis Nizer
Orbiting An Astronaut Calls For Precise Aim
General Electric guided Atlas missiles use a radio command system with a tracking radar transponders and a computer to provide last second corrections during powered flight. The system ends when the Atlas exits the gun barrel and reaches orbital velocity.
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Atlas
General Electric
Salan Verdict Sparks Morale Concerns in Algeria
Paris AP reports Algerian Affairs Minister Louis Joxe warned the Salan life verdict could damage morale of police and military in Algeria. The government rebuked the high military court after Salan was sentenced to life for treason, prompting calls for swift measures to repress subversion.
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Paris
Louis Joxe
Raoul Salan
Algeria
Joxe
High Military
Salan
Alain Peyrefitte
Secret
Secret Army
Plaza Restaurant Serving Sarasota 32 Years
The Plaza Restaurant in Sarasota marks 32 years of service with longtime patrons and updated menu items. Local officials praise stable service and community roots as more than three decades of dining endure in a changing city.
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Plaza
Sarasota
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