Cooper completes 34-hour orbital flight with safe return
Astronaut Gordon Cooper, after a 34 hour space mission aboard Faith 7, is declared physically normal by NASA doctors despite brief wooziness on landing. President Kennedy lauds the achievement as a victory for free people as Cooper prepares for a Honolulu parade.
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Oklahoma
Equal Rights For Women Bill Stalled In Texas House
Texas House failed to advance the Senate approved equal rights measure transferring it to a friendlier committee. The 88 to 57 vote left the bill dead in the committee, with prospects of revival uncertain and a potential Monday bid to reach 100 votes.
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Sunny Days Treasure Hunt Set For Snyder in May
The Snyder Daily News announces a three day Sunny Days event starting Monday May 20. A townwide treasure hunt offers prizes and shopping perks with full details in the Sunday issue. Merchants plan surprises and extra copies will circulate in neighboring towns for wide coverage.
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North Korea says US helicopter downed near DMZ
North Korea alleged its ground forces fired on and forced down a US Army helicopter just north of the DMZ near Seoul. It named two pilots Capt. Ben Weakley Stutts and Capt. Charleston W. Voltz, while the UN Command sought their return and any aircraft involved. The North claimed an intentional violation of armistice and warned of consequences, citing a 1958 precedent of a prior pilot repatriation.
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Space Trip Methods and Cooper’s Flight Report
A report notes an API Space travel concept termed Space Trip I East Method to cut mission time aboard the USS. Astronaut Gordon Cooper completed 22 earth orbits, lost seven pounds, and avoided space sickness though nearly fainting upon exiting the capsule.
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Weather snapshot across Texas with scattered storms
A fragmented weather summary reports highs around the mid to upper 80s in North Central Texas and 70s to 90s elsewhere. Scattered thunderstorms expected across extreme south and Panhandle tonight with cooler conditions in most regions Saturday.
Reception In Washington Delayed For Gordon Cooper
President Kennedy postpones Gordon Cooper reception at the White House by 24 hours to Tuesday at 12 15 p m EDT in the rose garden. Pierre Salinger says the delay reflects rest time not exhaustion from the spaceflight. Cooper will attend a news conference at Cape Canaveral and rest Monday, then fly to Andrews and the White House.
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Cold Front Dims Heat Across Texas Panhandle
A cool front edged southward into the Panhandle Friday bringing lower temperatures. By dawn, readings were 8 to 12 degrees cooler than Thursday, with forecasts expecting the cool air to push into South Central and Southeast Texas. No significant rainfall occurred despite possible thundershowers in Central and East Texas. Highs Thursday reached 103 at Presidio and 63 at Galveston.
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Cliff Hangers Now A Space Tradition
CAPE CANAVERAL FL. Astronaut Gordon Cooper faced anxious moments near the end of his flight as a small light failed and forced manual reentry. The episode fits a growing spaceflight pattern alongside prior near misadventures of Virgil Grissom and John Glenn who also endured tense moments during reentry and capsule operations.
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West Rites For Mrs Dolly West In Hermleigh
Funeral services for Dolly West 74 will be at 3 o clock Saturday at Hermleigh Methodist Church. Mrs West of Loraine died Thursday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene born May 20 1888 in Blackwell. Burial in Hermleigh Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction. Survived by husband Alva Vest daughter Mrs Alva Sturdivant of Lubbock son Ocie Vest of Hermleigh two sisters and three grandchildren.
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Cooper Family Heads to Hawaii After Space Flight
The Cooper family boards a Houston jet for a five day trip to Honolulu Cape Canaveral and the White House Rose Garden. Mrs Cooper Cam and Janita travel with Gordon Cooper as he becomes the US Space champion following his 22 orbit flight.
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Kennedy Wins Major Victory On Feed Grains Bill
Senate Democrats pass the administration feed grains control bill 45 to 35 despite 17 Republican amendments. President Kennedy says the measure gives farmers freedom to farm profitably, plant allotted acres by judgment, overplant wheat in good years, underplant in poor years without penalty. Secretary Freeman urged swift action to boost support for the nationwide wheat referendum.
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Two Dyess Airmen Die In Road Mishap
Two Dyess Air Force Base airmen died from injuries a week after a car overturn near Sweetwater Texas. Klein S Pierce 22 and Glen Dufrene 21 of Dyess and Philadelphia were the deceased. James K Kirkpatrick 25 and John Presher 24 were seriously injured and taken to Lackland AFB in San Antonio.
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