Carpenter recounts three orbit flight and safe recovery
Cape Canaveral reports Malcolm Scott Carpenter orbited Earth three times and landed 250 miles from target, vanishing for 41 minutes before rescue. He was flown to Grand Turk Island for reunion with John Glenn and prepared for a news conference as scientists assess the mission’s risks and implications for future manned spaceflight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Earth
Atlantic
Carpenter
Navy
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
John H Glenn Jr
Glenn
Here
Anegada Island
Virgin Islands
Florida
Mercury
Neptune
Intrepid
Pierce
Aurora 7
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
British Jets Join Thailand Forces
British jets join American forces in Thailand to guard against Laos based aggression. Six Hawker Hunters, a Canberra bomber and a Pembroke plane arrive from Singapore to Chiang Mai. The force with ground crews will total 250 men with four more Hunters due. New Zealand paratroops and Australian air force units are expected. The move ties four Southeast Asian allies into the NATO styled alliance against communism.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Laos
Singapore
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
New Zealand
Philippine
Pakistan
France
Chiang Mai
Pathet Lao
Udon
Vientiane
U.S. Army
Khor
Refugee Flow Into Hong Kong Slows After Border Action
Hong Kong reports a rapid drop in refugees from Red China after British authorities halted the mass exodus and closed a detention camp. Crossings fell from 4 000–5 000 daily to fewer than 2 000 in the 24 hours prior, amid unclear Communist measures and diplomacy with Peiping.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Peiping
Kennedy
United States
Washington
U.S
Declaration Against War Moves From Geneva Conference
The United States and the Soviet Union jointly proposed a 17 nation disarmament conference declaration that war cannot settle international disputes. Co chairs Arthur H. Dean and Valerian A. Zorin hammered out a 400 word draft after weeks of private talks. It calls for ending propaganda that provokes threats to the peace while allowing governments to take measures to suppress propaganda as needed.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Valerian A. Zorin
Buddy Poppy Day Slated Tomorrow in Snyder
Tomorrow will be Buddy Poppy Day in Snyder with poppies sold on the streets by the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW and Boy Scouts of America. The annual event is sponsored by the VFW and funds benefit disabled veterans.
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Buddy
Snyder
Ladies Auxilary
VFW
Boy Scouts of America
Weather snapshot for Texas with heat and storms
Readings show high temperatures near 100 in North Central Texas with 70s at night. Portions of Texas face clear to partly cloudy skies with warm to hot conditions through Saturday and isolated thunderstorms possible in western areas. Southeast Texas expects warm, humid conditions with nearby low 60s to 70s tonight and highs around the 80s to 90s.
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Snyder
Texas
Joan
Bass
Ian
Autopsy points to probable murder in Estes linked case
Franklin Texas autopsy pathologist Dr Jachimezy says Henry Marshall was likely murdered after being shot and exposed to high carbon monoxide levels with a head blow evident. The death ties to Billie Sol Estes affairs as a congressional hearing opens Monday in Washington on Estes multi million dollar farm enterprises and alleged fraud.
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Franklin, Tex
Henry Marshall
Billie Sol Estes
Washington
Estes
Pecos
Tex
J. A. Jachimezy
Houson
Marshall
John Barron
Barron
Jachimczyk
Atty
Bryan Russ
Agriculture Department
Clint Peoples
Texas Ranger
William Elliott
Temple
Cret
Carl Miller
House Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
Rep
L. H. Fountain
D-N.c
Miller
Tornado Passes Hit Texas Panhandle Farm Twice
A tornado struck a Texas Panhandle farm near Dodsonville late Thursday ripping a barn roof and overturning cotton trailers. The funnel touched ground twice and caused wheat damage as it moved into Oklahoma where hail and wind damaged Altus and Oklahoma City areas and injuries were reported.
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Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
James Luck
Dodsonville
Wellington
Luck
Altus
Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
South Plains
Texas
North Texas
Presidio
Laredo
Galvedon
Point At i
Living costs rise in April and spark wage adjusters
The April rise of two tenths of a percent sets a three month inflation record with the 1962 year-to-date up seven tenths of a percent. Auto farm equipment and aerospace workers queued for wage boosts tied to living costs, while officials expect a possible May uptick but a summer price decline.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Labor Statistics
Shooting leaves 3 children orphans in rural Odessa
Three children aged 3 to 7 became orphans after a rural Odessa shooting that killed their parents J. R. Reeves 39 and his wife and another man Donald Elsworth Wagner 32. Deputies said Reeves apparently killed wife Wagner and then himself.
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Odessa
J. R. Reeves
Donald Elsworth Wagner
Ector County
Ued
den Reaves
Japan refuses to extend North Korea repatriation agreement
Tokyo says it will not extend the repatriation deal that began in 1959 as the number of returnees falls. The agreement expires November 12 and officials cite fewer KE gathering at the repatriation site and easier individual access to North Korea. Some 75,472 Koreans in Japan have already moved to Korea, with a further 29,609 having applied.
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Rokyo
Japan
Foreign Ministry
North Korea
Korea
Miss Westerner Crowned Amid Fort Worth Pageant
Judy Taylor, 19, of Fort Worth won the Miss Westerner title during a Fort Worth contest held alongside the premiere of Lonely The Brave. Twelve contestants from Dallas and other areas competed.
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Fort Worth
Judy Taylor
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