Kennedy honors Cooper with NASA distinguished service medal
President Kennedy awarded Gordon Cooper the NASA distinguished service medal as the nation lauds his 22 orbital spaceflight. Cooper, his wife Trudy, and daughters meet Vice President Johnson at the White House after landing ceremonies at Andrews. Kennedy praised Cooper as the world watches future moon explorations.
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Washington
Gordon Cooper
Kennedy
NASA
America
Space
Cooper
Andrews Air Force Base
Cape Canaveral
Fla
White House
Washington Monument
Air Force
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
John Glenn
Japan
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
Trudy
Cam
Jan
Tlatlie Cooper
Carbondale
Colo
Negroes Fight Birmingham School Ouster Order
Negro leaders plan to challenge in federal court the Birmingham school board action to expel or suspend over 1000 Negro pupils in protests against segregation. Dr King urged legal strategy and cautioned against mass walkouts, while officials defended truancy policy. Separately, a Supreme Court sit-in ruling prompts NAACP attorney to warn of rising sit-ins.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
King
Theo Wright
Arthur Hanes
Lily
Sit
Hanes
Racial unrest spreads as Greensboro boycott grows
In Greensboro North Carolina May 21 AP reports intensified racial unrest as Negro shoppers boycott white run stores. Court rulings support peaceful sit ins but leave shopkeepers freedom to refuse service. Nearby cities like Birmingham and Durham see large demonstrations and mass arrests as students and residents rally for desegregation. Authorities move to eject demonstrators from properties while merchants face tense blockades and police action.
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Greensboro
N. C
Motley
Lata Zeld
Birmingham
Ala
Durham
City Hall
Severiston
al Hundred
Alabama Trustees Allow Two Negroes to Enroll
University of Alabama trustees vote to admit Vivian Malone Mobile and Dave McGlathery Huntsville to the white campus and extension center but ask a federal judge to delay their start due to ongoing racial tensions. Demonstrations continue with arrests tallying over 1,900 in six days as authorities attempt to restore order.
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Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama
Alabama
Hubert &, Mate
Vivian J. Malone
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Dave M. McGlathery
Huntsville
University Extension Center
Economy Bloc Targets State Car Use in Illinois House
The bipartisan group forms 30 three member subcommittees to probe vouchers and operations of state departments exempt from the car-use ban. The plan would extend the ban to all state employees while scrutinizing auto-related budgets and maintenance, with amendments expected on major appropriations bills.
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Bynee
Code Departments
Ralph H. Johnson
Linday-Schaub
Springfield
Ilinois
Umuhagyy
Rhakel
Chicago
U. S
Gaso
Otla Kerner
Ments
House
Fae
Fighting Heavy Neutralists and Pathet Lao on Plaine des Jarres
In Vientiane on May 21 neutralist and pro-Communist Pathet Lao forces clashed heavily on the Plaine des Jarres. Informants said shelling intensified after six days of sporadic action with mortars and artillery, including a period where a round was fired each minute for several minutes.
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Plaine Des Jarres
Referendum Vote On Wheat Controls Draws Heavy Jackson County Turnout
Farmers in Jackson and Williamson Counties vote on a proposal to lighten government controls on wheat production. About 900 Jackson and 800 Williamson farmers eligible. polling at four sites. Opinions split between free enterprise and marketing controls, with notable quotes from local farm advisers and producers.
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Jackson
Williamson
Eldon Starkweather
Jackson County
Farm Bureau
Williamson County
Chester Higgerson
Murphysboro
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Wiggerson
Dale Drone
Secretary — of Agriculture
Orvile+Freerman
Drone
Dione
Erhard Boosts American Plan At Geneva
Geneva May 21 AP United States and Common Market delegates edged toward a basic tariff accord at the GATT ministerial talks. West German Vice Chancellor Erhard helped push for American ideas while Washington pressed for cross nation tariff cuts and a universal reduction plan.
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Erhard
Geneva
Ludwig Erhard
U. S
Washington
Valery Giscard D'Estaing
Ue Common Market
Kennedy
Holmatinn
NATO Nuclear Plan Ready For Approval
Ottawa reports say NATO statesmen will formally approve a compromise formula allowing an allied nuclear force. France may block if described as new or extraordinary. The plan would assign Britain’s 180 bomber force and US Polaris submarines to General Lemnitzer and improve nuclear weapons liaison among members. Russia proposes banning nuclear weapons from the Mediterranean, a move seen as propaganda and aimed at pressuring Polaris withdrawals.
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Ottawa
Charles de Gaulle
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
U. S
Lyman Lemnitzer
Europe
United States
Lemniitzer
Alliance
Washington
Russia
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean
NATO
Public Aid Maremont Attacks Illinois Welfare Ceiling Plan
Arnold Maremont former Illinois Public Aid Commission chair attacked the legislature for raising welfare payment ceilings and stripping executive power. He warned the change undermines orderly government and could cost taxpayers across districts as debates on reapportionment and public aid progress. He cited rising medical costs and juvenile delinquency as addenda to the need based system.
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Chicago
Arnold Maremont
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Maremont
Illinois
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois House of Represent
Ilinois
Republi
Penses
Joseph Hales
Lake Counties
Lake County
Anderson Sent To Portugal As Ambassador Choice
President Kennedy announced plans to name Adm. George W. Anderson Jr. ambassador to Portugal, while William Attwood resigns as ambassador to Guinea and will take another diplomatic post. Anderson finishes two years as chief of naval operations on August 3.
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Washington
Kennedy
Adm
George W Anderson Jr
Naval Operations
United States
Portugal
William Attwood
U. S
Guinea
Attwood
Anderson
Navy
Pentagon
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Honor Cooper
Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Constance Baker Matley
NAACP
Legal Defense Fund
Phenalow
Bama
Budaale
Couchlion
GOP
Slivell
Lhe Leygi Omi
Wilbur Jacquot
de Séto
Pathet Lao Battle Plaine Des Jarres
Vientiane
Laos
Lester Doty
Doly
Aediger
Common Market i
Christian JA. Herter
Marement
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