Slayton Grounded By Heart Condition Aboard Mercury Project
NASA announces astronaut Donald K. Slayton sidelined from solo Mercury flight due to atrial fibrillation. Ground duty in Project Mercury may lead to future roles in Gemini and Apollo programs at Houston Manned Spacecraft Center. James Webb notes uncertainty about full participation in upcoming two and three man flights.
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Washington
Donald K
Deke) Slayton
Air Force
Mercury
Gemini
Apollo
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
James FE. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Slayton
Webb
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Schirra
Robert 8. Gilruth
NASA
Manned
Cmdr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Gilruth
Stayton
Titan 2 rocket completes second test flight at Cape Canaveral
The Titan 2, a 10-story missile, launched from Cape Canaveral and hit a 5,000 mile Atlantic target. The mission duplicated the first flight and aimed to test design, propulsion, guidance, and systems for a nuclear delivering booster. It is slated to back the Gemini program and future Mercury projects within about a year.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
United States
South Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Atlas
Hearing Stated In Government Wildlife Case
A July 19 hearing in U S District Court in Tallahassee will address a federal suit against Lewis Wilson of Thomasville for trespass on the J Mark s National Wildlife Refuge. The Department of the Interior seeks an injunction over pole type storage shed markers placed on the refuge in September 1961 and not removed. Judge G Harrold Carswell will preside.
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Tallahassee
U. S. District Court
Lewis Wilson
Thomasville
the &J. Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge
Tigé
G. Harrold Carswell
Wilson
Dept. of the Interior
France Repays U S Debt and Buys Gold
The Treasury said France will prepay $298.4 million of debts to the United States and buy $112.8 million of American gold. The move, disclosed in a Dillon and Giscard d Estaing exchange, lowers U S gold holdings to $16.8 billion, the weakest in over two decades.
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Washington
France
United States
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Giscard d’Estaing
U.S
Dissident Algeria Leader Returns Home in Triumph
Ahmed Ben Bella, a dissident former deputy premier, returns to Algiers amid celebration. The homecoming signals a shift in Algerian politics as he arrives to a warm reception and potential leadership role discussions.
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Oran
Algeria
Si Bakhti
Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Ben Khedda
Freezer Buys Good Prospect For Weekend Food Review
A weekend guide highlights budget stretching poultry and vegetables. Broiler-fryers at two cents a pound offer savings. beans corn peas squash and other produce help home canning. Meat options include beef roasts ribs steaks and smoked hams. In Algeria, Ben Bella gains support amid a leadership rift with Ben Khedda.
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New York Area
First Voting Tests Begun in Louisiana by Federal Judge
In Monroe Louisiana a federal judge begins the first such action in the nation testing 78 Negroes from East Carroll Parish under the 1909 Civil Rights Act. The examination includes literacy, reading the state constitution preamble, and a citizen test as part of established voter qualification laws.
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Monroe
Louisiana
US Dist
Edwin F. Ture
Oserron Parish
Laks Charles
East Carroll
Hunter
Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
Cecil Manning
Swedish girl earns medical degree after Carolina fund aid
Birgitta Ahlberg, now Dr Birgitta Ahlberg, received her doctor of medicine in Stockholm amid gratitude to supporters from North and South Carolina. She was badly injured in 1958 when a plane propeller severed her arm and she required extensive reconstructive surgery funded by a Carolinas relief effort. The 21 year old plans to specialize in psychiatry and credits donors and the Birgitta Ahlberg fund for her education and recovery progress.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Birgitta Ahlberg
North
South Carolina
Ree
Birgitta
Greensboro
N.C
Greensporo
North and
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