NASA Release Tells of Red Space Failure
NASA reports a Soviet spacecraft exploded into debris in orbit after a fall launch last fall. It marked the largest space mishap since the Transit 4A mission when the U S Navy satellite broke into 186 pieces. Debris remained in orbit from Oct to Feb with fragments eventually reentering.
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NASA
Vern Haugland
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Moscow
U. S
Navy
Guides Counselor Wins Harvard Honor for Guidance Study
Mrs Margaret H Meliver Douglass High School guidance counselor has earned 18 scholarships to Harvard University summer school for special guidance study. She is the wife of County Agent C W McTver and will study at Radcliffe Graduate Center Cambridge July 1 to August 16. She is Newark New Jersey native with degrees from Bennett College Atlanta University and Florida A M University Summer Sessions. The McIvers have two children Conerlious Jr ten and Deborah Amn six.
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Douglass High School
Margaret H Meliver
Harvard University
C. W. McTver
Thomasville
Cambridge
Mass
McIver
Radcliffe Graduate Center
Harvard Yard
Newark
N. J
Bennett College
Greensboro
N. C
Atlanta University
Florida A
M. University
Tallahassee
Louis iana Man Faces Hearing in Evers Murder Case
Byron de la Beckwith 43 of Greenwood faces a preliminary hearing in Mississippi on the charge of assassinating civil rights leader Medgar Evers. District Attorney Bill Waller seeks no bond until the July 3 grand jury. The case may involve psychiatric testing if indicted, and the death penalty is being pursued.
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Kwith
The
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Jackson
Beckwith
Whitfield
Waller
Medgar W. Evers
Ith Jackson
Evers
Citizens Couamder
Greenwood
Democrats name host city for 1964 convention amid bids
The Site Committee narrowed choices to Chicago Miami Miami Beach and Atlantic City with Atlantic City leading. Chicago counters with 480000 plus 380000 for hall prep plus the McCormack Place issue may affect timing. If Chicago loses a Dallas victory not stated. The DNC will finalize after breakfast and announce the winner.
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Washington
Chicago
Miami-Miami Beach
Atlantic City
Jack Riley
Richard J. Raley
Riley
Daley
McCormack
Vention Hall
John M. Bailey
International Amphitheatre
Kennedy
Nick
Miami
Miamni Beach
Harry S. Truman
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Georgia 51 School Systems Show Negro Majorities
In Georgia a Board of Education survey finds Negro pupils are a majority in 51 of 198 local systems, down from 56 in 1950. Hankack County leads at 82 percent, Atlanta elementary schools surpass 50 percent, while 16 systems have no or few Negro students.
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Atlanta
State Board of Education
Georgia
Paul Wills
Hancack County
Wills
Welcome Home for Woman Released from Czechoslovak Spy Sentence
Helen Kozeradsky, 52, greeted at Idlewild Airport after more than three years in a Czechoslovak prison as a spy. She was pardoned by President Antonin Novotny and had supporters including Rep. Charles Joelson and family awaiting her return. Specific espionage charges had not been publicly disclosed.
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Helen Kozgeradsky
United States
New York
Helen
John
Michael
John Jr
Antonin Novotny
Charles 8. Joelson
D-N.j
Kennedy
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Unemployed in Thomasville Faces Automation Change
In early 1963 Thomasville workers faced a shifting job market as automation reduces demand for unskilled labor. Em ployment data show 1 184 applications January through May with 770 seeking permanent work by mid June. Local officials urge skill building and vocational schooling to improve hiring prospects.
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Employment Security Agency
Horace Stewart
Stewart
Georgia
First Negro Georgia State Senator to Speak at Nelson Chapel
Bainbridge Georgia will host Senator Leroy R Johnson from Fulton County at Nelson Chapel A M E Church for Men’s Day services at 11 a m Sunday. Johnson a vice recipient of Russwurm awards and Citizen of the Year 1963 joins Omega Psi Phi and the Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee with past honors in Atlanta. The Rev J W Judge Sr Bainbridge pastor says the event is open to the public.
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Georgia State
Nelson Chapel
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Leroy R. Johnson
Fulton County
Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
United States
Assn
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Ca. E. Sanders
Democratic Executive Committee
Flipper Temple A. M. E
J. W. Judge Sr
Los Angeles Mayor Praises Peaceful Integration Parade
A two mile downtown march pressed integration demands on school officials. Mayor Samuel W. Yorty commended the orderly demonstrators as Dr. Christopher L. Taylor asserted that minimal demands remained unmet.
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Los Angeles
Samuel W. Yorty
Christopher L. Taylor
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