Mercury Atlas Launch Postponed Again By Weather
The Atlas launch of astronaut Gordon Cooper is delayed due to overcast skies over the Atlantic. NASA officials warned the flight may not occur tomorrow and could shift to Friday at the earliest. Glenn remained calm, accepting the weather setback as he prepared to rest after the postponement.
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Atlantic
Mercury Project
Tucson
National Space and Aeronautics Administration
NASA
Glenn
William K. Douglas
Homer Explains Street Request Sparks City Budget Controversy
Arizona Tax Commission schedules a Mar 7 hearing in Tucson on a $459,100 street budget increase to repair rains damage. Citizens cite nearly $1 million remaining in the street fund and question the need. Council members discuss alleged misdirection by the manager and demand detailed budget use before the hearing.
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Tucson
Charles Branin
Tax Commission
Branin
Homer
Birthday Skies Clear on Ari zona's Birthday
Overcast conditions cleared in the morning revealing a bright day for Ari zona's birthday. Fog lifted from foothills at sunup though city mist lingered till noon with a forecast of several fair days ahead and a 75 degree high expected tomorrow.
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Arizona
Floods Ripple Dikes as Rivers Tell Off in West and Midwest
The northern Rockies suffer their worst floods with 6000 homeless across six states. Portneuf River breaches three-tier dike in Pocatello Idaho, 54 feet high water floods three houses and a park. In Wyoming, ice jams are cleared. Manderson and Greybull see action with curfews and guards. Fremont Big Horn and Washakie counties gain SBA 3 percent disaster loans. Further floods hit Battle Mountain Nevada and Utah Colorado. new snowstorm dumps 11.3 inches at Escanaba Michigan.
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Portneuf
Pocatello
Idaho
Wyoming
Small Business Administration
Washington
Fremont, Big Horn
Washakie Counties
Kennedy Macmillan reject Khrushchev push for March summit
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan turned down Khrushchev's bid for a March summit but kept open the option of a top level meeting on disarmament before June 1. They urged foreign ministers to open Geneva talks on March 14.
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Washington
Kennedy
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Geneva
United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Lord Home
Dean Rusk
Moscow
Pioneers Honored At Fete In Arizona Statehood Jubilee
At the Pima County Courthouse in Tucson hundreds attend a fiftieth anniversary of Arizona statehood. Historian Douglas Martin lauds pioneers who built state institutions while flags of Spain, the United States, Mexico, and the Confederacy are raised amid ceremonies. Twenty five pioneers attend, including golden wedding couples, with a luncheon hosted by the Tucson Rotary Club.
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Arizona
Pima County
Douglas D. Martin
Tucson
Pioneer Hotel
Rotary Club
Powers Gives Vital Data From Secret Interrogation
President Kennedy says U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is providing important information to American officials who have been interrogating him at a secret location after his release from a Soviet prison.
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Kennedy
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolf Abel
Washington
UPI
Powers
Doors Stay Closed At Titan Plant
The Graver Tank and Manufacturing Co. did not open the Titan missile base door fabrication plant on Congress Street, closed since Feb. 2, amid unfair labor practice charges by the United Steelworkers. Managers cited a request by IMI and Ward Industries and said openings may not occur before Monday. 130 workers sought recall, unions contested Graver’s hires and referred to state right to work laws.
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John Riddick
Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co
Congress Street
United Steelworkers of America
Idaho Maryland Industries Inc
Ward Industries
Jack Cunningham
Graver
Joseph Roches
Iron Workers Union
Tucson
Inside the Citizen Police Ticket Quota Denied
A Citizen report claims authorities deny a police ticket quota while a one day post office setup operates and a flight from the Yaquis region is noted. This brief item highlights local enforcement claims and regional logistics.
Proskyve hasy El Rio
The fragment hints at an El Rio page segment with references to pages six eight and twenty one. It notes possible section markers or listings but lacks clear events or names to confirm a full news item.
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By Marge Kuehlthau
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Union
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United States
Gadsden Purchase
Stephen Ochoa
Don Estevan Ochoa
el Presidio
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Arthur Woodward
Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
Ochoa
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IMI and Ward
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Steelworkers Union
E. W. Stonehouse
Steelworkers
National Laborelations Board
Joel Drake
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U. S
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