1800 Men Await Cooper Recovery at Kearsarge
The 1800 sailors of Task Force 130 on the USS Kearsarge prepared for a Pacific recovery of Astronaut Gordon Cooper. Delayed launch had caused disappointment but the crew maintained drills and awaited Cooper’s landing about 150 miles east of Midway after 22 earth orbits.
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Kearsarge
UPI
Task Force 130
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Midway Island
Hawaii
Sunnyside OKs Three Salary Revisions for 1963 64
Sunnyside School Board approved three revisions to the 1963 64 teacher salary schedule while maintaining the present general schedule for next year. Teachers receive their regular annual $376 increment with no extra raises. a half step is added for those who entered mid year. a new step for masters holders with 45 graduate hours increases range to 5646 9776. The board also allows sick leave to accumulate up to 80 days per year from 70.
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Sunnyside
Ad Ventures in Reading Improvement Promises Faster Reading
A Chicago publisher touts a rapid reading method claimed to double speed while increasing comprehension. The ad describes simple steps for reading at a glance and whole pages in seconds and offers the book free by mail with no obligation.
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Chicago
Diversey Parkway
Dept
Illinois
Good Little Guy Rides Off Like A Champion
Cape Canaveral reports Gordon Cooper, at 147 pounds and 36 years old, blasting into orbit four minutes after the earliest launch time. The Atlas rocket rose cleanly, with Cooper relaxed on camera and 700 reporters watching as the first American space pictures were relayed from inside the capsule.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Walter Schirra
Cooper
Bermuda
Wally Schirra
Schirra
Dr. Robert L. Nugent To Receive UA Achievement Award
The University of Arizona will honor Dr. Robert L. Nugent with its Alumni Achievement Award at the May 29 commencement. Nugent, UA executive vice president, has long served as chemistry professor and held dean and vice president roles since 1947. He is noted for community service and has led YMCA youth programs and Girls State efforts.
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University of Arizona
Robert L. Nugent
Nugent
Oxford University
Cornell University
Arizona
Graduate College
College of Liberal Arts
Tucson
Arizona Ymca
Arizona Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
YMCA
Two 18-Year-Olds Held On Car Theft Charge
Two 18 year old youths face a preliminary hearing May 23 on grand theft charges after a car stolen in South Tucson was found dismantled outside town limits. Max O Donnal of 2165 Granite Vista and Milton Birge of 950 Calle Antonio were arrested. Justice of the Peace Clark H. Johnson scheduled the hearing. they are held on $500 bond.
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Tucson
Max O'Donnal
Granite Vista
Milton Birge
Calle Antonio
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Vendors' Day To Honor Tucsonans
Vendors' Day at Davis Monthan Air Force Base honors Tucson suppliers with morning briefings by base and command officials. The event runs 8 am to after noon with tours of storage areas, missile program films, and a base judo exhibition after lunch at the officers club.
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Tucson
Davis- Monthan Air Force Base
Harold J. Larkin
Raymond D. Sampson
390Th
Charles L. Stafford
2704Th
Larkin
Frank Drachman Sr
Austin Randall
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Nathan Feldman
Joseph Brennan
Tucson Industry Association
D-M
Air Force
New Pet Clinic Opens In Tucson
Dr. Paul E. Neff opens the Neff Pet Clinic at 2750 N Campbell Ave in Tucson. A Michigan State University graduate, he previously ran a 14 year animal hospital in Sheboygan Wisconsin and moved to Tucson in 1960. He resides at 85 N Aspen Ave and belongs to the Southern Arizona Veterinary Medical Association.
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Paul E. Neff
Neff
Campbell Ave
Michigan State University
Sheboygan
Wis
Aspen Ave
Tucson
Southern Arizona Veterinary Medical Association
Legion Poppy Sale Raises $813 for Welfare and Vet Rehab
The American Legion poppy drive, chaired by Mrs. W L Sanderson for Morgan McDermott Post No 7, raised $813.50 for child welfare work and veteran rehabilitation. The April 26 fundraiser received the Tucson Fund Raising Review Board seal of approval.
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American Legion
W. L. Sanderson
Morgan McDermott Post No. 7
Tucson
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Cannon
Terry
Wilmot Plaza
Spiegel Industries
Versons
W. Congress
Broadway
Wilmot
Snaps Onte Landard
erHi
Sunnyside Oks
Dr. Nugent
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Brotherhood
Legion
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