Cooper soars on long Mercury orbital flight from Cape Canaveral
L Gordon Cooper blasted into orbit aboard an Atlas rocket at 9 04 a m EDT for a planned 22 orbits in about 34 hours. He reported he was very much on top of his mission in good spirits and health as he conducted space experiments and monitored his Faith 7 capsule on television.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
L. Gordon Cooper
America
Air Force
Atlas
Earth
Walter C. Williams
Mercury
Cooper
Williams
Mercury Control Center
Pacific
Midway
Space Agency
Globe
U.S
Point Arguello
Calif
Cape Canaveral Control Center
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Cape
Manussier Dies Suddenly at 76 in May 1963
George Willam Manussier aged 76 died suddenly May 15 1963 at 305 South Avenue G. Funeral services pending with Sherman Eden Funeral Home. Born July 18 1886 in Basco Illinois he was a retired city letter carrier and a long time Mason with surviving wife Alice and two sons George W. and J Victor plus three sisters and three grandchildren.
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George Willam Manussier
South Avenue
Sherman-Eden
Lloyd Latta
Elm Grove Cemetery
Manussier
Basco
Ill
August
Elizabeth Ann Kruger Manussier
Alice Meek
Methodist Church
Washington
George W
Tacoma
Wash
J. Victor
Minneapolis
Iowa House Debates 3 Percent Flat Income Tax Plan
Iowa lawmakers near a final vote on a Petersen backed package to raise revenue via a 3 percent flat income tax plus a 3 percent sales tax and new ad revenues. The proposal includes a $600 personal exemption, district schooling data for aid, and extensions to taxes on services and advertising while balancing school aid and tax relief funding amid urban rural disputes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Petersen
Senate
House
Hughes
Former Keota Woman Myrtle Bower Dies in Canada
Myrtle Mabel Dowis Bower 80 died Tuesday at a Regina Saskatchewan hospital. She lived with her daughter Mrs Mildred Hansen in Regina since her husband’s death in 1956. Burial will be in Touleau Saskatchewan May 16. Survivors include daughter three grandchildren five great grandchildren sister and three brothers with ties to Keota and Illinois.
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Keota
Myrtle Bower
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Touleau
Myrtle Mabel Dowis
Victor
James
Amelia Dowis
Charles H. Bower
Rouleau
Hansen
Vina Mattison
Tom Dowis
Washington
Ben Dowis
Silvas, Ill
Floyd Dowis
Dearborn, Mich
Leslie J Brecht Dies Here Tuesday
Leslie J Brecht 62 died May 14 1963 at Washington County Hospital after a yearlong illness. He lived at 433 South Eighth Avenue and was district supervisor for the Davenport Democrat. Surviving are wife Alpha Batterson six stepsons a stepdaughter and several siblings. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Sherman Eden Funeral Home with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Leslie J. Brecht
Washington County Hospital
South Eighth Avenue
Sherman - Eden Funeral Home
James Grubb
Elm Grove Cemetery
Brecht
Washington
Davenport Democrat
Linn County
John
Louisa Beyer Brecht
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Alpha Batterson
Elmer
James
Don
Dean
Sam
Dale Batterson
Robert Wilson
Letts
George
Sioux Falls
Dale
Harold
Bertha Ferkins
Mankato
Minn
Wesley Bortish
Woilord
Ruth Ann Wilson Crowned Queen at Kirksville Echo Dance
Ruth Ann Wilson of Washington and daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold J Wilson was crowned Queen of the 1963 Echo Dance at Kirksville State Teachers College. Sponsored by the freshman class she majors in nursing education and is a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma. Roger Durham of Des Moines was named King for the affair. Maynard Ferguson led the orchestra for the annual dance.
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Ruth Ann Wilson
Washington
Harold J. Wilson
Kirksville State Teachers College
Miss Wilson
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Roger Durham
Des Moines
Maynard Ferguson
Mrs. W. D. Booth Dies at 80 in Washington
Mrs. W. D. Booth, 80, died during the night Tuesday at her home 320 South Town Ave. She was mother of Earl Booth and Dale Booth of Washington and Mrs. Myral Smith of Crawfordsville. Funeral plans are pending with Jones Funeral Home of Washington.
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W. D. Booth
South Town Ave
Earl and Dale Booth
Washington
Myral Smith
Crawfordsville
Jones Funeral Home
Racial unrest eases in Birmingham and Nashville flares in Raleigh
Racial tensions eased in Birmingham Alabama and Nashville Tennessee while Raleigh North Carolina saw more than 800 demonstrators backing desegregation. Police arrested 34 protesters, 15 charged with assault on cafe manager Leslie Ferguson. A bi racial committee met, and the Raleigh ministerial association voted 42 1 to desegregate business facilities. The White House reported cautious optimism about local solutions.
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United Press International
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
North Carolina
Raleigh
Leslie Ferguson
Victor Bell Jr
Raleigh Ministerial Association
Alabama
George Wallace
Kennedy
Wallace
Montgomery
Anniston
Washington
Tennessee
Beverly Briley
World watches Cooper space flight on global TV and radio
L Gordon Cooper's Faith 7 mission drew a worldwide audience as Atlas rocket lifted from Cape Canaveral. European networks relay video via Relay and Telstar, with Tass and Radio Free Europe reporting. Traffic included 49 million Europeans projected to view the launch and orbit.
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United Press International
L. Gordon Cooper
Orbit
Kennedy
Atlas
Cooper
Space
Cape Canaveral
Europe
Cape
Ocean
Relay
Telstar
Spain
Finland
At&t
Annual YMCA Meeting Highlights Volunteer Service and Board Changes
A large crowd gathered for the YMCA annual meeting in the Community room to hear a movie summary of local YMCA activities. Robert Reed presided as five directors were elected for three year terms and retiring directors were thanked for their service.
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YMCA
Tom MacSpadden
The
Robert Reed
Foster Bickel
Bickel
Y’s Men's Club
Ymca Board of Directors
Reed
Washington
Robert Nichola
William Boshart
Don Minick
Richard Stewart
Richard Weeks
Nels Westermark
Westermark
John Owen
Iowa Weather Outlook: Cloudy, Showers, Thunderstorms North South Split
A weather report for Iowa shows mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thunderstorms through Thursday, heavy thunderstorms in the extreme south late tonight or early Thursday. Temperatures vary little, with Lows near 30s north to 50s south and Thursday highs 70 to 75. The five day forecast indicates temperatures Thursday through Monday averaging 3 to 5 degrees above normal north to 5 to 9 above south, with a slight cooling west Thursday and warming hewing in by Saturday.
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United Press International
Iowa
Red Cross Plans Learn to Swim Program in Washington
Mrs. Clinton Boshart will direct the Learn to Swim program with Mrs. Mike Berns as assistant director at the Municipal Pool in Washington. Classes start June 17 and run weekdays until July 26 with a weekly meeting for all areas. Enrollment begins at age 8, and beginners through advanced swimmers are urged to enroll. Registration forms are in today's Journal and should be sent to the Red Cross Chapter at 108 West Main.
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Richard Schiebel
Washington County
American Red Cross
Clinton Boshart
Mike Berns
Washington
Posible
Red Cross
West Main
Washington Municipal
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Fla
G. W. Manussier
Leroy Petersen
R-Grimes
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kirksville
VIA Television Network
NASA
Radio Free Europe
Czech
Romania
Soviet Union
Tass
Washington Ymca
Bob Reed
Journal
Charles Morris
Nels Westermark and
Irv Whitham
Washington Rotary Club
YWCA
William Stewart
Richard Paul
W.W. Nolin
Frank Fleagle
Carlyle Smith
Vernon Feuerhelm
Bob Huber
Willis Jones
G.J. Nemmers
Mable Elder
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