Race to Moon Carries $20 Billion Price Tag
The United States and the Soviet Union vie to reach the moon first with a $20 billion price tag. Gemini and Apollo flights push toward a manned lunar landing possibly by 1968 while Luna 6 and Surveyor test soft landings and data collection. NASA officials defend costs as boosting knowledge, jobs, and national security.
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Houston, Tex
United States
Soviet Union
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
White
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tists
James Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mississippi GOP Jubilant After Mayoralty Wins
Republican leaders celebrate a series of mayoral and alderman gains in Mississippi, with Grady winning Hattiesburg and Harmond taking Columbus mayoral races. The party expanded to Drew D Lo Magee and Columbus council seats, signaling a grassroots breakthrough and momentum after Goldwater’s statewide surge.
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Jackson, Miss
GOP
Columbus
Hattiesburg
Paul E. Grady
R. D. Harmond
Grady
Claude Pittman Jr
Harmond
William Propst
Aldereman
Drew
D’lo
Magee
Hollandale
Wirt Yerger Jr
Mississippi
Deep South
L. L. McAllister
Meridian
Barry Goldwater
Republiccans
U.S. Grant
Goldwater
Prentiss Walker
Arthur Winstead
Death Penalty Recommended for Oklahoma Killer
James D. French, 28, found guilty in the 1961 strangulation of prison cellmate Eddie L. Shelton. A jury recommended the death penalty after twice escaping previous electrocutions, with formal sentencing set for June 18 before Judge Robert Bell. French had been serving a life term at the time of the killing.
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James D. French
Oklahoma
Eddie L. Shelton
Robert Bell
State Court of Criminal Appeals
French
Shelton
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Homer Newell
NASA
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Torney
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National Democratic Party
Mcalester
Okla
Alexander the Great
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Chevel Gor
Larry Moore
Kiel
Gewelers
Winchester
Madras
Oxford Cloths
Seersuckers
Penneys
America
Penney
Oxfords
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