Cooper Has Day To Relax After Mercury Flight
Cooper spends a rare day off in Cocoa Beach with wife Trudy and daughters Camala and Janita after his four day Mercury mission. He recounts orbit by orbit details including Himalayan views, manual landing, and experiments while NASA weighs future flights and delays another manned Mercury mission.
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Lon Fila
Gordon Cooper
Robert C. Seamans
National Airpost and Space Administr
Seamans
Trudy
Camala
Janita
Cooper
Orbit
Himalayas
Earth
Brief Wind-Driven Shower Hits Area Today
A hard brief shower dumped 0.42 inch of rain just before noon. More showers are forecast through the week to ease the region’s ongoing dryness.
Salvation Army Week Observed At Local Post
Salvation Army Week focuses on aiding those in need at the S Loudoun St. post with Major G Edward Bowman and his wife marking 22 years of service May 26. The Bowman couple, commissioned May 26 191x in Atlanta, lead a small team including C. B. Clay who runs welfare activities and recalls aiding a malnourished three month old and his family at the post.
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G. Edward Bowman
Salvation Army
Little Roger Foreman
Robert Foreman
Winchester
Salvation Army Week
Bowmans
National Salvation Army
S. Loudoun St
Bowman
Atlanta
Shreveport
Clay
Major Bowman
Railroads and unions resume bargaining on work rules
Washington AP Kennedy urges quick talks as railroads and five unions resume bargaining over feather bedding and fireman rules. If no deal by June 12 Congress may seek arbitration or seizure. About 200000 on train crews affected.
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Washington
Kennedy
Emergency Board
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Independent Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Independent Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
The
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Afl-Cio
Grace Rectorship Accepted by University Pastor
Grace Rectorship accepted by university pastor napolis Maryland and the Virginia Theological Seminary. He is a Huntington West Virginia native and father of four. He will assume duties at the local church on August 1.
Common Market urges U S to close tariff gaps
The six European nations push for an automatic tariff adjustment formula while the United States negotiates, seeking to break the deadlock with Washington. West German Economy Minister Erhard supports the plan, French Finance Minister Giscard d Estaing defers to America, and Swiss chair Hans Schaffner suspends reductions as talks stall.
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United States
Ludwig Erhard
Valery Giscard D’estaing
Knights of Columbus to Convene Virginia State Meet
Delegates from 19 councils and more than 5600 Knights of Columbus members arrive at the George Washington Hotel in Virginia for the 63rd Virginia State Council convention. Highlights include two addresses by Bishop John J. Russell and Harold J. Lamboley after a 6 30 p.m. banquet Saturday. Registration starts Friday at 3 p.m. with a reception 8 30 to 10 p.m. and a Convention Mass at 8 30 a.m. Saturday.
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Knights of Columbus
Virginia
George Washington
Virginia State Council of the Knights of Columbus
John J. Russell
Richmond
Harold J. Lamboley
Catholic Mens’ Organization
Joseph L. Schaffer
Bomb threats target hotels housing NATO delegates in Ottawa
Police investigate anonymous letters warning explosions at hotels housing NATO delegates including U S Secretary of State Rusk and British and French ministers. The threats, possibly by the FLQ, follow a week of bombings in Montreal while NATO ministers prepare for talks on nuclear strategy and a new command.
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NATO
Ottawa
Reaty
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
FLQ
Quebec Liberation Front
Quebec
Canada
Montreal
Ontario
Rusk
West Ge
Gerhard
Paul Martin
Martin
Circuit Court Action Suspends Youth in Manslaughter Case
Youth Mason received three years probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the crash that killed Edwin Clarke Sibert 18 and wounded William Elwood Guthridge 17. Judge Elliott Marshall imposed the sentence following a pre sentence investigation by parole officer John M. Harvey, who noted Mason drank the night of the accident and showed an inappropriate attitude. Mason’s attorney, White, testified he could not recall details after leaving a county tavern. The car overturned near Stine's Chapel during a pursuit by Winchester police.
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Mason
John M. Harvey
Frederick County
White
Winchester
Stine’s Chapel
Edwin Clarke Sibert
William Elwood Guthridge
Elliott Marshall
John Francis Tice
J and L
Stolen Dynamite Sought In Birmingham Area
Authorities investigate theft of an estimated 100 pounds of dynamite from a storage house days before May 11 bombings in Birmingham. Sheriff Melvin Bailey says the area has plenty of loose dynamite and law enforcement is on high alert with federal troops and state officers stationed nearby. The incident follows racial unrest sparked by the blasts and includes coordinated steps by Gov. George Wallace and discussions with President Kennedy.
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Birmingham
Ala
Melvin Bailey
Bailey
Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley Authority
Huntsville
Pierre Salinger
White House
Wyatt Tee Walker
Washington
Baltimore
William L. Moore
Madeleine Sher
Virginia Toll Rises to 322 After Weekend Crashes
The Virginia highway toll reached 322 with 15 deaths reported in a weekend span and early today. Kenneth Brooks 36 of Andover and George Johnston 24 of Falls Church died in separate crashes on routes 78 and 7. Weekend fatalities include Clarence Schillen 27 of Bent Mountain and Harold Conner 25 of Copper Hill in a Roanoke truck crash, plus Carl Lawson 30 of Cambria and Jackie Caldwell 26 of Christiansburg when their car left U S 8 and others killed on U S 58 and U S 301. Additional deaths include Bennie Edwards 63 of Colonial Heights and Joseph McGraw 18 of Montclair in separate wrecks on Virginia 205 and U S 58. Several other victims died in crashes on U S 19 460 U S 11 and related roads, extending the toll to a 19 higher year.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Kenneth C. Brooks
Andover
Appalachia
Wise County
George G. Johnston
Falls Church
Tyson's Corner
Fairfax County
Clarence Glenwood Schillen
Begt Mountain
Harold E
Conner
Copper Hill
Roanoke
Garden City Bouelvard
Yellow Mountain Road
Carl William Lawson
Cambria
Jackie Marvin Caldwell
Third St
Christiansburg
Montgomery County
Lawson
Bennie Roscoe Edwards
Colonial Heights
Colonial Beach
Westmoreland County
Joseph R. McGraw
Montclair
N. J
U. S
Greenville County
U. S. 301
King George County
Lyell Devoy Stewart
Callao
Carolyn Elizabeth Washington
Hyacinth
Hyaacinth
Mildred Jean Washington
Evel A. Smith
Baltimore
Henry Thomas Dixon
Laurinburg
N. C
Supreme Court Overturns Sit-In Convictions in Five Cases
The Supreme Court overturned convictions of sit-in demonstrators from Durham North Carolina New Orleans Louisiana Greenville South Carolina and Birmingham Alabama. Chief Justice Warren released opinions in Greenville and Birmingham with Justice Harlan concurring in part and dissenting in part. The rulings focus on equal protection under the 14th Amendment in state compelled discrimination during desegregation protests.
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Washington
Warren
Greenville
S.C
Harlan
Warr Ren
Birmingham
South
Supreme Court
Alabama
Louisiana
North
South Carolina
High Tribunal
Five Cows Die as Band Plays at Hornchurch Pasture
In Hornchurch England the Hornchurch Drum and Trumpet Corps rehearsed in Peter Read's pasture. Five cows collapsed and died as John Philips Sousa's Semper Fidelis rang out. Read noted the cows were terrified, while bandmaster Brian Keeler apologized.
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Hornchurch
England
Peter Read
Read
Brian Keeler
John Philips Sousa
Keeler
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