Astronauts Tour Cape Canaveral Ahead of Mercury Launch
Six of seven Mercury astronauts visited Cape Canaveral Florida to see the launch pads and future Atlas missiles ahead of a 1961 flight. The trip included a driving tour and first reactions described as silent awe. Names include Virgil Grissom Malcolm Carpenter Alan Shepard Walter Schirra.
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Fla
Mercury
Cape
Sparta
Wis
Virgil Grissom
Mitchell, Ind
Alan Shepard Jr
East
Gerry N.H
Walter Schirra Jr
Hackensack
N.J
Malcolm Carpenter
Garden
John Glenn Jr. Navy Marine Corps Officer Profile
Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr. 37, of New Concord Ohio, serves with the Navy and Marine Corps. The entry notes his rank and ties to the Ohio hometown amid military service details.
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Grove, Calif
The
Navy
Marine Corps
John Glenn Jr
New Concord
Ohio
Legality of New Law Challenged in Charlottesville
A Charlottesville housing law restricting a 200 family Negro housing project to a public referendum is challenged in Albemarle County Circuit Court. The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority argues the measure violates the state constitution as special legislation and breaches existing contracts.
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Charlottesville
E. 0. McCue Jr
Alice
Charlottesvile
McCue
Housing Authority
Circuit Court
City Council
Bushong Receives Fulbright Fellowship for England Teaching Post
Dr. Millard K. Bushong of Handley High School wins a Fulbright exchange to teach European history in Devonport England. He, wife Mrs Bushong and children Betty Anne Lee leave August 14 aboard the SS United States for a ten month school year.
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Millard K. Bushong
Handley High School
England
Devonport
Devonshire
Bushong
Clarke County
Betty
Anne
Lee
United States
Dr. Bushong
Handley Board
Galax School Superintendent Announces Retirement
Galax. Leslie W. Hillman, the only man to serve as Galax school superintendent, says he will retire at semester's end due to ill health after suffering a stroke last September. He became principal in 1949 and later superintendent when Galax became a city in 1954.
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GALAX
Leslie W. Hillman
Hillman
Rockingham
Page
Wise
Russell
Leopold Stokowski Full Name Corrected
The full name of the conductor Leopold Stokowski is Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Boleslawowicz Stokowski.
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Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Antoni Stanislaw _Boleslawowicz Stokowski
Fresh Air Program Seeks Hosts for Summer Children
Deadline for accepting hosts extended to June 1. New York Herald Tribune sponsors children arriving in June for two week to two month stays in the country. Local chair Mrs. French urges previous hosts to arrange again by calling her.
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New York City
French Ee
The
New York Herald Tribune
Rao
Cole Porter Switched From Law to Music at Harvard
Noted composer Cole Porter began his studies at Harvard in law before transferring during the first year to pursue music at the Harvard School of Music.
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Cole Porter
Harvard
Harvard School of Music
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