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Russians Hail Mew Space Feat Vra The Soviet Union announced Thursday achievement of a new space first a spaceman who left his ship and returned safely while in orbit far above the earth. The Russian announcement said Lt. Col. Alexei Leonov stepped out into space in a specially fitted suit, performed an assigned task and returned to the craft piloted by Col. Pavel Belyayev, commander of the Wlrephotoi (AP) Russians jammed Red Square in Moscow to cheer Lt.

Col. Alexei Leonov (poster at left) for his feat of stepping out into space and returning to his two-man craft. Posters at right are of Col. Pavel Belyayev, commander of the orbiting Voskhod 2. daughter Viktoria in a photo released by Tass, Soviet news agency.

Here the "sky-walking" Leonov is at home with his wife Svetlana and The Soviet announcement said that Leo- with fellow cosmonaut Belyayev, was as far nov (right), pictured in Red Square recently as 16 feet outside Voskhod 2. Farouk Dies at 45 ft Jtflmi Wirephotos (AP) Tornado funnel drawing back into clouds near Nash, in north-central Oklahoma. Oklahoma Tornado While Iowa and other points in the midwest's northerly areas reeled before the snowy, windy blasts of one of winter's most severe storms, the annual clash of the elements as spring tries to shove winter aside was manifested in tornadoes that whipped through north-central Oklahoma and scattered areas in the south. The picture above of a twister funnel that hopped across northern Oklahoma farmlands Tuesday was taken near Nash, by Clarence Robertson of Enid, Okla. White spots on the ground are large hail that accompanied the violent storm.

Wirephoto (AP) Former King Farouk of Egypt died of a heart attack early Thursday in Rome, Italy. He was 45. The roly poly former monarch, pictured here at the peak of his reign, was forced to abdicate the throne by rebellious army officers in 1952. His rule had started in 1936. Farouk is survived by a son and three daughters.

His two divorced queens Farida and Narriman still live in Egypt. Tornado-smashed farm buildings near Medford, Okla..