Biddeford Journal (Newspaper) - March 16, 1966, Biddeford, Maine Weather FAIR Report on Our Numbers 283-3625 VOL. 82, NO. 63 fork Since 1384 MARCH 16, 1966 Associated Press Wire 24 PAGES PRICE SEVEN CENTS Spacemen Stalk Agena FIFTY YEARS of service with Saco Lowell New England Maremont Corporation is the record of Miss Emily G. second from who is supervisor of David vice president and general presents Miss Burns with a special 50-year service pin and 10 shares of mont Corporation Loking on left to Robert c. Harry S. plant accountant and N. assistant to the vice Miss Burns resides at 48 Graham U. S. Units Fight 600 Guerillas South Viet Nam - American paratroopers battled 600 guerrillas for four hours today on the ninth day of Operation Silver a drive by thousands of U.S. and Aus soldiers into the D Zone north of Sal Two battalions of Viet Cong Struck a battalion of the 173rd Brigade all directions this morning in the first significant Red reaction to the Allied The Americans called for air and artillery sup port and after the fighting ta off reported 142 Viet Cong Killed and 3 including an U.S. losses were described as In the central the U.S. 25th Infantry Division re ported a hard fight with a rein forced Viet Cong company around 190 miles northeast of The infantrymen killed 33 Communists in a series of skirmishes that forced the Reds a U.S. spokes man The Communists knocked out three U.S. Their crews were * * The air war continued north and south of the 17th An Air Force Phantom jet with two men aboard was re ported missing three miles south of Dien Bien site of the fortress where France made her last stand in U.S. Air Force and Navy planes flew 32 combat missions against North Viet Nam while other planes de several hundred buildings and huts and three junks in raids on Communist targets in the a U.S. spokesman Political trouble continued to plague South Viet Nam's military There were more antigovernment demonstrations in the northern provinces in the wake of the ouster of the com Blander of the army's 1st Corps Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chanh the ousted flew to his old headquarters in Da Nang in an apparent attempt to quiet the He told a welcoming crowd of more than 5,000 to think of their country not of But as Thi appealed for loyalty to the men who fired him last political agitation touched off by his dismissal swept the Buddhist stronghold of 50 miles north of Da and at least two provincial capitals in the Local Doctor Airs For State Medical Needs School Scott Soar Into Historic Link-Up Set For 6 P. M. CAPE Fla. - The Gemini 8 astronauts soared into orbit today on man's most difficult space a d began stalking an Agena satellite across the sky in the first attempt to link up two orbiting Neil Armstrong and David Scott planned to close in on the Agena late today after a 105,000 mile chase and complete the historic docking about 6 high above South America But the excitement of the flight won't end AUGUSTA - A doctor making a study of the feasibility of a medical school in Maine said today it will depend on the speed and thoroughness of efforts to develop several essential said Dr. John B. of include graduate education in the physical and social professional education in the through the professions and the citizens of To these should be added two other items necessary to attract physician graduates to practice in he Good elementary and high school education and improved Truslow told the Legislative Research Committee in a progress report that he has formed no conclusions and was re- several hospital centers only on the directions could sustain strong intern and residency regional planning to spread the benefits and details of his study to He made these Hennessey Ta Police Chief's Oath AUGUSTA - Parker F. 54, of who started a state police career in 1938, was confirmed and took his oath of office today as chief of his He succeeds Robert 55, of who retired Feb. 28 to take other employment after 30 years in the depart the last 12 as Hennessey's service time was broken only by three years of Army service in World War when he was a criminal investigation For the last sev en years he has been deputy chief under His new pointment is for a four - year The Democratic Executive Council also confirmed Miss Marion E. Martin of Hallo well for her seventh 3 - year term as commissioner of labor and Miss Martin is a former state senator and vice chairman of the Republican National and has served on several labor and safety organ of the federal govern ment and National Safety Coun Edward N. Merrill II of was confirmed to succeed on Page to From 1921 through 1961, 976 graduates of Maine colleges earned Ph. D. degrees but only three did so in this state -all three since the spring of 1960. By 1964, this number had grown to 10, making Maine 50th of the 50 states and District of There is little chance of an accredited medical school in Maine without a major effort in graduate than any other state with which I am Maine has a. regional achieve national leadership in this effort now is heartening to note the substantial progress made in the past two years in this state in facing up to the problem of quality in our elementary schools and high Maine's relative advances in one biennium can be wiped out in the next unless we are pared to face our competitive lag and the awful responsibility we have to our young Even in large cities it is diff to plan location of services so that a majority of residents are within half an hour of emergency In less than 20,000, of the state's population of nearly one million are more than 20 miles from an approved hospital or perhaps half an hour's driving Three additional hookups are planned and Thursday Scott is to drift out into the silent emptiness of space for a record space walk of nearly 2Vfc By the time the astronauts return to earth if all goes as they will have rehearsed many of the vital techniques that must be perfected before men venture to the The great space hunt started at 11:41 a.m. EST with the thundering blastoff of a Titan 2 rocket from Cape The 109-foot-tall projectile vaulted upward on a blazing tail of hot gases and drilled Gemini 8 into orbit more than 100 miles above the Command pilot Armstrong separated the spacecraft from the Titan 2 and fired jet to provide the final orbital speed of more than 17,500 miles an The firing climaxed a specta cular launching doubleheader that started at 10 a.m. when an Atlas burst away from another launch pad to propel the Agena target satellite into orbit 185 miles the path Armstrong and Scott were in their Gemini 8 spacecraft when the took off. They watched the launching on a TV monitor placed outside the When told by the control cen merited if We'll take that When the astronauts took reported this was * + * Armstrong and Scott were to execute a number of orbital shifting maneuvers which would enable them to catch the Agena during the fourth The daring linkup of the two vehicles was scheduled to occur 185 miles above Peru when the first civilian astronaut to rocket into was to gently nudge the nose of the Gemini into a funnel-shaped docking collar on the The astronauts were to fly the same course that Gemini 6 as Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford traveled in De- cember in tracking down space time they orbit six minutes the fast-moving Agena had streaked out about 1,200 miles in front of them and was of the island of Gemini 8 was aimed at an orbit ranging from 100 to 168 statute miles out and mission control reported it was almost precisely on that path - ranging from 98 to 178 Officials Two Die In New Watts Rioting Today's Chuckle It's no wonder women live longer than men - just look how long they were Gen. LOS ANGELES Six hundred Negroes rampaged for six hours late leaving at least two dead and 26 injured in a South Los Angeles area still showing scars of last August's bloody A massive force of several hundred police swiftly sealed off a 36- section in the predominantly Negro Watts then moved in to clear the streets of mobs firing hurling looting stores and upsetting Gov. Edmund G. Brown flew to Los decided calling out the alerted National Guard and is well under control for the time At the height of the outbreak a white truck Lawrence 30, father of was shot to death as he pounded on doors seeking refuge from a Negro Shortly afterward Joe Lee 33, died as he walked out of a store into crossfire between police and There were unconfirmed reports of a third Police said 27 persons were * * * Like last when the six-day toll was 34 dead and Atkinson's Venetian Window Porch By DuPont - Kirtch - Vudot Parking 8fCO million in damage from looting and the violence was triggered by a minor Police said a Negro man threw a rock at a car driven by a white The white slightly stopped and called It was about 3:20 p.m. and nearby Jordan High School was just letting out for the Negro students gathered around the group and began accusing the officers of brutality in arresting the rock Bricks and bottles flew from the growing Police said Negroes started overturning automobiles and setting them Violence spread like wildfire through the streets of The first stepped from his truck to make a delivery of bottled water and was surrounded by a dozen young get the water one Two shots were hitting Gomez in the head and He pounded on four doorways in then fell to the sidewalk and As shooting and stabbing police mobilized half the patrol cars in all seven metropolitan divisions and rushed them to the Watts 15 miles south of downtown Los Officers said that at one time more than 600 Negroes were rioting in the lined with gutted buildings never restored after the August Police set up barricades round the area centering on 103rd Street and Wilmington then moved in with shotguns By 7 p.m. they had cleared the Two hours later Gov. Brown flew in to confer with Mayor Samuel W. Yorty and then an the riot was under con Brown later told newsmen he had alerted National Guard officials three days ago after hear ing there was lot of unrest in the He said he received a tip from Assemblyman F. Douglas Fer and told Guard officials to confer with police about possible activation of the Lt. Frank Beeson said police had learned some valuable lessons last August which were applied successfully time we used motorcycle who proved very an Pate ST. PATRICK'S SPECIAL SERVED ALL PAY CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE Boiled Bread * Coffee broiled special SIRLOIN STEAK wm m m m w m w m m mm m m m wwwwwww STEAK HOUSE Washington Biddeford Millions more watched on including the wives and children of the astronauts at Both rockets went off exactly on schedule after the two launch crews combined for the difficult double countdown the mission control center reported to Armstrong after the almost flawless launch of the Agena target like we've got a live one up there for Armstrong ex The astronauts had watched the fiery earth departure of the Atlas on a television monitor just outside the hatches of the were in the words of a space agency to into their historic Both the United States and tho Soviet Union must perfect the docking technique before men to lunar Gemini 8 will fly the identical path that Gemini 6 did in moving to within one foot of Gemini 7 during the historic December rendezvous of two manned Armstrong was asked in an interview if he expected any trouble with the docking He not a bit worried about it. When you do touch you can expect some reaction on the part of the other The amount that it reacts will depend on how hard you hit how squarely you hit it. going to be our intent to hit it as squarely and firmly as possible at just the right velocity the first That will take some expert since both vehicles will be zipping along at more than 17,500 miles an But the relative speed differences when contact is made is to be equivalent to a man taking a step every six * * Armstrong has demonstrated his skill as a pilot as a veteran on Page Neil A. Armstrong rendezvousing with the Gemini 7 astronauts - Frank Borman and James They came within one foot of one another and Schirra he did not believe docking would be any problem once two objects got ' When Armstrong Scott were told they were in an acceptable Scott it looks good up 35, a veteran the 26-foot Jong Agena was di- was at the controls as the space By the safari His 35; an Air Force was to handle computer that calculates the precise directions enabling them to make three major orbit changes and several minor adjustments to narrow the gap with The twin launching the first ever conducted in the U.S. space was viewed by thousands who crowded into David R. Scott They planned to catch the Agena at 6:11 in their own fourth orbit of the The 17,411-pound Agena satel lite sailed into an orbit 185.65 statute miles out from LBJ Sees U. S. First On Moon WASHINGTON - Johnson predicted publicly mission control that the as close to the goal of a perfect 185-mile circular orbit we could have hoped for with an unmanned Command pilot Armstrong and pilot Scott turned in for 10 hours of sleep Tuesday night while technicians solved three problems in the Gemini vehicle which threat ened the The a communications a fuel cell power system and a jet thruster - caused a 90-minute holdup in fueling but did not delay the 35, a and able vantage points at the 33, an Air Force will beat Russia to the landing of a man on the The President made the prediction after watching the launching of Gemini 8, the forerunner of a space capsule intended to put an American on the are going to be the first to land a man on the moon and we will land him in the 1960s," the President He spoke at a ceremony at which he accepted an award from the National Space Club for having the leadership for United States in PERSONS ELIGIBLE for Medicare were able to register at this mobile which was parked Tuesday morning on Sato's Main Shown in front of the unit left to Saco Mayor Paul E. 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