Rhodes Predicts Industry Surge At New McBee Plant
Gov. James A. Rhodes spoke at the groundbreaking of the McBee Systems plant on Route 50 east of Athens. About 1,200 attended as Litton Industries officials touted private financing and job growth. The 227,000 square foot facility aims for completion by May 1967 and consolidates assets into a single plant.
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McBee Systems
Route 50
Athens
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Litton Industries
Appalachia
Litton and
McBee
United States
Otis Simpson
Marilyn Weaver
Blake A. Weaver
Frost
Oakley Collins
McBee Sys
Cleveland
H. W. Madison Co
J. M. Smucker Co
Orrville
Smucker
Madison
New York Stock Exchange
Gemini 9 mission canceled by last minute spacecraft issue
Cape Kennedy Florida The Gemini 9 flight was called off due to a computer that would not accept commands. If possible launch Friday at 9 39 am EDT with a backup at 11 15 am EDT. Cernan expresses disappointment after a second postponement in a historic space walk plan.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Cernan
Fla.p
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Mission Control
Houston
Stafford
Atlas
William C. Schneider
Earth
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Len Schull
Schull
U. S
U. S. Surveyor
Moon
Surveyor
NASA
ATDA
Gemini
Air Force
Navy
Seek Military Use Ban U S Soviet Treaty for Moon
U S officials say prospects for a treaty with the Soviet Union to ban military use of the moon and other celestial bodies look promising despite Viet Nam war tensions. Both nations agree on a ban and on international cooperation in space exploration. President Johnson proposed May 7 for the agreement.
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Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Johnson
United
State Department
United Nations Outer Space Committee
Robert J. McCloskey
General Assembly
Amerson Wins Alabama Negro Sheriff Nomination in Runoff
Lucius A. Amerson secured the Democratic nomination for Macon County sheriff, the first Negro candidate for the post since Reconstruction, amid a split among Black voters. Across 22 white against Negro contests, several Black candidates fell short, including famed civil rights attorney Fred D. Gray, and no Black candidate won a legislative seat, leaving 141 white members in the next Alabama legislature.
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Lucius A. Amerson
Macon County
Fred D. Gray
Fire destroys downtown business district in Mount Vernon
Firefighters fought an early morning blaze through rain to stop hungry flames in Mount Vernon downtown, causing about 125000 dollars in damage to businesses.
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Mount Vernon—I?I
Gearing Up For Logan Sesquicentennial Celebration
Logan prepares for its sesquicentennial as organizers announce events and community activities marking 150 years.
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LOGAN
West Virginia Supreme Court
Grenade attack barely dents peace talks in Viet Nam
Buddhist leaders resume negotiations with Premier Ky as Hue burns and antiwar protests erupt. U S Navy Jeep set ablaze in Saigon, monk Thich Thien Minh and driver hospitalized after grenade explosion near Buddhist youth center gate. Air war intensifies with Yen Bay raid and several jets shot down.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U. S
North
Yen Bay
Red River
Hanoi
Air Force
Saigon Radio
U. S. Navy
Buddhist Institute
Buddhist Youth Center
Dominican Presidential Vote Slated
Dominican Republic voters faced a 12 hour polling window as a close three way race formed around Juan Bosch of the Dominican Revolutionary party Joaquin Balaguer from the Reformist party and Rafael Bonnelly backed by a coalition of conservative parties. Final results were not expected until Thursday.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Joaquin Balaguer
Reformist Party
Rafael F. Bonnelly
Movement of National Integration
Bosch
Jury Rules LA Death Accidental
A coroner's jury in Los Angeles found the May 7 death of Leonard Deadwyler accidental after an eight day inquest. Officer Jerold Bova testified the car lurched and he fired reflexively as he leaned into the stopped vehicle. Barbara Deadwyler testified they rushed to a hospital believing a premature birth.
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Leonard Deadwyler
Deadwyler
Jerold M. Bova
Barbara
Bova
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Athens High School
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