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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1966

Page

12

Go Take A Walk Pit Man The Ship

Space Center reports Gemini 8 mission crews plan a three day flight from Cape Kennedy. Neil Armstrong will pilot inside while David Scott performs the outside space walk with an Agena rendezvous. Scott calls Armstrong's duties the toughest while Armstrong says his own tasks include filming and maintaining the craft systems.

Dave Armstrong Scott Agena Gemini Neil Armstrong David Scott

Pt Pleasant People in Hamlin and local church events

Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pridemore and children visited Pridemore grandparents in Hamlin over the weekend. The Congregation of Christ Episcopal Church plans a 6:30 PM pot luck Tuesday followed by a Lenten service with Rev W C Bowie delivering the sermon.

Kenneth Pridemore Hamlin W. Va Mr. Pridemore Henry Huffman Christ Episcopal Church W. C. Bowie Clarksburg Episcopal Ar. Bowie Point Pleasant Church H. T Call Viand St Jon C. Call Williams Paris B. H. Wyant Henderson Veterans Hospital Lexington

Dr Goddard Moonshot Marks Space Age Start

Dr Robert H Goddard launched the world’s first liquid fueled rocket on March 16 1926 near Auburn Massachusetts in a 214 second flight that rose to 41 feet and landed 184 feet away. The Clark University physicist and his small team, including Henry Sachs and P M Roope, used a two foot motor and two fuel tanks weighing under five pounds.

Hal Cooper New York Robert H. Goddard Auburn Mass Clark University Worcester Clark John A. Gronouski Wright Brothers Dr. Goddard Goddard U. S Miss Effie Ward Effie Henry Sachs P. M. Roope Posfessor

Ohio schools embrace land laboratories on grounds

Ohio districts increasingly convert school grounds into land laboratories for classroom use. Since the first Pataskala site three years ago, more than 100 have been created, ranging from small plots to 100 acre areas. Land labs save landscaping costs and involve many classes from biology to art and English.

Columbus Pataskala Berea Robert R. Finlay State Education Department Finlay

Mason Heart Drive Collections Hit $1036

Mason Heart Association financial chairman Rod Brand reported $1,036.79 collected with more to come from mailed envelopes, businesses, and industries. The Heart Sunday totals include Henderson $43.32, Camp Couney $21.64, Leon $45.21, Wes Columbia $45.00, Mason $123.31, Hartford $42.15, and Point Pleasant $269.85.

Point Pleasant Rod Brand Mason County Heart Association Heart Mason County Henderson Camp Couney Leon Wes Columbia Mason Hartford

Viet Premier Ky and Wife Mai: A Humble Pair in Saigon

In Saigon, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and his young wife Mai Ky live modestly at Tan Son Nhut base. Mai, 24, balances duchesslike grace with bubbly charm, as Ky cuts his wage and avoids politics, planning not to run in 1967. Their home features a helicopter pad, armed chopper, and a seven month old daughter named Duyen.

Saigon South Viet Nam Nguyen Cao Ky Mai Ky Tan Son Nhut Mai Duyen Kys Air Force

Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes births and admissions

Pleasant Valley Hospital notes record a series of births for Mr and Mrs Ronald Springer Apple Grove and Mr and Mrs Howard Sharp Apple Grove. Admissions include Lillie Dudding Point Pleasant Elsie Starcher Spencer and others. Dismissed Hattie Kay.

Pleasant Valley Hospital Ronald Springer Apple Grove Howard Sharp Lillie Dudding Point Pleasant Elsie Starcher Spencer Harry Elliott Gallipolis Mearl Nibert Jamie Wolfinbarger Virgil Gallagher Ravenswood Dana Durst Billie Stevens John Bush Hogsett Walter Smithson Letart Everett Duncan Gallipolis Ferry

Two Scout Troops Attend Camporee

Scouts from Troops 66 and 69 joined the Hock-Hocking District Camporee at Camp Lowman in Athens over the weekend. Units set up camp Saturday morning and returned Sunday afternoon, with troop committeemen and leaders accompanying the boys.

Nelsonville Hock-Hocking Camp Lowman Athens

Electrical tether could generate volts in Gemini 8 flight

NASA and Boeing scientists warn a 100 foot tether may create up to ten volts as it slices Earth's magnetic field during Maj. David Scott's space walk. Grounding cables and ionized atmosphere are cited as mitigating factors against static charge risks with the Agena as a potential later hazard.

Cape Kennedy Fla Air Force David R. Scott National Aeronautics and Space Administration J. E. Drummond Boeing Co Drummond Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories Seattle Wash Scott Duncan Collins NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Houston Tex Charles W. Mathews Gemini Space Agency Neil A. Armstrong

Hartford Pair Placed On 3 Year Probation For Forgery

Hartford couple Charles and Agnes Irene O Bry an received three years probation after pleading guilty to forgery. Pearlie Runion was granted a stay of sentence on an assault conviction awaiting appeal to the West Virginia Court of Appeals. Marsha Jean Huddleston was granted a divorce from Thomas Huddleston with custody of an infant. A contempt charge against Bright McCausland set for March 18. Land sale partition in progress for Frances E Kearns versus William E Kearns. Austin Co. civil suit settled and dismissed by B A Dalton et al. Miss Frances McClelland resigns after 37 years in Laurelville schools. Names listed: Arthur D McCoy Jr Leon. Mary Lucretia Roush New Haven. Frank Pierce Sherrick Lancaster. Mary Claressa Ashbaugh Lancaster.

Hartford Charles Agnes Irene O’bryan Pearlie Runion Leon West Virginia Court of Appeals Runion Marsha Jean Huddleston Thomas Edward Huddleston Bright McCausland Arthur Daniel McCoy, Jr Mary Lucretia Roush New Haven Frank Pierce Sherrick Lancaster Mary Claressa Ashbaugh

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