Gemini success called staggering as spacewalk lessons grow
Houston AP report says Project Gemini, a proving ground for lunar landing, has 50 successful flights but exposed spacewalking difficulties. Astronaut Richard Gordon urges body restraints and simple tasks until restraints are developed. Aldrin and Lovell prepare for Gemini 12 four day mission with spacewalks and rendezvous.
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Edwin FE
Aldrin Jr
Aldrin
James A. Lovell Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Charles Conrad Jr
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United States
Gordo
George Low
Subway Tunnel Breaks Ground Under Charles River
Ground is broken for a 3000 foot subway tunnel beneath the Charles River linking Boston areas. The note mentions the University of Hawaii at Honolulu, founded in 1907, as part of the readable fragments.
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Charles
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University of Hawa Honolulu
Dye Used In Pollution Study In Missouri River
AP dispatch from St. Louis notes Flu and Homyk describe a crescent red dye test to map river pollution. The dye will dilute, travel time measured at 10 points along 800 miles, assessing contaminant movement. The study marks a large scale river test with multiple state and federal agencies participating.
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ST. Louis
Homyk
Hkansasi
Anthony Ho
Carpenter union picks Hutcheson for fourth term
Maurice A Hutcheson of Washington DC has been reelected to a fourth four year term as president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Hutcheson will serve again as head of the union with headquarters in Kansas City AP reports Hutcheson will continue leading the organization through the next term
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Maurice A. Hutcheson
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Jones Hall Opens With Aeronautic Sized Acoustics Majestic
In Houston the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts rises as a six day opening, featuring a 110 ton honeycomb ceiling of 87 hexagonal sections that can be raised or lowered to tune acoustics for 1800 to 3000 seating. A movable 106 musician pit and a flexible shell formed by hexagonal panels enable dramatic stage depth. Opening events include Sir John Barbirolli conducting the Houston Symphony, Aida with the Houston Grand Opera, and a slate of performances by the Joffrey Ballet and Hello Dolly with Carol Channing in October.
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Houston
Jesse H. Jones
Yale University
George Izenour
Caudill Rowlett & Scott
New York
Bolt, Beranek and Newman
Cambridge
Mass
Trenour
Houston Symphony Orchestra
John Babirelli
Symphony
Houston Grand Opera Association
Gabriella Tucci
Richard Tucker
Metropolitan Opera
City Center
Joffrey Ballet
Errol Gardner
George Wein
Newport Jazz All Stars
Carol Channing
Wyona Opens New Beauty Salon No. 2 in Bay Plaza
Bay town welcomes Wyrona to Bay Plaza Shopping Center with Wyona's Beauty Salon No 2 featuring a Spanish themed interior. The salon offers a color machine for quick coloring, private facial room, E Z hair removing treatment, manicure staff, ten stylists, wig and hairpiece department, Faberge cosmetics line, and a facial makeup specialist. Wyona's No 1 continues operation at 611144 North Practic with five operators and a receptionist.
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Bay
Bay Flaza
Faberge
Wyona
Baytown
North Practic
Revlon
Bay Plaza
Blast On Barge Kills Three Men
SAN FRANCISCO AP Four or more people injured when a Standard Oil gasoline barge struck a rock in San Francisco Bay, rupturing tanks and exploding near Pier 64. Three men aboard the barge died. two US Navy sailors and a civilian were among the injured. Coast Guard and city firefighting units investigated amid missing persons reports and extensive damage.
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US. Navy
Standard Oil Co
Mission Rock
Bethlehem Steel Co
Pier 64
Coast Guard
Fire Department
Melbourne Australia a pleasant city with mild climate
Melbourne is described as one of the world's most pleasant places to live in, with annual rainfall around 25 inches and temperatures from 50 to 68 degrees. The metropolitan area near Port Philip Bay has about 2,000,000 residents, sprawling over more than 20 miles and reaching inland suburbs over 20 miles from the core city.
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Melbourne
Australia
Los Angeles
Port Philip Bay
Copper Wire Theft Strips 29 Miles of Line in Arizona
Thieves stole copper wire valued at 2495 dollars from telephone lines spanning from Indian Bend to Maricopa, Phoenix area. Authorities say the line has been dead since a prior fire earlier this year.
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Phoenix
Ariz
IG Bend
Maricopa
Pontiac Wide-Track GTO and Le Mans Revamped for 1967
Pontiac promotes a broad 1967 lineup with Wide-Track engineering and new options. The GTO features 335 hp 400 engines, Quadra-Power 400 upgrades, and a Turbo Hydra-Matic. Le Mans adds high output V-8s, OHC 6 Sprint, new interiors and colors. The line includes Grand Prix convertible, new 400 and 428 V-8s, safety upgrades, and disappearing wind shield wipers.
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Pontiac
General Motors
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