Stamford frogmen recover Gemini 5 capsule in Atlantic mission
Peter A. Spencer 22 of Stamford ranks among three Navy frogmen who dived into sharkinfested waters to recover the Gemini 5 capsule. They spoke with astronauts Cooper and Conrad after splashdown and dined with officers that night. In Rutland Lt Gov Daley rebuked GOP chair Webb over availability during Hoff’s absence. In South Newfane an Orange New Jersey couple’s basement find prompted National Guard explosives experts to defuse a grenade, mortar rounds, a bazooka rocket, and ammunition.
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L. Gordon Cooper, Jr
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Boston
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Rutland
UPI
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Derick Webb
Webb
Daley
Philip Hoff
Dailey
GOP
South Newfane
Orange
N.J
National Guard
William Larson
Vermont Air National Guard
Walter Houghton
William Porter
Essex Junction
Houghton
Vermont graduates head to college after high school
Vermont high school graduates show 52 percent planning to continue education this fall per State Education Department data. In Rutland Town a Sept 21 bond vote seeks 675000 for a new central school replacing four small campuses with grades one through eight and 196000 state aid would help fund the project.
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Rutland Town
UPI
Thieves Steal 48 Diamond Rings From Rudolph's Jewelry
Three men entered Rudolph's Jewelry Store at Latham Corner Shopping Center in New York. They diverted a clerk and fled with 48 rings valued at about 50000. FBI agents and Colonie police investigate the neat robbery, noting the theft was not noticed until the assistant manager returned moments later. The men, in their late 30s or 40s, sat near the diamonds while another requested a wedding gift. They unlocked the case and took four trays of rings after finding a key.
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Rudolph
Latham Corner
FBI
Colonie
Albany employment rises in July in upstate area
Albany area for July shows higher employment than last July according to state labor figures. Unemployment stands at 3.8 percent, down from 4 percent a year earlier, but above the state average of five percent and below the prior month’s level.
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Dillion to Assume Acting Postmaster Duties in Pittsfield
Mayor Robert B. Dillion will be sworn in as acting postmaster in Pittsfield tonight around six. He will not finish his mayoral term but will handle urgent matters. City Council President Remo Del Gallo will succeed him as mayor. Dillion, 63, may serve six months to two years and has not decided on a permanent appointment. In Adams, 13 year old Craig St Cyr remains missing after leaving home during a family dispute. Police and Northern Berkshire Emergency Communications Clubs searched Mount Greylock Reservation and nearby quarries late Monday, aided by radio volunteers.
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Mount Greylock
Smith
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Hail To All
Pass the Word
Selah
Munden Point
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Naturalist
Convex
Duc de Great
Canada
Pittsfield Council Chief Joins Petition Against Victory Hill Housing
Pittsfield city council president Remo Del Gallo joins 116 residents from low income areas in petitioning the Housing Authority against a proposed 50 unit Victory Hill housing project. He calls the plan unsound socially and economically and urges rent supplements, scattered-site single units, and rehab of existing housing to aid displaced and inadequately housed families. The petitioners label the project as enforced segregation by income and offer alternatives.
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Remo del Gallo
Housing Authority
Victory Hill
del Gallo
Kennedy children mend after weekend accidents
Hyannis Port Massachusetts United Press International reports three Kennedy children suffered weekend injuries. Kathleen Kennedy 14 recovering from a fall from a horse at Cape Cod Hospital. Joseph Kennedy 12 and Robert Kennedy Jr. 11 also injured. Bob Kennedy to leave hospital with leg cast after 100 stitches from a fall through a garage roof window. Joseph struck in the chest by a swinging boom while aboard the 70 foot yawl Neris.
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UPI
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Kathleen
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Cape Cod Hospital
New York
Joseph
Robert Jr
Bob
Neris
Young Spacemen Cause Two Mice To Soar
In Omaha UPI reports a quirky space caper as a trio of 15 year olds launch their home built Ranger rocket from Cape Alfalfa. A reluctant mouse astronaut named Black is ejected at 1000 feet and survives, while Mc Dermott II parachutes to safety.
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Neb
UPI
Tronaut Black
Cape Alfalfa
Black
McDermott II
Tim Meyer
Mike Most
Eldon Zorinsky
Meyer
Chris Kraft
McDermott I
Draft Chief Foresees Call Of Married Men Next Year
San Francisco report says Selective Service Director Hershey expects married men aged 19 to 26 without children to be drafted early next year. He notes boards will tighten deferments for students, conscientious objectors, medical exemptions, and husbands not providing a home. President Johnson backs treating men who marry after last Friday as singles, with late marriages not beating the draft. When single registrant pools run dry, married men will be called.
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UPI
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Johnson
New Hampshire Sweepstakes Ends as Education Gets Share
New Hampshire's second annual sweepstakes lottery ends ticket sales as Rockingham Park showcases top 3 year olds for the $250,000 added New Hampshire Sweepstakes Classic. The prize pool will award about 65 percent of $280,000 to the winner, with four $100,000 prizes and many smaller awards. Local schools stand to receive about $2 million from the pool, most tickets sold by out of state residents.
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Salem
N.H
New Hampshire
Rockingham Park
Sunshine Way
Apple Core
Sweepstakes Commission
Concord
Fire arson arrest in Lowell after 14th blaze
Lowell Massachusetts police arrested 21 year old Dale V Dixon of 95 Howard Street on two counts of willful and malicious burning of a building, hours after the city endured its 14th suspicious fire in less than a month, causing about 200000 dollars in damage.
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Lowell, Mass
UPI
Lowell
Dale V. Dixon
Howard St
Evening division adds diplomas at HVCC Troy NY
Hudson Valley Community College announces an expanded evening division with new two year diploma programs in accounting and general office management. The offering includes existing credit and non credit courses in technical business and general areas, plus computer programming at principles and intermediate levels. Registration runs Sept 7 to 15 9 AM to 9 PM with special counseling Sept 14 15 7 to 9 PM.
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Troy
N.Y
Hudson Valley Community College
Bennington Banner contact and subscription rates
The Bennington Banner lists its newsroom and advertising contacts with local and UPI affiliation. It shows home delivery pricing and mail subscription rates for Vermont within a 50 mile radius and nationwide options, detailing 3 month, 6 month, and 1 year costs.
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Vermont
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