Reds Launch Heaviest Spacecraft Mariner Finds Thin Air May Impair Mars Probes
Pasadena reports that Mariner 4 found Mars air extremely thin, potentially hindering a 1971 life-search probe. Scientists said the atmosphere may be 50 to 100 times thinner than Earth's, complicating a heavyweight Voyager mission. The craft sent three of 21 planned images, with the first focusing on the Amazonis Desert and details resolving to three miles across.
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Amazonis
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Mesogaea
Admirati Samus Praises Mars Photo At Vatican
Pope Paul VI praised the first Mars picture relayed by the U S Mariner craft. He viewed a UPI copy in the Vatican and wrote in Latin we saw it and we were amazed. Moscow hailed Mariner-4 but kept pace by launching more satellites amid space race talk.
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Russia
No Agreement Reached On Vt Milk Prices
MONTPELIER Vermont officials failed to secure a price rise for dairy farmers at a Friday meeting with USDA officials. Agriculture Commissioner Raymond Rowley called the session informational and said another meeting would occur in about two weeks. He urged raising Vermont milk prices by 44 cents per hundredweight to ease drought impacts.
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Viet Nam Seeks More U.S. Reinforcements
In Saigon, Defense Secretary McNamara and ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge met with Prime Minister Ky and others to discuss increasing U S troop strength to end the guerrilla war. Officials said the exact number was undisclosed and no decision would be made until McNamara reports to President Johnson.
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Westmoreland
Central Vermont Railway seeks to end two passenger trains
The Central Vermont Railway Corp asks the Public Service Board to approve dropping trains Nos. 33 and 34 between Montreal and White River Junction due to falling revenue after the government canceled mail contracts. A hearing is set for July 27 in Montpelier to support profitability claims amid ongoing reductions in Vermont passenger service.
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Cabinet Probes Ways To Relieve Drought
UPI report says Interior Secretary Udall met with the Water Resources Council to discuss short and long term drought relief for the Northeast. Geological Survey notes July rains offered little relief as New York and surrounding states face severe water shortages. a state by state report is filed for Johnson. New Jersey seeks a multi million gallon per day desalting plant.
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Water Resources Council
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Delaware River Basin Commission
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Proton I Unmanned Space Station Launch Sets Record
The Soviet Union launched Proton I, an unmanned space station payload weighing 24,400 pounds, the heaviest orbiting payload to date. Tass said the craft carried a 19,910 megahertz transmitter and orbited at 375 by 114 miles with a 63.5 degree inclination, completing a 92.45 minute revolution.
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Mariner-4
Kennedy grave at Arlington National Cemetery awarded contract
The Defense Department awarded Aberthaw Construction Co. a 1.408 million dollar contract to build a permanent JFK grave at Arlington National Cemetery. Construction begins this month and lasts about 14 months. The project includes the grave, terminal wall, walkways, and a 200 foot circular path, with future contracts for an eternal flame, seal, and three Kennedy family grave markers.
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Inside Look Raises Question About Self Perception
Jean Wassick reflects in a mirrored moment on Page 3 wondering what actions to take. Roy Marsden discusses large fish and persistent woodchucks on Page 4. A full-page map on Page 5 shows Vermont's House of Representatives reorganized under reapportionment.
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House of Representatives
Granddaughter of Senator Ribicoff Dies in New London
Ruth Rose Ribicoff seven week old daughter of Peter Ribicoff and wife died on arrival at a New London hospital after being found almost blue in her carriage outside the senator Abraham Ribicoff’s beachside home. The infant was reported an apparent suffocation victim.
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Stevenson Eulogized At Washington Funeral In DC
President and Mrs. Johnson attended the national funeral service for Adlai E. Stevenson at the Washington National Cathedral. The 65-year-old statesman was praised as a civil man before his body was flown to Illinois for burial, with Judge Carl McGowan delivering remarks.
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Georgia Hamlet Hires a Negro As Police Chief
CRAWFORDVILLE GA UPI a tiny town with racial demonstrations since late May hired Jesse Meadows, a 65 year old retired sawmill operator and World War I veteran as police chief a first for Georgia. He assumed duties Thursday and immediately arrested a Negro demonstrator named Frank Bates for failing to obey an officer. Stevenson, a long time political figure, died in London of a coronary thrombosis and will be buried in Bloomington Illinois after lying in state in Springfield.
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