First Live Moonshots Ranger 9 Aims at Crater Alphonsus
Ranger 9 moves toward Crater Alphonsus 1,300 miles above the lunar surface. It will impact within four miles of the target area after sending live pictures to Earth for the first time. Nearby craters Ptolemaeus and Albategnius frame the view, while a diagram shows Ranger 7 and 8 impact sites.
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Ranger 9
Alphonsus
Lunar
Ptolemaeus
Albategnius
Ranger
Earth
Ranger 7
New Raids In Tense Viet Nam
American and South Vietnamese war planes struck Viet Cong positions in South Viet Nam with more than 50 combat sorties in 48 hours. Twenty Sky Raider bombers targeted guerrilla strongholds in three provinces north and east of Saigon while Vietnamese pilots flew seven missions. North Vietnamese coastal bombardments by Seventh Fleet ships were kept secret.
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Saigon
UPI
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Seventh Fleet
South China Sea
Scientists Aim for First Closeup Pictures of Mars
UPI reports from Pasadena that Mariner 4, after Ranger 9 sent back nearly 6,000 clear Mars images, is on course for flyby photos. Caltech JPL director Pickering says the craft is halfway to Mars and hopes to return usable photographs by mid July, within 4,000 miles of the planet.
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Mars
Ranger 9
Mariner 4
Red Planet
Ranger
William Picksering
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Pickering
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Inside Look At Bennington Elementary First Grade Class Size
The preview for next fall at Bennington Elementary shows an expected enrollment of 40 children in each first grade. Separate report notes North Pownal School District will vote on April 14 to join the town district and thereby become part of the Mt Anthony Union School. A state fire official filed the alarm report for a blaze at the William E Dailey plant in Shaftsbury.
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Bennington
North Pownal
Town
Mt. Anthony Union School
William E. Dailey
Shaftsbury
Sunday Drink Law Advances in Vermont House
The Vermont House narrowly advanced a Sunday drinking bill by a 115 to 111 vote with 20 absent, authorizing beer and wine sales Sundays from noon to 9 p.m. and allowing a drink with a full meal. Rep. George Van Santvoord voted against the measure as merchants along the border pressed for relief from competition with New York and New Hampshire grocers.
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George van Santvoord
Border Area
New York
New Hampshire
Civil rights march peaks in rally toward Alabama capitol
Thousands of demonstrators massed in Montgomery for a historic 50 mile march from Selma to the Capitol. Army troops and National Guardsmen controlled streets as King prepared to lead a 9:30 a.m. CST start toward Capitol Square amid tight security and a crowded platform expected for the Alabama situation address.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Capitol
King
George Wallace
Johnson
Selma
Capitol Square
Track Works Round Clock For Opening on April 3
Green Mountain Park officials push near round the clock prep for an April 3 harness season opening at the Pownal oval. Governor Hoff plans to sign needed legislation after assurances the track will operate enough days to meet the state’s $4.1 million two year budget share. The track aims for 170 days of racing this year with 45 nights of harness cards and a later summer thoroughbred season. Hoff will meet with Bartimo and De Matteo to discuss race day assurances and the delayed opening.
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Montpelier
UPD
Green Mountain Park
Ing
Pownal Oval
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Burlington
Hoff
the Oval
Vincent J. Bartimo
Maryland
Burlington Law
Bartimo
Martin de Matteo
Hoff Sees Different Path for Racetrack Dispute
Gov. Philip Hoff said at a news conference that if the current dispute over betting splits recurs with Green Mountain Park Race Track he would seek a more active Racing Commission role in negotiations and may appoint a five member business panel to review operations. He would sign a bill expanding the commission if lawmakers pass it.
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Hoff
Racing Commission
Village Board delays backing merger vote at June meeting
Bennington Graded School Board agreed to submit the elementary school merger question to voters but did not endorse the merger nor set a definite date. Most members, except Anthony Pello, support the merger as best for future education though Pello seeks more information before committing.
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Bennington Graded School Board
Anthony Pello
Pello
Bennington
Tony
Franklin A. Riley
John P. Riddle
Ronald R. Knapp
Ivor S. Pellue
Pellue
Bennington Graded School
Space Twins Return From Gemini Three Flight Parade
Cape Kennedy greeted space heroes Virgil I. Gus Grissom and John W. Young 48 hours after their near perfect three orbit mission. The pair waved from VIP planes and met family at the medical center before a Cocoa Beach news conference to review their successful flight aboard Gemini-3 nicknamed Molly Brown.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Virgil I
Gus Grissom
John W. Young
Grissom
Young
Cape
Air Force
Molly Brown
Betty Grissom
Barbara Young
John
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Grisson
Navy
Intrepid
Mayport
Fla
Spaceport
Cmdr
C. H. Rockcastle
Virginia Beach
Ss. H. Brown
Norfolk
Cocoa Beach
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Viet Nam
Pasadena
Calif
Harry Belafonte
Martin Luther King
Freedom
Belafonte
Ringheiser
Ralph A. Foote
Foote
House of Representatives
Village Board
Riley
Space Twins
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