Gemini Ends Final Major Test Ahead of Cooper Conrad Flight
Gemini-5 rocket and spacecraft completed a full-scale dry run for the eight day orbital mission set to begin next Thursday. Titan-2 booster stood 109 feet with a two-seat payload and simulated launch sequences in three segments to rehearse the countdown and crew control portions.
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Gape Kennedy
UPI
Spaceship
L. Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Gordon Cooper
Titan 2 Silo Vapor Triggers Evacuation
SEARCY Ark AP The Air Force evacuated all un necessary personnel from the Titan 2 missile complex after detecting abnormal vapors in the control center where 53 civilians had died earlier in the week An investigation is under way by specially trained personnel to determine any danger and extent of exposure while the number evacuated remains unconfirmed due to the ongoing assessment.
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Air Force
Holyoke Firm Sues Union Bag Camp Over Monopoly Attempt
Standard International Corporation of Holyoke files anti trust suit against Union Bag Camp Corporation of New York in federal court. It seeks a temporary injunction, treble damages over $500000, and a jury trial. The firms make bags for groceries and allege price cutting below cost in Ohio Illinois and Michigan. Standard claims substantial business in household bags. Union Bag Camp is Virginia incorporated with plants in Savannah Georgia and offices in Boston.
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Boston
Standard International Corporation of
Holyoke
Union Bag-Camp Corporation of
New York
Standard
Union
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Union Bag Camp
Virginia
Savannah
Farm Bill Fight Intensifies as Anderson Attacks Plan
Washington AP reports a behind the scenes battle over the omnibus farm bill as House action looms. Senator Clinton P. Anderson criticizes costly crop control programs while administration leaders including Freeman and the White House press for votes. Debates center on wheat and cotton provisions with urban consumer concerns and potential defections shaping strategy.
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Washington
House
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Anderson
Orville S. Freeman
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Johnson
Senate
White House
Freeman
Firemen Suspended in Negro Death
In Chicago three firemen were suspended after a fatal fire truck crash that killed a Black woman and sparked racial unrest outside a West Side firehouse. Demonstrations were planned by ACT and CORE as officials review driver, chauffeur, and captain roles in the incident.
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Chicago
West Side
ACT
Congress of Racial Equality
Robert Z. Quinn
Dillerman
Fire Department Accident Investigation Board
Traffic Fatalities At Record High
The National Safety Council reports June traffic deaths at 4,199, exceeding the 1964 June mark of 3,950. For the first half of 1965, fatalities total 21,920, up 3 percent from a year earlier while travel mileage rises about 3 percent. The death rate remains 5.2 per 100 miles.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
USW Accuses Steel Firms Of Creating Crisis
United Steelworkers charge basic steel producers frittered away bargaining time with endless discussion and risked a production shutdown. In Steel Labor the union says contracts are woefully inadequate and cites no wage gains since 1961 while costs rise. They seek a 17.9 cent hourly increase against producers' 10 cent limit. Extension ends Sept 7, risking a strike.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Steel Labor
Basic Steel Industry
Basic Steel
Auto Registry Targeted in State Economy Cutback
Boston AP administers swing at economy with five of 03 staff fired and two top aides spared after Gov Volpe aides argued to keep them. McCarthy vows stricter review of 03 employes off payroll, targeting temporary jobs, excess quotas, and non-tenured workers. Hyman Kramer of Medway, a division officer, was discharged among three announced.
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Boston
John J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Richard EK
McLaughlin
John A. Volpe
Hyman Kramer
Medway
Laisan
Senate unit backs draft card protection bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved legislation making mutilation or destruction of a draft card a criminal offense. The bill, created by Senator Strom Thurmond and identical to a House-passed measure by Representative Mendell Rivers, targets violations of draft card integrity.
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Washington
School Marks Said Raised As Incentive
In New Haven, Ellen Sjogren, clerk for Hillhouse High transcripts, testified that altered marks were not entered on purpose. She described a practice of raising grades after the second marking period to help students improve, in effect for years before 1959.
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New Haven, Conn
Hillhouse High School
Ellen Sjogren
Robert T. LeVine
LeVine
New Haven Board of Education
Sjogren
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