Gemini Hunter Spacecraft Cleared For Sunday Launch
Gemini 6 crew received a go ahead to launch Sunday at 9 53 am EST from Cape Kennedy. Gemini 7 remains in orbit as it eclipsed the prior Soviet endurance record and awaits a close approach by Gemini 6 to form a two craft chase within about six hours of launch.
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Houston
Tex
Aps
Air Force
Frank Boman
U.S
Valerie Byxovsky
Lovell
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Schirra
TB Found On Recovery Ship Aboard USS Wasp
Four Gemini recovery crewmen were flown to U S hospitals amid suspected tuberculosis on the USS Wasp with 2 800 crew. Earlier ten crew had active TB. none of the others showed lung disease after further testing. Gemini 7 and 6 missions are referenced with the Wasp as recovery ship in the Atlantic.
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WASP
U.S. Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
Charles Berry
Houston
Burma Rail Crash Kills At Least 80 Near Rangoon
A head on collision between the Rangoon Mandalay Express and a freight train killed at least 80 people about 165 miles north of Rangoon in Burma. The disaster is described as the worst rail accident in the country.
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Burma
Rangoon
Lilly and Anderson Named Mercer County Assistant Superintendents
Two Mercer County educators were named assistant superintendents at a Mercer County Board of Education meeting in Princeton. Clinton D. Lilly will head high schools and William Anderson will head elementary schools, each earning 800 dollars monthly on a 12 month basis. Their appointments follow the resignations of Mac Bowles and the approaching retirement of Brooks Hardy.
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Mercer County
W. R. Cooke
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Clinton D. Lilly
Princeton Junior High School
William Anderson
Cumberland Heights School
Bluefield
Lilly
Anderson
Cooke
Mac Bowles
Brooks Hardy
Hardy
Sella Becote
Mercer County Vocational School
Princeton Airport
Welch Fire Debris Cleared as Probe Begins
Cleanup crews in Welch cleared debris from the Miriam Building after a Wednesday morning blaze that caused about 100000 in damage. Mayor W B Swope said walls were knocked down, investigation focused on heating equipment and a hot water heater buried in rubble. The three story brick building housed five businesses and several apartments, with the lot likely to be offered for sale.
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Welch
Miriam
Bank Street
Howard
W. B. Swope
Swope
Canadian Caribou Near Extinction
The barren ground caribou in Canada's Northwest Territories have fallen from about three million at the century’s start to roughly 200 000 today. Fraser Symington argues the decline is sociological as Eskimo and Indian communities rely on the herd for survival. The book Tuktu A Question of Survival notes that stronger laws and enforcement are needed, yet hunters fear harsher limits. The author links the decline to the spread of modern firearms and calls for further research.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
Fraser Symington
Wildlife Service
Symington
Tis Camp
Queen's Printer
North
Santa Claus
Pennsylvania Rules Lowest Bid Favored in State Contracts
Attorney General O'Brien holds that state contracts must go to the lowest responsible bidder unless identical low bids and equal factors exist. The opinion responds to a request by State Finance Commissioner Gore amid Pennsylvania’s refusal to do business with West Virginia firms, warning against blatant favoritism and unnecessary taxpayer cost.
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Asst. Atty
Thomas P. O'Brien Jr
Truman Gore
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
O’brien
Libel Case Bounces to Jury in Mulllens Wearin Verdict
Dr Ward Wylie of Mullens pursues 100000 libel claim against The Charleston Gazette over Milam Pharmaceutical dealings with the state He and Milam faced earlier trial with a hung jury The jury deliberates Friday after a Thursday session and may seek guidance on evidence in chambers
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Mullens
Ward Wylie
Charleston Gazette
Wyoming
Robert M. Worrell
West Virginia Senate
The
Gazette
Milam Pharmaceutical Co
Dr. Wylie
Milam
State Senate
Sicilian Couple Arrested Over 44 Years Enslavement
In CERAMI Sicily police arrested Gaetano Giordano 70 and Francesca 67 for locking a female relative in a barn with four cows a donkey and chickens for 44 years. The emaciated woman 64 who had left the barn for the first time since age 20 was treated for severe malnutrition.
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Cerami
Sicily
Gaetano Girodano
Francesca
Giordano
Giuseppa
Community Christmas Tree fund gains size in Bluefield drive
Contributions totaling 211.50 push the Bluefield Daily Telegraph Community Christmas Tree fund to 1,758.65 of its 6,000 goal with two weeks left before the December 24 Tree party for 1,500 underprivileged children. Donations include in memory gifts and names from local individuals and groups at 412 Bland St and Box 208.
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Bluefield Community
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Nwspaper
Bland St
Joseph W. Whittaker, Jr
Dr. J
Compton
Jean R. Brown
S. G. Rogers, Sr
Cecil, Steven
Melanie VanReenen
Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
Glama Club
Hannah Sible
R. H. Turner
Fairfield Garden Club
J. Taylor Frazier
W. W. Walker
Daily Telegraph
Ronald Davenport
C. J. Boardwine
I. T. Wynne
Anonymous
Harry Liest
Patti Jo Cincioni
Lynn
Jeffrey Russell
Wm. Greenspon
Bluefield Police Dept
Dalton
Sgt
Payne
J. Bailey
J. Rhoney
J. Pullano
C. Blizzard
Move to remove Dixie song sparks campus protest in Raleigh
North Carolina State University students react to an editorial proposing removing Dixie from campus repertoires. About 1,000 students gathered to protest, with 400 marching on the state Capitol waving Confederate flags as the tune echoed through Raleigh. University officials called the demonstration "wonderful" and said students could blow off steam.
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Piney Woods
East
Texas
Red Clay
Georgia
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
South
Dixie
North Carolina State University
Univesity
North Carolina
Bethel
Gettysburg
Appomattox
State Capitol
Raleigh
Branch Rickey Dies at 83 Front Office Genius Remembered
Branch Rickey, renowned baseball executive who built pennant winning teams for the Cardinals and Dodgers, died at Boone County Hospital in Columbia Missouri at 10 p.m. after a daylong vigil by his wife and daughter. He collapsed on November 18 from a heart irregularity.
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Columbia
Rickey
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boone County Hospital
Brezhnev Reshapes Soviet Leadership Amid Promotions
In Moscow the Soviet leadership reshuffle elevates Alexander Shelest in as a rising power while Anastasi Mikoyan retires from the presidency citing health. Nikolai Podgorny becomes president as Brezhnev remains party chief and Shelepin moves toward top roles.
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Moscow
Anastasi Mikoyan
Alexander N. Shelepin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Mikoyan
Joseph Stalin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Shelpin
Shelepin
Secret Police
Committee For Party and State Control
Bright fireball seen over Lake Erie across multiple states
A brilliant fireball flashed across the sky near Lake Erie Thursday evening, observed from northern Michigan to eastern Ohio. Reports ranged from a possible meteor to an air or rocket incident, with sightings in Detroit Toledo areas and Ashtabula. University of Michigan astronomer Dr William Bidelman called it a fireball, noting its distinction from a meteor.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Lake Erie
Michigan
Ohio
Detroit- Toledo
Here
University of Michigan
William P. Bidelman
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Detroit
Bend
Ind
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Dan Emmett
Dixie Land
Manassas
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Committee of People’s Control
Pavel Kovanov
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No. 2
Stalin
Georgi M. Malenkov
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Gate of Three States
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Ashtabula
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