Gemini 9 crew describe tense space rendezvous and dock
Stafford and Cernan relay vivid cockpit scenes from Gemini 9 as they approach their target satellite. The command pilot notes a weird vehicle with clam shells open and a shroud torn in two while describing explosive bolts firing and the mass held by pyro wires. He quips about extending the docking bar to tap the satellite, signaling renewed docking effort.
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Stafford
ATDA
Stafford and
Cernan
Cernan Plans Orbital EVA With Personal AMU Rocket Pack
Astronaut Eugene Cernan will don an Astronaut Maneuvering Unit on Gemini 9 to roam the vacuum outside the capsule for about two hours. He will be tethered 140 feet from Gemini 9 while Navy and Air Force crews monitor, test maneuverability, rescue capability, and craft repair needs.
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Cernan
Earth
AMU
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Stafford
Navy
Gmdr
Gemini 9 Rendezvous Blocked by Shroud Over Target Ship
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Gemini 9 crew closed to 10 feet but could not dock as a protective shroud clung to the target, described by Stafford as an angry alligator. They debated cutting it away with the docking bar, but specialists said it would not work. The plan shifted to revisiting rendezvous and a space walk with Cernan slated for 11 a.m. EDT.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Gemini
Thomas P. Stafford
Houston
Serendipity Singers
Tijuana Brass
Stafford
ATDA
Surveyor 1 Nears 2000 Moon Pictures With Broadcast
Surveyor 1 rests in the Sea of Storms after a 63 hour voyage. The 620 pound lander has sent 1,007 pictures, including 144 on Thursday and 853 on Friday. JPL reports 5,827 commands in Friday’s session as the craft surveys the lunar surface. The mission aims to broadcast more data before the two week lunar day ends.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 1
JEP
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Blast Kills Five At Powder Plant
An explosion at the Austin Powder Co plant in McArthur Ohio killed five men who had started work 15 minutes earlier. The two story frame building was reduced to a gaping hole and the plant was shut down with officials restricting access. The cause was unknown and all the dead were inside or near the 28 by 28 foot building used to produce a gelled high explosive.
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Mcarthur
Former Pineville Man Killed in Route 250 Crash
ELKINS AP One man was killed and two injured when a convertible left U S 250 near Huttonsville, struck a parked car, and rolled over. Frank D Roland 27 formerly of Pineville died en route to Elkins hospital. Richard Roland 21 and Rick J Decker 20 were hospitalized with non serious injuries. The three had been living in an Elkins trailer park while employed by a gas drilling firm.
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Huttonsville
Frank D. Roland
Pineville
Elkins
Richard Roland
Frank
Rick J. Decker
SAM Missiles Fail To Break U S Air Strikes Over North Vietnam
In three days of air combat North Vietnamese forces fired eight surface to air missiles at American jets, with eight misses reported. Despite 14 of 255 U S planes shot down by SAMs overall, the missiles have altered tactics, forcing lower altitudes and prompting U S countermeasures including radar jamming by electronic warfare aircraft.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Cuba
Indonesia
Egypt
Iraq
Moscow
Viet Nam
Haiphong
Hanoi-Haiphong
United States
Timetable for Gemini Mission Highlights
Eastern daylight timetable lists Gemini 9 events from Saturday sunrise to splashdown. Times include 3 a.m. wake, 3:39 a.m. rendezvous simulation with a lunar surface craft, 7 a.m. space walk prep, 11 a.m. activities, 1:30 p.m. return to Gemini 9, Sunday experiments, and Monday 9:50 a.m. Atlantic splashdown with recovery ship east of Cape Kennedy.
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Fla
Moon
Lunar
Cernan
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
West Virginia Forecast Sees Warmer Temperatures This Week
The extended forecast for West Virginia projects warmer than normal temperatures through Wednesday with highs around 78 to 81 and lows near 53 to 59. Weekend warming continues into early next week with scattered showers bringing 0.1 to 0.6 inches of rain.
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West Virginia
Bosch to contest Dominican election upset
Juan Bosch said he will challenge the Friday election results in which Joaquin Balaguer won the presidency by a wide margin. A lawyers’ commission will gather evidence of fraud with a formal challenge due by June 10.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Joaquin Balaguer
Folk dancer dies as audience cheers in Calcutta show
Bhikhari Kairi, performing in a flaming monkey costume at an open air tribal village near Calcutta, burned to death on Friday as about 5,000 spectators cheered. He set fire to the tail of his costume for realism in the fiery dance of the monkey god before the audience realized it was not an act.
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Calcutta
India
Bhikhari Kairi
Johnson seeks across the board Social Security increase
President Johnson told National Council for Senior Citizens delegates he will seek an across the board increase for all 21 million Social Security beneficiaries in the next Congress. He outlined no figures, but flagged a top priority, directing a plan ready for January 1967, and announced a June 15 meeting to launch Medicare preparations.
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Washington
Johnson
National Council For Senior Citizens
San Antonio
Tex
White House Rose Garden
White House
States Boost Benefits in Medicare Programs Across Eight States
The article notes eight states have adopted state Medicare programs linking with federal Medicare to extend medical benefits to needy residents of all ages. New York leads with liberal eligibility, while California plans to spend about 580 million annually for roughly 1.4 million beneficiaries.
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New York
California
Hawaii
Minois
Minnesota
North Deskota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Congress
New York State
New York State Department of Social Welfare
Congo official retracts claim on family of hanged minister
In Leopoldville Congo the information minister Jean Jacques Kande reversed an earlier report claiming that the wife and brother of Emmanuel Bamba had committed suicide after his Thursday public execution. He said he had been misinformed and the family members are alive and denying the claim.
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Leopoldville, Congo
Congo
Jean- Jacques Kande
Kande
Emmanuel Bamba
Bamba
Joseph Mobutu
Bremba
Ammunition Hoarding by Civilians Reported Nationwide
Sporting goods stores in several states reported civilians hoarding rifle and pistol ammo amid fears of Viet Nam related shortages. Major makers Winchester Western and Remington said demand kept up. some areas showed scare buying. Shortages cited in Los Angeles Dallas Atlanta and other cities with buyers stockpiling calibers and components.
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Winchester-Western
Remington
Los Angeles
Ammuu
Canton
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Paragould
Ft. Smith
Dallas
Atlanta
Bismarck
N.D
Fargo
Denver
Seattle
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