Gemini 9 lands with the east wind in calm splashdown
Command pilot Thomas Stafford and space walker Eugene Cernan returned aboard the carrier Wasp near the target, finishing a flawless rendezvous after a three day space flight. The landing was the most accurate yet with a dramatic reentry and live TV coverage. President Johnson phoned to congratulate.
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Carrier Wasp
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gemini 9
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Wasp
Sick Bay
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Reagan Sticks To Soft-Sell Ticket In California Primary
Reagan and Christopher traded barbs over credentials for the November bid to topple Gov. Edmund G Brown as California voters faced a crowded primary. Reagan highlighted polls showing he could win, while Christopher argued Reagan would hurt GOP prospects elsewhere.
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Reagan
Ronald Reagan
George Christopher
California
Edmund G. Brown
Christopher
San Francisco
Sacramento
San Diego
Barry Goldwater
Brown
Los Angeles
Samuel W. Yorty
Machine Design Inc. Gets SBA Loan for Pembroke Expansion
Machine Design Inc., based in Pearlsburg, Va., receives a 46000 SBA loan to help build a new 50 by 100 feet shop and a 25 by 60 feet office in Pembroke, Giles County. The project, aided by the Pembroke Industrial Foundation, will total about 66000 with land purchase. The firm, employing around 15 full time and a few part time workers, expects about 200000 in business this year and aims for an August 1 completion.
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Small Business Administration
The
Machine Design Inc
Pearlsburg
Pembroke
Giles County
W. Pat Jennings
Pembroke Industrial Foundation
B. B. Powell
Powell
Celanese Corporation
Narrows
Four Prisoners Escape Huttonsville Prison Yard
Four inmates armed with butcher knives fled Huttonsville Medium Security Prison on Monday afternoon. Warden Frank King said the escapees were in the slaughter house, ran a steep hill, and were last seen with knives taken from the facility. They are serving 11 0 year terms for grand larceny and were named as Joseph Cost, Jerry S. Jackson, Delmar LeRoy Beha, and Dewey G. Spiltner, with home counties Monongalia Wyoming Wood and Marshall.
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Huttonsville
W.va
Frank King
Joseph Cost
Monongalia
Jerry S. Jackson
Wyoming County
Delmar LeRoy Beha
Wood County
Dewey G. Spiltner
Marshall County
Boy Injured In Diving Accident Near Douglas Lake
A 17 year old Princeton boy, Sonny Lucas, was seriously injured Monday afternoon after diving into Douglas Lake near the North American Aviation Plant. He struck his head on a rock, suffered a broken and dislocated neck, and was partially paralyzed. He was pulled from the water by friends and rushed to Bluefield Sanitarium where his condition would be reassessed after further tests. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Lucas Jr.
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Princeton
Douglas Lake
North American Aviation Plant
Sonny Lucas
Bluefield
Lucas
Robert Lucas Jr
Substandard 4-Lane Plan For Rt. 460 In Giles
Virginia highway hearings aired concerns over using existing U S 460 from Narrows to the West Virginia line as a substandard corridor. Officials defended the arterial system while Giles County delegates pressed for four-laning of Virginia 100 and a railbed plan for the new lanes.
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Rt. 460
Giles
Roanoke
Virginia
Paul L. Comer
Rich Creek
Giles County
Commission
Narrows
West Virginia Line
Comer
Sion
Douglas B. Fugate
Fugate
Saith
Highway Department
Trict
U. S. 460
West Virginia
Norfolk and Western Railway
New River
Frank Heslop
N&w
Dublin
Pearlsburg
Ward Teel
Christiansburg
New River Valley Industrial Commission
Teel
Commonwealth
James Meredith Shot on Mississippi Pilgrimage
James H Meredith was wounded by shotgun fire while leading a civil rights march along U S 51 in Mississippi. Aubry James Norvell of Memphis confessed to firing from a culvert as Meredith and followers passed, investigators said. The attack prompted President Johnson to vow justice and the Justice Department to commit full resources.
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Hernando
Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
South
Gaston Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Meredith
Paul Johnson
Aubry James Norvell
Gov. Johnson
Norvell
U.S. 51
Here
Associated Press
University
Johnson
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Justice Department
Mary
New York
Sherwood Ross
Washington, D.C
Ross
Supreme Court Rules Sheppard Trial Unfair
The Supreme Court ruled the Sheppard trial unfair due to prejudicial publicity and a carnival atmosphere in the courtroom. It ordered a new trial within a reasonable time unless the state grants one and urged stricter news coverage controls to protect trial integrity. The decision leaves retrial unclear and prompted varied immediate reactions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland
Tom C. Clark
Sheppard
Blythin
Clark
Samuel Sheppard Jr
Columbus
Gerald Donahue
Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Cuyahoga County
John T. Corrigan
Medicare Strains Again As July Hospital Demand Looms
Officials from government and the American Hospital Association say no panic but expect stresses in hospitals when 19 million new Medicare beneficiaries become eligible. Warnings warn of possible bed and nurse shortages, with discussions of nursing home beds and home health care as relief options.
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Washington
American Hospital Association
Retary of Welfare
John W. Gardner
Gardner
Johnson
New York
Edwin L. Crosby
Chicago
AHA
Association
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Stafford
Texas
Cernan
Gene
Frank M. Jordan
Abby Seeeee
Graham
Dennis
Stock
Goren
Albert Knotts
Dave Hunt
Huttonsville Prison
James Meredith
Highway 51
Salem
S. S. Flythe
Martinsville
Waite
Jim
Aubrey James Norvell
Bedlam
Court House
Edward
Medicare
Kenneth Williamson
Williamson
Sec
Edward Henderson
American Geriatrics Society
U.S News & World Report
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Department of Welfre
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