Fake Moon Craft Fifth Test Set At White Sands
A dummy moonship will be launched at White Sands Missile Range to test an escape rocket system for astronauts. The 13 ton capsule mounted on a pad will be pulled clear to about one mile altitude in 11 seconds if a prelaunch malfunction occurs. Two more tests are planned, with the May 19 failure noted as a setback.
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Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Originator of 'taxicab' Dies
New York AP reports Harry N len died at 88 in his apartment. He launched the first New York taxis in 1907 after a fare dispute, founded the New York Taxicab Co, and helped coin the term taxicab blending taxi from taximetres and cab from cab.
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NEW York (Ap
Harry Nlen
New York
Allen
44Th
58Th Street
Raleigh Woman Charged in Artie Slaying Arraignment Set
Lulu Mary Stover 47 of Artie faces arraignment on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of her former husband Buddy Edgar Stiltner 48 of Artie. Stiltner was shot late Saturday night at the Artie tavern where he worked during an argument authorities said.
Two Army Reservists Die in I 81 Crash Near Chilhowie
Two young Army Reserve servicemen from Gate City Virginia Larry Gene McNutt 24 and Hubert Fay Jones 25 died when their 1963 compact car veered from the southbound lane striking a guard rail near Chilhowie on Interstate 81 at 745 Sunday morning. Police said McNutt apparently fell asleep causing the crash while rescue workers spent about two hours extracting Jones. Trooper H H Chambers cited lack of skid marks as indicating sleep cause. highway toll for Virginia rises to 463 with this fatality year to date.
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Army Reserve
Gate City
Chilhowie
Larry Gene Mc
Jones
H. H. Chambers
Virginia
Death of J C Tanner 98 Bluefield’s oldest citizen
Theron Cephas Tanner longtime Bluefield resident and railway clerk died in his sleep at home after a long illness. He was a 50 year church member, 73 year Mason and held many local lodge memberships. Survived by two daughters two sons six grandchildren and others. Funeral Tuesday at Mercer Funeral Home with Masonic graveside services plans.
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Bluefield
Augusta St
Norfolk and Western Railway
Appomattox County
John M
Augusta R. Tanner
Ida Thornton Tanner
Quay Tanner Shulls
J. Mac Hammon
Dayton, C
William FE. Tanner
T. Courtney Tanner
Mercer Funeral Home
Monte Vista
Wilbur Huff
Masonic Lodge
Surprise Attack Kills 7 Viet Cong Officials in Mekong Delta
South Vietnamese forces overran Tan Hiep village 35 miles south of Saigon, killing seven Viet Cong provincial and local officials in a meeting. The operation, aided by U.S. helicopters and airpower, left 31 Viet Cong dead and 29 captured, with casualties in a broader combating area nearby.
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South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
U.S
Central Highlands
North
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Mekong
Tan Hiep
Tan Hieoh
Joseph Hoback Heart Victim Dies at Bluefield Home
Joseph Troy Hoback 65 longtime Bluefield Post Office official died suddenly of a heart attack at his home 1900 Ohio Street Bluefield shortly before midnight Saturday. A Wythe County Virginia native and former Bluefield supervisor, he leaves wife Sue Olinger Hoback a daughter in Missouri a son in Florida three sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m.
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Joseph Troy Hoback
Bluefield
Ohio St
Wythe
Wythe County
Samuel Hoback
Wytheville High School
Roanoke College
Salem
Bluefield Masonic Lodge
West Virginia
National Association of Postal Supervisors
Sue Olinger Hoback
David G. Hall
Columbia, Mo
Dan P. Hoback
Jacksonville
Fla
Lena Gerlach
Muncie
Ind
Josephine Roehm
Pontiac
Mich
Elsie Ryan
Wytheville
Missouri Car Crash Toll Reaches Nine
A highway crash near St Peters Missouri on Saturday night raised the death toll to nine as two more injured victims died. Seven of the deceased were members of a single family.
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ST. Louis
St. Peters
Hill Folk Sing On Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain North Carolina drew an estimated 15000 hill folk for the 41st annual singing on the Mountain. Uncle Joe Hartley 94 said the gathering was sturdy and that the crowd would have been larger in clear weather. Hymns prayer and preaching filled the day as dawn to dusk crowds joined in.
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Grandfather Mountain
N.C
Joe Lee Hartley
Old Time Singing
Joe Hartley
Stevenson Says U N Vote Might Call Bombing a Mistake
Adlai E Stevenson told NBC Meet the Press in San Francisco that a U N vote today would likely label U S bombing of North Vietnam as a mistake He said U N members probably would not condemn U S involvement and urged including Viet Cong representatives at talks to restore peace during the U N 20th anniversary observance.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Viet Nam
Stevenson
NBC
Meet the Press
United States
McDowell County youths begin 13 day cultural tour
Thirty ninth grade students from McDowell County set out from Welch on a 13 day cultural exposure tour supervised by the Council of the Southern Mountains. The trip visits Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Green Bank Pocahontas County Washington Mount Vernon WVU and Charleston. It includes seven cars and trailer lodging with daily evaluations.
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West Virginia
Council of the Southern Mountains
McDowell County
Welch
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Green Bank
Pocahontas County
Cass Scenic
Shenandoah Valley
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Capital
Mount Vernon
Panhandle
West Virginia University
Ohio
Kanawha
State Capitol
Charleston
Jefferson Monroe
Welch First Presbyterian Church
Monroe
Reward Offered for Huntington Woman Slaying Suspect
The Huntington Herald-Advertiser offered 2500 dollars for information leading to the conviction of the slayer of Dorothy Schafer Christian. She was strangled on April 29 and found in the rear seat of her locked car near the United Fuel Gas Co office where she worked. Police were described as near a dead end and urged public help.
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Herald - Advertiser
Huntington Publishing Co
Dorothy Schafer Christian
United Fuel Gas Co
Huntington
Raymond Brewster
Bliss to Give First Report From GOP Committee Meeting
The Republican National Committee meets in Washington to hear about organization research and finances. Ray Bliss reports on changes, research for 1966 elections, and the party's finances. He may address the Kelly dismissal and discuss splinter groups like the Free Society Association with Goldwater blessing. Dwight D. Eisenhower is billed as the keynote lunch speaker.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Ray Bliss
Dean Burch
Barry Goldwater
Bliss
Frank J. Kovac
Free Society Association
Goldwater
Orleans In Battle Over Freeway At French Quarter
Modernists win a round in a costly $29 million expressway fight to skirt New Orleans French Quarter. Preservationists warn the elevated highway would blight the historic district, while supporters say it will relieve congestion affecting about 70,000 daily vehicles. The project awaits final federal approval as groups vow continued action.
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French Quarter
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Lafitte
Pirate
Actor Steve Cochran Dies After Illness Aboard Rogue
An autopsy in Guatemala found acute pulmonary edema as the immediate cause of death for the actor known as Steve Cochran. The body was aboard the 40 foot schooner Rogue off Guatemala where he reportedly fell ill June 13 and died June 15. The U S vice consul and medical examiner noted name variations on the body, with Cochran sometimes using Robert Alexander Cochran. The three Mexican women aboard said Cochran hired them in Acapulco. He was 48 and had risen to fame after Mae West cast him in Diamond Lil on Broadway and later in Hollywood projects. The definitive autopsy report is due within ten days.
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Guatemala
Steve Cochran
Pacific
Champerico
Abel Giron
Cochran
U.S
Herbert Horowitz
Robert Alexander Cochran
Acapulco
Mexico
Eva Castellanos Monteros
Eugenia Bautista Zacarias
Lorenzo Infante de la Rosa
Mae West
Shinnston Boy 13 Killed By Hay Truck
Frederick Sheme of Shinnston was killed when he slipped and was run over by the rear wheels of a hay truck at a Taylor County farm near Knottsville. Authorities say he tried to jump onto the loaded truck and fell under the wheels.
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Shinnston Boy
Knottsville
W. Va
Frederick Sheme
Shinnston
Taylor County
Sheme
Six Scientists Chosen For Journey To Moon In Four Years
Six scientists selected from 1500 applicants begin training next month for a moon voyage at least four years away. The Manned Spacecraft Center named two physicists, two medical doctors, a geologist and an electronics engineer to join the Apollo program. Michel of Rice University and Kerwin will start training late July at the Manned Space Flight Center. the others report to Williams Air Force Base, Arizona.
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Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Moon
Michel
Rice University
Duane E. Graveline
Newport
Harrison H. Schmitt
U.S. Geological Survey
Flagstaff
Ariz
Santa Rita
Joseph P. Kerwin
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Louisiana Landmarks Society
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U.S. Bureau of Roads
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