Gemini 5 Spacemen Track Earth Events Aboard
Gemini 5 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and L Gordon Cooper Jr. monitor Earth activity during the eight day mission. They spot a fiery missile launch, observe Jacksonville and Cape Kennedy area details, and log hours in space as Kraft and control guide their record flight. The crew shares jokes about Gordo's beard while maintaining routine observations and system checks.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Pacific Coast
Conrad
Jacksonville
Fla
Texas
U.S
Christopher Kraft
Mr. Kraft
Cooper
Laredo
Tex
Space Electrician
Earth
Graf
Ten Aquanauts Dive in Sealab For 45 Day Stay
LA JOLLA Calif AP Sea lab 2 submerges today for 45 days with a 10 man team at 210 feet depth. Crew will work eat and sleep as Navy seeks to study human performance under six at sea pressure and maintain surface communications.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Navy
Lewis Melson
Melson
Gun Firing Prohibited In Town
Police remind residents of a city rule barring shooting within town limits after a shotgun incident damaged a telephone and a community television cable. Police Chief Lige Matlock urged nonlethal bird control methods and warned violators face arrest.
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Lige Matlock
Matlock
Weather shifts as cold front brings storms across Kansas
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with scattered storms tonight and Wednesday. Highs in the 80s, lows 50s to 70s. North Kansas rain boosted crops, with Mil tonvale reporting 2.16 inches. A cold front moves east, likely stalling over southeast Kansas Thursday, bringing another thunderstorm outbreak in western and eastern areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Miltonvale
Garrett
Goodland
Garden City
Pittsburg
Wichita
Chanute
Intercepted Letter Mentions Astronauts and Subsea Aqua Nauts
An intercepted letter references two U.S. astronauts in orbit and ten aqua nauts at the sea bottom. The writer questions the situation with a puzzled tone and signs off as Dear Cha.
Wounded housewife. club operator held in Wyandotte
Mrs Helen Maupin 60 was shot through a screened porch while complaining of rowdyism at the Raven Club Wyandotte County. Stanley Subelka 29 owner of the club was arrested. a pistol found in his car. Maupin in fair condition. her semi invalid husband Charles D. Maupin slept on the rear porch. Subelka pleads innocent to assault with intent to kill and is held on 50 000 bond.
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Kansas City
Kan
Helen Maupin
Subelka
Raven Club
Leavenworth Road
Wyandotte County
58 Marines Feared Dead In Hong Kong Plane Crash
An American transport plane with 71 aboard crashed into Hong Kong harbor shortly after takeoff from Kaitak Airport. 58 Marines were feared killed with 13 known survivors, while divers retrieved bodies and witnesses described a left turn before the plunge. Survivors were treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kowloon for shock burns and injuries.
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Hong Kong
U.S
Viet Nam
Kaitak
da Nang
Saigon
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon
Next of Kin
C. J. Davis
Hong Kong Aero Club
Medicare and Social Security Simplified Booklet at Tribune
A 24 page booklet by Harold Gardner explains the new Medicare and Social Security changes. Available at The Tribune for 25 cents, it covers eligibility, start dates, how to apply, and other highlights, with mailing option from Chanute Tribune at 15 S Highland Chanute KS 66720.
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Tribune
Harvey Gardner
the Tribune
Chanute Tribune
S. Highland
Chanute
Kan
Mrs Nelson Named Mrs Quentin Nelson
Chanute, president of the Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers, is one of ten Kansans chosen by Gov. Avery to attend a planning session for an interstate education compact. The session will be in Kansas City on September 29 and 30.
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Quentin Nelson. Chanute
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
William H. Avery
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas City
Old Brooklyn customer targets bank prank ends in alarm
Joseph B. Finazzo, a 74 year old retiree, attempted a $100 deposit at Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn. A note on the slip warned of acid and danger, prompting police and a guard response before Finazzo was released after questioning.
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New York
Joseph B. Finazzo
Roosevelt Savings Bank
Brooklyn
Finazzo
Patrick Antonelle
Antonelle
Gerald Dooley
Farm Tour Tomorrow Sponsored by Chamber of Commerce
The fall farm tour organized by the Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee will start at 3 30 p m tomorrow from the city parking lot east of the Memorial building. Neal McCoy urged as many people as possible to join and urged those with cars to provide transportation. The tour will feature trace element fertilizer fields in the area.
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Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Memorial Building
Neal McCoy
Agriculture Committee
Chamber
McCoy
Ferry Capsizes Off Samar Island Killing 45 Feared
Philippine constabulary reported 45 feared drowned after a ferry capsized off Samar Island near Catbalogan. Newspaper reports quoted about 65 dead and missing with some 150 passengers aboard when the accident occurred Monday afternoon 400 yards from the landing.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
Samar Island
Catbalogan
Constabulary
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka 1965 Log
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday in Topeka. Includes one earlier fatality not previously reported and compares the 1965 figures to 1964.
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Topeka
Kansas
U S Planes Hit Viet Cong Area Near Da Nang
U S B52 bombers attacked a Viet Cong installation 55 miles south of Da Nang in Quang Tin Province. The strike involved a number of B52s with details withheld for security. Bien Hoa air base near Saigon endured mortar and shelling with light casualties and quick repairs reported.
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da Nang
Saigon
Hong Kong
Marine Crops
South Viet Nam
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Big da Nang Air Base
Quang Tin Province
Guam
Bien Hoa
Free As Pair Give Up After Hostage Standoff
Two heavily armed men surrendered without a struggle after holding 10 people hostage in a Fernley farmhouse. The captors threatened to shoot the couple if anyone tried to capture them. Hostages included Omar Dean Ponder 20 Wanda 19 and James Robert Gourlay 22 of San Jose. One suspect remained unidentified. All were wanted on armed robbery charges. Officers had pursued the trio at speeds up to 100 mph before cornering them near Fernley about 7 am.
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Fernley
Nev
Reno
Nevada Highway Patrol
Omar Dean Ponder
Wanda
James Robert Gourlay
San Jose
Minuteman 2 Rockets 5000 Mile Atlantic Target Hit
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP An Air Force Minuteman 2 rocket fired from an underground silo hit a South Atlantic target 5,000 miles away in a 30 minute flight marking the ninth consecutive flawless test. The Air Force calls it extremely successful as future missiles replace Minuteman 1 with a 7,000 mile range.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
South Atlantic
Garfield Letter Facsimile Found in DC Church Basement
A basement discovery at the National City Christian church revealed a facsimile of a letter by President James A. Garfield rather than an original. Rev. George R. Davis told worshippers that the real Garfield letter is preserved in the Library of Congress manuscript division. President and Mrs. Johnson attended the service.
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Washington
National City Christian Church
James A. Garfield
George R. Davis
Johnson
Library of Congress
Garfield
Disillusioned Kansas Politician Moves to Texas
Ken Kenneth T. Anderson, former Kansas state representative and 1950 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, says he is leaving Kansas for San Antonio, Texas. He criticizes state Democratic leadership, notes his Texas move follows a failed Emporia city council bid, and plans to keep his cattle business in Kansas.
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Neth T. Anderson
Kansas
San Antonio
Texas
Anderson
Wichita Beacon
Emporia
Selma
Ala
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Tom Corcoran
Theis
Kansas Government Debt Reaches Record 941.6 Million
The total bonded indebtedness of Kansas state and local governments rose to 941.6 million as of June 30. Revenue bonds increased by 30.8 million while general obligations declined. Notable rises include dormitory and student union projects at state colleges and the Kansas Turnpike Authority debt at 193 million. County totals vary, with Sedgwick at 157.9 million and Woodson at 169 thousand.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clay Hedrick
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Woodson County
Sedgwick County
Hedrick
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Mercury
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Lester Snelson
Debbie
Peggy
Betty Williams
Carla
Carl Nordt
W. Main
Royal Air Force Dock
Ng Kam-shing
Sampan
Mrs. Nelson
Minuteman
Atlantic
Ken Anderson
Ken
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