Gemini 5 Shatters US Space Endurance Record
Gemini 5 astronauts push past the 97 hours 59 minutes Gemini 4 mark and near the world record as they orbit Earth. McDivitt radios congratulations to Cooper. Johnson u plans a late 1968 manned orbiting lab to keep US edge in space. The crew spots Minuteman launch and tracks ships and aircraft activity during the Pacific leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gemini Control Communicator
L. Gordon Cooper
Johnson
Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
U.S
Cooper
Johnson welcomes Soviet observer to Gemini 6 launch
President Johnson announced that a Soviet Academy of Science observer would be invited to the October Gemini 6 launch and receive a warm welcome. He also said Viet Nam policy remains broadly united, and outlined other news including a Los Angeles riot investigation, home rule for the District of Columbia, and anticipated wage talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Robert S. McNamara
Far East
White House
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Dministration
Soviet Academy of Science
Ramsey Clark
Los Angeles
Congress
District of Columbia
Enrolling At St Pat's School for 1965 66
Enrollment opened for St Patrick's elementary with second grade at 9 am and grades three to six following in 45 minute intervals until 2 pm The next day junior high grades seven to nine and first grade enroll at 9 am All new students enroll tomorrow afternoon Additionally the elementary teachers and junior high staff are listed by grade and subject areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick's
Mary Frances White
Henrita
Mary Ann Metzinger
Geneva I. Finley
Paschal
Marita
Jerry Keene
Dennis
C. V. Crissman
Martin
Daniel
Traffic Fatalities Log in Topeka for 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday August 45 1965 recording 408 fatalities, comparable to 413 for the same period in 1964.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gemini 5 At Glance Breaks American Space Flight Record
Gemini 5 crew Lt. Col. L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Lt. Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr. exceed the 97 hour 59 minute American record at 9:58 a.m. and report good health as ground teams monitor progress during the eight day mission. They plan to attempt a Sunshine satellite sighting over Cape Kennedy.
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Pacific
United States
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Charles Conrad Jr
Navy
Lake Champlain
Conrad
Cape Kennedy, Fla
mid-Atlantic
Soviet Union
L. Gordon
Associated Press
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Cmdr
Cape Kennedy
City Defers One Way Traffic Plan while Deeding Land to Micro-Lite
The city commission rejected at this time a proposed one way traffic loop in the central business area. They approved a deed of about seven acres south of the water plant to Micro-Lite Inc for a warehouse and packaging facility, with an easement for construction. Planning officials urged caution, stressing existing street widenings and parking changes should be allowed to take effect before any further one way steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Micro-Lite, Inc
City Planning Commission
Burgwin and Martin
Ist
Lincoln
Evergreen
Planning Commission
R. J. Hayes
Bodley
Dave Evans
Planning Board
Micro-Lite
Hutinett
Katy
Hatinett Estate
City Industrial Fund
Computer aided police spot car thieves in New York
New York police demonstrated Operation Corral to show how a computer compares passing license numbers against a 196 000 entry memory to spot stolen cars and violators. Gloria Piacente, 34, was summoned for a past stoplight fine as the demo record aroused public attention and officials reported about 2 000 arrests from the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gloria Piacente
Jamaica
Queens
Grand Central Parkway
Sperry Rand Corp
First Male Navy Nurse Corps Ensign Named
George M. Silver becomes Ensign Silver the first male member of the U S Navy Nurse Corps joining about 2000 female nurses in Boston. His wife Sally says she does not object and is used to him working with women, calling it his job and career.
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Navy Nurse Corps
Boston
George M. Silver
Ensign Silver
U.S. Navy Nurse Corps
Silver
Sally
US Phantom Jet Shot Down Near Thanh Hoa
A U S Navy Phantom from the Midway was downed about 90 miles south of Hanoi during a reconnaissance mission. A parachute was seen after the hit but rescue failed to locate the airman. the other crewman is presumed dead. US officials cite mobile antiaircraft missiles as the likely cause and note two prior missile incidents in the past month.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Midway
Thanh Hoa
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen van Thein
Lodge
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taylor
X15 Rocket Plane Reaches 214000 Feet At Edwards
At Edwards Air Force Base Milton Thompson piloted the X15 to 214000 feet marking test of a guidance system to aid Apollo return to earth. The craft hit 3511 miles per hour as cameras captured the horizon in near ultraviolet light. Ten additional flights are planned to refine horizon display for Apollo pilots.
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Base
Calif
Earth
U. S. Space Administration
Milton Thompson
Apollo
Topekan Electrocuted While Working on Car
Daniel Cowhick aged 33 was electrocuted while working under a damp car as a 110-volt battery remained connected. His wife heard his wrench drop and called to him but he did not answer.
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Topeka (Ap
Daniel Cowhick
Vehicles Damaged In Traffic Collision
Mrs. Dorothy Lindsay and Mrs. Delaine Dugan were involved in a mid afternoon crash at Walnut and Grant. Police estimated $150 in vehicle damage with the Lindsay 1963 Pontiac hit on the right rear and the Dugan 1963 Dodge struck on the left front. Dugan was cited for failing to yield right of way and posted a $15 bond.
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Dorothy Lindsay
W. Ist
Delaine Dugan
S. Plummer
Walnut
Grant
Lindsay
Dugan
Intercepted Letter to Cha Describes Frustration with Computer
A clipped, humorous note to Cha laments the futility of replying to a computer and expresses irritation at the lack of satisfying back-and-forth in a dated correspondence. The brief missive captures a human reaction to early computing experiences.
Booklet on Medicare and Social Security Simplified
The Tribune office sold a 24 page booklet titled Medicare and New Social Security Benefits Simplified for 25 cents. Harvey Gardner, a welfare expert, prepared the guide explaining changes in the new law. The booklet is available at The Tribune or by mail for 25 cents with return address to The Tribune Cha nute 15 S Highland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Harvey Gardner
S. Highland
Chanute
Explosions devastate Du Pont plant near Louisville
A series of 23 blasts at the Du Pont synthetic rubber plant in Louisville produced flames up to 300 feet high. Four people were believed dead and at least 18 injured as debris shattered windows in Kentucky and Indiana. Evacuation orders covered a three mile radius amid fears of a large acetylene tank explosion.
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du Pont
Ohio River
Indiana
Dudley Brown
Civil Defense Office
New Albany
Ind
H.P. Eaton
Weather Area Forecast For Kansas With Scattered Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy through Thursday with scattered afternoon and night thunderstorms. High Thursday in the lower 90s, tonight near 70. Wide scattered or isolated thundershowers, mainly southeast Kansas, with drier air moving in from a cold front. Rainfall totals varied, with Tonganoxie at .65 inch and southeast towns from a half inch to 1.38 inches in 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tonganoxie
Howard
Fredonia
Altamont
Thayer
Kan
Highest Unauthorized Sign Is Too Costly Comes Down
The P D M letters on the Gateway Arch were removed after the cost of $225,000 plus $42,000 monthly post July was deemed too high. The National Park Service rules ban advertising on national monuments and deducted the sum from MacDonald Construction’s July payment. Six smaller letters remain on crane platforms atop the arch. Leroy Brown called the step correct and noted curiosity about the smaller signs’ fate.
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ST. Louis
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
Gateway
St. Louisans
National Park Service
MacDonald Construction Co
PDM
Park Service
Leroy Brown
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
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Astronaut Edward White II
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South
Dominican Republic
St. Pat’s School
Gemini
Central
Oak
W. G. Bodley
Hayes
Main
Lois Erickson
Main and
Highland
Bien Hoa
van Tuong
Nhan Dan
Edwards Air Force
Topekan
Cha
Yours
Louisville, Ky
Garden City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Wichita
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