Sealab 2 Descent to Ocean Bottom Near La Jolla
Navy prepares 10 aqua nauts led by Astronaut M Scott Carpenter for 15 day stints inside Sealab 2 a 12 by 58 foot steel habitat at 205 feet depth off La Jolla California. Descent expected about 11 a m PDT with divers using bells and skindivers gear and one team assisted by a trained porpoise named Tuffy.
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Carpenter
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Space Agency
Bermuda
California
Tuffy
Gemini 5 At a Glance
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. reported in good health as they completed 121 orbits. The go signal for a full 192 hour mission was given with a planned Atlantic splashdown near San Salvador at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Weather and recovery areas were identified with main and secondary zones prepared. They exceeded prior American flight time and would reach 2 million miles by tonight.
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Associated Press
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Gemini Control
Chanute
San Salvador
Betsy
Barbados
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Conrad
Christopher C. Kraft
Gemini 5 Nears Final Earth Return After 121 Orbits
Apollo era spaceflight report from Space Center Houston notes Gemini 5 pilots L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. near splashdown in the Atlantic 200 miles northeast of San Salvador after completing 121 orbits. Weather and fuel readings kept close watch as the crew prepared for final braking and recovery.
Five in hospital after Austin road crash near Chanute
A car driven by Walter Sturgeon, 21, and a truck driven by Lewis Taylor, 53, collided at the Austin road intersection east of Rural School. Five occupants of the car were hospitalized with varying injuries. Barbara Barnes, 18, was listed in critical condition with internal injuries. The other car occupants were Walter Sturgeon, Jack West, John Cunningham, and Sandra Brooks. all were described in serious or satisfactory condition. Sheriff and troopers investigated. damage totaled about $2,050.
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Austin Road
Chanute
Barbara Barnes
N. Steuben
Walter Sturgeon
Garden City
Jack West
St. Highland
John Cunningham
Sandra Brooks
Sturgeon
Lewis R. Taylor
Earlton
Rural School
Taylor
Highway Patrol
Neosho Memorial Hospital
George Neely
Don Harding
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Saturday August 54 1965 with totals 417 and a comparable 414. Local authorities summarize fatalities in the Topeka region for the period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bound Over For BurglarY And Larceny In Ol son Market Case
Parsons John Byers Finley 33 of Wichita and Theodore A Nirschl 22 of Cherryvale were bound over to Labette county district court on burglary and larceny charges for the Aug 12 Olson Super market burglary. The store safe held 8000 dollars in currency and checks. Preliminary hearing was held Thursday and both men posted 5000 dollar bonds.
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Parsons
John Byers Finley
Wichita
Erie
Theodore A
Ted) Nirschl
Cherryvale
Labette County District Court
Olson
Topeka Kansas Weather Forecast Weekend Warm
Area forecast calls for fair skies and cooler tonight. Highs in the 80s through Sunday with a few degrees dip tonight. Topeka area expected clear to partly cloudy skies with moderate temperatures and overnight lows 50 to 60.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Second Check Charge Against Allen Willis
A second felony check charge was filed yesterday against Allen N. Willis, 933 S. Evergreen. He previously waived preliminary hearing on an issued 250 check to Donaldson's Food Center and was bound over to district court with bond set at 1,000. A second warrant charges him with a 750 check to his uncle Gordon Willis, 1318 W. 7th. Bond total is 3,000 and he remained in custody.
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Allen N. Willis
S. Evergreen
Donaldson’s Food Center
Gordon Willis
Eleven Die As Bus And Truck Crash On Highway
A Greyhound bus traveling from Houston to New Orleans collided with a heavy lumber truck near Vinton Louisiana. Eleven people were killed and 28 injured, with the bus driver in critical condition and the truck driver killed. Most victims were from Texas and Louisiana. victims were taken to hospitals in Orange and Sulphur, and Beaumont, Texas.
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Vinton
Greyhound
Here
W. M Pierce
Houston
Tex
Pierce
Lake Charles
Sulphur
Orange
Beaumont
New Orleans
U.S
Louisiana
Texas
Willard Coleman
Danny
Terry
Henry C. Gregory
All Woods, Limited
Jeff Blankenship
New Supply Of Booklets Due Soon
The Tribune reports demand for the booklet Medicare and New Social Security Benefits Simplified exhausted its supply after going on sale Tuesday and selling out by Saturday. More copies are on order and will be distributed upon arrival. the newspaper will announce when the new stock arrives.
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the Tribune
Scouts Clean Up After Litter in Chanute K39 Route
Thirteen Boy Scouts of Lutheran Church Troop 25 led by Charles Skilling cleaned a two mile stretch of the K39 right of way west of Chanute. After a police escort down Main Street, the group started at Plummer and Highway K39, aided by a state highway department truck to haul away the trash and debris.
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The
Lutheran Church
Elmer Pilgrim
Mike Ogle
Ricky Audiss
Lance
Kansas
Boy Scouts
Lutheran Church Troop 25
Charles Skilling
Chanute
Main Street
Plummer and
Highway K39
State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Fort Scott Man Seriously Wounded in Abduction Homicide Attempt
Fort Scott Kansas. A 51 year old man Harlan Guffey was shot in the abdomen with a .38 caliber pistol and seriously wounded early today. His former wife Velma Crowley 42 was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Chief Louis Robinson said Crowley sought Guffey’s help finding a daughter who had not returned home. They found the daughter and when Guffey began striking the girl Crowley fired.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Harlan Guffey
Velma Crowley
Louis Robinson
Guffey
Kansas Crash Kills Couple. Daughter Injured Near Topeka
AP report says a car driven by Antonio C Vargas 33 and his wife 56 Vargas of Joliet Illinois crashed into a bridge on 170 west of Topeka. The couple were killed and their daughter injured in the high speed collision.
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Topeka
Here
Highway Patrol
Antonio C. Vargas
Joliet
Ill
Vargas
Intercepted Letter Reveals Unfinished Summer Plans
A stored note shows a letter addressed to Cha describing a slow season with few tasks completed. The writer laments not accomplishing long planned summer activities and signs off with a casual closing. The source emphasizes a relaxed time and missed opportunities.
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Beaumont, Tex
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Charles Bowman
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Pascagoula
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Alan Pilgrim
Sharla Mae Skilling
Kenneth Patterson, Jr
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