Rendezvous Plans Set for Gemini Space Meet and Endurance Flight
In Houston AP reports Gemini 7 pilots Frank Borman and James Lovell enduring a cold night in tumbling craft while seeking the world endurance record and a historic in-orbit rendezvous. Gemini 6, commanded by Schirra and Stafford, aims for a nose-to-nose meeting in a 185 mile high path.
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Space
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Navy
Thomas P. Stafford
Air Force
Mission Control
Schirra
Stafford
Earth
Jury Acquits Three in Selma Civil Rights Killing
In Selma Alabama an all white jury acquitted three white men charged in the 1965 killing of Boston minister James Reed. The Rev Andrew Young warned the verdict could trigger renewed demonstrations and unrest in the city. Reed was killed after being attacked near Broad Street, while two other clergymen were injured.
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Selma
Ala
Boston
Martin Luther King Jr
Andrew Young
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
James J. Reed
Broad Street
Alabama
Birmingham
Private Club Law Upheld By Kansas Supreme Court
The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 1965 Private Club Law despite challenges from private clubs in Wichita and related cases in Shawnee Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties. Justice Harold R. Fatzer authored the opinion confirming state police power over alcohol, with distinctions between class A nonprofit and class B for profit clubs noted.
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Supreme Court
Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Shawnee
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Harold R. Fatzer
Gemini 7 At Glance
The Gemini 7 crew Borman and Lovell remain fit despite light nasal congestion. The mission nears a 14 day record with a planned rendezvous with Gemini 6 at 9 54 am EST Sunday. Minor ground issues impede a laser comm link but no major problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Plane crashes with truck on I-40 near Nashville
A light single engine plane collided with a truck on Interstate 40 east of Nashville after an engine trouble forced a landing. Pilot Larry Roberge of Nashville and the truck driver were uninjured, police said.
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Nashville, Tenn
Interstate 40
Nashville
Larry Roberge
Miss Merry Christmas of the Tree Family
Merry Christmas is the youngest Tree child, 12, living with Mr and Mrs Jack Trees on Firwood Place in Forest Park Columbus. Her siblings include Douglas Fir Trees 25 married to Jane Wood in Copenhagen and Jack Pine Trees 24 student at Ohio State University married to Jane Groves. She enjoys decorating the Christmas tree solo this year despite teasing from seventh-grade classmates.
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Mrs
Jack Trees
Firwood Place
Forest Park
Douglas Fir Trees
Jane Wood
Copenhagen
Denmark
Jack Pine Trees
Ohio State University
Jane Groves
Merry
Johnson McNamara announce F111 as new strategic bombers
President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara reveal plans to convert F111 fighters into FB111 strategic bombers, aiming for a 210-plane fleet by 1971. McNamara stresses speed, range, and payload, pledging no elimination of strategic bombers while detailing fleet composition and production costs.
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Washington
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Navy
Airorce
Texas
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McNamara
Strategic Air Command
Weather notes and Topeka forecast cooler across Kansas
Partly cloudy and turning cooler tonight and Sunday with lows 45 to 50 and highs 50 to 55. Cooler drier air spreads across eastern and central Kansas following widespread rainfall, bringing milder daytime temps for the weekend.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Fulcher Guilty Of Assault Battery In City Court
Billy Fulcher of 507 East 14th was found guilty on assault and battery and jailed 30 days after his wife Retta Fulcher testified he threatened her life and jabbed her with a .22 rifle during a Monday night argument. Roy Haulcomb of 420 East Oak pleaded guilty to vagrancy and received five days in county jail.
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Billy Fulcher
E. 14Th
Retta Fulcher
Fulcher
Roy Haulcomb
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Contraband in Capsule
An intercepted note references contraband found in the Gemini 7 space capsule noting cold germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cha
Vehicle Damaged In One-Car Crash Near South Mound
A 1963 Chevrolet sedan owned by Beverly Qumash of Whitmore Iowa was damaged $850 in a one car crash 2 miles southeast of South Mound Thursday at 9 45 p m. The driver Ross G Musselman 23 of Hays received cuts and bruises along with passenger Beverly Qumash who also was injured.
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ERIE
South Mound
Sheriff’s Office
Ross G. Musselman
Hays
Beverly Qumash
Whitmore
Iowa
Musselman
Miss Qumash
Three youths bound over on break in case
Three teenagers faced in city court waived preliminary hearing and were bound over to district court on charges linked to two Main Street break ins and a bank robbery. Steve Simpson 17 and Sher ry Gibbs and Patricia Powell 18 face accessory charges after the fact with $1,000 bonds. Gibbs girl released, others in custody. Guns from the stores recovered.
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Steve Simpson
N. Evergreen
Sherry Gibbs
Patricia Powell
N. Forest
Gibbs
Simpson
Powell
Sportsman’s Supply Co
W. Main
Allen’s
E. Main
Piqua State Bank
Phone numbers for Tribune readers after hours
Instructions urge readers to contact Tribune via HE 1 3400 after 6 pm if their carrier fails to reach a representative. The item directs after hours access and emphasizes dialing the specified line for assistance.
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Tribune
Marines Launch New Wave in Da Nang Engagement
Saigon reports two Marine companies dropped into the four day battle south of Da Nang to bolster main forces as Viet Cong resistance remains stiff. In the Mekong Delta southeast of Saigon, South Vietnamese troops hit a Viet Cong strong point, triggering heavy exchange of fire. A Buddhist crisis in Da Nang arises after an alleged beheading at Khue Bac Pagoda, with Ambassador Lodge promising repairs and calm amid rising tensions.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Mekong Delta
Khue Bac
Henry Cabot Lodge
Delta
Road Advisors Propose Kansas Road Funding Plan
A Citizens Highway Advisory Committee in Topeka tentatively approves six finance measures for accelerated road building. Proposals include cutting motor fuel shrinkage, raising car registration fees, flat fees for small trucks, higher drivers licenses, new special plates, and increasing gas tax permits with funds split to highway programs. An extra session January 7 will decide on a state gasoline tax increase.
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Topeka
Citizens Highway Advisory
Kansas
Mrs Wood Sentenced and Paroled in Chanute Case
Anna M Wood 24 of Chanute was found guilty of second degree burglary and larceny for a July 9 Chanute Speed Way break in. She received concurrent five to ten year terms with a five year parole, held until papers signed, and to be released Monday. Four codefendants had pled earlier. Two witnesses testified from Hutchinson Reformatory.
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Anna M. Wood
Chanute
Erie
Chanute Speedway
West Main
Johnson pressures cuts to fund Vietnam war abroad
President Johnson campaigns to prove to the Communists he will curb Great Society programs to finance the Vietnam war. He warned of hard steps if peace talks fail, while White House officials said spending would be trimmed or uncertain, signaling U S resolve in Vietnam.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Congress
White House
United States
Pair Waive Preliminary Hearing In Piqua Bank Robbery
Two youths, Maurice Kienlen and John Stowell, waived preliminary hearings on a bank robbery charge in Fort Scott Kansas. Both are held on $15,000 bonds for U.S. district court trial after Stowell was captured shortly after the Thursday robbery and most of the $6,300 stolen money was recovered. Stowell was arraigned Friday before U.S. commissioner Ernest Blincoe.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Piqua
Maurice Anton Kienlen
Humboldt
John Edward Stowell
Chanute
U.S. District Court
Stowell
Kienlen
Ernest E. Blincoe
U.S
Careless Driving Charged Youth in Rear Collision
Police cited Billy Joe Courter, 16, of R 4 for careless driving after his 1951 Chevrolet struck a parked 1961 Rambler owned by Wayne McDaniel at 5th and Highland around 8 30 p m. Damages: Morrison car $10, McDaniel car $100.
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Billy Joe Courter
R. 4
5Th and Highland
Courter
Earl Morrison
Wayne McDaniel
S. Lafayette
Morrison
McDaniel
Dick Stipp
S. Wilson
Larry Shields
N. Evergreen
Main and
Highland
Shields
Stipp
Vernon McGee
S. Allen
Buffalo Postoffice Extends Window Hours for December
Postmaster George Cox announced Buffalo window service will run 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. December 13 to 23 with Sunday closures. Special delivery and Christmas packages arrive on Saturday Christmas Day, but no rural or window service. Regular service resumes January 2, with further rural and window services not provided on January 1.
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Buffalo
George Cox
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Associated Press
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Tree Family
Columbus, Ohio
Forrest
Golden Wand
Ccee
Central Park Pavillion
Russ Corbitt
United Fund
William H. Avery
Highway Safety Fund
Buffalo Post Office
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