Gemini 4 mission ends rendezvous bid as White trains for space walk
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White abandon planned close approach to a second satellite after McDivitt spends half his fuel trying to near the Titan II booster. White begins a space walk plan, but the booster is tumbling and deemed unsafe.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivett
Edward White
White
McDivitt
McDivett
Gemini 4 Lifts Off as Families Celebrate Safe Orbit
In Houston AP reports Mrs Edward H White and Mrs James A McDivitt voiced joy as Gemini 4 launched from Cape Kennedy. The mission aims for a four day flight with wives planning to visit Mission Control Center and watch their husbands through the milestone.
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Houston
Tex
Edward H. White
James A. McDivitt
Cape Kennedy
Mike McDivitt
White
Bonnie Lynn
Edward III
Mission Control Center
Manned Spacecraft Center
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Gemini Flight Families Enjoy Summer Day At Home
Center March 23 while their husbands were on the first manned Gemini flight, families spent a normal summer day. Children played, lemonade and cotton candy stands operated nearby, and neighborhood scenes included lawn mowing, sprinkler play, and pool visits.
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MacDivitt
Patricia A. Haas
Cleveland
William J. Haas
White
Patricia Finegan
Washington, D.C
Daniel J. Finegan
Washington
Space Walk Delayed During Gemini Mission
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Edward White II prepared to exit his capsule for a space walk but mission control postponed the maneuver to the third orbit. Command pilot James McDivitt cited rushing issues and slow preparations as the reason. White remained inside as the craft circled roughly 700 miles southeast of Hawaii with the new hatch time set for 2 45 p.m. EST over the Western Pacific and southwestern U S.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Edward White II
James McDivitt
Edward White
Hawaii
McDivitt
Gemini Control
Carnarvon Station
White
Western Pacific
United States
Peace, War Too Much For Shriver
In Washington AP report the Kennedy brother in law Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps and of Johnsons war on poverty, would lose one post if the Senate approves a $115 million Peace Corps authorization. The Senate attached an amendment barring holding another federal office of equivalent rank.
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Washington
Sargent Shriver
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Peace Corps
Shrinking girl still tall in Hyde after surgery
Anne Rowston 19, once 6 feet 7 inches, is 5 feet 11 after eight months and four operations removing bone from legs. She will use crutches for a while and has gained pen friends including Bill Dicker, 23, who may be her first date. She learned drawing in Gobowen Hospital and hopes to illustrate books and design Christmas cards.
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Anne Rowston
Anne
Gobowen Hospital
Britain
Donald Foster
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas
Topeka AP reports a 24 hour traffic death log ending 9 am Thursday noting 2 fatalities for June 1965 compared with 2 for 1964 and 0 for 1964 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fireman Dies In Blaze At Farha Red Bud Grocery
An explosion at the Farha Red Bud grocery at 21st and Grove in Wichita sparked a deadly blaze. Firefighter Gary Lee Barrow, 25, was found dead as the roof collapsed, nine others hospitalized with smoke inhalation, and several more treated at the scene. Fire crews fought the flames about 90 minutes, with damage extending to a neighboring variety store.
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Wichita
Farha Red Bud
21St
Grove
Ernest Buford
Gary Lee Barrow
Deputy Sheriff Shot to Death in Louisiana
In Bogalusa a Black deputy sheriff was killed and another wounded when gunfire from a pickup truck struck their patrol car on a remote road near the mill town. An hour later Tywood’s town marshal in Miss stopped a 1954 pickup with a Confederate flag tag. Ennis R. McElveen, 41, was booked on murder charges after officers said he possessed two pistols, one recently fired. He refused extradition.
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Bogalusa
Tylertown
Miss
Ennis R. McElveen
Weather Summary For Topeka And Kansas Area
Partly cloudy and warm through Friday with scattered afternoon and night thunderstorms. Highs reach upper 80s Friday. overnight lows 65 to 66. In Topeka warm, humid conditions continue with showers possible in 30 percent of the east and south today and tonight. Wednesday highs 77 to 89 across Goodland Hutchinson and Wichita. Early lows 58 to 71.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Hutchinson
Wichita
Hill City
Pittsburg
Heavy Equipment Operator Killed in Bridge Crash
Arthur Joe Gawith 25, operator of a heavy earth moving machine, died after the machine crashed through a bridge railing and fell into Salt Creek. The Minneapolis Kansas man was en route to a farm for a conservation project on Kansas 106 about five miles south of town.
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Minneapolis
Kan
Arthur Joe Gawith
Salt Creek
Gawith
Kansas 106
Senate Clears Track For Excise Tax Cut
The Senate plans swift action on Johnson’s excise tax cut after the House approved a version 401 to 6. The measure lowers levies on autos, air conditioners, cameras, watches and more, with gradual phaseouts through 1969. House members added about 900 million in cuts, financed by eliminating several items.
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Senate
Washington
Johnson
House
Gorillas Watch Cartoons At Bronx Zoo
At the Bronx Zoo gorillas including Pili Pili Sumaili Mambo and Oka watch kiddy cartoons on a 16 inch TV outside their cages. The exhibit aimed to relieve boredom and reduce bickering as curator Joseph A. Davis Jr. notes the program seems to help.
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New York
Bronx Zoo
Zoo TV
Sumaili
Mambo
Oka
Congo
Joseph A. Davis Jr
Roy Acuff to Lead USO Opry Tour in Dominican Republic
Roy Acuff a leader of the Grand Ole Opry will head a troupe of country stars on a United Services Organization tour entertaining U S service members in the Dominican Republic. The group departs next week for a one week engagement.
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Nashville, Tenn
Roy Acuff
Grand Ole Opry
United Services Organization
U.S
Dominican Republic
City adopts curfew and fines to curb vandalism in Leavenworth
Leavenworth officials pass three measures to fight vandalism. A fine up to 100 dollars and a six month jail term are set for vandalism, a 100 dollar informant reward is offered, and a curfew bars youths 16 and under from street activity 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. without adult accompaniment. The moves followed a night with five vandalism reports to police.
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Leavenworth
Commission
100 Degree Guesses Enter Chanute Contest
Tribune readers submit postcards guessing the date and hour of Chanute first 100 degree reading this season. Deadline is June 5. Postcards must include guesser name and address and be postmarked by that date. First prize is $10, second prize $5 for closest guess.
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Tribune
Chanute
LBJ Urges Less Silver in U S Coins to Conserve Metal
President Johnson tells Congress to reduce silver in coins, keeping penny and nickel unchanged and introducing new silver free dimes and quarters with copper cores. A 40 percent silver content is planned for a new half dollar while old silver dollars stay barred from coining.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Transcript Noted
Intercepted note mocks a correspondent named Cha about Goril las watching kiddy car toons on TV and kids enjoying scary ape shows. The casual tone suggests a playful or satirical Telegram style communication.
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Walter Schirra
Tom Stafford
Virgil Grissom
John Young
Carnarvon
Australia
Space
Edward H. White II
Gemini Team
Shriver
Hyde
England
Bill Dicker
Nicki McGuire
Miss Chanute
Highland Park
Pam Dufek
Fred Harris
Rhoe
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Howard W. B Smith
Dva
Ole Opry
USO
Leavenworth, Kan
City Commission
Glenn Gaver
Homer Davis
Cha
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