Apollo unmanned moonship launches on Saturn 1 test flight
An unmanned Apollo craft rose 93 minutes after liftoff atop a Saturn 1 rocket from Cape Kennedy. The 44,700 pound module climbed to 135 miles, then reentered heat shield first at 19,000 mph. Recovery ships Hornet and three destroyers stood by in the north central Pacific. The test aims to validate astronauts could safely return from orbit. Apollo’s crewed mission planned for December would carry Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Apollo
Earth
South Africa
Hornet
Pacific Ocean
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Curtains For Career Of Texas Ben Jack Cage
Ben Jack Cage, once a Dallas entrepreneur in land insurance electronics and diamonds, faces potential end to a flamboyant life as a fugitive. Convicted of embezzling 100000 in 1957 he fled to Brazil, built business interests, and was reported in Mato Grosso and near Brasilia with plans for life story interviews at 400 each.
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Texas
Ben Jack Cage
Thomas Tully
United Press International Dallas
UPI
BenJack Cage
Land
Surance
Electronics and Diamonds
Dallas
Rio de Janeiro
Cage
Brazil
Dist
Dist. Atty
Henry Wade
Wade
Sao Paulo
ICT Insurance Co
United States
Earl Belle
Pittsburgh
Sullivan
Belle
Panlanco Land Co
Mato Grosso State
Mato Grosso
Brasilia
America
New York
Encephalitis Spreads Across Texas In Months of Outbreak
About 200 suspected encephalitis cases have surfaced in Texas over six weeks. Texas cities report 65 confirmed, including 53 in Dallas and 14 more confirmed statewide. Hale Center records one death. Corpus Christi sees 68 suspected, fear grows of northeast wind carrying mosquitos. Health officials push aerial spraying to Nueces County as rains continue.
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Austin
UPS
Texas
Dallas
Corpus Christi
Hale Center
Canyon
Amarillo
UPT
W. R. Metzger
Metzger
McIver Furman
Herbert Whitney
Nueces County
Campbell Rites Held Today in Turkey
Final rites for Mrs. Laura Frances Campbell 76 were held at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Church Turkey with Rev Brown officiating. Burial followed at West Wellington Cemetery. She died Wednesday morning in Hall County Hospital Memphis. A Corsicana native she was active in the church 64 years and a member of the Eastern Star in Turkey. Survivors include son Lester Mabel Memphis daughter Mrs Tom Sarem Tut her a brother C A Wolfe Wallis Oklahoma a sister Mrs Eula Gambill Pawhuska Oklahoma and three grandchildren.
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Laura Frances Campbell
Turkey
First Methodist Church
Brown
West Wellington Cemetery
Brother of Northfield Resident Dies in Yellowstone Trip
Robert J. Ring 56 of Wichita Falls died Tuesday night while on a vacation at Yellowstone National Park Wyoming His death was discovered by his wife Mary during a camping trip Grandson Tim Leedy accompanied them An obituary notes Ring owned Ring Sign Co was active in the Church of Christ and local commerce He is survived by a daughter Mrs O T Leedy a son Capt Robert J Ring Jr and siblings and a cousin in several states
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Robert J. Ring
Wichita Falls
Delmont Hays
Northfield
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Church of Christ
Ring
Mary
Tim Leedy
Orville T. Leedy
Collingsworth County
Ring Sign Co
Masonic Lodge
Church of Christ and
Army Troops Aid Dell City Flood Victims With Food and Medicine
Dell City on the New Mexico border faced $5 million in damage as floods left the town in mud. Army troops set up food and anti typhoid inoculation lines while a second convoy from Ft. Bliss arrived. Residents slept in the community center and returned to mud cracked homes as irrigation pipes and crops were ruined. Gov. Connally pledged state support and federal aid was being sought.
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Dell City
Tex
UPI
Ft. Bliss
Allan Hill
Hill
John F. Casey
St. Isidore’s
New Mexico
Leon Roberts
Fort Stockton
Roberts
Dell Telephone Cooperative
Labor Day Rest Stop Planned By Jaycees
At the regular Jaycees meeting plans were made for a Labor Day Weekend rest stop. Guests included George Newberry and Earl Bronner. The spokesman invited all men aged 18 to 35 to attend the Jaycee noon luncheon every Thursday at the Village.
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George Newberry
Farl Bronner
Rains Move Down Coast with Panhandle Clear Roads
United Press International reports a Gulf Coast rain front bringing floods and storms to northern and western Texas. Corpus Christi recorded 2.72 inches in six hours, while Dell City begins cleanup from flood damage to homes and cotton. Temperatures cooled across the state with highs in the 70s and scattered showers easing.
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United Press International
Texas
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Dell City
Tex
Lubbock
Old Panhandle
North Texas
Panhandle
U.S. Weather Bureau
San Angelo
Crandall
Ferris
Cresson
Pecos River
Dalhart
Amarillo
Texarkana
Laredo
Austin
Midland
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Carrollton
Dallas
Rosser
Randail
Nidad
Spearl
Denton
Frost
Sherman
Malone
Winkler
Aledo
Antelope
Rusk Defends Foreign Defense Pledges to Senators
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate preparedness subcommittee that the United States reduces war risk by defending more than 40 nations. He said Kennedy would likely have pursued a similar Vietnam policy to Johnson and warned the U.S. could aid non allied countries if needed.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
U.S
Rusk
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Viet Nam
Kennedy
United States
Usk
Rusks
Senate
Sen
John C. Stermis
D-Miss
McNamara Plan Seeks Draft Reassessment and Fairness Debate
Defense Secretary McNamara proposes salvaging 100000 men deferred by college status and classifying more men 1A. The move could renew congressional scrutiny of Selective Service fairness and impact those already in 1Y classification.
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Washington
UPS
Defense
Robert S McNamara
Childress Males Should Lose 17 Tons Of Blubber
New York special reports that Childress County men over 25 would need to shed about 11 000 pounds to reach the recommended weight 149 pounds. Women average 131 pounds, with younger groups also carrying excess weight. Diet and exercise are advised, with the American Dietetic Association offering guidance.
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New York
Childress County
The
Public Health Service
American Medical Association
United States
American Dietetic Association
Young Readers to Be Rewarded Tonight at Library
Prizes and certificates will be presented in a 7 30 p m ceremony in the Woman's Department Club closing the Summer Reading Program at the City County Library. Mrs J A McDonald librarian will award certificates to youngsters and teens reading 12 or more books. Special prizes go to the top reader in each age group from first through third grade, fourth through sixth grade, junior high and high school.
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Woman's Department Club
Friends of the Library
J. A. McDonald
Grodm
Three Cases Heard in County Court Today
Three cases were heard in County Court this morning. The three involved pled guilty and the jury called was dismissed. Robert Bates Jr of Amarillo appeared, appealed his JP verdict, and asked the appeal be dismissed. He faced a speeding charge. Joe Johnson of Childress pleaded guilty to transporting liquor in a dry area and was fined $200 plus costs. James Goundie of Childress pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined $50 plus costs and time served in jail.
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Robert Bates, Jr
Amarillo
Justice of the Peace Court
Joe Johnson
Childress
James Goundie
Pre School Session Held For Principals
Superintendent J W Hamilton led a pre school session with Childress principals to discuss opening schedules registration clubs and fire drills. He outlined a 8 30 a m to 3 45 p m school day with teachers on duty 8 a m to 4 p m or longer and noted parent arrangements if before 8 a m.
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J. W. Hamilton
Childress
E. A. Sanders
H. P. Powers
Wilson
Leroy Reeves
J. A. Steed
Verna Steed
Robert
Hamlton
Hamilton
A Company of House
Fire damages Rascoe home minor smoke injuries
A fire reported at 3:50 a.m. damaged the C. G. Rascoe residence at 805 Avenue C Northwest. An iron left on the ironing board started the blaze and caused only slight smoke damage, per local Fire Department spokesmen.
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Ron Sparks
C. G. Rascoe
Avenue C
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