Gemini 7 and 6 Pursue Space Record Pace
Gemini 7, piloted by Frank Borman and James Lovell, nears its 103 orbits with a goal of 14 days in space. Meanwhile Gemini 6 crew Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford prepare for a Sunday chase to reach orbit as weather cooperates.
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Alvin B
Webb Jr
Thomas Stafford
Cape Kennedy
Walter Schirra
Borman
Lovell
Sir
Canary Islands
Ome
Earth
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Kosygin And Brezhnev Stronger Than Ever
Moscow report says Brezhnev and Kosygin’s leadership appears more stable after a Kremlin reshuffle. Anastas Mikoyan resigns the presidency citing age and ill health. Nikolai Podgorny is named president, with Shelestin (Shelpein) moving to central committee duties and leaving the government posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Keemiin
Soviet Union
Anastas Mikoya
Supreme Soviet
Sovet Union
Brezhnev
Communist Party Central
Nikolai Podgorny
Mikoyan
World War I Veterans Meet Monday at Veterans Building
World War I veterans are called to gather at 7 30 p m Monday in the Veterans Building. Quartermaster J F Pete Scanlon states that all eligible persons, even nonmembers, are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F.pete Scanlon
Deaths Rise in Vietnam War Totals Reach 1432
UPI reports Pentagon figures show 1432 U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam through Monday, up 76 in seven days. Wounded total 6496 with 271 more. Missing 120, up six. prisoners of war down from 27 to 25.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
U.S
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Protesting Patient Hides in Hospital Sink
Twenty police officers tracked down 45 year old Karen Milstead who hid under a nurses’ quarters sink while hospitalized for tonsil removal. She told detectives she disliked shots and police joked about injections before turning her over to doctors.
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Long Beach
Calif
Karen Milstead
E. R. Davenport
Davenport
Federal Reserve Chief Strains With Johnson Over Rates
William McChesney Martin Jr faces pressure from President Johnson as the Fed raises the discount rate from 4 to 4.5 percent. Johnson allies fear inflation, while Martin pursues a hard money stance to curb it. Political clash looms with Rep. Wright Patman pushing for Fed control.
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Federal Reserve Board
William McChesney Martin Jr
Johnson
Martin
Lbjs
Next Essen
FRB
New York
Imes
Washington D. C. Post
Johnson City
Vex
LBJ
Congress
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Patman
Federal Reserve System
Fed
Marines Trap Viet Cong Regiment Near Da Nang
Thousands of U S Marines landed 20 miles south of Da Nang trapping a Viet Cong regiment of about 1,500. The operation, the largest since arrival seven months ago, used heavy air and artillery strikes to pin down the enemy in bunkers and tunnels. Marine casualties were light as fighting continued with South Vietnamese forces aiding the assault.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
7Th Fleet
da Nang
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
Sagon
Vet Cong Regiment
Dugnto
Pixley Dies In Wyoming Gas Chamber Execution
Andrew Pixley, a 22 year old from Dallas Oregon, was executed in Wyoming for the murder and rapeslaying of a 12 year old girl. He also admitted to killing the 8 year old sister. He was pronounced dead at 12 16 am MST after the cyanide gas sentence. The execution was the first in Wyoming in 20 years.
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Rawlins
Wyo
UPI
Andrew Pixley
Illinois
Wyoming
Lenard Meacham
Dallas
Ore
Pixley
Deborah McAuliffe
Cynthia
Robert McAuliffe
Maywood
McAuliffe
Cook County
Jackson
Worland
Meacham
Haring Calls Tunnel to Resign From Railroad Commission
State Rep Paul Haring of Goliad urges Byron Tunnell to resign from the Texas Railroad Commission citing conduct on the job. Haring plans a 50 000 campaign spend while Tunnell forecasts about 2 million for his reelection bid in 65.
Johnson criticizes labor wage demands and backs 14 B repeal
President Johnson urges AFL-CIO to curb wage claims to curb inflation and pledges administration battle in Senate to repeal Taft Hartley section 14 B. Vice President Humphrey vows to push 14 B repeal with support from AFL-CIO delegates and George Meany signals ongoing fight at convention.
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San Francisco
UPI
Aflcio
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Senate
Texas
Afl-Cio
Dean Rusk
George Meany
AFL Cio
Fires Damage Barnett Home on 9th Street
A series of fires damaged the Calvin Barnett residence at 104 9th Street Sn. The first blaze started from a gas heater in the living room at 5 10 pm, followed by a porch fire at 6 30 pm after the family left for a hospital visit. Fire Chief John Ballew reported the outbreaks.
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Calvin Barnett
9Th Street
Barnetts
John Ballew
Light rains slow Childress area cotton harvest halt
Light rains continued across the Childress area with 0.04 inches at the FAA station and 0.05 inches at The Index. Rainfall was uniform throughout the region and the cotton harvest was brought to a halt.
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Childress
FAA
Branch Rickey Dead Pioneer of Baseball Dies at 83
Branch Rickey a renowned innovator and key architect of the modern farm system died at Boone County Memorial Hospital in Columbia Missouri at 83 He collapsed with a heart attack while being inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and had been unconscious since then Funeral arrangements were pending Rickey's career spanned six decades shaping major league expansion and the Negro leagues with famed trades and strategic moves He died after a long career described as one of baseballs sharpest minds and most influential figures 132
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ST. Louis
UPI
Rickey
Mahatma
St.ouis Andos Angeles
Boone County Memorial Hospital
Columbia
Rasberry Remains in Hospital After Traffic Crash
Kent Rasberry, injured in a three vehicle crash at Fifth Street and Avenue F N, yesterday afternoon, stays under observation at Childress General Hospital. X-rays show no fractures. chest bruising and possible internal injuries are reported.
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Kent Rasberry
Fifth Street
Avenue F Nn
Childress General Hospital
Railroad Retirement Board official visit set for Texas
Robert Bush of the Railroad Retirement Board will speak at the Texas Employment Commission at 3 p.m. Tuesday December 14. He will discuss benefits and retirement options for rail workers.
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Robert Bush
Railroad Retirement Board
Texas Employment Comission
Light Rains Cover State
Light rain from El Paso to the Gulf Coast with showers likely statewide by nightfall. Early moisture totals included .23 at Victoria and scattered light readings elsewhere as temperatures stayed well above normal across Texas.
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United Press International
el Paso
Gulf Coast
Panhandle
Victoria
U.S
College Station
Presdio
San Antonio
Dalhart
Brownsville
Texas
Mineral Wells
Presidio and
Laredo
Geminid Meteor May Have Been Fireball
An astronomer in Pittsburgh suggested a large fireball seen across nine states and Canada Thursday night could be a Geminid meteor from Gemini. Dr. Nicholas Wagman noted such bright events are sporadic and mentioned a reported shock wave and possible meteorite fragments found near Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Canada
Nicholas Wagman
Allegheny Observatory
Wagman
Pennsylvania
Butler
Delayed Ambulance Help Slowed Reeb Murder Case
Bread salesman testified that a faulty ambulance tire delayed emergency treatment for Rev. James Reeb the Boston minister fatally beaten in Selma Alabama on March 9. Two fellow ministers riding in the ambulance described the ride to Birmingham where Reeb reached the hospital four hours after the attack.
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Selma, Ala
UPI
James Reeb
Boston
Birmingham
Sema
Reeb
Selma
John South
Reed
Music Director Hired for First Baptist Church
Richard Fancher will assume duties as minister of music and education at the First Baptist Church starting January 1. He comes from Spearman where he served three and a half years. The Fanchers have three children. He is a graduate of Hardin Simmons University and the Southwestern Seminary.
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Richard Fancher
First Baptist Church
Spearman
Fanchers
Hardin Simmons University
Southwestern Seminary
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By Henry Shapiro
Podgorny
Alexander Shelpin
Securiy
Shelepin
Cetral
Chris
National Window
Haring
William J. Eaton
Barnett
Branch Rickey
Baseball
Rasberry
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Bundy
White House
Kennedy
NEA
First Baptist
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