Gemini 9 Rockets Toward Target Satellite Rendezvous
Gemini 9 astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan blasted into orbit at 9 39 am EDT on their third try and closed to within 10 to 30 feet of the target satellite the 12 foot augmented docking adapter or "Glob" while facing computer glitches and a delaying shroud. They prepared for a spacewalk as mission aims included 15 orbits and possible link up with the tumbling satellite.
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AL Rossiter Jr
United Press International
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Gemini 9
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Cernan
Space Twins
Stafford
Hawaii
Australia
ATDA
Indian Ocean
James McDvitt
Edward White
America
One Place Voting For Texas Attorney General Runoff
Tomorrow's Democratic runoff decides Texas attorney general with only Childress County courthouse as polling place. Voters open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in a race between Franklin Spears and Crawford Martin.
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Texas
Childress County
Franklin Spears
Crawford Martin
United Press International
Martin
Spears
Spears-Martin
Port Arthur
Austin
State Senate
Spirit
Hillsboro
Tower Predicts Repeal Effort Will Again Fail
U S Senator John Tower told the Riverside Lions Club in Fort Worth that the administration will try again to repeal Section 14B of Taft-Hartley but faces repeated Senate defeats. He argued Texas benefits from its right to work, citing stronger unions, fewer stoppages, and better labor relations, and warned federal action is unnecessary.
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Fort Worth
UPI
U.S
John Tower
Riverside Lions Club
Tower
Senate
Texas
Weather Outlook Shows Clear to Partly Cloudy Across State
Scattered showers in Northwest Texas ended leaving a dry to partly cloudy statewide forecast. Overnight lows mostly in the 60s with 58 to 74 across Dalhart Lufkin and Corpus Christi. Some afternoon and evening thunder showers possible in the Panhandle and areas west of the Pecos through Saturday. Highs in the 80s. Presidio hit 105 degrees as Am arillo and others saw varied rainfall.
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Texas
Dalhart
Lufkin
Corpus Christi
Panhandle
Pecos
U.S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Brownwood
Wichita Falls
Presidio
Galveston
Scout Troop 61 Tour Includes Texas Sites and Caverns
Scout Troop 61 visits Carlsbad Caverns today and plans to return Saturday afternoon after exploring Big Bend National Park and Old Mexico. Scoutmaster Clais Rowland and junior assistant Jerry Henderson lead 12 boys with A. T. Henderson Mitchell Rule and Russell Harmon reporting a wonderful time.
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Carlsbad Caverns
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Old Mexico
Clais Rowland
Jerry Henderson
A. T. Henderson
Mitchell Rule
Russell Harmon
Johnson on UT honor roll graduates list
Lyn da Bird Johnson is named on the honor list of graduates at the University of Texas commencement. The disclosure came today, highlighting her academic achievement.
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Washington
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
University of Texas
Foreign Cars Sell Fast as U S Autos Slump
UPI reports foreign made small cars like Volkswagen Renault Simca Volvo and Triumph are surging while Detroit giants face a glut. Demand for imports climbs toward a 600000 car year as Americans favor economy and size over domestic models amid pricing and trend shifts.
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Robert J. Regan
United Press International
NEW York
UPI
Volkswagen
Louisiana
Indiana
Detroit
U.S
General Motors
Corvair
Ward
Automotive Reports
Henry Ford II
Ford
Militant Buddhist Leader Attacks LBJ Over Self Immolation
In Hue Thich Tri Quang denounced President Johnson for remarks on Buddhist self immolation as Americans back the Saigon government. He accused U.S. leaders of colonial acts after a nun burned herself in Da Nang, the sixth death this week, as tensions rise with rebels kidnapping a district leader at Hue.
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Saigon
UPI
South
Viet Nam
Johnson
Thich Tri Quang
Hue
da Nang
Quang
Wholesale Prices Edge On In All Groups
The Labor Department reports prices edged up one tenth of a percent in the last week of May with increases across farm products processed foods and industrial commodities. The May 31 index stood at 195.3 percent of the 1957 59 average, two tenths below April’s 105.5. May’s overall index will be released soon as farm prices fell six tenths of a percent the prior week.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Ella Lee Mack Dies at Childress Hospital
Ella Lee Mack died at 11 a.m. Thursday in Childress General Hospital. Born in Texas in 1907, she is survived by one brother, Johnny Mack of Childress. Funeral services are pending. Other details were available.
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Ella Lee Mack
Childress General Hospital
Texas
Johnny Mack
Childress
Texas lawmakers face crowded second primary across districts
Democratic nominees for 21 House seats and two Senate seats will be settled in a tight second primary. Incumbents Ed wards and Neal Solomon clash in District 10, with other high profile battles in Houston Dallas and San Antonio. Runoffs include Henry Fletcher, hospitalized after a shooting, and several incumbents in districts reshaped by 1965 redistricting.
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James T. Young
United Press International
House
Senate
E. M. (Mack) Edwards
Pattonville
Neal Solomon
Mount Vernon
Houston
Dallas
W. H. Miller
Don Garrison
David M. Ivy
Oscar “Lauzy
Henry Fletcher
Luling
San Marcos
Gerhardt Schutle Jr
Steve Burgess
Nacogdoches
Jewell Russell Sheffield
W. T. Dungan
McKinney
Charles S. McClaran
Denison
Tony Bonilla
al Gonzalez
Corpus Christi
George H. Richards
Huntsville
James L. Lovell
Crockett
San Antonio
Jim Clark
Felix Salazar Jr
Meet
Bill Rice
Ira Kohler
Richard Smith
Bill Bridges
Lamoine Holland
Don Hand
Kari Hanner
Frank J. Lombardino
Norris Yates
A. L
Tony) Dramberger
Robert D. Green
el Paso
Art Alva
Tati Santiesteban
Paul Moreno
George A. Peinado
Robert L. Flournoy
John Hannah
Lufkin
Harold Arnold
Athens
Bill Bass
Ben Wheeler
Burke Musgrove
Breckenridge
John E. Musselman Jr
Albany
Bill Gillespie
Elmer L. Tarbox
Lubbock
Ken Andrews
Graham
Anthony Fenoglio
Bowie
Thrifty Approach urged for ocean food source
Soviet scientist Veniamin Bogorov told an international oceanography meeting that live matter in the ocean could feed millions but warned the supply is not limitless and calls for a thrifty approach.
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Moscow
UPI
Veniamin Bogorov
International Oceanographic Thursday
Panhandle faces invasion of 1.2 billion grasshoppers
About 1.2 billion grasshoppers have invaded the Panhandle, threatening West Texas ranchers. Officials report heavy concentrations in Briscoe Floyd and Armstrong counties with 20 to 25 grasshoppers per square yard over a 3,000 acre area. The state and federal agriculture departments will launch an attack beginning June 9 to curb the pest.
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James T. Young
United Press International Austin
UPI
Panhandle
West Texas
State
U.S. Departments of Agriculture
Briscoe
Floyd
Armstrong
Charlie Chapman
State Agriculture Department
U.S. Agriculture Departments
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