Surveyor Robot Nears Moon Landing After Midcourse Correction
Surveyor spacecraft will attempt a near pinpoint landing in a preselected Sea of Storms area after JPL signaled a midcourse correction. The three legged probe sent television pictures from the lunar surface and maintained control with sun and Canopus star sensors. The mission could pave the way for a manned lunar landing by 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney Bothwell
United Press International
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Surveyor
Lunar
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Cape Kennedy
U.S
Soviet Union
William Pickering
Pickering
Earth
Canopus
Potrait
Lef
Omnidt
Stafford Cernan confident of Wednesday Gemini launch
Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan expressed confidence the Gemini 9 mission would launch Wednesday at 12 38 p m EDT after Weather Outlook called for satisfactory conditions with a two mile high cloud layer over Cape Kennedy. The Titan 2 rocket carrying the satellite The Glob was cleared by a safety board as officials worked through final checks and a prior Atlas delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Rossiter JR
United Press International
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Schneider
Cape
Atlantic
Bahama
Stafford
Cernan
Air Force Flight Safety Review
U.S
Moon
Gemini
Apollo
Water Board Hearing Set for Lubbock on June 17
Texas Water Development Board schedules a public hearing in the Texas Auditorium Lubbock at 9 a.m. with an 1 30 p.m. meeting at In Town Inn. Executive director Joe Moore and chief engineer John Vandertulip lead a West Texas focused briefing on the statewide water plan, a flexible guide ending in 2620, followed by state tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
High Plains
el Paso
Trans-Peécos
Lubbock
Wynn earns degree as new Arizona university opens
Gary Rodney Wynn received a Bachelor of Science degree May 22 from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff as part of Arizona's newest university inaugural commencement with 855 degrees conferred. He plans to teach next fall in Victoria Texas and is the son of Mr and Mrs W R Wynn of Childress. He is married to Cynthia Caradine and they have children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Rodney Wynn
Northern Arizona University
Arizona State College
Flagstaff
Victoria
Texas
Arizona
Yon
W. R. Wynn
Childress
Cynthia Caradine
A Second Amputation for O H Philpott
O H Harrison Philpott was set for a second amputation, this time of his left hand, at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. A portion of his right leg had been amputated the previous week after an electrical accident ten days earlier. A relative reported his condition as as good as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H
Harrison) Philpott
Northwest
Texas
Amarillo
Philpott
VFW to Install New Officers This Evening
Veterans of Foreign Wars post meets at 7 30 p m today at the Veterans Building for installation of new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Veteran’s B
Buddhist Leaders Meet Ky as Saigon Hue Unrest Rages
In Saigon six Buddhist leaders urged Premier Ky to resign during a two hour meeting. Nightly protests resume in Saigon and Hue after a Buddhist girl set herself on fire in Hue. The regime issued an ultimatum to Hue rebels to surrender and surrender the radio station. Ky airlifted food to Da Nang as troops crushed a prior rebellion. Across Hue students and rebels clash with police as both sides suffer injuries.
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Bryce Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Hue
Premire Ky
da Nang
Pham van Khoa
Nationalist Party
Quang
U.S
Khon
Lions Club Program Highlights Local Hiring and Greenbelt Classic
Bill Cross, manager of the local Texas Employment office, and Vernon Eubank, chairman of the Player Selection Committee for the Greenbelt Bowl Classic, spoke at the Lions Club. Cross detailed job needs for Childress Manufacturing and noted over 250 applicants with Spartan executives arriving June 24 for hiring. He urged support for the Job Corp Program and youth training. Eubank previewed the 1966 Greenbelt Classic and touted top players expected to appear, predicting a standout game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cross
Texas
Vernon Eubank
Lions Club
Cross
Childress Manufacturing Company
Spartan Industries
Heaviest North Viet Nam air action on record
North Viet Nam was bombed and strafed by U S air forces in the heaviest single day of raids since Jan 31. Air Force and Navy planes flew well over 200 sorties near Hanoi and other cities including Vinh Thanh Hoa Dong Hoi and the Mu Gia Pass with targets on military facilities bridges railways highways river and coastal shipping and anti aircraft batteries. Ground forces reported at least 654 enemy killed near Pleiku Province as combat continues near the strategic waist of South Vietnam.
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Richard H. Growald
United Press International Saigon
UPI
Hanoi
Air Force
Navy
William
Big Bill) McGinty
Saigon
Vinh
Thanh Hoe
Dong Hoi
Hampi
Mu Gia Pass
U.S. 25Th Inantry
1St Air Cavalry Divisions
South Viet Nam
Pleiku Province
Indicted for Murder in Dallas Case
Dallas County grand jury indicts 23 year old welder Fredrick Semanovich of Na Mine Pennsylvania for the murder of an 18 year old folk singer and bank clerk. The event draws attention to a violent crime case involving a young defendant and a victim tied to a bank clerking role.
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Dallas
UPI
Fredrick Peter Semanovich
Na Mine
Fined for Roadblocks After Fleeing Shamrock Incident
Billy Jack Stevens, 43, was fined $400 after police set up roadblocks to stop him for allegedly leaving the scene of a wreck in Shamrock Texas. Stevens faced charges related to fleeing and the resulting checkpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrock, Tex
UPI
Billy Jack Stevens
Colleges Warn Austin of Tight Construction Funds
State colleges warned Austin that funding for new construction will likely be scarce over the next decade, prompting tighter control on planned projects and budget priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col Eges
Austin
UPI
State Coueges
Space experts blame line failure in Saturn second stage
A panel of leading space experts concluded that a pressure sensing line failed to reconnect, causing the second stage explosion of a Saturn rocket on Saturday. The report cites the disconnect as the proximate cause and notes investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay ST. Louis, Miss
Upt
Hair curlers blamed in Colo lightning strike
An 8-year-old Denver area girl was struck by lightning near her Westminster home. Officials said her hair curlers may have attracted the bolt.
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Westminster
Colo
Denver Area
Peggy Ann Brodnick to be released from hospital
Peggy Ann Brodnick, a teenager kidnapped by a deranged sniper who fatally shot an FBI agent, was expected to be released today from Fulton County Medical Center in Shade Gap Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Ann
Shade Gap, Pa
UPI
Peggy Ann Brodnick
FBI
Fulton County Medical Center
Record Memorial Day Traffic Toll Hits 530 Dead
United Press International reports a three day Memorial Day weekend end tally of 530 traffic deaths, plus 133 drownings and 84 misc fatalities for a total of 753. California led with 57 deaths, followed by Michigan 40 and New York 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
California
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Alaska
Hawaii
Rhode Island
Vermont
National Safety Council
Thundershowers Across Panhandle and Texas Forecast
Scattered thundershowers hit parts of the Texas Panhandle early today with generally clear to warm skies statewide. Temperatures cooled into the 60s and 70s overnight while forecasts call for mainly clear to partly cloudy conditions with minor changes. North Texas highs near 106 noted, Galveston milder at 82 amid Memorial Day warmth.
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United Press
Texas Panhandle
North Texas
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Texas
Texas Gulf Coast
Presidio
Galveston
Paducah Man Pleads Guilty in DWI Case
Richard Clyde Mathis of Paducah changed his plea from not guilty to guilty in County Court this morning after being charged Saturday with DWI by the Highway Patrol. He received a $125 fine, court costs, three days in jail, and an automatic six month license suspension per county records.
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Richard Clyde Mathis
Paducah
Highway Patrol
Spear s Charges Group Trying To Buy Office
State Senator Franklin Spears accuses an exclusive private group of trying to buy the attorney general seat for Crawford Martin in the Democratic runoff. He cites campaign spending, radio ads, billboards, and newspaper presence as evidence of money power. Martin counters, attacking COPE and AFL CIO for distorting his voting record and supporting Spears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Franklin Spears
Crawford Martin
Spears
Dallas
San Antonio
Austin
Martin
Afl-Cio
Tyler
Labor
COPE
Afl-Cio Mailer
Texas
Amarillo Rites Wednesday For Former Resident
Elzie Marion Hazard 53 of Amarillo native of Childress County died Sunday at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. Chester O'Brien officiating. Interment in Amarillo Memory Gardens Cemetery. Hazard was a driver for Oil Transport Co. Survivors include wife Vivian and son Billy of Fairborn, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzie Marion Hazard
Amarillo
Childress County
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial
Tractor Motor Fire Reported in City Garage
A tractor motor being serviced in a garage at 7th Street and Ave. F. Ne. caught fire around 12 50 p m today. The flames were contained and no injuries were reported. Fire units responded quickly to extinguish the blaze.
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7Th St
Ave. F. Ne
Market ends mixed as stocks slip in afternoon trading
UPI reports stocks retreating in moderately active late trading with the Dow Jones industrial average down 8.79 to 888.25 and the Standard & Poor 500 index off 0.67. Electronics led losses with Texas Instruments Motorola IBM Fairchild and others down while airlines also declined.
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New York
UPI
United Press International
Dow-Jones
Rails
Standard & Poors
Texas Instruments
Motorola
IBM
Fairchild Camera
Collins Radio
Litton
Magnavox
Admiral
Northwest
KLM
Eastern
Final Plans Made For Miss Childress Pageant
The Jaycees Miss Childress committee met Monday night to finalize plans for the June 11 pageant. Local girls will be asked to serve as ushers with Suzanne Thurman Patsy Dishman Joe Galligan and Jennifer among those accepting roles.
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Miss Childress Committee
The
Jaycees
Suzanne Thurman
Patsy Dishman
Joe Galligan
Jennifer
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O. H. Philpott
Emformation Service Library
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Ing
Vietna
University of
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Viet Nam
Cuba
Havana
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Fidel Castro
Warsaw
U. S
Howard Pyle
Safety Council
Johnson
Panhandle
Miss Childress
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