Moonmen Coming Home With Bag Of Treasures
Apollo 11 returns to earth after lunar mission with Armstrong Aldrin and Collins aboard the spacecraft. They report joy at successful moon landing and readiness for quarantine and medical checks. Mission control notes a tense docking and the famed welcome awaiting in the Pacific with the President aboard Hornet.
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Armstrong
Moon
Mission Control
Collins
Charlie
Earth
Roger
Charles Duke
Pacific
Manned Space Center
United States
Spirit
Lindbergh
John Glenn
Yuri Jagarin
Unconstitutional Court Suit Hits City Housing Ordinance
Erie County court hears challenge to Corry’s housing ordinance and housing officer powers. Forty eight residents led by Harry Morris allege the ordinance exceeds state police powers, citing inspection and demolition authority enforcements on properties on East Pleasant West Pleasant and other streets. The suit names Mayor Joseph Furst and council members, with Chester J. Vendetti representing the complainants.
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Erie County
City of
Corry
State of Pennsylvania
Harry Morris
East Pleasant Street
Journal Today
Morris
Joseph Furst
Edward Zarger
Russell Brant
Jack Downey
Clare Capwell
John Hornick
Erie County Sheriff's Department
County Court of Common Pleas
Chester J. Vendetti
Erie
Douglas Rozelle
Pennsylvania
East South Street
Lemon Street
East Main Street
Worth Street
Railroad Street
York Street
West Pleasant Street
Shady Avenue
Gould Street
York Snipers Kill One as Shafer Deploys Guard
In York Pennsylvania a 27 year old black woman Lillie B Allen of Aiken DC was shot and killed by a sniper as crowds rioted. Four others injured bringing total to five that night. Governor Shafer ordered 200 National Guard troops into York and nearby Columbia to enforce a dusk to dawn curfew as 37 others were injured in related incidents since Thursday. Police reported snipers used high powered rifles and suggested organized action.
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York
Raymond P. Shafer
National Guard
Columbia
John Snyder
Jacob W. Hose Sr
Lillie B. Allen
Aiken
D.C
York Hospital
Charles F. McCaffrey
Adam C. Mickley
City
Remembering Eagle the Moon Bird and Space Loss
A tribute to Eagle the moon mission bird and poetic farewell lines mingle with local news of copper wire thefts. The piece reflects on human reach into space while noting thieves stole over three miles of Bell Tel GenTel long distance wire from Welch Hill Road near Corry.
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Bell Telephone Co
General Telephone Company
Spartansburg
Warren
William J. Schilling
GenTel
Corry
Schilling
Welch Hill
Bell
Sparta-Warren
Luna 15 shows new lunar orbit tricks at Jodrell Bank
Space expert Prof. John G. Davies says Luna 15 demonstrated changing lunar orbits with high precision but hints Russia intended a broader goal. The craft ended a nine day flight with a crash near the Sea of Crises as Apollo 11 missions approached Tranquility Base.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Jodrell Observatory
Soviet Union
John G. Davies
Jodrell
Tass
Davies
Lunarld
Sir Bernard Lovell
Sea of Tranquillity
Apollo
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin A. Aldrin Jr
City to advertise bids for two city owned demolitions
City Council voted unanimously to seek bids to demolish two structures owned by the city. The former Keystone gas station on East South Street will house the new police headquarters, while the old city maintenance building at Raymond Avenue and Wright Street will be replaced by a new East Smith Street structure. City engineer David Johnson outlined four options for returning the maintenance site to residential use, including selling the parcel with buildings as a package, among others.
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City Council
Umanimiously
Keystone Gas
East South Street
Raymond Avenue
Wright Street
East Smith Street
David Johnson
Johnson
Ohio National Guard deployed after Columbus race riot turns deadly
In Columbus Ohio riots left one man dead and prompted 130 arrests and two injuries. National Guard units moved in after Governor Rhodes activated 1300 troops to contain disturbances spanning about 10 square miles. Police reported rioters wearing gas masks fired on fire crews and bricks were hurled at responders as sporadic sniper fire continued despite attempts to restore order.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Guard
Sylvester del Corso
James A. Rhodes
Dwight Joseph
Joseph
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Ounge
Houston
Texas
Hornick
James Foley
Loyd Nichols
Shafer
Snyder
Hose
Russell Koontz
The
York Police Department
Koontz
Eagle
Auf Wiedersehen
Santa Maria
Smithsonian
St. Louis
Robert Falcon Scott
Antarctic
John Keats
Rome
Lord Byron
Greece
Erie-Lackawanna
Lottsville
Robert Quick
Springville
Quick
Ray Hedden
Meadville
Nat's Guard
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