Space Twins Rejoin Families After Four Day Space Flight
Spacewalkers James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II greeted by their families in Houston after splashdown and a brief stay aboard the USS Wasp. They described awe at Earth and the Sun and recalled horror stories before landing. The Wasp returns to patrol as the astronauts head home to Mayport and Houston.
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Houston
Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
McDivitt
Wasp
Cape Kennedy
Mayport
Fla
U.S
Solid Earth
White
Spacewalker
Carrier
The
No Summer Vacation for Pennsylvania General Assembly
Harrisburg AP reports House Majority Leader Joshua Bilberg says the 1965 General Assembly will not take a midsummer break due to heavy workload and looming Sept 1 deadlines for the budget and reapportionment. Rep Erwin Murray pushes to disrupt leadership over reappointment plans amid quorum tensions.
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Harrisburg
Joshua Til’berg
Philadelphia
Bilberg
House
Filberg
Rep
Erwin J
Murray
Fineman
Senators Seek End to NDEA Loyalty Oath Provisions
Senators Clark and Kennedy sponsor a bill to repeal loyalty oath and conviction disclosure requirements for NDEA loan recipients. The measure also removes a crime ban on applicants from organizations registered under the Subversive Activities Control Act. They cite House committee support and Johnson administration backing.
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Washington
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
United States
NDEA
Clark
Kennedy
House Education and Labor Committee
Johnson
Clavie
Tate
John F. Kennedy
Patman urges Martin to resign as Federal Reserve chief
Rep. Wright Patman accuses Fed Chairman William M. Martin Jr. of opposing President Johnson’s policies and causing a stock market drop with a comparison to 1929. He calls for Johnson to replace Martin with an appointee of his choosing amid criticisms of monetary policy.
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Washington
Wright Patman
House Banking Committee
William M. Martin Jr
Federal Reserve
Johnson
Patman
House
Martin
Banking Committee
Columbia University
Fed
Columbia
Emergency Room Busy At CMH
Corry Memorial Hospital emergency room was crowded with seven patients treated yesterday. One elderly woman, Mrs Harris Watrous, 77, suffered a possible left ankle fracture at home and was admitted in satisfactory condition. Lawrence Ferrell, 49, of Union City, sustained a severe laceration to the right big toe after being struck by a falling mortar box and was admitted. The rest were treated and released, including Melanie Smith age 2 with a lower lip cut, Lynne Westley age 5 with a wrist injury from a slick fall, Howard Miller age 21 with multiple lacerations from a motorcycle spill, Jerry Munn age 13 with a forehead laceration, and Patricia Morris age 12 with a fractured left wrist.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Harris Watrous
White ‘Street
Lawrence Ferrell
Union City
Wert
Melanie
Samuel Smith
R.D
Corry
Lynne
Roger Westley
Howard Miller
R. D
Clymer
Jerry
Carson Munn
Mead Avenue
Mead Park
Patricia
Clara Morris
West Pleasant Street
Floods From Plains Strike Kansas Communities
Stormy weather drenched the central and southern Plains with floods forcing hundreds from homes in central and eastern Kansas. Tornadoes and heavy rain lashed the region as funnel clouds spooked areas near Stover Missouri and Cheyenne Wyoming. A 17 year old was killed by lightning near Pecos Texas and flash flooding was reported along streams in western Kansas. Weather Bureau warned of more heavy rain moving from Wyoming and Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Plains
Kansas
Panhandle-Plains
Texas
North Platte
Neb
Oberlin
Coldwater
Kan
Stover
Cheyenne
Wyo
Treasure salvage hearing for De Braak wreck near Cape Henlopen
Three Pennsylvanians seek salvage rights for the De Braak, a British sloop sunk off Cape Henlopen in 1796. They claim divers found wreckage with Spanish treasure and estimate cargo value at 8 million dollars. The commission postponed action pending more financial data and salvage location details.
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Ueungetown
Delars
Cape Henlopen
Delaware Bay
Louis FP. de Cerchi
Ardmore
William T. de Feo
Philadelphia
Mario Busa
Springfield
de Cerchio
Health Club Plans For Y Near Okay
The Corry YMCA plans a basement health club with a workout area massage room sauna showers and sunlamp section. Approval expected within a week after delays over a possible 2 capital drive. Construction budget about 13000 and project aims to boost adult membership and revenue above last year’s 2000 deficit.
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Wealth Club
Corry
12 Year Olds Not Capable Drivers in Kansas Crash
Kansas City police say 39 year old Harold Flowers was driving while his 12 year old daughter Susan steered. The car jumped a curb hit one house then another causing about $2.0 in damage. Flowers was charged with reckless driving and destruction of property. Officers quoted Lusaty on the wheel grab incident.
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Kansas City
Kan
Harold Flowers
Susan
Flowers
Lusaty
Gangsters Plot to Make Carbon County a Haven for Crime
Police say burglar George Bricker claimed a conspiracy to seize Carbon County politics and finance a takeover with 250000 from burglaries and arson claims. Bricker alleged a leading county politician would cooperate as part of plans to replace a Republican judge in 1970 and to install a party ally as district attorney in 1968.
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Philadelphia
George FP
Bricker
Carbon County
Yice
Igelo “Carcacei
Charles Snyder
John Ryan
Careacci
Careacei
Albert H. Heimbach
Common Pleas Court
Playgrounds Open Tuesday City offers supervised summer playgrounds
Lou Hanna recreation director announced opening next Tuesday for Fairview Mead Park Concord Harding Wright and Washington play areas. Supervisors will run Monday through Friday 1 to 5 p m with coordinators at each site and special activities led by named instructors.
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Lou Hanna
Fairview
Mead Park
Concord
Harding, Wright
Washington
Mary Rubay
Paula Meerdink
Concord Harding
Ruth Ann Lord
Kaylene Bliley
Wright
Sally O'Hare
Gloria Watrous
Linda Hanna
Shirley Diemer
Connie Root
Blaine Childe
Marriage computer pairs MSU couple to wed
Michigan State University seniors Paul Nelson and Sanita Titus married March 20 after a computer match in campus dating trials. The couple say many similarities exist, though housing and decorating tastes differ. they currently live in an MSU married students unit.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Paul Nelson
Sanita Titus
Nelson
Lansing
MSU
Buffalo
N.Y
Bowery drifter set aflame by four men in New York
Four men in New York on the Bowery doused 59 year old William Smith with turpentine and set him ablaze after turning his pockets inside out. Smith suffered second and third degree burns and was reported in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital as police found him rolling on the sidewalk trying to extinguish the flames.
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New York
William Smith
Bellevue Hospital
Connecticut Bans Professional Boxing
The legislature passed a bill outlawing professional boxing in Connecticut. The measure, approved 17 to 1 in the Senate, heads to Gov. John Dempsey for signature. Noted local figures Willie Pep Bat Baltalino and Kid Kaplan have ties to Hartford in the featherweight ranks.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Lewiston
Maine
Charles, Alfano
D-Suffield
Senate
John Dempsey
Norwalk
Willie Pep
Bat Baltalino
Kid Kaplan
Eisenhower voice on space program sparks mixed view
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower says he is displeased with the U.S. space program despite Gemini 4 success. He criticizes the spending but says he will pay his taxes, while in town for a Republican dinner honoring Ray Bliss.
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Llaveland
Obi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ray &. Bliss
21 Yanks Lost In Asia War
In Dong Xoai Vietnam a Viet Cong assault cut down reinforcements as 21 Americans at a special forces camp were listed as dead missing or wounded. Reports varied with 7 dead 19 wounded noted by Washington and nine wounded evacuated from Phuoc Vinh. Casualties were heavy for a single engagement with a relief force also damaged.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Dong Xoai
United States
Phuoc Vinh
Washington
State Department
Cao van Vien
U.S. Army
Dodd denounces critics as defeatists over Vietnam policy
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd blasted what he called teach-in critics of President Johnson as defeatists and appeasers who foster Communist goals in Vietnam. He warned the domestic front may decide the Southeast Asia struggle while noting broad public support for administration policy amid a noisy minority urging withdrawal.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Teach-In
Johnson
Dodd
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Connecticut
Tration
U.S
Viet Nam
White House
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
United States
Parents dispute letter ascribed to missing U S serviceman
Chester West Virginia parents say a letter published by a Moscow newspaper does not reflect their son George Smith a U S Army sergeant captured in North Vietnam on November 24 1963. They argue the writer could not have been in his right mind and note Defense Department records confirm his status.
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Chester
W.va
Viet Nam
Moscow
George Smith
U.S. Defense Department
George EB
Smith
Lucille A.potts
Whip
North
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Asia
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Sen
Thomas Dodd
Ais Cate
Potts
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