Gemini 8 Docking Attempt Targets Agena in 6 PM Linkup
Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Titan 2 and Atlas Agena sequence aiming to dock with the target satellite in orbit. The mission includes multiple planned hookups and a near 214 hour space walk, with docking over Peru at about 6:11 PM EST as the climax of the first U S linkup of two orbiting vehicles.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Agena
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
South America
Scott
Earth
Moon
Armstrong
Atlas
Cape
Atlantic
Antigua
Mission Control
Peru
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Schirra
Roger
Air Force
Houston
Neil
Mission Control Center
Stare Agency
Johnson Signs 6 Billion Measure Boosting Auto Tax
President Johnson signed a bill raising revenue and expanding Social Security coverage. The package increases the auto excise tax from 6 to 7 percent and reimposes a 10 percent phone tax, with timelines through mid-1967. It funds Viet Nam war efforts and expands Social Security to about 300000 people over 72.
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Washington
Johnnson
Congress
Johnson
John W. Gardner
House
Senate
South Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Laos
Thailand
Honduran Visitor Praises Garden City Schools and Health Efforts
Luis Albert Baires from Honduras and interpreter Rafael Carrera tour Garden City praising area mental health focus and focal schools. They visited Area Mental Health Center and local schools. A Chamber of Commerce banquet on March 31 features Ann Landers as speaker. tickets sold out for banquet and bleacher seats.
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Luis Albert Baires
Honduras
Garden City
Rafael Carrera
Denver
Hollywood
Calif
Baires
Superior Normal School
Tegucigalpa
M.L. Russells
Chamber of Commerce
Ann Landers
The
Telegram
St. Mary’s Center
Weather Outlook For Kansas Towns Tonight And Thursday
Increasing cloudiness and mild tonight with lows around 45. South to southeast winds 10 to 20. Partly cloudy Thursday with possible showers. Cooler with northerly winds 10 to 20. Highs in the 60s. Sunrise 6 53 Sunset 6 82. Cities listed include Dodge City 45 Emporia 46 Garden City 40 Goodland 45 Hill City 41 Russell 36 Topeka 45 Wichita 39.
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Dodge City
Emporia
Garden C
Goodland
Hill City
Russell
Satina
Topeka
Wichita
Temperatures To Stay High Across Kansas
AP reports Kansas counties experienced above normal heat with little moisture likely before the weekend. A Pacific front moves into central Kansas by Thursday, bringing southerly winds and a better chance of showers. Highs near 70s, 67 to 76 across cities, with mornings in the 30s to 50s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hutchinson
Hill City
Russell
Pittsburg
UF Secretary Is Selected For Finney County Fund
Mrs Maurice Lindner is the new administrative secretary of the Finney County United Fund. She replaces Mrs Betty Long who moves to Wichita with her family. Lindner, a Garden City resident since 1944, previously chaired the residential division for the campaign, which raised a record amount.
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Maurice
Nel) Lindner
N. Ltd
Finney County United Fund
United Fund Board of Directors
Robert
Betty) Long
Center
Wichita
Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Lindner
Garden City
United Fund Campaign
Two Long-time Finney County Residents Die
Two long time Finney County residents died yesterday at St Catherine Hospital Dennis D Doty 87 who came here in 1881 and Frank L Chevalley 88 who came to western Kansas in 15 and homesteaded in East Garfield Township in 1906 Obituaries appear on Page.
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Finney County
St. Catherine Hospital
Dennis D. Doty
Frank £. Chevalley
Kansas
Garfield Township
Garden Sass Space Doubleheader Draws Large Crowd
Gus Garden states the latest space doubleheader drew more fans than Casey Stengel ever dreamed of, highlighting the era’s growing public interest and star appeal surrounding space launches and related events.
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Gus Garden
Casey Stengel
Sukarno Declares Himself President Yet Delegates Powers
In Singapore President Sukarno says he remains head of Indonesia while delegating powers to Lt Gen Suharto who now leads the military regime. Jakarta radio reports Suharto is purging the Communist Party and may target anti Communist generals. Wariness among diplomats grows as Sukarno’s status and contact with Beijing are observed.
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Singapore
Sukarno
Indonesia
Suharto
Strongman Army
Jakarta
Communist Party
Chaerul Saleh
Subandrio
Peking
Bogor
Ark River Development Group Rehashes Valley Problems
About 60 representatives from Kansas and Colorado met in McCoy Auditorium to discuss urgent river valley flood issues from the June 1965 flood. They sought emergency river channel clearance, bank stabilization, and legislation for funding, with initial projects in Syracuse and surrounding towns and a Corps study pending.
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Carrol. Wainwright
Upper Arkansas River Development Assn
Ray Davis
Ark River Development Group
Nolan Howell
Syracuse
Upper Arkansas River Development Assu
Kansas
McCoy Auditorrium
Coolidge
Kendall
Lakin
Deerfield
Holcomb
Garden City
Pierceville
Charleston
Ingalls
Cimarron
Howell
Kinsley
Larned
Colorado
McClare
Holly
Lamar
Andrew E. Larson
Holcomb Garden City
Dick Holdren
The
Syracuse Journal
Gvoun
Army Corps of Engineers
Washington
Syracuse-Lakin
Army Corp of Engineers
Fred Betz
Sid Warner
Carrol Wainwright
First National Bank
Leo Pollart
Ray Davis Syraeouse
Bids Open April 7 for Southwest Highway Projects
State plans 18 county bids for surfacing on U S 83 and U S 56. Projects include a four lane widening at Liberal, grading and roadside park work in Seward County, bituminous sealing on primary highways in Meade Scott Clark Ford Finney and other counties, plus park improvements and county road surfacing.
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Topeka
Dodge City
Seward County
Kansas
Sublette
Arkelon Bridge
U.S. 160
Ford-Gray County
Ensign
Ford County
Meade State Park
Scott State Park
Clark
Ford
Finney, Gray, Greeley
Haskell
Meade
Norton
Ness
Stevens
Finney
Hamilton
Hodgeman
Kearny
Morton, Ness
Stanton
LBJ Predicts U S Will Be First to Moon
President Johnson declared the United States will beat Russia to a manned Moon landing after observing Gemini 8 launch. He spoke at a National Space Club ceremony, accepting an award and vowing U S leadership in space in the 1960s.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Russia
National Space Club
Major Roles For Brookovers In Kansas Livestock Circles
The Ear Brookovers of Garden City will hold key positions in Kansas livestock circles for the next two years. Mrs. Brookover became president of the Kansas CowBelles and her husband was named president-elect of the Kansas Livestock Association. The elections were at the organizations’ Wichita convention. Taylor Jones of Holcomb is a past-president of the KLA and O C Hicks of Garden City is a director. Girdney Crofoot of Cottonwood Falls was elected KLA president, succeeding Mell Harper of Ashland.
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Garden City
Telegram
Murray Banks
Clifford Hope
Pioneer Village
Minden
Neb
Peter Harris
Kansas
Brookover
Kansas CowBelles
Kansas Livestock Assn
Wichita
Taylor Jones
Holcomb
KLA
O.C. Hicks
Girdney Crofaot
Cottonwood Falls
Mell Harper
Ashland
Riots Break Out in Watts Leave Two Dead in Los Angeles
In Watts a six hour riot left at least two dead and 26 injured as police sealed a 36 block area. Gov. Brown flew in and said the situation was under control after meeting Mayor Yorty and deciding not to call out the National Guard.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Edmund G. Brown
National Guard
Lawrence Gomez
Joe Lee Crawford
Jordan High School
103Rd Street
Wilmington Avenue
Brows
Samuel W. Yorty
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Hope Auditorium
Warren Hotel
LBJ
U.S
Brookovers
Gomez
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