Gemini 9 Delays Spark Huddle With Flight Experts
Gemini 9 and NASA flight teams met after another delay to the mission caused by a bulky black box that blocked guidance signals. The makeshift target vehicle and Atlas rocket proceed in orbit while officials plan the next attempt to dock Gemini 9 with the target.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernando
North American Air Defense Command
Space Agency
Cernan
Stafford
Cape
Valley Deaths Notice
Floyd A Madden 64 of Harrisonburg and Arthur Cletus Cave 37 of near Stanley are listed among Valley area obituaries with details on page 18.
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Floyd A. Madden
Harrisonburg
Arthur Cletus Cave
Near Stanley
June Brings Cold Start to Summer Across County
June opened with the coldest first day in 25 years at the Madison College station, 35 degrees, with pockets dropping to 28 in Bergton. Frost damaged garden crops and hay, with the western county hardest hit and some fields white with frost. Forecasters predict continued cool conditions and more frost through June 2, while an Old Port Road resident saw his garden escape due to dry ground. The almanac notes summer officially arrives on Tuesday, June 21.
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Madison College
Bergton
W. P. Shank
Stultz Mill
West Rockingham
Surveyor 1 Touches Moon in Historic First Try
Surveyor 1 landed in the Sea of Storms at 2 17 37 a m EDT after a guided descent from 6 000 mph. The craft's camera began transmitting a feet shot and lunar terrain details while scientists at JPL monitored the successful touch down and safety checks.
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Surveyor
Moon
Earth
Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Soviet Union
Red China on Verge of Purge Across Leadership
Tokyo AP reports growing evidence of a possible purge inside the Chinese Communist Party as Teng To faces potential trial. Peking University bulletin boards attack President Lu Ping and two central committeemen Sung Sho and Peng Pei yun for opposing Mao. Podgorny warns on Soviet border defenses near Khabarovsk amid China tensions. China rebukes Moscow over Cuba and Guantanamo Bay, while scholars ponder a Stalinist‑style purge.
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Tokyo
Communist China
Teng To
Red China
Chinese Communist Party
Peking Radio
Peking University
Lu Ping
Communist Party
Peking
Sung Sho
Peng Pei-yun
Mao Tze-tung
China
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet
Siberia
Khabarovsk
Russia
Red Banner Pacific Navy
Podgorny
Moscow
Cuba
United States
Havana
Guantanamo Bay
Stalin
Viet Nam Buddhists Agree To New Government Plans
In Saigon and Hue, Premier Ky's government and Buddhist critics reached a civilian inclusion plan for the Sept. 11 general election. The compromise enlarges the directorate with ten civilians and outlines a council to aid the war cabinet, while protests and self immolations echo the volatile stance of the Buddhist leadership.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Hue
Ing
Johnson
Buddhist Institute
Hospital drive nears $750000 with late report
Rockingham Memorial Hospital’s fundraising neared its goal as $107 089 was turned in at a Belle Meade report meeting, lifting the total to 95 percent with five days until the victory dinner. Leaders urged volunteers to finish every call.
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Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Belle Meade
MISSILE SITES BLASTED U.S. Fliers In Viet Nam Raids
American aircraft attacked Yen Bay rail and supply facilities in a Tuesday raid using a new Bullpup variant. Air Force and Navy reports say 25 antiaircraft positions were silenced and 72 warehouses plus 44 structures damaged in a complex of 120 buildings. Three U.S. jets were shot down, with one pilot rescued, and others listed as missing as operations continued into the third day of the air offensive against North Vietnam.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Peoples and Armed Forces Council
Constituent Assembly
U.S
North Viet Nam
Yen Bay
Hanoi
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Navy
North
Viet Nam
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Bulletin
Red
Izvestia
Edward Abbott
Wilbur Pence
Schools and Colleges
Lyle Sweet
Lloyd D. Trissell
Charles E. Kipps
News Record
D. Lloyd Trissel
Rockingham County
Trissel
Mr. Sweet
Dear
Abby
Heloise
Massanutten
Gardenland
J. O. Stickley & Son
Red River
Sat
H'burg Jr
1St Air Cavalry Division
25Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
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