Gemini 5 Starts 8 Day Space Jaunt
Gemini 5 launched atop a Titan 2 from Cape Kennedy to begin an eight day mission orbiting the Earth. Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr reported smooth systems, planned to eject their satellite Little Rascal to test rendezvous with another object as they circle the globe 131 times, covering about 3.12 million miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gee
United States
Moon
Cooper
Conrad
Cape Kennedy
Atlantic Ocean
Cor
Globe
U.S
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Pad 12
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Vietnamese Clash With Red Forces Near Chu Lai
Vietnamese marines joined U S troops on the Van Tuong peninsula 12 miles south of Chu Lai in a new sweep after the largest American battle so far. Four Viet Cong were killed and four enemy weapons captured. Marine casualties described as light. Military officials said more than 500 Viet Cong were killed or captured in the operation. Air and ground forces conducted hundreds of missions as mop up continued near the 1st Viet Cong Regiment stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Viet ‘Nam
van Tuong
U.S
U. S
Chu Lai
Victor Krulak
Pacific
Korea
Krulak
iArmy
Harry Kinnard
Washington
Viet Nam
Watts
1St Cavalry Division
South Viet Nam
Protection Racket At Training Camp
Morganfield Kentucky AP report says trouble at Camp Breckinridge Job Corps center stems from a protection racket in operation for weeks. At least 11 injured as rioters attacked staff and firefighters. one man pulled from track with tire chains and belts. Firetruck was called to a false alarm. ten corpsmen treated at camp hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Bryson
Stuart Lovell
Morganfield
Evansville
Ind
Joe
Beali
Cathorides Sbi
Alabama Deputy Charged In Rights Worker Death
A part time deputy sheriff in Hayneville Alabama was charged with first degree murder after the slaying of Jonathan Daniels a 27 year old theology student and civil rights worker. Father Richard Morriston 26 was critically wounded as the two clergymen were shot near a grocery store after being released from Lowndes County jail. Deputy Tom Coleman 55 turned himself in and admitted the slaying. The Grand Jury is expected to consider the charge in September with Daniels remembered as valedictorian of Virginia Military Institute class of 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayneville
Ala
Tom Coleman
Lowndes
Fort Deposit
Jonathan Daniels
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Cambridge
Mass
Richard Morriston
St. Columbanus Church
Chicago
Montgomery
Daniels
Frank Ryals
Episcopal Society
Coleman
Atlanta
Virginias
Ryals
Military Institute
UN Fund Increase Sought by U Thant
UN Secretary General U Thant asks the General Assembly to approve a record UN budget for 1966 with gross expenditures of 16 737 110 and a potential raise to 120 million. The regular budget would net about 98 818 310 with 17 918 000 income from UNPost and sales. He seeks 4 739 800 more for salaries and aims to hire 41 staff, to fund expansion of economic and social programs across 114 member nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton &Ss
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Treasury
U-Thant
U.N
General Assembly
Thant
Children's Fund
U.N. Post Office
Amusements and Ads Across the Page Panel
A compact snapshot of amusements, crosswords, comics, classifieds and editorial notes. Obituaries and a weather small print sit alongside television listings and bridge scores on the old page.
Riots Quelled as Athens Guarded by Police and Armored Cars
Athens faced dawn to dawn riots described as revolutionary action. Police and 15,000 demonstrators clashed for six hours leaving parts of the city in ruins and 157 injured. 24 detainees taken, rioters insulted the royal family and Tsirimakos. Papandreou left Athens for central Greece to address his dispute with the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Revolutionary Action
George Panandreou
Constantine
Elias Tsirimakos
Papaindreou
Tsirimok
sup-Tsirimokes
Papandreou
Ment
Tsirimokos
Gas Blast Kills Girl in Rural Ohio Near Findlay
A natural gas pipeline explosion beside a freight train near VAN WERT Ohio killed 9 year old Nancy Anna May Rigdon and injured at least eight others as a fire raged for two hours. Witnesses said a fireball was seen from 40 miles away while damages spread across 100 acres of trees and crops. The eastbound Erie and Lackawanna train suffered damage and half a mile of railroad ties burned. Fire departments responded from four stations to the sparsely populated farm area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
Jas
Here
Nancy Anna May Rigdon
U.S. 36
Ohio Highway Patrol
Findlay
Decaiur
Ind
Erie & Lackawanna
Reading list highlights from the High Point Enterprise
Sunday features mix of High Point stories about four residents who toured the United States 8,400 miles this summer and two youths who dominate the High Point fat stock show. John Baskin profiles the bearded sage of the Uwharrie foothills. Marvin Burts covers Davidson Community College controversy. Don Wrenn reports on Randolph County Guardsmen in Georgia summer camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
High Point
United States
Jim Hawkins
Danny Greene
Davidson County
John Baskin
Uwharrie Foothills
Marvin Burts
Davidson Community College
Don Wrenn
Asheboro
Randolph County National Guardsmen
Georgia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vonly
North American
Ani Lairplane
Kennedy
Mission Control Center
Houston
Red
Alabama
Columbus, Ga
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The
Investigati
C. F. Ryals
Col
al Lingo
Highway Patrol
John Cloud
Haynesville
Haynesvilie
Wirealbalh
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!