Gardner Elected GOP Chairman in North Carolina
James Gardner of Rocky Mount won the North Carolina Republican chairmanship unanimously at a Winston-Salem meeting. He pledged party unity to win the governorship and a U.S. Senate seat in 1968, and outlined plans to unify groups, recruit candidates, and improve finance for the 1966 and 1968 campaigns. Gardner, 32, previously challenged Rep. Harold D. Cooley in the Fourth District race and succeeds acting chairwoman Helen Verbyn after Walter E. Scott withdrew from the race.
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Helen Verbyn
Lenoir
J.herman Saxon
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Cooley
Fred Steele
Durham
Steele
Race Car Kills Four At Track
SEDALIA MO AP four persons killed and 11 injured when a stock racing car, out of control from a tire blowout, slammed into spectators at the Missouri State Fair. About 16 000 in the grandstand. Car left the track and burst through a fence during a time trial for a 16 mile stock car race.
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Sedalia
Harris Survey on Riots and Civil Rights Movement
The Harris Survey reports on attitudes toward the Los Angeles riots and civil rights, asking whether hoodlums or communists sparked the unrest and if Negroes aim to replace Caucasians. The inquiry appears in The Enterprise on Monday, Aug. 30, inviting readers to read cross sections of American opinion.
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Los Angeles
Harris
Enterprise
One Orbit Trimmed From Gemini 5 Flight
Gemini 5 mission cut to one orbit due to cabin oxygen and weather. pilots Gorden Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. diverted from longer earth orbit and prepared for splashdown off Jacksonville, Florida. The reentry was rescheduled to 7:56 a.m. EST as doctors treated crew health concerns.
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Houston
Tex
Atlantic
Tery
Jacksonville
Flas
Gorden Cooper Jr
Enduri Charles
Pete” Conrad Jr
Lance
Lood Health
Earth
HPC Launches Its Operation Golden Decade
High Point College unveiled Operation Golden Decade a $10+ million long range plan to upgrade capital, endowment and operations over ten years. Open house set for late September with at least 10 new buildings. president Dr. Wendel M. Patton Jr. notes enrollment growth secondary to quality education. plan targets 20 to 1 student faculty ratio and higher faculty salaries.
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Hayworth
Alma Desk Co
High Point
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development
Greensboro
Winston & Salem
Wendel MM. Patton Jr
Patter
Johnson aides rush steel talks to avert nationwide strike
President Johnson ordered mediators Morse Collins and Simkin to Pittsburgh to avert a possible steel strike that could halt 80 percent of U S production. The effort, aiming to isolate issues and push a deal, comes as 450000 workers threaten a Tuesday midnight walkout after weeks of talks.
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Presiyto
Johnson
Sen. Morse
Oregon Democrats
Wayne Morse
Leroy Collins
Collins
Morse
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliaton Service
Coopers
Sen
LAP Wirephaoto
Aquanauts Submerge For Test In Sealab 2 Dive
Aquanauts M. Scott Carpenter and three divers submerged near La Jolla California to begin a 45 day underwater experiment on the Sealab 2 habitat. The 205 foot dive off the southern California coast tests life under high pressure. a Navy spokesman says 30 days would be a new depth record. Last year four men completed 11 days at 192 feet in Sealab 1 off Bermuda.
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Calif
M. Scott Carpenter
Pacific
Carpenter
Ovenin
California
Navy
Bermuda
Gemini 5 recovery plan shifts toward carrier deck
A large recovery force moves 276 miles southwest of Bermuda to catch the Gemini 5 space crew. Astronauts Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. hope to remain in the capsule until lifted aboard ship, ideally stepping onto a carrier deck. The mission is shortened from 121 to 126 orbits as Betsy the tropical storm nears.
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D-Ore
Leroy Callins
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