18 Oct 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1967
Page
1
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The un manned Soviet spacecraft Venus 4 released an instrument package that landed by parachute on Venus and reported temperatures from 104 to 536 degrees Fahrenheit. Measurements show carbon dioxide dominates the atmosphere with little nitrogen, and signals were monitored in Britain for about 90 minutes after landing.
A Soviet space probe neared Venus hours before the U S Mariner 5 as both crafts completed deep space maneuvers. The Soviet craft launched June 12 and 24 hours earlier reached 2 500 miles from Venus while Mariner 5 follows with heat shielding and shielding to study Venus’s surface signals detected by Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Residents report a woman in three cities exchanging 100 to 125 books weekly for clothing and furniture, claiming church work. Stores seek proof, police urge reports, and advise scrutiny of stamp company rules and city canvassing permits.
Allied hopes weaken as intelligence shows major combat divisions moved into central coast and highlands. Three North Vietnamese divisions now face South Korean and American forces with renewed replacements and new headquarters units enhancing control.
Democrats opposed to President Johnson in Vietnam organize in several states aiming to drop Johnson in 1968 and back a Democrat pledged to end the war. Some rally behind Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who has repeatedly disavowed their efforts. The movement centers on war policy and its impact on domestic programs.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York states he does not want to be president and will not run unless drafted. The remarks come aboard the SS Independence during the National Governors conference cruise to the Virgin Islands as rivals and supporters weigh the chances of a 1968 GOP bid.
Haldan Hartline, George Wald, and Ragnar Granit were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discoveries on how the eye sees. Hartline is with Rockefeller University, Wald a Harvard biologist, and Granit a Swedish scientist. prize totals $62,000 to be shared equally.
Army doctors at Walter Reed report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has a benign enlargement of the prostate gland. Surgery is not indicated now. He shows partial urinary tract obstruction symptoms but remains in good spirits and is up and about. He was admitted after arriving by helicopter from Gettysburg.
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