Surveyor 4 Moon Probe Launch Aims for 63 Hour Flight
The NASA Surveyor 4 moon prospecting mission blasted off aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket at 7 53 a m EDT, with plans for a 63 hour 224 730 mile voyage to the moon. Officials called the Atlas Centaur performance flawless as the robotic probe aims to test soil strength, capture thousands of photos, and collect lunar fragments to assess crater formation theories.
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Survayor
Sensotte
Prospector
Earth
Robert H. Gray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Spice Center
Surveyor
U.S
Benjamin Milewitsky
NASA
Washington, D.C
Peace in Vietnam Is Invisible
Washington AP commentary argues the Vietnam peace process remains elusive after 17 years of U.S. involvement. It notes slow progress under Westmoreland, troop questions, and restraint limiting bombing, with no guaranteed end to the stalemate or democracy in South Vietnam amid mixed public and political sentiment.
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Washington
United States
Vietnam
Harry S. Truman
Ho Chi Minh
William C. Westmoreland
Johnson
Alout
South Vietnam
Obituary for L C Bohannon in Hope and war ace Boyington ill
L C Bohannon 74 a resident of Hope for eight years died Friday in a local hospital. Surviving include his wife Fannie Bohannon two brothers Johnson of Hope Henry of Texarkana. Oakcrest will announce arrangements. Gregory Pappy Boyington WWII ace and Medal of Honor winner lies gravely ill in Montebello California with lung disease following abdominal surgery and current bronchitis and emphysema.
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L.C. Bohannon
Larkin C. Bohannon
Hope
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Fannie Bohannon
Johnson Bohannon
Henry Bohannon
Texarkana
Oakcrest
Montebello
Calif
Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington
Boyington
Ani
Hearings Scheduled on MOP Passenger Trains Discontinuance
Three Interstate Commerce Commission hearings into the proposed end of two Missouri Pacific railroad passenger trains from Little Rock Arkansas to Alexandria Louisiana were set for August 14 in Little Rock August 17 in Monroe Louisiana and August 18 in Alexandria Louisiana. A separate RCMP appointment in Ottawa names Malcolm F Lindsay as commissioner future retirement near two years away and continuing turnover in the force. A lunar survey shows the Surveyor 3 scoop digs up to 24 feet in dry parched regolith resembling wet sand, aiding understanding of the Moon's surface texture.
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Washington
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Little Rock
Ark
Alexandra
Interstate Commerce Commission
Monroe
Alexandria
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Malcolm F. Lindsay
George B. McClellan
RCMP
Surveyor 3
More Troops for Vietnam Promised
President Johnson staged a White House briefing to show unity over sending more U.S. troops to Vietnam. Gen. Westmoreland and Sec. McNamara backed the president’s stance while signaling details remain to be decided. Ambiguity lingered about exact troop numbers and timelines amid ongoing debate over military strategy and logistics.
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Frank Cormier
Fred
Hoffman
Washington
Dohfison
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Robert S. McNamara
Westmoreland
U.S
White House
Johnson
McNamara
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
West
Rebie
Westemoreland
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University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
David Mullins
Loyce Hathcock
Fayetteville
R. E. L. Wilson
Wilson
Howard Horst
Stuttgart
Dallas Raney
John L. Wilson
Roy Ritter
Springdale
Storm Whaley
Leon Cattler
Jim Pomfret
R.A. Young
Ft. Smith
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House
Hanoi
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Allegheny Mountains
A. of A. John White
Agriculture
Bob Smith
Walnut Ridge
Virgil
Adkinson
Fred Pickens
Newport
Mounted Police
Doctor Spock
George Westinghouse
Jim Walter
Arkansas
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JIM Walter Corporation
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