Gemini sea test to run 36 hours with two men aboard
Houston AP reports a full scale sea trial of a production Gemini capsule off Galveston awaiting three astronauts Nell A Armstrong John Young and James Lovell and three engineers Gordon Harvey Jim B Thomas Robert D. Mer cer. The test will run four to five foot waves in the Gulf of Mexico with the capsule lowered from the Retriever to measure flotation water tolerance and power for 36 hours while NASA checks life support and reconstituted space food.
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Faisal Declares Self Regent as Saudi King Stripped of Powers
Crown Prince Faisal, 58, issues a decree that transfers all executive, political, administrative, judicial, and organizational powers from King Saud to himself. The move follows a resolution by Moslem leaders declaring Saud unfit to govern. Faisal will govern Saudi Arabia's internal and foreign affairs without Saud's input.
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Coin Shortage To Reach Crisis In Two Or Three Years
A Washington AP report from Adren Cooper outlines a looming coin shortage crisis in the next two to three years. It cites royal family power struggles in Saudi Arabia affecting coin production and distribution, with minting capacity at Philadelphia and Denver near full, and a push to relieve vending machine change shortages by speeding service and issuing more coins to circulation.
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Quake toll and relief efforts hinge on Alaska recovery
After a devastating Alaska earthquake of magnitude Reports indicate widespread damage across the Gulf of Alaska with ruined roads, isolated communities, and disrupted air and sea links. Officials assess extended rescue and reconstruction needs as unions of federal and local response coordinate relief efforts amid continuing aftershocks. Survivors include many residents in Anchorage and rural villages as airlift operations push supplies to stricken areas.
County Native Perishes in Earthquake Beach Tragedy
The Wallace family, residents of Greenville, Pa, face tragedy as a nun? Mrs Wallace is identified with Greenville Methodist Church, while Navy crews search Kalsin Bay after a quake that stranded a mother and son on a rising coastline. Rescue helicopters report seven bodies sighted. two are believed to be Mrs Wallace and her son. Her husband, from Granite City, Illinois, recounts their harrowing escape and ongoing search for his wife and child. Survivors include two brothers, Robert Nist of Glen Burnie Maryland and James Nist of New Kensington, Pa.
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Chet Huntley Drops Name From Beef Brand
NBC and commentator Chet Huntley agree to withdraw his name from the high protein beef brand. Advertising and promotion of Chet Huntley’s nature fed beef will end. Huntley says cattle fed at his Stockton New Jersey farm will be sold on the open market without his name in promotion.
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National Broadcasting Co
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Huntley
Stockton
N.J
Living Cost Drops In Two Years Signaled By Federal Actions
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index fell one tenth of one percent last month, first decline since December 1962. Gas service refunds ordered by the Federal Power Commission and voluntary gas price reductions following a federal tax cut drive the drop, with two thirds of the index decline attributed to residential gas refunds. National gas reductions average 4.5 percent, with more refunds expected as companies adjust rates.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Power Commission
Arnold Chase
Hawaii youths help with license sticker drive
In Honolulu and Kailua, youngsters aged 7 to 11 assisted in a 1964 license sticker drive for passenger cars and motorcycles. If not displayed by midweek, vehicles could not be driven. L. T. Bernard, director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, said the 83 cent stickers must be affixed, with proceeds aiding the Alaska quake disaster fund via the Hawaii Red Cross.
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Pennsylvania
Kailua
Alaska
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Soldi Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Hawaii Red Cross
Snow arrives melted at Honolulu hotel in Hawaii
HONOLULU AP Ken Enoki, a Waikiki hotel night clerk, had never seen snow. Eugene A. Haylett of Rochester Minnesota sent a gallon canister of snow by air mail. The snow arrived on Enoki's day off and had melted by the time he reported for work.
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Eugene A. Haylett
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Hawaii
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Turnpike Jam Triggers 12 Hour Traffic Standstill
A snow and ice storm caused a massive Pennsylvania Turnpike jam in Western Pennsylvania. Eastbound traffic backed up 11 miles west of Laurel Hill Tunnel and westbound five miles east of the tunnel. The delay lasted about 12 hours with several minor accidents amid freezing temps and heavy snow squalls. Cinder crews worked overnight. slippery spots persisted between the Donneal Interchange and Somerset with a 35 mph limit in place.
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Alaska Disaster Relief Plan Faces Expanded Action
Washington officials outlined a broad federal disaster relief plan for Alaska after an earthquake and related damage. Edward A. McDermott, disaster chief, said property damage could reach 350 to 500 million dollars, far above initial estimates, with Congress expected to provide rapid aid and possibly extra legislation. Senators pledged support as McDermott prepared a report for President Johnson, who urged expedited federal assistance while noting the existing 20 million disaster appropriation.
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Palmertown
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Coal Oil Fuel Study Continues At Interior Dept
The Interior Department spokesman said no decision has yet been made on using a coal and residual fuel oil blend to create a combined petroleum fuel. Office of Coal Research, led by Neil F. Cochran, is weighing a plan with Atlantic Refining Co to feed coal in residual oil to a refinery coke operation, aiming for lower costs. The process would divert about 30 percent of coal to liquid products for refinery use.
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Neil F. Cochran
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Atlantic Refining Company
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Strikers Return as Lockley Machine Ends 69 Day Walkout
In New Castle Pennsylvania 135 workers were to resume by Wednesday at Lockley Machine Co after a 69 day strike. About 65 union members returned Monday following a new three year contract by Local 6471 of the United Steelworkers Union. The pact includes a 21 cent hourly wage raise over three years, one extra paid holiday for a total of six, and better insurance benefits.
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Anchorage seaborne cargoes range from diapers to electrical
A fragmentary report from Anchorage notes varied cargo aboard arriving ships. Items range widely, with mentions of diapers and electrical goods among the shipments. The incomplete text hints at a busy port day as crews unload diverse freight.
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Goulart Promises Reforms Amid Inflation and Unrest
President João Goulart pushes social and constitutional reforms in Congress to aid land reform, extend voting to 20 million illiterates, legalize the outlawed Communist party, and broaden presidential powers. He accuses opponents of financing with illicit foreign remittances while naming sources of campaign funds. A fire causes extensive property damage, estimated at 1.76 billion dollars in 186.
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