Spacewalk Transcript From Gemini 4 Flight Released
Houston AP reports on the Gemini 4 mission as Edward White and James McDivitt conduct a spacewalk over the Atlantic. The console chat covers drill, photography, and homefront news about Houston and Galveston Bay while Grissom monitors.
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Space suit sensor saga and Nixon era job crisis
The report details a Gemini 4 spacewalk with Ed White wearing a 28 500 suit and gold coated umbilical cord shielding him as he maneuvers with an emergency chest pack and a jet oxygen gun. It also notes President Johnson announcing unemployment fell to 4.6 percent in May with 72.4 million employed, but warns a summer crisis with 2 million youths jobless unless actions create 500 000 jobs.
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Plumbers Strike Hits Four Missouri Towns in Wage Fight
Between 35 and 50 members of Local 318 struck shops in Cape Girardeau Sikeston Ste Genevieve and Farmington in a wage dispute. The walkouts halted major projects at Cape Girardeau High School Southeast Missouri State College and Southeast Missouri State Hospital annex. The union seeks a $1.15 per hour raise over three years while contractors offer 91 cents per hour.
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Methodists Approve Merger With Negroes in Missouri
Fayette Missouri AP reports the West Missouri Methodist assembly approved a merger with the Central West Conference, a Negro organization, by 343 to 6. The plan aims for an inclusive Methodist Church in Missouri as the Central West Conference of 75 churches had already approved. The Missouri East Conference will act on June 14.
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