Cocoa Beach Becomes Today's Frontier Town
Cocoa Beach in 1965 resembles a space frontier town with NASA activity. locals feel overwhelmed by outsiders promoting space shots. The area buzzes with promoters and press releases while pioneers seek contracts, facing hype and the lure of fame over personal exploration.
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Cocoa Beach
John G. Warner
Fla
UPI
Ocean
Cape Kennedy Space Center
St. Louis
Dodge City
Santa Fe
Barbara Allen
Lady Fair
Federal Treasury
Federal action targets automotive air pollution control
The federal government will regulate motor vehicle emissions and create a national air pollution control laboratory. By Sept 1 1967 standards for manufacturers must be set, with grants to states for research and waste disposal. Officials warn emissions may rise 75 percent in 10 years and double by 1985. The auto industry plans to equip new cars, starting with the 1968 model year, to curb tailpipe emissions.
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Kenneth Scheibel
la Crosse Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington
Johnson
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Congress
Three Minnesota Teens Held as Runaways in California
Vacaville California AP reports three Minnesota teenagers were picked up by police after being found in a stolen car. Miss Lorretta Starr 18 was held for theft investigation while Rodger Wright 7 and Martin Snook 16 were turned to juvenile authorities as runaways. Starr lives in Minneapolis Wright in Anoka Snook in Vernal Minnesota. The group said they left Minnesota on November 8.
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Vacaville
Calif
Minnesota
Lorretta Starr
Rodger Wright
Martin Snook
Miss Starr
Minneapolis
Wright
Anoka
Minn
Snook
Verndale
Dixon
California
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National Aeronautical and Space Administration
Wernher von Braun
Paladium
Cape Kennedy
First National Christmas Club
Santa
First National Bank
LA Crosse
FDIC
Sears
Merry Christmas
Ifs Pes
Sears Roebuck and CO
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