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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1965
Page
1
Maj Ed White and Maj Jim McDevitt push frontiers in Gemini 4 spacewalk. The essay recalls their awe inspiring ascent, the bold commitment of Americans to exploration, and the global sharing of the milestone as a triumph beyond politics and markets.
The Gemini 4 mission with James McDivitt and Ed White features light hearted exchanges and playful banter as they orbit Earth. The pair joke about camera angles and Houston while also noting sightings from orbit and the beauty of view above Texas and Florida.
More than 750 seniors graduated from Basic Rancho and Virgin Valley High Schools, ending the 1964-65 school year. Report cards went to 52,000 district students. Honors and scholarships were awarded at Basic and Rancho ceremonies including Phoebe Wilkins with $1,220.
A Southern California man filed a $6.4 million federal suit in Carson City alleging mismanagement of the Thunderbird Hotel sale in Las Vegas. Jack Lane of Alabama claims an accounting of the sale and seeks $6.4 million for the stockholders of the owning corporation.
Increasing cloudiness with northerly winds at 15 to 25 mph. Today's forecasted high remains at R1 with a low at R2. Yesterday reached a high of R3 and a low of 82. Noontime humidity at 19 percent. Sunrise at 4:74 and sunset at 7:54.
SEABROOK Tex Pat White chewed on a pencil as her husband astronaut Edward H White maneuvered in space outside the Gemini 4 capsule with a jet device The scene was calm and joyful as Bonnie Lynn also chewed a pencil and Mrs White urged him to return inside The couple had arranged for a bouquet of gladioluses to be delivered to his wife
Astronauts James White and James McDivitt complete a 20 minute spacewalk during Gemini 4 mission. White powers around the capsule with a Buck Rogers style gun, while McDivitt photographs and pilots inside. The maneuver ends with White lamenting it as the saddest moment of his life. The mission proceeds toward 42 orbits and a 1.7 million mile journey.
The Clark County School Board reversed itself and approved a $62,603 federal Head Start project for 350 underprivileged children for seven weeks starting in the fall. The 4 to 3 vote followed a heated debate with Helen Cannon Eloise Blue and George Wilkinson opposing. Chairman Chester Sewell and Walter McCall supported the program.
Federal warrant accuses Nancy Jenco 24 of embezzling $18,897 from the South Boulevard Branch of First National Bank. FBI joined the probe as the drive in teller vanished from her 164 Albert apartment after failing to report for work. The investigation considers a possible boyfriend involvement.
President Johnson announced the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. Marines from Santo Domingo, leaving about 13,490 paratroopers under OAS command. He also urged peace to the Russian people in a Thursday night address.
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