Nimbus A satellite to image clouds for weather study
NASA readies Nimbus A to photograph global cloud patterns from a near polar orbit with high resolution infrared radiometers and earthward cameras. Launch from Vandenberg could occur August 11, with cost about 140 million dollars.
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Nimbus A
Moe I. Schneebaum
Nimbus
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Grenbelt
Ranger 7
Tiros
General Electric Missile and Space Department
Valley Forge
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Johnson aims to contain Kennedy influence at Atlantic City convention
The article outlines how Johnson plans to limit Kennedy’s impact on the 1968 ticket. It notes Kennedy’s civil rights stance could burden the ticket, Johnson’s moves to shape convention leadership, and potential Kennedy family maneuvers to stay active in politics beyond Johnson’s current term.
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Kennedy
South
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Atlantic City
N.J
John Connally
Texas
Edmund G. Brown
California
Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
Midwest
John F. Kennedy
John N. Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edward M. Kennedy
KU Professors Propose School for Professional Athletes
A speaker urged creating a dedicated School for Professional Athletes at Kansas University to train students for specific careers, potentially offering master’s and doctoral paths. The plan would reveal athletic program costs and address scholarship gaps seen after Wilt Chamberlain and Wayne Hightower left for tours. Ray Nichols introduced the speaker as KU vice chancellor.
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Bibb
Wilt Chamberlain
Wayne Hightower
Ray Nichols
Trapped Miners Near Rescue in French Lime Stone Mine
A 23 inch vertical shaft drilled to 138 feet with 110 feet to go as a U.S. made drill advances toward nine miners entombed for over a week in CHAMPAGNOLE France. Rescue teams from several nations work to reach the trapped men while two other miners are missing and presumed dead.
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Champagnole
France
Mt. River
Investigation into Death of Inmate at Kansas Penitentiary
In Lansing Kansas an inquiry continues into the death of Allen Thornock 42 of Bloomington Ohio who was found fatally beaten in an isolation unit Thornock suffered a neck fracture and severe head bruising Four cellmates have been questioned by Kansas Bureau of Investigation with no statements given yet by the men Warden Sherman Crouse said the four had shared the unit since July 23 Thornock was serving 1 to 5 years for grand larceny in Saline County with prior prison terms in Kansas Washington and Utah
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
Allen William Thornock
Bloomington
Ohio
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Thornock
Sherman Crouse
Navy destroys attack on Maddox. Lawrence seaman named
Lawrence native William Elkins interior communications seaman aboard the U S S Maddox was aboard during an attack by three North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats. His parents and wife Sharon Springer of Lawrence are noted as his family. Weather and local notes cover rainfall at Worden and Lawrence and a 2500 mile bicycle trip to California by a Danville college student. The Lawrence district reports the 1964 65 budget with a 46 70 mill tax levy and the school board plans an August 10 organization meeting with three members out of town keeping a quorum from being reached.
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Navy
Lawrence
U.S
Maddox
William Elkins
Sharon M. Springer
Ydéung Elkins
Rusty Springer
Danville
Ill
California
H. D. Rake
Elm St
Jimmy Ellis
Ellis
Rake
Don Cannole
Kansas City
Delbert Mathia
A.E. Woestemeyer
Mathia
Kansas
A. E. Woestemeyer
Central Junior High
Ethan Allen
Ray Culbertson
J. J. Wilson
Red Glowing Hand Guides Drivers In Kentucky
In Oldham County motorists report a glowing red hand seen at night. Firefighters wear reflecting red gloves at incidents to warn and direct traffic.
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Lagrange, Ky
Oldham County
Chicago Bids to Muscle In On National Steel Market
Pittsburgh pride endures as Chicago vies for national steel status. The piece recalls Pittsburgh’s role in forging industry, from Gettsyburg to skyscrapers, and asserts that genuine steel power lies in Pittsburgh’s history and workforce.
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Chicago
California Republicans swing to new leadership in state party
In Sacramento California the GOP elected a new slate of officers with limited ties to Barry Goldwater's campaign. Incumbents repelled a pro Goldwater insurgency to keep control of the Republican State Central Committee and steered the platform away from militant conservative demands, notably on civil rights.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Barry Goldwater
Republican State Central Committee
Military funds approved for Kansas Missouri projects
President Johnson signed a bill authorizing 1 534 99 400 dollars for military construction in the United States and abroad with a separate appropriation pending in the Senate. Kansas receives 21 639 000 dollars and Missouri 18 330 000 dollars for sites including Ft. Riley and Ft. Leonard Wood. Additional funds cover Leavenworth McConnell Schilling and Richards Gebaur facilities and base utilities and maintenance.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Kansas
Missouri
Ft. Riley
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Leavenworth
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
South St. Louis
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Kansas City
Aerial Star Captain Eddie Falls to Death in Detroit
Detroit spectators watched as Edward Henry Knipschield 55 of New Britain Conn fell 85 feet from a 100 foot swaying pole during an act at Tiger Stadium. Police reported no safety rope. The incident followed a prior Detroit aerial tragedy at the Fair Grounds Coliseum January 1962.
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Detroit
Edward Henry Knipschield
New Britain
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Wallendas
Eddie
Herbert M. Boldt
Detroit News
Knipschield
William Sheedy
Tiger Stadium
Git
Sheedy
Boldt
Coliseum
Realty Firm Moves In At West 9th Location
McGrew Real Estate and Insurance relocates to 900 Ind St after remodeling the former gas station at 806 Mass St. The brick building now houses the realty office with off street parking for about ten cars and landscaping planned for later this season, per John McGrew.
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West 9Th
McGrew Real Estate and Insurance
Ind. St
Mass. St
John McGrew
McGrew
Moon program taps over five thousand U S firms
More than 5,000 industrial firms in the United States are directly involved in the nation’s efforts to put men on the moon, supporting research production and supply for the space program.
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United States
Cooper Praises Faith in God in Space Effort
Houston AP Cooper says faith and prayer underpin the space program and daily life. In Seabrook he recalled praying at 150 miles over the Indian Ocean and noted his spacecraft Faith Seven named to reflect belief, loyalty, and confidence.
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Cooper
God
Houston
Tex
L. Gordon Cooper
Earth
First Methodist Church
Seabrook
Conrad Winborn Jr
Charles Berry
Indian Ocean
Primary election preview with GOP and Democrat races
Voters head to polls Tuesday with Votera Democrat unopposed in the primary. Polling hours vary by location and double boards will tally state and national ballots. McDill Boyd and William Avery lead the Republican race while Jules Doty and Harry Wiles top the Democratic field. Most polls are small samples.
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Mathia
McDill
Huck) Boyd
William Avery
Jules Doty
Harry Wiles
Turtle with 1914 inscriptions found near Sego, Ohio
While mushroom hunting in Didnt Want to Rush Off LEGO, Ohio, Willard Swinehart found a box turtle bearing three sets of initials, the name Sego, and the year 1914. He recalls his father trapped the same turtle about 50 years earlier, and the creature lies within 150 feet of that original site.
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Lego
Ohio
Willard Swinehart
Swinehart
Clergy Patrols Maintain Quiet Weekend in Bridgeport
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy joined police in an experimental weekend patrol in Bridgeport to observe nighttime city life. A Friday burglary report proved false. Saturday night yielded no incidents, described by police as one of the quietest weekends in years.
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Bridgeport
Thankful note from William Henry Jr to Tulsa hospital helpers
William Henry Jr thanks relatives, friends, the Eudora Rebekah Lodge, and hospital staff including Drs. Lessen den and Belot for flowers, cards, prayers, and care during his Tulsa hospital stay on the 3rd floor. He also appreciates those who helped with farm work.
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Eudora Rebekah Lodge
Tulsa
Anna Paasch
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