Cold World Welcomes Maj White In Space Journey
Cape Kennedy Florida AP The article vividly recalls astronaut Edward Higgins White I 34 father of two as he describes the stark blackness of space the blinding sun and the fragile human experience of weightless motion The piece contrasts the Earth below with the lifeless void above noting the tethered craft the heat and cold of suit surfaces and the awe of humanity in orbit around the planet
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Edward Higgins White I
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Florida
Atlantic
Edward H. White
Astronaut Edward White Makes Historic Space Walk
Gemini 4 mission milestones include Edward White’s first space walk above the Pacific. White exited the capsule at 1 45 p m CST using a 25 foot tether and propulsion unit while James McDivitt guided the craft.
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Pacific
Mexico
James McDivitt
Houston
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Cape Kennedy
McDivitt
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Earth
Charles A. Berry
Symposium at Bildridge Hotel Fii June 4
An invitation to a symposium at the Bildridge Hotel Fii on June 4 at 800 p.m. sponsored by the Douglas County Historical Society. Topic listed as Fraser Hall ad.
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Bildridge Hotel
Fii
Douglas County Historical Society
Fraser Hall
Stock Market Closes Lower on 60-Stock Average
The New York Stock Exchange closing average for 60 stocks fell to 327.9, down 2.2 points, signaling a weaker session ahead for investors.
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New York
Suit Shields Astronauts As Space Environment Demands
An AP report explains how space suits protect astronauts venturing outside Earth’s atmosphere. The suit weighs about 31 percent pounds, has 21 fabric layers, and includes oxygen hoses, communications, and medical monitoring. It withstands micrometeorites, radiation, and extreme temperatures, after tests using a high speed plastic pellet gun.
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Harold 'R. Williams
AP Aerospace
Houston, Tex
Outer Space
Earth
Rainfall Outlook Keeps Area Forecast Warm and Humid
Rain totals in Lawrence reached .12 inches with thunderstorms possible again tonight. The U S Weather Bureau in Topeka forecasts partly to mostly cloudy skies through Friday with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s. Upstream rainfall remained light reducing flood risk on the Kaw and Wakarusa rivers. Flash flooding occurred Tuesday night in Lawrence.Wednesday’s high was 84 and overnight low 66 at 6 am. Roof repair ad notes Lemensany Roofing Co. at Vi 3-1433.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kaw
Wakarusa
Wheat Picture Bleak in Douglas County Kansas
County Agricultural Agent Deal Six reports the 1965 Douglas County wheat crop is poor overall though rains improved national prospects. A study by J E Pallesen shows the state crop could be the eighth largest historically despite 50 percent winterkill locally and thin stands likely to worsen. May 1 estimate drops to 221 million bushels from 241 million. Harvest forecasted for late June or early July.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Deal Six
J. E. Pallesen
Six
Cardinal Ritter to Speak at Eden Seminary Commencement
St Louis Cardinal Ritter will deliver the commencement address at Eden Seminary a United Church of Christ school to 44 Protestant seminarians who will receive degrees. Seminary president Dr Robert T Fauth called the appearance a possible precedent for Catholic Protestant dialogue.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
Eden Seminary
United Church of Christ
Robert T. Fauth
Cardinal Ritter
Sell-Out Crowd Predicted For Wescoe's Talk
More than 1 100 tickets sold for a university commencement supper at the Kansas Union Sunday 4 30 p m extra seating planned after ballroom seats sell out Dick Winter executive secretary of the Kansas University Alumni Association said the event may reach a record crowd Alumni Association and Strong Hall offices handle tickets KU class reunions include EU class of 1955 64 from 1940 73 from 1925 and 79 from 1915 with tours and dinners planned on Saturday and Sunday ahead of Chancellor Wescoe's address
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Kansas Union
Dick Wintermore
Kansas University Alumni Association
Alumni Association
Strong Hall
W. Clarke Wescoe
Wintermore
Big Eight
Union
Red Dog Inn
Eldridge Hotel
Kansas
Wescoe
Holiday Inn
Meadowlark
Mount Oread
Keith Lawton
Mother and Son Graduate Together at KU Commencement
Mrs. John W. Allen Jr. and her son Dudley will graduate in KU's 1965 Commencement at Mount Oread. She earns elementary education. he receives a BA in economics and plans law study in Florida. They have studied together, sharing English courses and papers, while Dudley notes economic advantages of living at home.
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Memorial Stadium
Campanile Hill
John W. Allen Jr
Ill. St
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Mount Oread
Allen
Sunset Hill School
Centennial School
Florida University
Gainesville
Florida
Lawrence High School
Summerfield
Chancery Club
Phi Beta Kappa
Space Families React to Gemini 4 Launch
In Houston both wives of astronauts express rapture as Gemini 4 lifts from Cape Kennedy. Mrs Edward H White and Mrs James A McDivitt share pride over their husbands spaceflight while kids watch on TV at home.
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McDivitt
Hawaii
Christopher Kraft Jr
Houston
Kraft
President Johnson
Tex
Edward H. White
James A. McDivitt
Cape Kennedy
Mike
Weather outlook Northeast Kansas turns humid with storms
Partly cloudy to cloudy weather persists in northeast Kansas through Friday. Humid and warm with more than 30 percent area thunderstorm chances this evening and Friday. Northeast to east winds. Friday highs reach mid to upper 80s. tonight’s lows around the upper 60s. Yesterday’s high 84, low 59. record high 99 in 1960. Sunrise 4:55, sunset 7:44. Rainfall report shows 0.12 inch.
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