Gemini 9 postpone spacewalk as crew cites fatigue
Gemini 9 astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan delay the planned two hour 25 minute spacewalk to Sunday at the earliest after a strenuous second day in orbit. They had come within three feet of the target satellite nicknamed the Glob and observed its protective shroud.
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Alvin B. Webb Jr
Space Center
Houston
UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Cernan
Space Twins
Ground Control
Stafford
Mission Control
ATDA
Tom Stafford
Gene Cernan
Gemini Control
Koreans Rout Panicky Reds In Valley Trap
U S and South Korean forces killed at least 74 Communist fighters as they fled from a major air and artillery assault. The Tiger Division and allied units swept a guerrilla band 270 miles northeast of Saigon, raising total known Communist deaths to 464 since May 16.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
1St
Stephanie Is Given Release In Torture Murder Trial
The Star witness Stephanie Baniszewski, 15, freed after grand jury found no charges remain. She testified in Sylvia Likens case where her mother Gertrude Baniszewski and Paula were convicted. Stephanie released into her father’s custody after October arrest and held at Marion County Juvenile Center.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Sylvia Likens
Stephanie Baniszewski
Stephanie
Sylvia
Marion County Criminal Court
Saul Rabb
Marion County Juvenile Center
John Baniszewski
Gertrude Baniszewski
Paula
John
Coy Hubbard
Richard Hobbs
Indiana Motor Vehicle Bureau Seeks Driver License Rise
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles asked Friday for a license fee increase from 1.50 to about 2.00 with a 50 cent hint from commissioner Ernest Bixel. It plans to seek advisory committee input and also considers broader changes including a learners permit, dealer license fees, and higher traffic accident reporting ceilings.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ernest Bixel
Indiana
Swimming At Gravel Pit Prohibited At Boone Pond
Boone County Conservation League officials warn that swimming in the old gravel pit at the Conservation League pond is strictly prohibited. Drowning risk, pollution concerns, and hazards from broken glass and rusting cans threaten walkers and children. police have stepped up patrols to enforce the rule, with parents urged to supervise.
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Boone County Conservation League
Conservation League
Williams wins Lebanon Jaycee Rodé-E-O car contest
Lebanon High School senior Jerry Williams 615 West Busby won the Lebanon Jaycee Rodé-E-O for a repeat title. He will represent Lebanon in the State Finals June 11 at Princeton Indiana. Miss Jane EvansRoute Five Thorntown won the girls driving award with 386 of 500 points.
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Lebanon
Jerry Williams
West Busby
Williams
Lebaffén
Princeton
Indiana
America
Jane Evans
Route Five
Thorntown
Russell Sevier
Whitestown
Bernice Garmene
Fordice
Harold King
The
Lebanon Jaycees
Edward Strait
Raymond Large
Lenox Brothers
Firemen And Police Seek Seniority Pay in Lebanon
Lebanon firemen and police push a seniority salary plan to reward elder officers. Starting pay would be below 400 dollars with top pay about 509 after 20 years, plus five year 5 percent jumps. A probation year remains, and pensions would reflect top first class pay. Costs are estimated at 4 to 6 cents on the tax roll for firemen. police figures await council review.
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Lebanon
Purge of Peking Mayor Signals Top Communist Power Struggle
Hong Kong based UPI reports the removal of Peking Mayor Peng Chen as first secretary of the Peking Communist Party committee signaling a fierce leadership battle at China’s apex. Analysts say the cultural revolution is driven by party leadership disputes over Mao Zedong's direction, with potential further falls among top leaders and mentions of possible Liu Shaoqi involvement.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Peking
Peng Chen
Chinese Communist Party
China
Peng
Peking Municipal Party Organization
Peking University
Liu Shao- Chi
Peking People’s Daily
Central Committee
Indiana Democrats Gird For Platform Reform At Convention
Thousands gather at the Indiana Democratic Precinct Workers Convention to back platform proposals aimed at tax relief, highway safety, and education. Richard B. Stoner predicts a concise platform pledging less capital punishment, census based reapportionment, and higher education coordination. Governor Branigin praised for economy while a higher education board may be created to guide state universities.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Richard B. Stoner
Columbus
Stoner
Birch E. Bayh, Jr
Branigin
Indiana
Vance Hartke
University of Maryland
Platform Committee
Healf
Obituaries for Clifford M. Lee and Lennie Crawford
Clifford M. Shorty Lee, 69, native of Boone County and skilled furniture finisher, died at his Lebanon home. Lennie Ethel Crawford, 85, longtime Thorntown resident, died Friday night at her home. Both notices appear on obituary page 4.
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Clifford M
Shorty) Lee
Boone County
Lebanon
Lennie Ethel Crawford
Thorntown
Moon Surveyor eyes lunar surface with new tests
Pasadena scientists review an experiment to stir lunar dirt with attitude control nozzles to reveal surface makeup. The plan calls for precise timing with photography, aiming to capture images before during and after firing as Surveyor 3 logs its third session while a mysterious bump remains under study.
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Pasadena
Calif
Eye of
America
Surveyor
Moon
Lunar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Traffic Toll Rises to 605 in 1966 Indiana Crashes
Two more deaths push Indiana highway toll to 605 with a Friday night fatality on U.S. 41 near Rockville and a La Fayette railroad collision injuring the Chapman family. Sharon Pillow, 22, Elkhart, says Nicoli walked into the path of the car. Arthur Green, 46, St. Paul, died from May crash injuries in Decatur County.
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Indiana
Marcella Chapman
Joliet
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Lafayette
Pete Nicoli, Jr
Rosedale
U.S. 41
Rockville
Parke County
Sharon K. Pillow
Elkhart
Nicoli
Arthur Green
St. Paul
Decatur
Price Increase At Lebanon Reporter Takes Effect
The Lebanon Reporter announces a price hike for readers next week. The annual mail rate rises to 14.00 in five Boone area counties and 16.00 elsewhere, effective June 6, while motor route pricing and single-copy cost adjust accordingly.
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Boone
Hamilton
Montgomery
Clinton
Hendricks
May Weather Report From Boone Ohio
Gene S. Baker Whitestown official reports May was cooler and drier with a high of 85 on the 24th and a low of 27 on the 10th a record low. Precipitation totaled 2.54 inches leaving county water supply down almost five inches. May had 13 clear days 10 cloudy and eight partly cloudy.
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Boone
Gene S. Baker
Whitestown
Baker
Rotary Speaker Raps College Federal Aid
Ned Rickett of Crawfords Ville, former district Rotary governor, spoke at Lebanon Rotary Friday on Rotary in a Free World. He noted 12,331 clubs in 131 regions, nearly one new club per day, and that most new clubs are in newly independent countries. He urged reading Ventures of Service and outlined four avenues of service in club, job, community, and world, stressing that freedom and better human attitudes solve world problems.
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Ned Rickett
Crawfords Ville
Rotary
Lebanon
Rotary Club
Rickett
Indiana
U.S
Charles Wallace
Jim Pauley
Dale Huff
James Mason
George Coup
Robert Gayer
Two race drivers injured in private plane crash
Lloyd Ruby and Bill Cheesbourg, both 38, along with mechanics Dave Laycock and Tex McCullough, were injured when their single-engine Beech Bonanza crashed seconds after takeoff from Speedway Airport in Hendricks County. Ruby and Cheesbourg, en route to Milwaukee for 100-mile big-car race qualifying, survived with chest and head injuries. Laycock suffered a possible broken back.
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Brownsburg
Ind
UPI
Lloyd Ruby
Bill Cheesbourg
Speedway
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Ruby
Wichita Falls
Tex
Cheesbourg
Tucson
Ariz
Dave Laycock
Tex McCullough
Honda
Milwaukee
McCullough
Laycock
Hendricks County
Clermont
Sesqui Essay Winners Named by Boone County Farm Bureau
Boone County Farm Bureau and the Boone Sesquicentennial Committee named winners in the Sesquicentennial Contest for high school literature and poetry. First place literature Kit y Mullikin Thorntown High School $8 prize. Second Brenda Smith Granville Wells. Poetry first James Nelson Wells. Second Brenda Robison Wells. Judges Mrs Brush McIntyre and Mrs Peggy Buchanan.
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Boone County Farm Bureau
Lebanon
Kitty Mullikin
Thorntown
Brenda Smith
Granville Wells High School
Kitty
Brenda
Teddy
Indiana
James ‘Nelson
Wells
Brenda Robison
Hoosier State
Brush McIntyre
Peggy Buchanan
Boone Couny Farm Bureau
Boone Sesquicentennial Committee
George Morton
Farm Bureau
Daffynitions Button Reveals What Always Comes Out in the Wash
A lighthearted puzzle note signals a wordplay answer centered on a common laundry outcome. Readers are invited to guess the hidden meaning behind a playful phrase about clothing care and wash cycles. The snippet emphasizes wit over heavy context.
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Mao Tse-Tung
Viet Nam
Lee H. Hamilton
President Johnson
Hartke
William
Chapman
Daily
Lebanon Reporter
Boone Weatherman
Rotary Speaker
Raps College
Federal Aid
Sesqui
Daffynitions
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