Gemini Families Relieved After Astronaut Splashdown
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports mixed emotions as relatives of NASA Gemini 4 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott react to the safe splashdown. Ann Scott and Janet Armstrong express relief and happiness, while noting disappointment that the mission ended earlier than hoped. Neil Armstrong’s and David Scott’s parents remain brief in comments at Cape Kennedy.
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Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Earth
Ann Scott
Janet Armstrong
la Jolla
Calif
Tom W. Scott
Cape Kennedy
Stephen K. Armstrong
Neil
CBS
NBC
Armstrong
Gemini 9 Flight Stats Highlight Space Mission
CAPE KENNEDY Gemini statistics show 10 hours 42 minutes in space and 188.500 miles distance. Armstrong family reactions noted as tension eased after a near disaster, with Janet Armstrong and Mrs Scott watching Mission Control stages from Nassau Bay. The Gemini 9 target docking marked a historic first in spaceflight.
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Cape Kennedy
Flatap
Gemini
Armstrongs
Florida
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Neil
Armstrong
Janet
Scott
Nassau Bay
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Mission Control
Farm youth program reaches millions since 2014 law
Federal legislation funded a 4H Club work within the Cooperative Extension Service. About 23 million young people have participated in this program. Current data show 32 percent from farm homes, 22 percent from urban areas, and 46 percent from rural nonfarm homes.
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Farm Beomes
Chicago
Cooperative Extension Service
Jet Market Limited New York Race For Corporate Status
The executive jet market in New York reflects a rush to corporate status with speeds reaching high ratings. Aircraft costs range from $800,000 to $1.5 million, limiting adoption to large companies and a few affluent business leaders.
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New York
Gemini Docking Coverage Impresses as Rescue Succeeds
New York AP reports the space doubleheader unfolds with calm expert narration as CBS NBC and ABC lens the Gemini Agena docking. Amid technical glitches and suspense viewers see rescue finally confirm the capsule in sight and splashdown.
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New York
ABC
Jules Bergman
CBS
Walter Cronkite
NBC
Hunter-Brinkley-McGes
Ome
Jeba
Ferndale tests transparent garbage bags to reveal trash
Ferndale Michigan residents may see their neighbors’ wastes as the city experiments with clear heavy duty bags. City Manager J William Little says the bags speed up collection and leave trash cans undented at the rear of homes. He adds Ferndale has nothing to hide.
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J. Wiliam Little
Little
Ferndale
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