Gemini 3 Flight Demonstrates New Orbital Maneuvering
Cape Kennedy reports Astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young guiding the Molly Brown through three Earth orbits in a historic test of maneuvering a space capsule. They shifted orbital paths, tested sideways flight and rapid thruster firings in preparation for rendezvous missions and the Apollo program. The mission also used Syncom 2 to relay data as the capsule passed over the Indian Ocean.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Molly Brown
Virgil Grissom
John Young
Atlantic Ocean
Mission Control Center
Texas
Grissom
Air Force
Young
Georgia
U.S
Indian Ocean
Australia
Mercury
Soviet Union
Dedicated Bird Watchers On Hand For Gemini Shot
Florida bird watchers jammed Cocoa Beach as NASA prepared the Gemini Titan launch with Virgil I Grissom and John W Young aboard the Molly Brown capsule. Vice President Hubert Humphrey observed from mission control as crowds cheered, while noting Titan’s quiet ascent and invisible exhaust.
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Gemini
Accused Slayer Is Captured After Car Theft Manhunt
In Ohio a Kettering Dayton suspect Cleo Vernon Keaton was captured in Jamestown after a statewide chase that began with a Dayton tavern shooting killing two and a Greene County deputy riot gun stopped his escape. Keaton said he had been on the go for hours and had traveled over a thousand miles in stolen cars. Maurice L. Francis, 27, of Williamsport, was killed nearby in Pickaway County during the dawn pursuit.
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Xenia
Ohio
Greene County
Pickaway County
Maurice L. Francis
Williamsport
Cleo Vernon Keaton
Dayton
Jamestown
Here
Russell Bradley
Keaton
Francis
Bradley
Bruce Corrigan
Moonbound Ranger 9 to broadcast live lunar impact
Pasadena AP reports Ranger 9 will provide near live television closeups of the Moon before its crash on Wednesday. Networks will carry roughly 100 images during ten minutes before impact at 9 08 a.m. EST. Previous missions Ranger 7 and Ranger 8 sent thousands of pictures after impact.
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Pasadena
Calif
Development Efforts In SEO Discussed Here
City and county officials and civic leaders met to discuss local and regional development. Robert Newquist of the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council and Martin Hecht of Ohio University presented on improving coordination of development efforts and regional policies.
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Logan Trade Club
Robert Newquist
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Martin Hecht
Ohio University
Weather and obit brief from New York AP notes
Cloudy and colder weather with occasional snow forecast for Wednesday. At 11 a m today the temperature was 48 degrees after a low of 40 overnight. Monday’s high reached 56. In New York AP reports Harry Tierney a 74 year old Broadway composer died Monday of a heart attack best known for Alice Blue Gown.
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New York
Harry Tierney
Civil Rights March Resumes In Alabama
The Selma march resumes with about 300 participants moving through Lowndes County on a two lane highway. Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. ordered the group to reach the Capitol by Thursday 4 p.m. The trek includes tenting in a pasture near the Big Swamp and a brief stretch of waterlogged road ahead.
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Selma
Ala
Lowndes
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Montgomery
Capitol Building
Lowndes County
Rose Steele
Goodyear to spend 400000 on Logan plant expansion
Goodyear Tire plans a 400000 expansion at its Picotrim Logan plant to add 24000 square feet and upgrade 135000 square feet of existing facilities. The project, funded by Logan Trade Club development, will raise payroll by at least a 60 new workers amid rising use of padded dashboards in 1965 models. Prime contractor Don King Construction of Jackson leads the work with local subcontractors Geiger Bros Carl Johnson Co and American Electric Works.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Picotrim
Logan
Nathan Hurt
Hart
Logan Trade Club
Goodyear
Logan Goodyear
Don King Construction Co
Jackson
Geiger Bros
Carl Johnson Co
American Electric Works
Lancaster
Sheriff Opposes Renewal of 5 Mile Inn Permits
The Five Mile Inn on Rt 33 faces renewed scrutiny as the Ohio Liquor Control Division studies its past year record amid a 14 day Sunday sale suspension. Sheriff Hartman cites 14 incidents near the tavern including a fatal auto crash, fights, and a shooting as grounds against renewal. If not renewed, Virgil Sharb may appeal to the liquor commission with a public hearing.
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Five Mile Inn
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Rt. 33
Ed Churchill
Churchill
Hocking
Paul Hartman
Virgil Sharb
Sharb
Shark
Liquor Commission
Hartman
Liquor Department
Engineers Study 15 Reservoir Sites for Hocking Flood Plan
U S Army Engineers evaluated 15 reservoir sites in the Hocking Valley to create a flood control system. Four sites were slated as recreational, with Athens Logan Nelsonville identified as high-risk areas. The Sugar Grove dual purpose plan shows better value than flood-only, guiding feasibility testing and potential local cost shares.
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Hocking
U.S. Army Engineers
Hocking Valley
Hocking Hills State Park
Logan
Nelsonville
Athens
Clear Creek
Chief of Engineers
Army Engineers
Hocking River
Rush Creek
Rushville
Sugar Grove
Turkey Run
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Florida
America
Cocoa Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Daytona Beach
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Washington
Mission Control
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Titan
Atlas
Alabama
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