Gemini 5 Ends Record Flight Amid Engine Failures
The Gemini 5 crew Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad logged 123 hours 48 minutes each, totaling 507 hours 17 minutes in space for the US against 507 hours 16 minutes for the Soviet Union. Despite losing two left directional thrusters, fuel and power remained, enabling an eight day splashdown planned in the Atlantic. The endurance record neared 78th orbits with over 2 million miles distance before an advisory scrub due to thruster failure and experiments paused.
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United States
Russia
Conrad
Atlantic
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Valery Bykovsky
Spacecraft thrusters fail during Gemini mission
Cooper and Conrad faced fuel leaks and sluggish performance as six day orbital experiments began. Initially one engine failed, then a second during a Pacific pass, prompting NASA to consider alternative maneuvers to nudge the capsule left.
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Gemini Control Re
Best of Lea County Fair Parade Winners
Best in the recent Lea County Fair Parade were Commercial Floats won by Lovington National Bank with Lea County Electric Cooperative second. Organization Floats by Club first and Yucca 4-H Club first in Community Floats with North Central 4-H Club second and Boy Scouts third. Best Dressed Cowgirl Leah Pritchett Route 1 Lovington first and Best Dressed Cowboy Leslie Cadrew Route 1 Lovington. Best Decorated Bicycle Cindy Verhan 1100 W Ave J Lovington first and Curtis Hinton Route 1 Lovington second. Lions
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Mammoth Lea County Fair
Lovington National Bank
Lea County Electric Cooperative
North Central
Boy Scouts
Leah Pritchett
Lovington
Leselie Cadrew
Cindy Verhan
W. Ave
J. Lovington
Curtis Hinton
Police Set For Further Riots In Elizabeth
Elizabeth New Jersey police chief placed the 300 member force on alert after reports of fire bombs rocks and vandalism by groups described as Negro marauders in Elizabethport. Six store windows were broken fires started and a fire engine was stoned. No injuries or arrests reported. A meeting with the mayor and Negro leaders was planned.
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Paper Delivery Help Line Instructions
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Public Works Act Aims $3.25 Billion To Dying Towns
President Johnson signed the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to funnel 3.25 billion dollars to distressed American cities. He said the measure would revive communities, create jobs, and hoped future historians call the 1960s the decade of opportunity. He urged Congress to expand support in the effort.
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UPI
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Governor Attacks Senate Remap Plan in Speech
SANTA FE. Gov. Jack M. Campbell criticized the weighted voting amendment on the September 28 ballot. He warned of problems with committee votes and paired votes for absent senators if the measure becomes law.
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Santa FE
UPS
Jack M. Campbell
Senate
Legislature weighs weighted voting plan in Senate
Rodeo Queen 1965 Legislature becomes effective. The governor and a senator voiced concerns at a radio news conference about how weighted voting would operate. The reapportionment measure would give each county a single senator plus votes proportional to its population. Bernalillo would have six senators. others would have one each. The Senate apportionment remains under federal district court review in Albuquerque.
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Bernalillo
Federal District
Albuquerque
Sabre jet crashes in eastern New Mexico killing pilot
A UPI report states 1st Lt. Ralph C. Ford 25 died when his F 100 Super Sabre crashed 20 miles north of Nara Visa New Mexico. Four bystanders were injured by a second explosion as wreckage flew toward them. Ford, an Air Force Academy graduate, had a ranching habit complained of by Mrs Addison Cammack who knew him well. The crash site was one and a half miles from the Cammack ranch house and witnesses say the plane left little behind. Ford was assigned to the 430th Tactical Squadron at Cannon AFB Clo.
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Howard Robertson
Jay Hrim
J. D. Heiman
Robert Aday
Ford
Clinton L. Ford
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Berkey
Ohio
430Th Tactical Squadron
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Johnson Intervenes to Avert Steel Strike Negotiations
President Johnson phoned Pittsburg negotiators R. Conrad Cooper of U.S. Steel and I. W. Abel of the United Steelworkers Union to urge a peaceful, responsible settlement in the national interest. Both leaders pledged to foster cooperation while avoiding disruption or inflationary terms as the 450,000 steelworkers await a new offer after a union rejection.
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UPS
Johnson
Pittsburgh
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel
I.W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
Cooper
Abel
Steelworkers Union
Weather forecast for New Mexico cities
UPI weather today tonight and Friday calls for little temperature change with many locales in New Mexico showing fair skies. A few afternoon or evening showers or thunderstorms may occur in spots while temperatures range from the mid sixties to the low nineties across Santa Fe Farmington Grants Gallup Las Vegas Socorro Tucumcari Truth or Consequences Deming and other towns.
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Truth Or Consequences
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Las Cruces
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Carlsbad
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Hobbs
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Clovis
Portales
Silver City
Lovington Staff Welcomed Back for 1965 66 Term
Lovington school staff and faculty about 200 strong gathered for a coffee to open a three day workshop as they prepare for the first day of classes Monday August 30. New superintendent Larry Crouse introduced 13 new teachers and welcomed returning personnel with remarks from local leaders and media representatives.
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Lovington
Johnson urges home rule for Washington as riots loom
President Johnson warned of possible racial violence in the capital if DC lacks self government. He spoke after signing a 3.25 billion dollar poverty bill and pressed Congress to approve the Senate backed home rule measure. He noted a task force led by Ramsey Clark will investigate Los Angeles riots.
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UPI
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Washington
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House District Committee
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