Eight Day Gemini Trip Still Seen As Possible
Officials remained buoyant about a potential eight day Gemini mission. Kraft said the astronauts were happy with the decision and a reserve power supply would ensure safe descent if needed. Fuel cells were functioning, but oxygen supply limits prompted the pause before continuing past orbit six.
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Kraft
Earth
Atlantic
Bermuda
Cooper
Conrad
Hawaii
Cassy
Van
Hickam Field
al Chop
Manned Spacecraft Center
Haney
White House
Johnson
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Timber Cove
Tex
Space Center
CTI
Sam
Gemini
J. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Project Gemini
Budget details reveal city payroll raises and cuts
The budget projects a $1.50 tax rate with in step pay raises for most city workers, while police and fire pay see substantial changes. Other department budgets show increases for sanitation parks welfare and planning with a major health department cut and a new 24 hour communications plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Suit Sal
Health Department
Stn St
Ave
Rodgers and Mae Simmons
Sanitation Department
Chamber of Commerce-operated
Board of City Development
Marines Strike Ni Viet Nam Near Chu Lai
Marine and Air Force aircraft conducted strikes near Chu Lai and north toward Vinh Lac. A Navy jet hit the Vinh Lac complex destroying most of the facility, while Marines reported about 200 casualties around Chu Lai with 50 killed and 150 wounded.
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Chu Lai
Air Force
Ralph W. Stiles
Akron
Ohio
Stiles
North Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Vinh Lac
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Victor M. Krulae
U.S
Pacific
U. S
Wind exposes would be shoplifters in downtown
A gust exposed a woman's suit as three would be shoplifters browsed downtown stores Saturday. The manager chased them after they left without buying. Two more suits were dropped en route to a car. Police sought three suspects as the nearly seventy dollar outfits were recovered.
Showers and Storms Drench Texas Plains and East
Rain and strong winds swept the South Plains with hail in Three Lakes and heavy damage in Crane and Mount Pleasant. USDA weather outlooks show a possible later shower for Lubbock while New Mexico and Spur report scattered moisture and warm, steamy temperatures.
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South Plains
Tahoka
Texas
Three Lakes
Crane
Odessains
Mount Pleasant
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
New Mexico
Eunice
Hobbs
Portales
Clovis
Spur
Tahboka
Rainey
Bevelland
Locknesby
Crosbyton
Slaton
Atomic Test Ship Wharton Sees Radiation After Pump Failure
Mitchell served as engineer officer aboard the USS Wharton during a test near ground zero. A pump failure triggered a condenser break and steam filled the engine room, leaving the ship dead in water for an hour. A court martial followed for neglect of duty as the bronze intake valve, soaked with radioactivity, became pivotal evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Wharton
Graduation Day at Texas Tech Honors 500 Degrees and ROTC Officers
The spring commencement at Texas Tech honored more than 500 bachelor's and over 100 master's degree candidates plus seven doctorates. ROTC cadets earned second lieutenants, while top undergraduates in five schools were saluted. The overall class surpassed 2,000 graduates for 1965.
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Tech
Pr. C C. “Goodwin
ITA
Len
Roy To Cazart
Anson
School of Agriculture
Dorothy Gillett Sreamn
Lathbeck
School of Arts and Sciences
Ruth Ann Andress
Fort Worth
School of Business Administration
Maury I. Minette
Dallas
School of Engineering
Betty Lou Cox Smith
Lorenzo
School of Home Economics
Texas Tech
Army
Air Force
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
R.C. Goodwins
White
Municipal Auditorium
Goodwin
Military pay raise signed as debt limit stalls vetoed bill
President Johnson spent the day reviewing two bills with advisers including Defense Secretary McNamara. The administration announced a $1 billion military pay raise while a construction bill was vetoed, as Congress faced debt issues and ongoing legislative debate.
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Congress
Johnson
Sec. of Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
Cyrus R. Vance
Atty
Ramsey Clark
White House
Lee White
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
LBI
Armed Services Committees
House
Senate
America
Sears
Osersacenen
Viet Nam
Family earns degrees after long college comeback
Grandmother and her son both returned to Texas Tech in 1963 after military service and family life. They pursued rigorous schedules, earning degrees in agriculture and home economics while balancing work and parenting. Both received honors for academic records and continued in education-related roles after graduation.
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United States Navy
Jerry
Lubbock
Jerroo
Tech
Alpha Zeta
National Agriculture Phoner Society
Phi Kapa Phi
Fletcher
Awa
Phi Upsilon Omeron
Mine Tech
Charles Frank Fletcher
Umes
Colorado Springs
Cals
Baylor Hospital
Pallas
Lisa
Kristi
Mrs. Fletcher
Texas Tech
John R. Bradford
Reagan Harrison
Beene Jr
Eldred
Donald Merkl
Beene
Merkl
Lubbock College
Travis A. White
Birth of a Baby at Local Hospital
A newborn son weighing seven pounds was born at Osteopathy Hospital to parents Geo and Larbhake Ris. The father Geo completed the birthing process with support from medical staff.
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R Mre
Mra
Ray
Larbhacke Osteapathir
Geo
Larbhaek
Riscit Ca
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Christopher
Chris
Jane Conrad
George FE. Mueller
Southern Estates
Cuba
Cape
Kennedy
Hait
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Miles
Atlante
Stimomas
Tsar
Merk
James
Thomas Fontenot
Fanner Jof. Dawson
Praine Village
Kan
Bill Fucene Reeves
Seymour
Margaret Ann Wilson
Sitton
Kaibbaok
Zenobia
Brown Verner
Burkett
Navy
Medical Research Center
Bethesda
Norfolk
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Bremerton
Wash
Michell
China
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Paris
France
Coms.mainder
Helsinki
Finland
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