All Systems Go Aboard Gemini Optimism High
Gemini astronauts report initial spaceflight progress after a successful Cape Kennedy launch. Electrical system shows near normal power levels of 20 to 25 amperes as crews monitor performance through the first 24 hours in orbit. Kraft expresses satisfaction with the mission’s early pace and readiness for more orbits.
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Conrad
Cooper
At & Am
Cape Kennedy
Kraft
Space Picture Space
Fla
Tass
U.S
Fuel Cell Sustains Gemini 5 As Power Surges In Orbit
Gemini 5 pilots Cooper and Conrad extend endurance beyond 119 hours as an experimental fuel cell runs with low oxygen pressure. Engineers study the device while mission control notes the craft remains capable of eight days in orbit, with a plan to reach 121 orbits and surpass the Soviet record.
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Houston
John Hodge
Gemini Control
Eniieers
Jean
United States
Russia
Cooper
Air Force
Conrad
Gemini 5 Flight Notes Include Sleep, Fuel Cells, and Skies
In orbit reports Mission Control and astronauts discuss sleeping cycles of about 40 minutes on and off, plans to restore a fuel cell, and tracking views over Perth. Conrad and McDivitt share light banter about heaters, headlines, and ground crew expertise during the 16th orbit.
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Sun
Conrad
Mission Control
Buddy
Carnarvon
Sion Control
Space Twins
Carnarvon Control
Houston
Roger
Carenarven
Perth
Australia
Geraldton
James H. McDivitt
McDivitt
Pete
Christopher C. Kraft
Kraft
Pacific
Gordo
Viet Cong Launch Big Attack Near Saigon
Viet Cong ambushed a government platoon near Saigon with about two companies involved. U S military officials confirmed 994 enemy dead in the Chu Lai area battle. Government casualties were described as high with no VC loss figures known. A civilian militia unit near Saigon killed a guerrilla and seized a machine gun.
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Saigon
UUS
Trial settings chart and funeral notices across multiple courts
Criminal trial settings spanning the next two weeks were scheduled by Judge Victor H Lindsey with 71 felony cases and guilty pleas today. Jury panels report Tuesday at 10 am. civil jury weeks begin Monday in 99th District Court with trials announced at 9 am and 10 am in related courts. Funeral services were held for Claude B Sins Mia Naomi Trail Bart FB Wright Lewis Edmond Key W C Fry and others with interment in local cemeteries. Military operations on Van Tuong peninsula saw continued mopping up against Viet Cong including light to moderate resistance and several captures and fatalities.
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Victor H. Lindsey
District Court
99Th District Court
James A. Fillis
Howard C. Davison
van Tuong
Armnes
South China Sea
New Earth Science Course Aims for Ninth Grade
A forthcoming earth science program will use the planet Earth as a focus linking chemistry mathematics and physics. The course emphasizes inquiry with laboratory work and stresses students thinking for themselves.
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Atune
Bisque
Earth
National Association of Second Larye
Pansy Baptist Church Rebuilds After Fire Near Crosbyton
Lubbock minister recalls the Pansy Baptist Church fire that destroyed the building and its handmade projects. Members plan a new church in a barn while revival is set for September 19 to 26, with insurance funds of $28 000 to start the rebuilding.
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Lubbock
Crosbyton
R. C
Clarence) Ratheal
Archie Hawkins
Ihs
Clarence Ratheal
Richard Sadduth
Harold Trill
Willard Richardson
Hawkine
Ratheal
J. W. Leatherwood
Pansy Baptist Church
J VO Leatherwood
John W. Holt
P Leatherwood
A Cobb
J.W. Bilberry
Snow Loyd
Afton
J. Ms. Leatherwood
Jackshare
Starrett
Tho Harmanson
Broadway
Spur
Harmonson
Ceraces
Births Reported at Methodist and West Texas Hospitals
Congratulations to Mi and Mira and families on several newborns at Methodist Hospital and West Texas Hospital. The births include a son weighing 6 pounds Tf ounces born Saturday morning to John Crippen SST7 Bet Stooen, a son of a Tech student, and a daughter weighing 3 pounds S ounces born Saturday to Mr and Mrs fenard Ray Chapman in Larengs. A son weighing T pounds 477 cm was born Saturday at Methodist to Mr and Mrs Jerry Ro Mann. A daughter weighing 3 pounds 2 ounces born Sunday at 5 5 am to Mr and Mrs dracine Lynn Weatherby Tib-A 18th Bt. at West Texas Hospital. Another daughter weighing pounds 1 ounce was born Sunday at 12 13 pm to Mr and Mrs Brian Hambright. The fathers are variously employed as a salesman, farmer, or government worker.
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Mira
John Crppen
Bet Stooen
Methodist Hospital
Tech Atuilent
Myoo
Jerry Ro Mann
Awn Weishing
Texas Life Insurance Co
Fiebert Alexander
Ting Methodist Hospital
Fenard Ray Chapman
West Texas Hospital
Dracine Lynn Weatherby
Weahing T
Southwestern Public Service
Brian Hambright
House farm bill faces senate fight over cotton provisions
Congress considers a broad omnibus farm bill expanding support programs and adding urban adult education efforts patterned after agricultural extension services. Senate action could nearly triple or quadruple the $601 million House figure, with Sen. Allen Ellender opposing cotton terms as a Senate committee meets in private to act on the measure.
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Senate
House
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
Cooper Surpasses 63 Mercury Flight Time
Houston AP reports astronaut L Gordon Cooper Jr. passed the 34 hour 20 minute space time from his Faith 7 Mercury flight after circling the globe 22 times. He achieved this Sunday near Okinawa, becoming the first person to make two orbital space flights.
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Houston
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Air Force
Cooper
Globe
Okinawa
City Youth Is Stabbed to Death at Eastham Prison Farm
Mauricio Lopez Jr. 18 of 1518 33rd St was stabbed to death by another prisoner Saturday night at Eastham Prison Farm near Crockett. Justice of the Peace Bud McPhairs said murder charges likely. Lopez, a Sterling City native, had been sentenced July 15, 1964, in Lubbock for passing a forged instrument. Survivors include his father Mauricio Lopez San Angelo, mother Anita Moreno 1518 33rd St Lubbock, four sisters Belinda Rosa Sofia Josephine Moreno, and two brothers Benito Manuel Lopez.
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Henderson
Mauricio Lopez Jr
33Rd St
Eastham
Crockett
Justice of the Peace
Bud McPhairs
Priot
Lopez
Sterling City
Tex
Lubebeck
99Th District
Mauricio Lopez
San Angelo
Anita’ Moreno
Lubbock
Belinda Lopez
Rosa Lopez
Sofia Lopez
Josephine [Moreno
Benito Lopez
Manuel Lopez
Widespread Storms and Floods Hit Multiple Regions
Across the French Riviera a fierce wind and rain storm disrupted travel and tourism as fires and an oil spill troubled the area. In Japan Typhoon Lucy weakened to a tropical storm causing 2 missing, 4 injured and 16 000 flood damaged homes while rail service faced washouts. Argentina saw rare heavy snow and floods in Misiones forcing 5 000 evacuations with record cold temperatures.
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Nature
Tno
Nice
Cannes
U.S
Spain
Lucy
Shizuoka
Tokyo
Capital
Japan
Osaka
Pacific
Argentina
Uruguay
Misiones
Paraguay
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