Gemini 9 Mission Faces Docking Hurdles And Tech Fixes
Gemini 9 astronauts plan to dock with the ATDA four hours after launch, weathering a potential shroud snag and possible alternate rendezvous if needed. Flight director Kraft notes a shroud issue could alter the sequence. technicians fixed a faulty data routing circuit delaying liftoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Gemini
ATDA
Cernan
Stafford
NASA
Cape Kennedy
Zoning actions proceed amid mixed approvals in Lubbock
The city approved several zoning moves at key intersections including C-2 at 4th St and Slide Rd with site-plan conditions and screening. Apartments in the area won A-3 zoning with fences and unit limits. high rise plans delayed. Four cases gained approval without hearings and other requests were adjusted, with multiple commissioners listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wilson
4Th. St
Slide Rd
Quillam
Burr
Lubbock
Planning Commission
Leroy Elmore
Fred West
Wth Street
Bangor Avenue
Owen W. McWhorter
50Th St
Bob Cope
Brownsfield Rd
Oxford Ave
Mac Glenn
7Th St
Ave
Keith Brown
29Th Dr
Chicago Ave
Commission
47Th St
Quirt Ave
Lewis Garnett
Parkway Dr
Elmore
Loop 289
Elgin and
Geneva Avenues
Edward R. Smith
Arnold Maeker
W. B. Holmes
Aubrey H. Faulkner Sr
Syd Moore
Roy Jennings
Bob Whipple Sr
Charles B. Jones
Joe Baldridge
Density Ruling Eases Apartment Density in Lubbock Area
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved three apartment projects between Avenues U and V and between Tth and 10th Streets near downtown Lubbock and Pexias Tech. The rule lowers minimum lot area per unit from 1,000 to 0.6 acres per unit, citing redevelopment goals. City officials warn the sewer line built on restrictive density may be overloaded, risking additional costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Pexias Tech
Zoninee Ciutaimission
Avenues U and V
Tth
10Th Streets
Charles Collins
Peasants Divvy Up 80 000-Dollar Gold Cache in Mexico
In Culiacan Mexico thirty peasants divided a cache of gold coins valued at 80 000 found in a San Ignacio community farm field. The coins in three clay pots date to about 1857, possibly buried during the 19th century French invasion or by outlaw stagecoach raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culiacan
Mexico
San Ignacio
Son Of Actress Held By Police
Gale Storm's son and three other youths were arrested in Reseda California on vandalism and burglary charges after police caught them climbing a schoolyard fence near Encino Elementary School. Bonnell is identified as the actress's son and UCLA student.
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Resdea
Calif
UPI
Gale Storm
Polie
Peter Wade Bonnell
Vauch Olson
Richard Perkins
David Clay
Encino
San Fernando Valley
Bonnell
Lee Bonnell
University of California At
Los Angeles
Protester blocks Queen Elizabeth's Yeovil tour
A middle aged man carrying a Viet Nam banner sat down in front of the queen's limousine in Yeovil, forcing a halt. Police pulled him away as the car resumed after guards confirmed no one was harmed. The incident occurred during a two day western England tour beginning with a train arrival from London.
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Yeovil
England
UPI
Viet Nam
Queen Elizabeth
Polee
Prince Philip
London
Congo ministers die on gallows after plot to murder Mobutu
Four former cabinet ministers convicted of plotting to murder President Mobutu died on gallows as about 10 000 Congolese observed a government declared day off. The executions follow a high profile case that shook Leopoldville.
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Leopoldville
UPI
Joseph Muobutu
Birth notices of multiple West Texas Hospital deliveries
Local notices record several births with details including newborns weights from 4 pounds to over 7 pounds, times, and hospitals in West Texas. Fathers’ occupations listed include Radio Lab, West Texas Equipment Co, Osborne Co, Continental Gin Co, United General Agency, and Lubbock Armored Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkham Harvey Ferguson
49Th St
West Texas Hospital
Radio Lab
Billy Roy Kastner
Colgate
West Texas Equipment Co
Donald Mac Osborne
Osborne Co
Gale Wayne Milligan
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Continental Gin Co
Johnny Kay
Thalon
United General Agency
Wile Morgan
E. Tuline
Lubbock Armored Service
Eddie Don Slaughter
Blue Bonnet Laundry
First Surveyor 1 images show lunar surface details
Surveyor 1's late night landing near the moon was nearly on schedule with a picture stream that revealed level terrain and rocks near the craft. NASA officials called the outcome promising for future Surveyors and the Apollo landing system, while noting the program cost about 725 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surveyor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Leonard Jaffe
Moon
Earth
Surveyor I
Pasadena
Calif
Effort To Make Viet Nam Race Issue Fizzles
Washington AP report states a civil rights conference rejected CORE’s proposal to frame the Viet Nam War as a racial issue. Delegates endorsed stricter federal desegregation funding, police training standards, District of Columbia home rule, minority participation in federal programs, and the conference blueprint for a multibillion plan to achieve full racial equality in housing employment education and justice administration. The note adds a historical non sequitur about early transatlantic communications with France on Nov 15, 1879.
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Washington
White House
Columbia
IRS targets high income and varied deductions for audits
The IRS uses criteria to select returns for audit including high income, diverse sources, and deductions they view as out of line, plus a 10 percent random sample. About 1.1 million returns were chosen for audit before refunds, with many already completed. others include office audits requiring proof of deductions.
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IRS
IRS plans field audits on six hundred thousand returns
The IRS targets about 600,000 returns for field audits where agents visit taxpayers. About 800,000 returns lack sent or claimed refunds. By May 28 refunds processed rose 14 percent AR with $5.2 billion paid, and by September the agency expects 42 million refunds totaling about $6 billion. Computers verified math on nearly all returns and scanned for duplicate refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IRS
Hale Center Tornado Warnings Sharpen Civic Defense Memory
Civil Defense official recalls close call as tornado threatened Hale Center and Cotton Center, noting delayed warnings, a single house hit, and residents afterward hurrying to cellars. The incident, exact date marked by a fire whistle event, prompted renewed vigilance and less complaint about sirens.
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Rastetter
Law
Cotton Center
Carl
Hale Center
Texans Enjoy Clear Skies Amid Unseasonal Cold Front
An eastern half of the nation faced a spring cold front with frost and record lows. Meanwhile Texas enjoyed clear skies as temperatures spiked to 105 degrees, with snow reported in Pacific Northwest mountains and lows in Birmingham, Akron, and Sexton Summit.
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Birmingham
Ala
Akron
Ohio
Sexton Summit
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Mercury
Presidio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Wedensday
Lubbock
Panhandle-South Plains
Amarillo
Plainview
Friona
Dalthart
Hereford
Dimmitt
Silverton
Tulsa
Ohio Valley
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
North Carolina
Georgia
Deep South
Elkins
W. Va
Midwest
Olahoma
Kansas
Buddhist unrest and Thai Ky regime turmoil in Viet Nam
Viet Nam faced a new council of anti Ky Buddhist monks replacing the government and clashing with Chau's orders. Monks and nuns urged to go home at the Hue pagoda while threats of self immolation surfaced. Tri Quang released a bitter telegram blaming the Ky government and the US for the attempted attack on Thich I Thien Minh.
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Ihy
Chau
Hue
Tri Quang
Johnson
Thich I Thien Minh
Saigon
United States
U.S
Viet Nam
Thic Tinh Khich
Neuyen
Royal ‘Black Panther
Elemen
Ruby's Counsel Seeks Stay in Oswald Slaying Case
Jack Ruby's defense asks the Supreme Court for a stay of a June 15 sanity hearing in Dallas Criminal Court and a halt to state appeals pending a habeas corpus appeal. William M. Kunstler filed the request in New York City, to be presented to Justice Hugo Black after Texas replies.
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Washington
Jack Ruby
Supreme Court
Dallas
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Louis T. Holland
William M. Kunstler
New York City
Hugo L. Black
Texas
Soviets Praise Surveyor Landing as a First-Time Success
Soviet scientists welcomed the United States Surveyor moon landing praising the achievement while noting the Soviet Union had earlier soft landed lunar instruments. Tass highlighted prior U.S. failures and credited Luna probes for helping overcome early difficulties. The Soviets maintain they achieved the feat first.
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London
UPS
America
Leonid Sedov
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Russia
Tass
U.S
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Protester
Monarch
Chapman
Ted Mathewson
Glenn Lattimore
28Th St
Methodist Hospital
Apollo
Space Agency
Goldstone
Mojave Desert
Here
Canberra
Madrid
Johannesboro
R. R. Garbarini
National Aeronautics and Space’ S Administration
Jaffe
Joseph Karth
Dminn
Soviet Union
Ranger
Robert J. Parks
JPL
Early
Bird
France
Civil Defense
Carl Rastetter
Internal Revenue Service
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