Gemini 10 aims for altitude record with Agena boost
Astronauts John Young and Michael Collins plan to reach a new world altitude mark during Gemini 10 flight next month. They will use the Agena target satellite for a 431 mile boost, hoping to top the Soviet 508 mile record set on Veskhod 2.
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Ouston
John Young
Michael Collins
Pavel Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Cape Kennedy
Agena
Atlas
Young and Collins
New York Harbor Collision Kills 20 Sailors
Two tankers the Alva Cape and the Texaco Massachusetts collided in New York harbor igniting a massive blaze. About 100 men aboard the vessels and escorting tugs, 70 believed to survive with 13 missing, while a survivor recalled flames on the water and a tug exploding during the firestorm near Newark Bay.
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Associated Pre
York
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Newark Bay
Staten Island
New Jersey
Alva Cape
Texaco Massachusetts
Alfonso Colon
Texaca Massachusetts
Colon
Petition Filed Over City Charter Tax Repeal
Ray Middleton filed a petition Thursday with City Clerk Lavenia Lowe to repeal a one half mill City Development tax. Mayor Rogers urged no comment until the measure is presented to the City Council next Thursday. A 16 member Charter Study Committee was named to review the charter with a six month timeline, chaired by Owen McWhorter.
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Board of City Development
Lavenia Lowe
Ray Middleton
Middleton
W. J. Rogers
Austin
Briercroft Savings and Loan Association
Rogers
Owen McWhorter
Oleta Whitfield
James Reynolds
David Casey
Bill Wright
Harmon Jenkins
J. Ek. Hufstedler
James E. Walker
Everett Ginsberg
Bill Collins
J. T. Talkington
Jim Ed Waller
C. W. Rattiff
Rey Bass
Earl Lockhart Jr
Lee Fields
Deluges and hail lash South Plains with tornadoes reported
A strong front spawned tornadoes near Hale Center Olton and near Halfway community northwest of Plainview with open country touchdowns and no injuries. Thunderstorms dumped heavy rain up to two inches, flood guidance issued in Hale County as winds blustered across Olton and surrounding farms.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Hale Center
Olton
Plainview
County Line
Lubbock-Hale County
Lubbock
Hale County Sheriff's Department
Lockney
Orton
Arvana
Lamesa
Cotton Center
Settlement reached in St. Lawrence Seaway strike
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson announced to the House of Commons that a settlement had been reached in the St. Lawrence Seaway strike, ending the planned noon strike today.
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Ottawa
UPI
Lester B. Pearson
House of Commons
St. Lawrence Seaway
Lubbock area boards approve church in R I zone
The Lubbock area board upholds the need for special approval before construction of a church in the R I zoning district. The ruling appears on page 1 section 1B of the edition.
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Lubbock
Titan 3C launches eight satellites into near Earth orbits
The Air Force Titan 3C launched eight satellites in one mission, placing seven communications satellites and a research moonlet into near equatorial orbits between 20,893 and 21,085 miles altitude. The satellites form a global, jam resistant network to connect Washington with bases in Viet Nam and other U.S. forces. All eight spacecraft operated normally after deployment, signaling potential for a robust military communications backbone and future missions including the planned Manned Orbiting Laboratory.
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United Press International
Ape Kennedy
Titan 3D
Air Force Space
Washington
Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force Launch Control Center
Air Force
Defense Department
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Pentagon
Mob Drives Peace Corps Team Out of Mexican Town
A mob armed with stones sticks and pistols forced a Methodist church peace corps team from San Sebastian Tepetlaxco Puebla State officials said the incident happened while volunteers were building latrines at a public school. The crowd shouted death to the Protestants and Communists.
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Puebla
Mexico
UPD
Peace Corps
USS
San Sebastian Tepetlaxco
Water plan meeting sparks West Texas debate in Lubbock
West Texas residents converge on Lubbock for a Texas Water Development Board briefing on the Texas Water Plan. Officials led by Joe Moore Jr and John Vandertulip face criticism from the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District leader Tom McFarland over a canceled public hearing. U S Representative George Mahon to attend.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Ater
West Texas
Lubbock
Texas Water Plan
Texas Water Development Board
Municipal Auditorium
Joe G. Moore Jr
John Vandertulip
Austin
U.S
George Mahon
Board
Tom McFarland
Hero
High Plains
West Texans criticize abrupt hearing change
The letter from McFarland accuses the board of making West Texans look foolish by shifting from a school house meeting to a full hearing. He notes residents had been pushing for a constructive June session to advance the issue and defend local credibility. Municipal Page.
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McFarland
Polite Thug Robbed Bank For 9042 In Caprock Chase
A polite stubble chinned bandit robbed the First State Bank of $9,042 and left with hostage Mrs. Bill Harrison after a 12:57 p.m. stick up. A massive search by car, horse, and air failed to locate him, and he fled toward Caprock country on a fuel‑starved 1966 car. Harrison was unharmed and later sedated. officers continued the hunt at daybreak.
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Matador
Howard Gwinn
Ieff
First State Bank
FBI
Don Adams
Lubbock
Gwinn
Pauline Warner
Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Nea
Caprock
Motley-Floyd County
Bill Harrison
Floyd County
South Plains
Tim Wood
Sird St
Wood
Chicago
Jane
Weather Map Page: clear to partly cloudy with scattered storms
Weather map notes a clear to partly cloudy pattern for Lubbock and vicinity with tonight scattered thunder showers. High near 90, low 60s. Southeasterly winds 15 to 20 mph. Separate section lists city temperatures for Abilene Albuquerque Dallas Roswell Denver and others with high and low readings.
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Lubbock
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