Two Astronauts Perish In Crash At St. Louis
An engineering shop crash in St. Louis kills two astronauts aged 19. Several workers were injured, some knocked from chairs as the plane struck the roof above them. Warren Ward of Columbia Missouri and Clyde Ethridge of … are named casualties.
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St. Louis
Warren Ward
Columbia, Mo
Ankile
Clyde Ethridge
Ken Stovall
Ferguson
Stovall
McDonnell
Astronaut Bassett Remembered As Great Loss At Tech
Texas Tech dean Dr. John R. Bradford called astronaut Charles A. Bassett II a great loss to the nation and to Tech after Bassett and Elliott M. Lee Jr. were killed in a St. Louis plane crash. Bassett, a 1960 Tech graduate, was slated for Gemini 9 with a planned 90 minute space walk. Bassett was to join the Gemini 9 crew led by Lee and later hoped to return to speak to Tech students. The article notes Bassett's Ohio birth, Air Force ties, and honors at Tech, and outlines the crash scene, investigations, and the ongoing astronaut program.
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John R. Bradford
Texas Tech
U.S
Charles A. Bassett
Bassett
St. Louis
Tech
Bradford
Elliott M. Lee Jr
NASA
Dr. Bradford
School of Engineering
B. H. Senet
Elect Engineering
Air Force Institute of Technology
AFIT
Peetrent
Air Forces
Heso
Dayton
Ohio
Anst
Ohio State
Bassis
I of
Hes Cone
Aren
Bra St
Lubbock
Peter 4
Hassetts
Point Lockout Drive
Houston
Obie Bassett
Belle J. Bassett
Royal Oaks
Mich
HA. Spubler
Tech Electrical Engineering Depertment
Seacat
Edwards
Fron Tech
Edwards Air Force
Calif
Edwards Afb In
McDonnell
Vincent Arrigo
Joseph T. Shocklee
Alexander W. Lippert
St. Ferdinand Catholichurch
Shepard
Stafford
Navy
Alan B. Shepard
Charles A. Bassett II
Elliot M. Lee Jr
Robert R. Gilruth
The
Space Center At
Sec
Air Force
Theo Freeman
Ellington Air Force Base
Lee
Nel A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Dallas
Merchant Marine Academy
of California
Wecomin
Jeff Edwards
See
En J. Denah
Georgeteven
Sully
Carolyn
Id Dravid
Iat M. Lee
Plas
Jean
Farmer Couple Welcomes Son at West Texas Hospital
Mr and Mrs James William Farmer report the birth of a son weighing several ounces at 2:40 pm Monday in a West Texas hospital. The father works in the service department of National Cash Register and the car center employee at A and P.
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Ces
James William Farmer
Pam
Montay In
West Tens
Gordon L. Hansen
Reese Aph Hospital
Rees and St
George McCain
Mitchell
Richard Mata
Ave
Laut
Stusicipal
Juan Vasnuen
Weigting Wyoante Thounces
Taytmaut Clinic
Fa Taborer
Ascendon Gonzales
Hiria
Asa Leighing
Laut Chimie
Macéonie Flores
Terrace Ave
Laut Cline
Te Rey Freight Co
Mes Johns Hernandez
Ant
Adate Ray
David
Melahing
Pounis
Allhiee Fire Department
Killed in St. Louis Crash Incident Report
Fragmented OCR text shows a crash in St. Louis with references to astronauts and military personnel. It mentions a primary goal of the space program and lists several birth notices from Reese AFB Hospital with details on newborns and stationed fathers. The piece is garbled but centers on a fatal crash and associated notices.
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Richard F. Mossen
Reese
FBI Director Condemns Moonlighting by Police
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover urges higher police pay to end moonlighting, calling it a hurdle to professional law enforcement. He notes dangers like loyalty conflicts, corruption risk, absenteeism, and low morale, urging communities to fund adequate wages.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Sis
Ronald
Dei
Artesia Gas Well Controlled After Week-Long Fire
Firefighter Red Adair and crew extinguished a seven day natural gas well blaze near Artesia New Mexico using an explosive charge lowered into the flame. The well ignited February 2 at a Texaco site thirty miles southwest of Artesia burning about 450 million cubic feet of gas. Officials warned a spark could trigger another fire as work to cap the well began.
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Artesia
Red Adair
Indian Hills
New Mexico
Texaco
Ralph Lowe Drilling Co
Sydney
Australia
Ance Shrimp Exploration
Gemini era astronauts Bassett and See reflected on space ambitions
Bassett and See discussed their space program goals and past flights. See eyed Gemini 9 rendezvous and docking while Bassett eyed an extended space walk with a Maneuvering unit. They recalled early inspirations, training, and missed combat time in Korea.
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Lee
Bassett
See
Parthia Tow Crew Keeps Vessel Stranded In Atlantic
The British motor ship Parthia carrying 38 crew is being towed toward London by the Foundation Vigilant after losing its rudder in rough seas near Newfoundland. The tug began the tow on Sunday and its arrival date is not known.
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New York
Coast Guard
Newfoundland
London
Foundation Vigilant
Parthia
Cape Race
Lati Coush
Lonfirst
British Election Call Signals End of Wilson Majority
Britain moves toward a general election as Prime Minister Wilson, with a fragile Commons majority, announces plans to dissolve Parliament. Labor holds about 314 seats to Conservatives 302 with Liberal and speaker votes shaping a likely 60 to 100 seat majority after an April budget and Rhodesia policy challenges.
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West Indies
Wilson
House of Commons
Labor
Hull
Commons
Rhodesia
Slaton OKs Bonds for School Projects in Election
Slaton voters approved bond packages totaling 175000 for the gym 60000 for the cafetorium 50000 for the band hall at least 30000 for the stadium and 125000 to 150000 for the elementary school in Monday's election. It marked the first school bond vote in Slaton since 1959. Britain party standings hint at a close ballot with Conservatives Labour and Liberals trading wins over the decades. Bookmakers price a Labour victory at 6 to 1 as campaigning begins.
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Slaton
Britain
Liberal Party
Labor
Liberals
Amarillo Girl Named Texas FTA President
Miss Carol ry of Amarillo High School was named president of the Texas Future Teachers of America meeting in convention here the past weekend. Other officers named were Judith Hull of McKinney vice president Lynette Wheeler of Amarillo High corresponding secretary Margaret Ferguson of Victoria recording secretary high financial secretary Claudia Sheppard of San Angelo Central High parliamentarian Eileen McClintock of Midland and historian Nell Fischer of Temple High.
Tragic Shooting Tells of Mrs Estrada Case and Notes
Police describing a fatal shooting involving a girl believed to be Miss Rodriguez. Two spent shell casings were found in the bedroom doorway as notes on Mrs. Estrada's stationery were recovered in the home and car. Peace Justice Land indicated a bullet wound caused death, with formal ruling pending a full investigation. Mrs. Estrada's husband had died about a year earlier.
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Mrs. Estrada
Smith
Contreras
F. R. Land
Miss Rodriguez
Rix Funeral Home
Girl Hitchhikes Thirteen Days To Visit Fiance
Cherie Wagner, 18, hitchhiked from Salt Lake City to Charleston to see fiancé James Norman Nickerson, 20, a sailor aboard the Simon Lake. They set March 12 as wedding date. she is job and house hunting while he returns from liberty. Family in Seattle did not know of the voyage.
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Webb
Russia
Space Agency
Bassett
Lee
Charleston
S.C
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cherie Wagner
James Norman Nickerson
Nickerson
Simon Lake
Seattle
Wash
Senate Debate Moves Toward Vote on Viet Nam Fund
Senate debate over the 48 billion defense and economic package for Viet Nam stretches into a ninth day as filibuster threats loom. Leaders predict a vote this week with cloture possible, while McNamara and defense officials press for swift action and broader support.
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Senate
Field
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Appropriations Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Ross Bass
D-Tenn
Russell
U.S. Senate
Mington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
McNamara
Sec. of
Defense
Robert Sara
Capitol NL
Pentagon
Ite
Armed Services Committee
Ernest Gruening
D-Alkar
Gruening
Morse
Reunion Sought With Manila Family by Lubbock Man
Rosendo Toscndo, a Lubbock resident since 1949, seeks relatives in Manila including his mother and uncle. He grew up with the Nicholas family and attended school there. He hopes to locate other relatives on the islands and plans to reunite in person when possible.
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Nicholas
Rosendo
Nicholas Amily
Manila
Pinto
Andaya
Toscndo
Lubbock
New York
U.S
Tornado Strikes Georgia and Unseasonal Snow Falls Chicago
A tornado damaged houses in Whigham Georgia and high winds blocked roads near Waycross. In Chicago a late afternoon snowfall brought hazardous driving conditions with three inches in Ogden Dunes Indiana and two inches in Chicago and Springfield. Hazard warnings extended into northern Indiana and lower Michigan.
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United Press International
Georgia
Chicago
I Whigham
Highway Patrol
Waycross
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Ogden Dunes
Ind
Springfield
Park project prompts condemnation talks in Blanco Gillespie counties
The LBJ Park site near U S 290 spans Blanco and Gillespie counties with about 81 acres in Blanco. Landowners Lin dig Ruebsahm Lindig Hodges Estate Schumann Meier face possible condemnation after offers of 150 per acre were refused. The commission seeks four tracts and cites escalating prices as a hurdle for the park plan now under study.
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Eugene Lindig
Bruno Ruebsahm
Max Lindig
D. E. Hodges
Woerner Schumann
Martin Meier
Gillespie County
Blanco County
Edd Wwendal
Odom
J. Weldon Watson
Gillespie Count
Richard Sturgill
Chilhowie
Sturgill
Watson
Associed
Stats
Commissioner's Court
Communist Party spokesman Gus Hall granted passport
Gus Hall, who identifies as spokesman for the U S Communist Party, received a State Department passport to travel three to four months in Europe including the Soviet Union. He plans visits to Finland Romania Mali France and Britain for pleasure and study, following the 1963 Flynn Aptheker ruling.
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Washington
Gus Hall
U.S. Communist Party
State Department
Hall
Europe
Sovi Union
Fineland
Romania
Maly
France
Britain
Supreme Court
Flynn- Aptheker
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Gay T Crump
Vardo
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Wright Field
Korea
Hia
Josh
Sally
Iam
Amarillo
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FTA
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