Sun Eclipse Flight Delights Scientists Over Arctic Chase
In Spokane AP report scientists toasted success of an airborne solar eclipse chase by a Los Alamos team led by Arthur Cox. The 15 ton jet intercepted totality 39,000 feet over the Arctic Circle, granting 3 minutes 45 seconds of viewing the corona as clouds and the lunar shadow passed beneath. Maj. Dan Yergler described the view as fantastically striking from the cockpit.
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Wash
Arthur Cox
Earth
Air Force
Los Alamos
N.M
Arctic Circle
Hudson Bay
Canada
Northwest Territories
Maj
Dan Yergler
John Wesley Hardin Finally Gets Tombstone
John Wesley Hardin, known as Little Arkansas, receives a grave headstone after 75 years, installed by some relatives in El Paso. The marker lists his name and dates, while other remains to mark where he was killed. Hardin is cited in Western crime histories as responsible for around 43 murders.
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Robert EF
FORD
Associated Press
Dallas, Tex
el Paso
John Wesley Hardin
Wes
Little
Arkansas
Jesse James
Missouri
Hardin
Bonham
West Harden and Jack Hubbard in Wild West tale
The passage recounts Wes Hardin killing a deputy, fleeing Dodge City in night clothes, and a 1895 El Paso Acme saloon shooting by John Selman. It notes Hardin's 25 year prison term later pardoned, and young Jack Hubbard who later led what is now Texas Woman's University. Dr Hubbard at 92 reflects on a rugged frontier life and early career choices.
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Wes
McKinney
Hardin
Dodge City
Kan
Acme
el Paso
Western Union
Jack
Wesley
John Selman
L.H
Bard
Texas Woman's University At
Denton
Dr. Hubbard
Little Arkansas
Woman Routs Armed Robbers In Cleaners Fight
In St Louis Mrs Reva Hill 30 who runs a cleaning shop with her husband for 30 years halted a robbery by grabbing a shotgun from one attacker and then clubbing both men out of the shop. Police said the shotgun was loaded and ready to fire.
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W?. Louis
Reva Hil
St. Louis
French Foreign Minister Meets Chinese Leaders in Peking
In Peking Maurice Schumann and his wife led a French government delegation to a meeting with Chinese leaders hosted by Premier Chou En-lai. The New China News Agency described the encounter as a friendly conversation and did not disclose topics discussed.
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Peking
Tokyo
Maurice Schumann
Chou En-lai
China
Iia
Funeral for Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I in Istanbul
Catholic and Protestant leaders attend the funeral for Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I in Istanbul amid questions on government role in selecting his successor. Athenagoras died Friday at 86 and lies in the Church of St. George before burial at Balikli Cemetery alongside 13 former patriarchs. Attendees include Dr. Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Istanbul
Athenagoras I
Athenagoras
St. George
Santa Sophia
Balikli Christian Cemetery
Michael Ramsey
Canterbury and Vatican Leaders Attend Greek Patriarch Farewell
The death of Athenagoras triggers a succession process with 12 Patriarchal Holy Synod bishops to elect a successor by Aug. 6. Willebrands Benelli and other top Vatican officials planned to attend, but a Turkish ban on Iakovos kept ecumenical delegates away. Iakovos has fallen from favor after appealing to LBJ in 1965 over Cyprus tensions.
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Canterbury
Church of England
Jan Cardinal Willebrands
Vatican Secretariat For Christian Unity
Giovanni Benelli
Vatican
Iakovos
Americas
Turkey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cyprus
Patriarchal Holy Synod
Athenagoras
Firm Buying Lightning Bugs
Sigma Chemical Co of St. Louis buys fireflies known as lightning bugs. Louis Berger notes the male fireflies are in high demand for ATP-active Luciferase used to study cancer cells and aid diagnosis and pollution research. Interested collectors contact Sigma Firefly Scientist Club in St. Louis. Fireflies are paid.
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St, Louis
Sigma Chemical Co
St. Louis
Louis Berger
Sigma Firefly Scientist Club
P.O
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Mexico Rotary Club
Audrain County Historical Society
Cortez Edmonston
Park Circle
Rotary
Carl Anderson
S. P. Guthrie
Blake Smith
Ralph Coatsworth
Ray B. Carroll
Paul C. Ekern
H. A. Gorreil
Lee D. Ash
M. T. Vandegrift
J. Harrison Brown
D. T. Moore
Paul E. Coil
Howard J. Rhodus
Fred W. Pilcher
W. BD. Lee
C. W. Edmonston
W. W. Pollock
L. B. Hawthorne
T. L. Marshall
A. A. Gallagher
Walnut Contemporary
Stratford
B.fe Goodrich
Gonera
B.F. Goodrich
Sas
Twitch American Express
Bankamericard —Gricaq
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