Gemini 5 mission aims for eight day orbital rendezvous
Air Force Lt. Col. Gordon Cooper and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Conrad launch from Cape Kennedy on Gemini 5 for a record length eight day mission. They will attempt to rendezvous with the REP satellite, launch their own tiny satellite, and study weightlessness effects while using new fuel cell power. Cooper seeks a second orbital flight and the crew plans extensive photography and science tests.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Gordon Cooper
Navy
Cmdr
Charles Conrad
Cooper
Conrad
America
Valery Bykovsky
U.S
James McDivitt
Edward White
Princeton
Teen earns Air Force Academy appointment as August winner
Douglas Gorman, Monroe Middle Optimist Club Teen of the Month for August, is a 1965 Lemon Monroe High School graduate. Son of Charles and Mrs. Gorman, he will enter Air Force Academy basic training in Colorado Springs with a five year officer commitment after four years of academic and flight training. He held multiple school leadership roles and awards including National Honor Society president, senior class president, drum and brass ensembles, Buckeye Boys State delegate, basketball co captain, Thespians member, Armco and Danforth honors, Josten Scholarship and Hornet of the Year. He is active in Monroe Methodist Youth Fellowship and Hi Y, with Citizenship awards from Optimist Club and American Legion.
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Douglas Gorman
Middletown Optimist Club
Lemon-Monroe High School
Charles Gorman
Canova Drive
Monroe
Gorman
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force
National Honor Society
Buckeye Boys
Thespians
Armco
Danforth Foundation
Josten
Monroe Methodist Youth Fellowship
Hi-Y
Evening Optimist Club
American Legion
Banker's view on life behind the Iron Curtain
Edward W Barker of Middletown's First National Bank returned from a three week People to People tour of Communist countries with 28 Ohio bankers. He noted clean streets in Moscow and Leningrad, private homes and land leased from the state, apartment shortages, and private farms in Poland and Hungary.
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Edward W Barker
Middletown
First National Bank
Barker
Ohio
Entourist
Gove Out
Moscow
Leningrad
Poland
Hungary
Paris Feasts On Scale of Begging in 1650s Streets
In 1650s Paris begging was widespread with an estimated 40 000 professional beggars working the city streets daily leaving a crowded scene and prompting concern from residents and officials about unemployment and social relief needs.
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Paris
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St. Louis
Edward Barker
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