Gemini 5 Launch Opens Eight Day Space Mission
The Gemini 5 crew L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr lift off from Cape Kennedy aboard a Titan 2 for an eight day mission to circle the earth 121 times and travel about 3.12 million miles. The flight, first in US manned space program with perfect countdown, aims to prove long endurance for future moon missions. The orbit ranges from 99 to 230 miles high and could adjust rendezvous maneuvers.
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Clean-Up In Watts Is Slow
Los Angeles reports slow progress in Watts after six days of rioting that left 36 dead. Gov Brown’s blue ribbon commission faces political sparring as relief and reconstruction begin. Mayor Yorty accuses the panel of bias while religious leaders press for action. Three thousand National Guardsmen remain on duty.
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Tight Guard For Talk By Martin King
Sheriff's officers set up a tight security ring at Montreat Conference Center where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was to speak on civil rights. The sheriff said anti King literature appeared Thursday at the Billy Graham home village by a rough looking group of unknown individuals.
Society Forms to End Exclamation Points
A group named the Chuckle A Society for the Elimination of Exclamation Points formed recently. Its members are people who are no longer surprised at anything.
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Pipeline blast near Van Wert kills child and injures others
A propane gas pipeline exploded near Elgin in Van Wert County Ohio killing 9 year old Nancy Anna May Rigdon and injuring eight others including her infant brother and twin brothers. The blast leveled the Rigdon home and damaged nearby property with fire spreading across 100 acres.
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Modest Hero Receives Medal at Home in Richmond
Earl C. Cronk a 28 year old Navy veteran from Richmond California was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at home for rescuing four shipmates from a fire and smoke filled compartment aboard the attack carrier U S Ranger. The honor was presented Friday in a low key ceremony reflecting Cronk’s modest temperament rather than a public parade.
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Booster lifts astronauts as pi lots monitor systems
The booster ascent proceeded with the pilots and control center watching all systems. A brief loss of communications occurred at the moment of second stage separation, but contact was restored quickly and operations continued.
Gemini 5 Enters Orbit After Launch
Six minutes after blastoff Gemini 5 was reported in orbit as Mission Control in Houston takes over the flight guidance. Command pilot Cooper fired jet thrusters to place the craft in orbit and begin a complex rendezvous sequence using radar, computer, and thrusters to back away about 52 miles then chase the satellite to within 20 feet on the fourth orbit.
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Weekend Wet Weather Forecast
The Weather Bureau predicts a cool wet weekend with showers at night and tomorrow. Continued cool temperatures are forecast with a low around 60 tonight and a high near 80 Sunday.
Athens A Shambles Greek Riot Is Quelled
Nightlong rioting in Athens called revolutionary action by Greece’s new premier ended at dawn with fires burning in parts of the city. Police said 340 detainees. 157 injured in a earlier one hour clash as 15 000 demonstrators faced 5 000 police.
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Light losses but four dead Marines a tragedy in Vietnam
Lt. Gen. Krulak said about one per cent of Marines in the Van Tuong operation were killed and about three per cent wounded. He noted 4 dead Marines as a tragedy, with 108 prisoners taken and Viet Cong casualties estimated at 564 plus.
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German breeder Lotz given life sentence in Egypt for spying
West German horse breeder Johann Lotz received a life term for spying for Israel and sabotaging German rocket experts in Egypt. His wife Waldrud was jailed three years for complicity, and Kiesow was acquitted on related charges. The ruling came from the Supreme State Security Court of the United Arab Republic.
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U.S. Approves 21.5 Million Loan to Mexico for Farms
Documents signed authorize a $21.5 million U.S. loan to Mexico for farm projects under the Alliance for Progress. The loan spans 25 years with an annual interest rate of 3.8 percent.
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Theology student and priest shot in Alabama slaying
A part time deputy, described as easy going, held on first degree murder charges for shooting dead theology student Jonathan Daniels 27 and wounding Father Richard Morrisroe 26 near a Lowndes County store during civil rights work. Coleman 55 turned himself in, with a grand jury likely to consider in September.
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