Space capsule plane crash kills two astronauts in Missouri
Ten workers injured as a T38 trainer crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft Corp space center in St Louis. Astronauts Elliot M Lee Jr and Charles Bassett II, scheduled for Gemini 9 missions, are killed. Weather visibility was 1 42 miles with 800 feet ceiling.
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U.S
Charles A. Bassett II
Elliot M. Lee, Jr
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Elliot M. Lee Jr
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Space Center
McDonnell
Viet Nam
Federal Aviation Agency
Weather Bureau
Manned Space Flight Center
Houston
Tex
Lee
Manned Spaceflight Center
Weather Satellite ESSA 2 Launches Global Weather Watcher
ESSA 2, a dual camera weather satellite, launched from Cape Kennedy atop a Douglas Delta rocket to join ESSA 1 in forming a worldwide space weather network. It will transmit pictures every six minutes to over 80 receiving stations in 22 countries, aiding forecasts and safety decisions for air and sea travel.
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Fla
Essa 2
Everyman
New Weather Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Essa 1
Globe
United States
APT
South Korea approves troop hike for Vietnam mission
Seoul cabinet votes to send about 20 000 more troops to South Viet Nam. A regiment in April and a division in July are planned. Government will seek National Assembly approval on Wednesday.
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Seoul
South Korea
South Viet Nam
Chung Hee Park
Democratic Republican Party
National Assembly
Farm and garden equipment sale ad offer
News-Star-World urges readers to place a low cost fast action want ad for selling farm and garden gear with a 10 day rate and cancellation privileges.
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Star—World
Library Allows Checking Out Local Paintings Exhibit
Ouachita Parish Public Library displays 10 paintings by Clemetine Hunter of Natchitoches La Citizens with valid cards may check out the works for home display through March 15 under a library artist agreement.
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Ouachita Parish Public Library
Clementine Hunter
Natchitoches
Sheppard appeals for new trial opposed by Ohio AG
Ohio Attorney General William B Saxbe urged the Supreme Court to deny Dr Samuel H Sheppards bid for a new trial over alleged prejudicial publicity in the 1954 murder of his wife. The defense argued trial unfairness due to editorials and articles as Sheppard looked on with his second wife Ariane and son Samuel Jr.
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Samuel Sheppard
Samuel, Jr
Supreme Court
Washington
Ohio
Supreme Court Today
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland
William B. Saxhire
Balding
Sheppard
Ariane
Samuel H. Sheppard Jr
Lee Bailey
Boston
Bailey
Bernard A. Beckman
The
American Civil Liberties Union
High Court
Bay Village
Birthday Song Authorship and Copyright History
The tune now known as Happy Birthday to You was originally written by Mildred and Patty Hill in 1893 as Good Morning to You. It later became the widely sung birthday anthem in many countries.
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Mildred and
Patty Hill
Marines Airlifted Into Cong Battle Near Hue
Three Marine companies lifted in by helicopter and fought a Viet Cong main force unit 55 miles from the North Vietnam border. After six hours of combat, 40 Communists were killed and 40 weapons captured. The action followed earlier dawn fighting near Phu Bai and Hue as government forces pressed a weeklong operation in Quang Tri with air and artillery support from the US Seventh Fleet.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
da Nang
Quang Tri
7Th Fleet
Phu Bai
Hue
Husband Slain by Orleans Wife in Early Morning Shooting
A New Orleans man was shot and killed by his estranged wife as he tried to enter her house. Mrs Albert Wittkopp, 35, was booked with murder after telling police her husband, 36, forced his way through the front door and she fired a shotgun blast to the heart.
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New Orleans
Albert Wittkopp
Robert Townsend
Homicide
Wittekopp
Chuckle: clothes worn by girls on beaches spark style debate
A lighthearted quip notes fashion items favored by girls on beaches, suggesting the apparel that keeps a man looking his best is worn by them. The line playfully contrasts gendered wardrobe choices and beach style.
Store Operator Chooses Honesty Amid Oil Boom
Sulphur Lick Kentucky shopkeeper Charles Leamon passes up quick profit during an oil boom. He runs the only store in nine miles with an honor system, selling ham sandwiches and groceries at fixed prices despite booming traffic and rising leases.
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Sulphur Lick
Charles Leamon
Charlie
Charles Seamon
South
Cen
Kentucky
Tompkinsville
Glasgow
Jack Ways
Leamon
Final Arguments Set In Mossler Trial
Testimony in the first degree murder case of Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers concluded with the state resting at 11:30 a.m. The defense offered no rebuttal witnesses and the trial adjourned to Tuesday for final arguments. In rebuttal evidence, Fred Weissel’s link to the financier Jacques Messier’s death was weakened, while Joseph Kasper testified Weissel visited his office around 1:30 a.m. June 30, 1964, about 15 minutes before Messier’s slaying six miles away.
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Miami
Fla
Candace Mossler
Melvin Lane Powers
Fred Roy Weissel
Jacques Messier
Joseph Kasper
Weissel
Messler
Monroe delegation to attend Aircade for Citizenship meeting
A 40 member Monroe group led by Mayor W L Howard and Monroe Chamber of Commerce officials will attend the March 7 Aircade for Citizenship at the Shreveport Convention Center. Delegates from four states expected. total attendees about 1,000. The Monroe group includes many city and chamber leaders and legislators.
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Monroe
W. L. Howard
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport Convention Center
Howard Griffin
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Shreveport
Washington D. C
Monroe Chamber
Howard
Clifford
Strauss
Harry Meridian
Chamber
Griffin
Jim Williams
Bob Bealle
Mose Loftin
Eric Wade
George Rorex
George Moses
Charles Bird
Jack Campbell
Morris Sneed
Jack McBee
Mike Tarver
French Smith
R. D. Farr
George Parsons
Arthur Grant
Garland Shell
W. E. Whetstone
Bill Husted
T. W. Humphries
Jack Masur
Max Riley
Rollis Smith
van Odom
George T. Walker
Nelson Abell
Corbin Turpin
Fred Cotton
John Rudisill
Rain Clears From Sky As Temperatures Drop
Weather forecast: rain ends this afternoon with clear skies tonight and Tuesday. Cooler temperatures follow with highs near 56 to 60 degrees and overnight lows around 40 to 46.
Slow Road Work blamed on misletting in past administration
Fifth District highway boardman James W. Moore blamed the Jonesboro Road delays on misletting and mishandling during the Jimmie Davis era. Rep. Lawrence Gibbs urged a reevaluation as Moore noted the project was kept in two contracts and customarily long timelines. The second section near Crossroads Grocery remains ahead of schedule under Bentz & Elmore.
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Louisiana Highway
Lawrence Gibbs
Bawcomville
Moore
John McKeithen
A. L. Stewart
Green & Snyder
A. A. Braddock
McKeithen
Jonesboro Road
Olin
T&g
Baton Rouge
Davis
Ring Levee
Chenjere Creek
Cheniere Creek
Crossroads Grocery
Bentz & Elmore
Budget Requests To Be Reviewed By Legislative Committee
Baton Rouge Louisiana The Legislative Budget Committee will review hundreds of agency spending proposals for the next fiscal year after a delay The Division of Administration has completed its preliminary review and will present the proposals to the committee The panel shifted its approach this year delegating initial budget hearings to the administration budget office.
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Baton Rouge
Legislative Budget Committee
Division of Administration
Oace
British National Election Called
Prime Minister Harold Wilson ordered a national election for March 31. Parliament will be dissolved March 10 and the new legislature will assemble April 18, with Labour riding high in public esteem.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Downing St
Labor Party
Court reverses ethics ruling on Buquet ouster
First Circuit reverses Louisiana Ethics Commission order to remove A. J. Buquet from the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. The court held the ethics body exceeded its authority by applying the code to Buquet’s personal oyster leases, noting the conflict must be substantial and personal.
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Buquet
Ethics Commission
Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
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