Gemini 12 flight cleared after autopilot fixes delays
Cape Kennedy reports Gemini 12 crews Lovell and Aldrin ready for a Friday launch after two postponements caused by a faulty Titan 2 autopilot. Engineers replaced the autopilot, checked gyroscopes, and weather forecasts favored launch as Atlas and Agena targets prepare for orbital rendezvous.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Edwin F. Aldrin Jr
Lovell
Aldrin
Tom Leigh Named State Board Head
Dr. Henry V. Howe resigned as chairman of the State Mineral Board after a 44 year career. Gov. John McKeithen named Monroe attorney Thomas Leigh to the board and its chairmanship. Leigh previously served on LSU Board of Supervisors and led the Louisiana Bar Association.
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Tom Leigh
State Board
Baton Rouge
Henry V. Howe
Louisiana
State
John MckKeithen
Thomas Leigh
Monroe
Leigh
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Mer
Louisiana Bar Association
Howe
LSU Department of Geology
Mineral Board
Tidelands
Carlos Spaht
Downtown Monroe Merges Anniversary with Promos and Parades
The 161st anniversary of downtown Monroe is marked by a two day sale event organized by the Greater Downtown Monroe Association of the Chamber of Commerce. Merchants offer bargains as locals enjoy old fashioned costumes, window decorating prizes, a breakfast at Frances Hotel, a bicycle parade for youngsters, DeSiard Street dances, and pop bands along DeStarday inviting youth participation.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Rollis Smith
Association
Frances Hotel
Jim Newburn
Grady Merriman
DeSiard
Smith
Tornadoes Hit Four Mississippi Areas At Dawn
Tornadoes struck four Mississippi locales near dawn causing wrecked buildings and uprooted trees with several people hospitalized. Vicksburg and nearby Alcorn County suffered the worst damage as barns, trailers, and airplanes were destroyed. Two young girls were thrown into a road but only minor injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Alcorn County
Belmont
Pontotoc
Willow Bayou
Madison Parish
Tallu
Henry Thompson
Sandra
Alcorn
Corinth
Frank Derrick
Billy Derrick
Derrick
Bill Simpson
Monroe Officials Praise New Government Center Quarters
Monroe officials tout the Government Center complex on South Seventh Street as public facilities. Mayor W N Howard notes the first floor Council Chamber is open for civic meetings and a smaller second floor chamber for small groups. Reservations are handled by Ed Waldron at City Hall.
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Monroe
Government Center
South Seventh Street
W. N. Howard
City Hall
Ed Waldron
Planes prepare to study sun eclipse over South Atlantic
Five U S scientists in C135 transports fly from Buenos Aires with labs from Sandia Los Alamos and Livermore to observe a total solar eclipse. The mission uses cameras photometers infrared and ultraviolet equipment to measure radiation polarization brightness and corona as the planes shadow the sun.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.S
South Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro
Porto Alegre
Brazil
Sandia Laboratory
Albuquerque
N.M
Los Alamos
Livermore
Calif
Rio Grande
M. M. Robertson
Sandia
Callaway backs another vote in Georgia governor race
Republican Howard Callaway says the election should be decided by the people again after Tuesday's vote left Maddox, Callaway and Arnall without a majority. Maddox welcomes the legislature's role while Arnall's write-in status looms. A federal hearing Friday will address a move to block legislative selection. With most results counted Maddox leads 438,818 to 436,592 with Arnall at 55,597. Callaway declines to sue and supports statewide voting if rules allow.
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Atlanta, Ga
Howard Callaway
Lester G. Maddox
Ellis Arnall
Maddox
Arnall
Carl E. Sanders
Callaway
General Assembly
Jury hear left handed killer theory in Sheppard trial
Defense witness Paul Leland Kirk testified that Mari lyn Sheppard was beaten to death in 1954 by a left handed killer who stood at the foot of the bed and swung a weapon in a baseball like arc. He found a blood spatter in the murder room as the case unfolds in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Paul Leland Kirk
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Sheppard
Kirk
Marilyn Sheppard
Sam
Jack Krakaw
Byers
Ohio
Krakaw
Sheppard House
Bay Village
Cloudy Cooler Skies Forecast Across The Area
The weather man predicts partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures today and Friday. Rain totals near Selman Field measure 1.22 inches for the Twin Cities. Daytime highs range from 54 to 66 with lows around 40 to 48. Wednesday records show Monroe reaching 80 and a morning low of 62. Cooler northerly winds will blow at 8 to 18 mph.
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FAA
Selman Field
Twin Cities
Monroe
Monroe City Hall raises flags over government history
Monroe City Hall fills the five flag staffs before the government facility with ensigns from the United States Spain France the Confederacy and Louisiana. Mayor W L Howard Street Commissioner W D H Rodriguez and maintenance chief Jesse Smith appear in the preparing photo.
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Monroe
City of
Jesse Smith
W. D. H. Rodriguez
W. L. Howard
United States
Spain
France
Confederacy
State of
Louisiana
John Fogleman
Kiesinger Named CDU Candidate to Succeed Erhard as Chancellor
In Bonn the CDU chose Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Baden Wuerttemberg minister president, to head West Germany’s government. He won on the third ballot with 137 votes to Schroeder 81 and Barzel 26, and must seek cross party support to reach a Bundestag majority. He advocated working with Socialists and Free Democrats.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Christian Democratic Party
Kurt George Kiesinger
Baden Wuerttemberg
Ludwig Erhard
Kiesinger
Gerhard Schroeder
Rainer Barzel
Bundestag
Christian Democrats
Hesse
National Democrats
Socialists
Free Democrats
Corrected police report names Fulghum in fraud case
A Monday News-Star correction clarifies that Robert L. Dutschke was a complainant, not the defendant. The true defendant is John T. Fulghum, 38, of Houston, charged with fraudulent rental of a 1966 auto, theft, and defrauding an inn keeper, held on 1500 dollars bond, and detainers placed by Ouachita Parish Sheriff.
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News-Star
Monroe
Robert L. Dutschke
Louisville Avenue
Dutschke
Fulghum
Dr. Ridder
Ouachita Parish
U S War Deaths Spurt Past Week
The Viet Nam war toll rose last week with 127 Americans killed and 605 wounded amid fighting in Tay Ninh Province. In addition a collapsed French wharf at Cam Ranh Bay killed Vietnamese and wounded many more while U S Marines pressed into Da Nang area and search efforts for Viet Cong remnants continued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
U. S
Cam Ranh Bay
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
da Nang
Navy jets bomb key North Vietnam bridge
U S Navy jets attacked a vital highway and railroad bridge near Thanh Hoa two miles from the panhandle port. Pilots reported a large explosion on the west span as flames shot 500 feet high, though smoke and dust hindered a full damage assessment.
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Panhandle
Thanh Hoa
New U S Devices Ferret Out Reds in Vietnam War
In South Vietnam electronic heat and metal sensing devices are used nightly from aircraft to detect Viet Cong and North Vietnamese movings under cover of darkness. The infrared heat detectors spot campfires and soldiers, while metal sensors identify belts and weapons, guiding bomber raids and shaping DMZ patrols.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
United States
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Viet Nams
U. S
GOP surge reshapes map as Johnson faces tougher re election
Republican gains in the 1966 midterm produce at least 25 GOP governor states and 290 electoral votes for 1968, while the party ousts seats in the House and tests President Johnson’s influence. Nixon and Goldwater call the results a backlash, with Reagan and Kirk capitalizing on antiwar and cost concerns.
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Johnson
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Herbert Hoover
House
Texas
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Goldwater
Florida
California
Ronald Reagan
Claude Kirk Jr
John G. Tower
Waggoner Carr
John Connally
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Victor M. Agostinelli
Victor Jr
Robertson
New Georgia
Erhard
North
Red River Delta
Korea
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam Bridge
UPS
North Viet Nam
Washington
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