Gemini 11 Reaches 850 Mile Altitude Record Flight
Gemini 11 astronauts Con rad Jr and Richard F Gordon Jr achieve a record altitude of 850 miles while tethered to an Agena satellite. They perform a space walk and photograph stars and Earth, testing formation flight with a 100 foot nylon tether and gathering meteorological data. They set a prior height record and rehearse maneuvers for future rescue and repair missions in orbit.
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Mls Larus Opel Vitewu
Gordon
Conrad
Australia
Mission Control Center
Shayla
Gamma Velorum
Orion
Antares
Achernar
Young
Jane Conrad
Chris
Houston, Tex
Space Center
Space
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Primary election upsets shape national races
Minnesota Governor Rolvaag, cast aside by his own party, wins a path to a second term. Massachusetts sees Ed Edward J. McCormack win the Democratic governor nomination, defeating O'Donnell. Joseph Martin loses to Margaret Heckler in a GOP upset. National issues touch upon Vietnam and housing as voters pick nominees in several states.
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Minnesota
Karl F. Rolvaag
Democratic - Farmer - Labor Party
Anathan
Tynedowe
Edward J. McCormack
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kenneth P. O'Donnell
John F. Kennedy
Joseph W. Martin
Margaret M. Heckler
Massachusets
Martin
Charles A. Halleck
Ind
Johnson
Rolvaag
A. M
Sandy) Keith
Keith
Harold LeVander
South St. Paul
Endicott Peabody
Boston
John F. Collins
Senate
Peabody
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
High Holy Days Begin World Wide at Sundown
The ram s horn sounds at sundown marking the start of the Jewish High Holy Days and Hebrew year 5727. Rosh Hashanah ceremonies will be held in temples synagogues and military installations from Jerusalem to Vietnam. The 10 day period of meditation ends on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, on Sept 24.
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New York
Jerusalem
Viet Nam
Senate Vote Set Today On Cloture Move
The Senate votes today on a motion to end debate and bring up a civil rights bill. Senate Republican Leader Dirksen warns he will oppose shore up two thirds and delivers a biting, polite attack. President Johnson faces a tough path if Dirksen holds firm.
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Senate
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Army Pvt Ron Ald Fe Moore On 14 Day Leave At Home
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT notes Army Pvt Ronald F E Moore on 14 day home leave after basic training at Fort Polk. He will attend artillery school at Fort Sill Oklahoma after leave. He is recognized as a crack shot with the highest rifle score in his company. Health Unit staff extend birthday wishes to Mrs Margaret Gaines.
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Army
Ronald FE. Moore
Raymond Moore
McCain Dr
Monroe
Fort Polk
Fort Sill
Oklo
Margaret Gaines
Pentagon Admits Thefts In Millions Of Viet Nam Supplies
Pentagon officials estimate millions of dollars in building supplies sent to Viet Nam were stolen damaged or ruined due to hasty unloading and lack of storage. An officer says losses may total under 10 million with a November accounting expected from a RMK-BRJ led effort at depots and warehouses.
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Washington
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U.S
Ting
Rmk-Brj
South Viet Nam
Raymond International
New York
Morris-Knudsen
Boise, Idaho
Brown & Root
Houston
Tex
J.A. Jones Construction Co
Charlotte
N.C
Viet Cong Raid Hits Saigon Motor Pool Marine Losses Rising
In a pre dawn attack near Saigon a Viet Cong demolition squad seized an American soldier killed four Vietnamese militiamen and destroyed 52 trucks. U.S. officials put damages at 31 million with the guerrillas escaping unharmed. Bombers struck a North Vietnamese missile complex for the seventh day. One helicopter was destroyed and a jet shot down.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Dong Hoi
North Viet Nam
Thundershowers Predicted Here in Monroe Area
The Monroe area will see partly cloudy skies today with widely scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Variable winds at 5 to 15 mph. Highs near 84 to 88 degrees, lows 66 to 70. The high Tuesday reached 86 and the morning low was 69.
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Monroe
Texas husband funds wife birthday gift, wife exchanges for larger size
A Texas man gave his wife money for her birthday but she reclaimed the funds and used them to buy a larger size item, turning the gift into a different purchase.
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Texas
ITT To Start Monroe Plant For Cannon Electric Line
ITT Cannon Electric Division will occupy a new 80,000 square foot plant at Monroe Selman Field Industrial Park for its Cannon plug line. Training begins in October with 25 to 50 workers, rising to 150 to 200 in 1967, largely from the Monroe area. The $708,000 contract was awarded to Lincoln Builders of Ruston. The project marks ITT’s expanding manufacturing reach and Monroe’s appeal to industry.
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International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
Lobb
Cannon Electric Division
Los Angeles
Calif
Long
Monroe
Louisiana
Selman Field
ITT Cannon Electric Plant Boosts Monroe Industry
ITT announced a Monroe facility modification to operate under ITT Cannon Electric, a move Mayor W L Howard calls a giant step for the north Louisiana industrial potential. Monroe officials plan long range training with Vocational Education and Ouachita Valley Technical School, aiming to boost skilled employment and prepare for the new plant's 8800 square foot footprint.
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International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
ITT
Monroe
ITT Cannon Electric Division
W. L. Howard
Louisiana
Itt-Cannon Electric
Howard
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
State Department of Vocational Education
W. E. Whetstone
Chamber
Ouachita Valley Vocational-Technical School
West Monroe
State of Louisiana Education Department
Chamber of Commerce
George Rorex
ITT - Cannon
Officials Struggle With Space Walk Limits
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Officials search for solutions after Richard F Gordon Jr tired during a space walk. Doctors and mission leaders say work in weightlessness is very hard and requires better latches and tethers to reduce workload. Astronaut Edward White notes suit stiffness and slow deliberate movements hinder tasks. Gemini 11 supports were not used.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Richard F. Gordon
Charles Berry
William C. Schneider
Berry
Edward H. White II
America
White
Gordon
Sheriff Issues Statement on Morehouse Death
Bastrop special report notes Morehouse Sheriff Hughie Perry released a statement after investigating the death of Jack Crenshaw Jr at Collinston. Witness Roger Jackson said Crenshaw and he were in the road when Crenshaw was struck by a vehicle before a Bastrop driver named Danny Stuart struck his feet or legs. No charges filed pending grand jury review.
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Bastrop
Morehouse
Hughie Perry
Jack Crenshaw Jr
Collinston
Here
Roger Jackson
Crenshaw
Jackson
Danny Stuart
Stuart
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