Calm Gemini 7 Crew Keep Pace as Gemini 6 May Launch Early
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell report calm confident as mission planners debate a possible early Gemini 6 launch to pursue them. The two crews monitor orbit changes, study rendezvous timing, and enjoy ground music while preparations continue at Cape Kennedy and Houston Space Center.
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Gemini
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Kraft
William Schneider
Borman
Lovell
Air Force
Navy
Cape Kennedy
Pope Proclaims Last Four Decrees of Vatican II
Pope Paul VI promulgated the final four Vatican II decrees in St. Peter's Basilica. The religious liberty and modern world problems declarations received large majorities and urged a more open relation with the world, while not altering birth control teaching. Simultaneous excommunication rescissions with the Orthodox church were announced.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
St. Peter’s Basilica
Paul
Paul Here
Athenagoras
Istanbul
Crystal Lake Man Charged With Damage
Everett F. Nelson, 34, of Crystal Lake, charged with two counts of criminal damage to property after allegedly stealing a vending machine from Kresse Highway Inn on Bedford Road. Nelson confessed to the theft, was bound over on a $1,000 recognizance bond, and the case was continued for a week.
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Crystal Lake
Plano
Grundy County
Kresse Highway Inn
Bedford Road
Robert Malmquist
Everett F. Nelson
Jerry Fannin
Kresse Tavern
Robert Coleman
Nelson
Olson
Harold Rosefsky
Hi-Way Inn
Joan Reed
Chicago
Malmquist
Fourth Soviet Lunar Probe Is a Failure
The Soviet Union failed to achieve a soft lunar landing with Luna 8, crashing on the moon despite Tass announcing the results promptly. The mission weighed 3421.5 pounds and showed normal final systems but a braking slip ruined the landing and radio.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Lunar
Moon
Tass
Jodrell Bank Observatory
England
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Communications Improvements After Pearl Harbor Now In Place
The Defense Department says it has eliminated the factor that hindered rapid contact with top American commanders during Pearl Harbor. Organizational changes and new communications machinery began soon after the 1941 attack to prevent similar confusion when reaching officials.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pearl Harbor
Carter
Pacific
Pentagon
Morris Chamber of Commerce lighting contest offers extra prize
The Morris Chamber of Commerce raises total prizes to 225 dollars for the annual Christmas home decor contest. First prize is 100 dollars, second 50, third and fourth 25 each, plus a new 25 prize for best new entry. Entries due by Dec 15 and judged by a three person panel December 16 to 22. Exhibits lighted 5 30 to 9 30 p m December 16 to Christmas. Boundary extends three miles from Morris. A Frank Leathers hopes the extra prize will boost participation. last year 18 entries competed.
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Morris Chamber of Commerce
Morris Herald
Morris
A. Frank Leathers
Chamber
Boy Dies in Doghouse Fire Near Pana Illinois
A four year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Smith, died today in a doghouse adjacent to their home in Pana Illinois. The blaze also damaged the residence and the mother, Mrs Smith age 27, was treated for smoke inhalation and shock after rescuing flames from the doghouse. Authorities reported the cause of the fire is not known and the Pana Fire Department extinguished the blaze.
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Pana, Ill
Richard Smith
Pana Fire Department
Experts Hear Dresden Unit Two Permit Request
At a two day Atomic Energy Commission hearing in Grundy County Illinois Commonwealth Edison seeks a construction permit for Dresden Unit Two a 715000 kilowatt reactor. Murray Joslin and GE witnesses outline feasibility safety and the licensing path with broad support from officials and labor representatives.
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Dresden
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Commonwealth Edison Company
Morris
Grundy County
Murray Joslin
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company
Commission
Arthur Gehr
Isham, Lincoln and Beale
Chicago
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden Unit 1
O. D. Butler
Commonwealth
San Jose
Calif
Walter H. Ellis
A. Philip Bray
Harold A. Brammer
John F. O'Mara
Wells I. Collett
Bond
D. R. Bower
Harlan Hoyt
John H. Hughes
Jack S. Bitel
Battle fires below decks of U S Carrier Kitty Hawk
U S forces pound suspected enemy bases and supply routes in South Viet Nam as air and ground actions continue. The Kitty Hawk suffers fires below decks after fueling, two sailors die from smoke inhalation, and a Phantom jet crashes north of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Michelin Plantation
North Viet Nam
Kitty Hawk
Alotf
7Th Army
Bradenton Doctor Extracts 10 Shark Embryos Near Pier
In Brandenton Florida a Bradenton doctor performed a pier side operation removing 10 live embryo sharks from an 11 foot 600 pound mother shark found on a trap line. The mother shark died after the surgery while the 10 offspring were reported well and jumping.
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Brandenton
Fla
Bradenton
Fair and warm December weather forecast for Grundy County
The U S Weather Bureau predicts pleasant December weather in Grundy County through Thursday with a low in the mid 30s tonight and a high near 50 on Wednesday. Collins Weather Station reported a 43 degree high and an 18 degree low overnight with 28 degrees at 9 am and 36 degrees by 11 am in the business district.
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Grundy County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
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Oklahoma
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Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
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Department of Applied Science
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Neeleen R. Ness
County Board of Supervisors
Edward Logan
Bowie
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Frank W. Foster
Springfield
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Illinois Commerce Commission
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Franklin D. Yoder
Illinois Department of Public Health
George Drach
Illinois Commission On Atomic Energy
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