Surveyor 1 Lands on Moon and Sends Pictures to Earth
Surveyor 1 landed on the moon after a near perfect touchdown and began transmitting earthward photos. The images indicated a smooth hard surface suitable for future astronauts and showed minimal surface disturbance, marking a major step for the U S lunar program.
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Surveyor
Moon
Earth
Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States
Apollo Lunar Exploration
Astronauts Set Friday Launch Window For Gemini 9
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP after two delays Gemini 9 crew Stafford and Cernan prepare for a Friday launch at 939 am EDT on a 70 hour flight including satellite rendezvous and a space walk. Grounding blamed on a faulty relay. no danger to crew.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Apartments Damaged By Blaze at East Seventh and Cedar
Fire destroyed a four-apartment dwelling at 300 East Seventh Street after 1 PM today. Isabel M. Brown first spotted smoke from the basement as Mrs Barbara Bixby and a visitor talked in the corridor. Mrs Bixby and her two sons fled after firefighters arrived. neighbors said Hulda H. Nissen was ill in bed in apartment 3.
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East Seventh Street
Isabel M. Brown
Barbara Bixby
East Seventh and
Cedar Streets
Miss Brown
Patrol Promotion Elevates Lt Lewis to Captain in Iowa
DES MOINES AP Dean L Lewis is promoted from lieutenant to captain in the Iowa Highway Patrol and placed in charge of southwest patrol activities. Public Safety Commissioner Gene L Needles said Thursday Lewis, 51, has served since 1984 in Ottumwa Oskaloosa De Witt and most recently as commander of District 13 at Mount Pleasant.
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Des Moines
Dean L
Lewis
Leutenant
Towa Highway Patrol
Towa
Public Safety
Gene L. Needies
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
de Witt
Mount Pleasant
Tragic Truck Train Crash Kills William Gray at 21
A gravel truck collided with a Rock Island Lines freight train near Muscatine, killing William P. Gray 21, of Muscatine, an employee of Hahn Brothers. The 1982 model truck was demolished and the train pulled about a half mile before stopping. Gray, son of Dr. and Mrs. Grau, had worked since April and planned to continue until fall.
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Rock Island Lines
William P
Bill) Gray
Muscatine
Muscatine County
D. H. Grau
Iowa Avenue
Young Grau
Halim Brothers Land and Gravel Co
Muscatine Yards
Gray
Hahn Brothers
Everett E. Trimble
New Hampshire Street
Rock Island Railway
Trimble
Four Congolese Politicians Executed in Leopoldville
A crowd of over 100000 watched four Congolese politicians hanged in Leopoldville's main square for a plot to kill President Mobutu. The government declared a holiday for the executions and urged turnout to witness the regime’s end.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Truck Crash Kills Young Driver After Freight Collision
A truck carrying 21 year old William P Gray was struck by a Rock Island Lines freight train causing the vehicle to derail and burn. The wreckage tore away from the front engine and dragged about a half mile after the impact. A witness recalled hearing the train whistle before the collision's explosion.
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Hahn Brothers
Rock Island Lines
William P. Gray
Fire damages Burlington bridge sparks rerouted trains
A Burlington freight train carrying creosoted rail ties sparked a blaze that heavily damaged the 98 year old Mississippi River bridge on the Illinois side. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in four hours as crews assessed the damage and rerouted traffic via the Quincy bridge.
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Burlington
Ilinois
Gayle Heater
Burlington Railroad
Mississippi River
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1St Propulsion Laboratory
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
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Hue
Sai
Favors Balaguer
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Refugto Juan Bosch
Balaguer
Reformist Party
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Dominican Revolutionary Party
William Gray
William P. Grau
Deputy
Charlie Whist
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Chicago
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Ina Burlington
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