Slowing Life Down with 400 Sheep on a Highway
England report notes Bill Francis drives a herd of 400 sheep every two weeks between his two farms during morning rush hour. The crossing slows traffic as motorists back up and honk, while Francis says it slows life a bit. Police say drivers have a right to use the public highway. Mary Francis quips the public is a damned nuisance.
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Halborne Crawley
England
Bill Francis
Francis
Bill
Mary
Court Dismisses Fighting Couple After Kiss Bargain
In Nashville Tennessee AP reports Mrs Herman EL Carver 24 faced nine days of fines rather than kissing her husband in court. Judge Andrew Doyle dismissed charges after the couple pledged to kiss and make up in private. The pair had been brought to court for fighting with Carver 40 agreeing to kiss the court but not his wife.
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Nashville
Tenn
Herman EL Carver
Andrew Doyle
Carver
A Warm Thought for Apollo Crews Diets
Houston article notes NASA officials including Dr Charles A Berry describe Apollo astronauts meals to be prepared with hot water for rehydration. Hot meals aid digestion and energy use, marking a shift from Mercury and Gemini food practices.
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Houston
Tex
API
Mercury
Gemini
Charles A. Berry
Center Medical Programs
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Berry
ISU Students Seek Iowa Hosts for 900 City Children
Iowa State University students seek Iowa families to host 900 underprivileged city children for two weeks in July in a program named Friendly Town. Chicago and Des Moines children, ages 8 to 11, will stay with Iowa hosts, with transportation by special train and supervision by chaperones.
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ISU
Iowa
Ames
Iowa State University
Chicago
Des Moines
Chicago City Missionary Society
Friendly Town Committee
Lutheran
Julie Packer
Towa
Iowa City
Iowa State
Dan Rohr
Grafton
Iewa State
Lowa
Space Pair Will Perform Moonship Maneuvers
Gemini 9 astronauts Stafford and Corman will conduct three rendezvous maneuvers over three days, simulating Apollo style dockings with the Agena target satellite in near Earth orbit. They aim to shorten the time from four to three orbits and practice endgame pickups and moonward procedures.
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Space Pair
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Eugene A. Corman
Western Pacific
Apollo
Gemini & Pilots
Stafford
Cernan
Agena
Gemini-9 Flight Preview with Back Pack Demonstration
Lt Daniel R. Seger in a space suit demonstrates the back pack maneuver unit to move astronaut Eugene A. Cernan during Gemini-9 a two and a half hour space walk planned for Tuesday. A woven steel cloth covers lines to protect legs from thruster bursts as AP Wirephoto records the test.
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Air Force
Daniel R. Seger
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Muscatine Twins Celebrate Bonds Across Ages
Reading of memories spans many families in Muscatine. Karen and Kent Mathern, born in Dubuque, reflect on twin life and school routines at Grant, while Bonnie Low and Connie Sue Ewaldt of Park Drive, both 15, share classroom and hobby ties. Mylan and Hylan Phillips, born in 1921 in a town now under a dam, recount Army Air Force service together and later business, with marriages to Betty Paetz and Juanita Steahr. Emma and Frank Truxel born in May 1883 in Kentucky and later moving to Muscatine recall school days and sled stories as siblings.
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Mathern
Karen
Kent
Dubuque
Iowa
Eugene Mathern
Grant School
Bonnie
G.R.A
Girls’ Recreation Association
Connie
Birmingham
Kentucky
Mylan
Hylan Phillips
Goverment
Muscatine
Army Air Force
Roosevelt
Hylan
Betty Paetz
Juanita Steahr
Gottfied Schoenig
Emma
Frank
Emma Truxel
2Nd St
Washington School
Third Street
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Tom Kelly
George Washington Bridge
New York
New Jersey
Hudson River
Manhattan
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Agong
Earth
Moon
Jody
Pokerfaces
Jody Patticia Lowers
H.R. Lowers
Huntsville
Ala
Bonnie Low
Connie Sue Ewaldt
Park Drive
Harvey Ewaldt
Mrs. Truxel
Helen Weiershouser
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