NASA stalls on future space goals after Apollo
NASA regrets missing Dec 1 deadline on post Apollo plans. Rep. Teague notes need for clear goals in the 1970s to preserve scientific preeminence. Budget decisions and wartime, social programs, and inflation complicate choices. NASA cites Apollo leftovers for applications like solar telescopes and extended lunar exploration.
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Johnson
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Teague
NASA
House Space Committee
Doctors test Speck competent to stand trial
Seven doctors, all but one psychiatrist, testified Speck is mentally competent to stand trial and aid his defense. They noted Speck claimed long alcohol and drug use beginning in adolescence and narcotics and barbiturates since age 18.
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Speck
Farm prices and parity index show mixed gains in mid November
The report notes farm prices were 5 percent above a year ago while the price received versus costs paid by farmers reached 77 percent of parity in mid November, down from October but near the year ago level. Hog cattle and orange prices fell, offset by higher vegetable prices.
Johnson Aides Gauge 1967 Budget Outlook
Discussion centers on a $140 billion January budget estimate, with forecasts for the 1967 fiscal year ranging from $127 to $130 billion. The higher figure reflects $10 billion more for Vietnam and $5 billion in interest costs, while revenues may rise from $111 billion to around $117 billion or more amid a heated economy.
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Treasury
Johnson
Kosygin Makes Return Visit to Paris Amid Franco-Soviet Talks
Kosygin arrives in Paris for a return visit following last summer's agreements on science economy culture and space cooperation plans. Leaders may tackle European issues including German reunification as Brezhnev and Podgorny are expected in Paris next year. A second item notes the death of Stephan A. Homich with service held in Coraopolis and survivors listed.
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Ludmila Guighiani
Russia
India
Finland
Egypt
de Gaulle
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Paris
Maintai
China
Peking
St. Joseph’s Church
Coraopolis
Stephan A. Homich
New Castle
Ambridge
John Homich
Sophia Kanieski Homich
Genevieve Wilk
Dravo Corp
Homich
Tow Jagielly Society of
Fred
Daniel
Richard
Anita) Peterson
Kent
Ohio
Leo
Charles
Frank
Wanda) Sobota
Resurrection Cemetery
Wage panel proposed to city council in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
The city wage panel aims to address pay for city employees. Papa argues that current revenue gains would fund a compensation scale higher than similar cities. He notes other districts with smaller bases pay more and urges an equitable compromise if demanded wages were raised.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Papa
Earle Belle Faces Charge On Child Support
Sara Naomi Belle seeks a federal court order demanding Earle Belle pay support for their two children. She says he has contributed nothing since 1963, while on probation after an embezzlement conviction. The request was sent to Federal Judge Rabe F. Marsh Jr. for action.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Earl Belle
Sara Naomi Belle
Brazil
Belle
United States
Rabe F. Marsh Jr
December begins amid heavy snows and deadly storms
Snow and cold sweep across the nation as a three day Great Lakes storm kills 28 crewmen when an ore freighter is torn in two. Deaths mount as weather causes spread. temperatures plunge to sub zero in the north while southern regions stay dry.
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United Press International
Upper Midwest
Appalachian Mountains
Great Lakes
International Falls
Minn
Midwest
Muskegon
Mich
New Hampshire
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
Florida
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Northwest
California
U.S. Weather Bureau
George Winstein
Coast Guard
Mackinaw
Dennis Hale
Hale
Winstein
Morrell
Lackawanna
N.Y
Taconite Harbor
Lakes
Amish receive yearlong grace period for Hillsdale school
Michigan Board of Education approves a three point plan allowing an Amish one room school near Hillsdale for at least one year. Hillsdale County superintendent will supervise with periodic visits and guidance from the state board.
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Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan-Ohio
Michigan Board of Education
Hillsdale
Donald Thurber
Hillsdale County
State Board of Education
Thurber
Moon rocket test lights sky at Bay St. Louis
The S2 second stage of the Saturn 5 moon rocket performed a six minute static firing over the Gulf Coast clearing months of Apollo delays. Scientists called the test a success, saying it went right down the middle after earlier S1-T explosion and pad repairs.
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Bay ST. Louis
Miss
UPI
Gulf Coast
Veteran Czech and Slovak Obituaries Remain Noted in Des Moines Notice
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Anna Kovac 72 and John Topolosky 75 from Czech and Slovak communities in Des Moines area. They list birthplaces, spouses, children, siblings, church affiliations, and funeral arrangements at Naga Funeral Home and St. James and St. Margaret churches. A separate death of Ruth Lorette McHenry Bailey prompts services at the House of Prayer in Youngstown with interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Anna H. Kovac
Anna Hruska Kovac
Terrace Ave
Kovac
Czechoslovakia
Michael
Elizabeth Micanko Smetanka
Martin Hruska
George Kovac
Donora
W. Clayton
Second Streets
George A. Kurutz
St. Michael Church
St. Joseph Church
John Topolosky
Topolovsky
Pulaski
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Youngstown
Kravani Zamplaski
Paul and
Elizabeth Ortos Topolovsky
Veronica Simko
Topolosky
United Engineering Co
St. James Church
New Bedford
Ann Cvercko
Vienna Township
Ohio
Joseph
Susie Holub
Liberty Township
Elizabeth Ivanisin
Campbell
James A. Denvir
St. John’s Slovak Cemetery
Ruth Loretta McHenry Bailey
Green St
St. Francis Hospital
House of Prayer
Sampson St
Israel L. Gaither
Glasmore
Walter Johnson
Florence McHenry
Virgil C. Bailey
Bailey
Ruth Naomi McHenry
Linda D. Bailey
New Castle
Yvonne Bailey
William McHenry
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles Bailey
James Bailey
Raymond L. McHenry
Crinkleton Funeral Home
W. Grant St
Greenwood Cemetery
Syrians blame Hussein for border violence
Syria charged that Jordan's Arab Legionnaires opened fire on anti government refugees who crossed into Syria. A Damascus Radio notice reported one man killed and accused Jordan of seeking to engage Syria in a side battle rather than focusing on Israel.
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Jordan
UPI
Syria
Hussein
Arab Legionnaires
Damascus
Damascus Radio
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Middle East
Egypt
Palestine
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Religious periodicals gaining a new stature
United Press International reports a surge in church magazines adopting glossy, modern formats to reach broad audiences. Denominational and independent journals collaborate on features and advertising to expand reach, with leaders in Philadelphia shaping major publications and circulation surpassing 1 million in some titles.
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Interfaith Group
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Life
Lutheran
Episcopalian
United Presbyterian Church
The
Luther
Together
Presbyterian Survey
United Church Herald
Christian
Unitarian Universalist Register-Leader
Review and Herald
American Judaism
America
Commonweal
Cross Currents
Catholic Digest
Ave Maria
Jubilee
the Sign
Our Sunday Visitor
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Commentary
American Jewish Committee
Four Pennsylvanians Listed Among Morrell Crew Lost
The Daniel J. Morrell sank Tuesday in Lake Huron with 32 officers and crewmen aboard. Thirty two were on the roster, with 29 believed to have been aboard at the time. The Pennsylvanians listed are Charley John Sestakauskas of Georgetown, John N. Groh of Erie, Nicholas Homick of Hudson, and Charles Cibulskies of Wilkes Barre.
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Lake Carrier Sinks
Harbor Beach
Mich
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