Gemini-4 splashdown and Westminster Alumni Day highlights
Gemini-4 space twins returned to Earth after 62 orbits and splashdown in the Atlantic. Westminster College in New Wilmington marked Alumni Day with 900 attendees, a large commencement weekend, and awards for notable alumni led by Walter E. Headley of Armstrong Cork Co. The event included 222 bachelor degrees and 155 masters degrees, plus honors for Rev and Mrs Rayburn Campbell, Dr Daniel Phythyon, and Dr Irvin G Wyllie.
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Atlantic
Westminster College
Walter E. Headley
Armstrong Cork Co
Lancaster
D. Rayburn Campbell
Kemmerer Orphans
Assumption
Ill
Daniel Phythyon
Sharon
Irvin G. Wyllie
Wisconsin University
Albert W. Dodds
New Castle
John C. Peterson
Slippery Rock
Delber L. McKee
Westminster
Gemini-5 to top Soviets in bold space effort
A Gemini-4 capsule was sighted in the ocean within five miles by a helicopter as the Wasp carrier sped to assist. McDivitt and White were reassigned to a no hands landing after a computer plan failed, risking 8 Gs during splashdown and triggering a nighttime recovery shift 150 miles from the target.
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UPS
Edward White
James McDivitt
Gulf of Mexico
Palm Beach
Fla
Navy
McDivitt
White
Earth
MacDivitt
Mission Control
Wasp
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Atlantic Ocean
Cooper
Conrad
Cape Kennedy
St. Louis
Walter M. Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Air Force
Sperry
Hawkins
Death claims former editor G Conway
George W. Conway Sr., 77, longtime editor of the New Castle News, died at Rees Nursing Home after 48 years with the paper. He started at The News in 1909, became editor after eight years, and retired in 1957. He previously worked at Westminster College and the New Wilmington Globe.
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George W. Conway Sr
Harbor St
New Castle News
Rees
The
News
Conway
the News
Bert Wells
Westminster College
New Wilmington Globe
Area Residents Bitten by Dogs Over Weekend
Five local residents were bitten by dogs during the weekend. Louis O Kuzo, 63, of 516 N Liberty St, was bitten on the right leg by a neighbor's dog at 6 pm yesterday and treated at St Francis Hospital. Rachael Hanna, 13, of 563 E Long Ave, was bitten on the right arm by a dog and treated at the same hospital. Billy Jo Forkey, 3, of Boyd School Rd, was bitten on the right arm. Thomas Kirsch, 13, of 247 Smithfield St, treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital at 10 30 p m Saturday after a bite on the left leg. Stephanie Johnson, 8, of 817 Fulkerson St, treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital at 8 45 p m Saturday for a bite on the right foot.
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Louis O’kuzo
N. Liberty St
St. Francis Hospital
Rachael Hanna
E. Long Ave
Billy Jo Forkey
Boyd School Rd
Thomas Kirsch
Smithfield St
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Stephanie Johnson
Fulkerson St
Residence for the retarded and health center suggested
A 17 member committee under the state's mental health planning program recommends creating authoritative boards to channel funds and implement services for Lawrence and adjacent counties. The proposals, including regional reports, have been submitted to the Governor's Council on Human Services for consideration.
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Thomas J. Alduk
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Association For
Lawrence
Armstrong
Butler
Beaver
St. Francis Hospital
Barn Fire Loss Near Fifty Thousand Dollars
A Saturday blaze destroyed an 85 year old brick and frame barn on Rob ert Jackson's New Galilee farm, killing 18 Holstein cattle. Six fire companies saved three nearby structures. total loss about 50 000 dollars. Fire started about 4 30 p m and was extinguished with three animals severely burned but saved.
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Jackson
New Galilee
Wampum
Chewton
North Beaver
Taylor
Judy Holliday Dies of Cancer at Mt Sinai Hospital
Actress Judy Holliday died early today in her sleep at Mt Sinai Hospital after a five-year cancer struggle. She would have turned 44 on June 21. Holliday rose to fame with Born Yesterday and earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1950.
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Judy Holliday
New York
UPI
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miss Holliday
LBJ urges Communist world to walk toward peace
President Johnson makes a threefold appeal to leaders and people of the Communist bloc to join the United States in pursuing peace. In speeches in Chicago and at Catholic University of America he invites Soviet and Eastern European nations to reason together and take a first step toward peace.
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Alvin Spivak
Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Catholic University of America
Chicago
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
Southeast Asia
Deaths of Burton Wallace Bettoni Russo Groves Robinson Fosnaught
Obituaries list six individuals including Rev. Burton M. Wallace age 77 of RD 6 Mrs. Arthur Bettoni 49 of Ellwood City Bennie Duckie Russo 52 of 221 S Liberty St Samuel E Groves 84 of 207 N Liberty St James Robinson 817 Fulker son St and John C Doll Fosnaught 84 of Wampum RD 1.
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George W. Conway Sr
Harbor St
Burton M. Wallace
Arthur Bettoni
Ellwood City
Bennie (Duckie) Russo
S. Liberty St
Samuel E. Groves
N. Liberty St
James Robinson
Fulkerson St
John C. (Doll) Fosnaught
Wampum RD 1
Dodgers Pitcher Driesdale Stars for Dodgers
Don Drysdale’s pitching is highlighted as carrying the Los Angeles Dodgers. The item appears on page 20 of today’s paper detailing his standout performance.
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Don Drysdale
LA Dodgers
D. C. Davies
Safe landing risks during space re entry described
A detailed look at the perilous re entry phase for Gemini capsules explains the precision needed to hit the target. Heat shield angles, retrofire timing, parachute deployment, and sea recovery are critical to prevent fatal burns or sinking.
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Earth
FBI hunts college boy killer of three in bank robbery
Duane Pope 22, a McPherson College graduate, faces federal robbery charges for last Friday’s Farmers State Bank slayings in Big Springs Nebraska. A nationwide alert was issued as murder charges were prepared in Chappell. Pope, once a Kansas farm youth and football hero, is described as a “fine person” by locals.
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North Platte
Neb
UPI
Duane Pope
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pope
Chappel
McPherson
Kan.) College
Farmers State Bank
Big Springs
American Bankers Association
New York
Nang
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College
New Wilmington
Hoadley
Alvin.b. Webb JR
United Press International
Bulletin
G. Conway
George Conway
Retarded and Health Center
New Galilee RD
Rob
Ert Jackson
Pennsylvania
Shenango River
LBJ
Communist World
Unite For
Inside Today
FOE Aerie
Auxiliary
Eee
Ellwood Ese
Eeres Eeesee Society
Eevee
Mercury
Virgil Grissom
Grissom
America
John H. Glenn, Jr
M. Scott Carpenter
L. Gordon Cooper
John W. Young
FBI
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