Spacewalks and Valour Onward Aboard USS Wasp
Gemini astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White prepared a dual spacewalk but safety concerns halted the plan. White instead ventured alone, becoming the first to star in a space movie and lose a glove in orbit while at sea.
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UPS
Gemini
James McDivitt
Edward White
White
Houston
Tex
McDivitt
Chicago
Robert F. Campbell
Brighton
Mass
Space Heroes
Space Agency
George Mueller
U.S
L. Gordon Cooper
Mississippi GOP elects 2 mayors
Mississippi Republicans gain mayoral wins in Hattiesburg and Columbus as the first GOP mayors since Reconstruction. Six Republicans capture alderman posts while 13 cities see defeats in statewide municipal elections.
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Jackson
Miss
GOP
Wirt Yerger
Five Die as Storms Sweep Three States
Lightning wind and rain killed at least five people in three states Tuesday. An 11 year old girl was struck in Athens West Virginia, a Chicago truck driver died sheltering under a tree, a scaffold fell at a South Bend church site killing a carpenter, and two women died in a crash near Carbondale Illinois.
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United Press International
Minnesota
Michigan
Athens
W.va
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Carbondale
Ill
Weather Outlook Cloudy Warm Humid With Scattered Thunderstorms
Weather today is cloudy and humid with scattered thunderstorms. Highs expected in the 80s and lows in the 50s. Thursday's highs in the 70s and near 80s in the far south.
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United Press International
Dodgers gain value from Junior Gilliam in lineup
Junior Gilliam again proves valuable to the Dodgers as a key contributor. The page notes his continued impact and role in the team's dynamic during the season.
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Junior Gilliam
Dodgers
Witness says Maloney paid for protection racketeering bribes
In Pittsburgh federal court the government calls Marvin Walkow and other witnesses to support charges that Lawrence J. Maloney, suspended assistant superintendent of city police, took bribes for rackets protection and failed to report $230,873 in income from 1958 to 1963. Walkow testified he paid Maloney $200 monthly in 1962 and 1963 to operate a numbers racket in Squirrel Hill and gave the money to Maloney at his home. He also paid Patrolman Melvin MacDonald $50 monthly for selling numbers on the North Side.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Lawrence J. Maloney
Marvin D. Walkow
Maloney
Squirrel Hill
Walkew
Walkow
Melvin R
Sparky) MacDonald
U.S. crime rate still climbs in early 1965
FBI figures show a 2 percent rise in crime in the first quarter of 1965 from 1964, with suburban areas up 6 percent and cities over 25,000 up 2 percent. Rural areas fell 1 percent, while the West led regional increases at 14 percent and the South remained unchanged.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
North Central
Death notices for Piotr Gierlach Chester Casselman Edward Donelly and W Russell McMasters
Obituaries list 85 Piotr Gierlach of Elmwood Street 83 Mrs. Chester L Casselman of Wilmington Avenue 74 Edward J Donelly of Croton Avenue 57 W Russell McMasters of East Palestine Ohio dated Wednesday June 9 1965.
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Elmwood St
Chester L. Casselman
Wilmington Ave
Edward J. Donelly
Croton Ave
W. Russell McMasters
East Palestine
Ohio
Public hearing backs bus study for New Castle transit
A three year plan to smooth New Castle transit with compact buses was detailed at City Hall. Downtown merchants and Greater New Castle Association backed the study as state and federal funds support moves. Local share could drop with LCRPC services and township aid, capped by federal credits.
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New Castle
City Hall
John C. Jordan
Downtown Merchants Association
Alfred H. Owens
Greater New Castle Association
Lawrence County Regional Planning Commission
LCRPC
Francis V. Bidinetto
Union Township
John E. Blackson
Viet Premier seeks mediators amid political crisis
Viet Premier asks leaders to mediate a political crisis as factions rally around President Quat and Premier Suu. Catholic groups press for Suu’s resignation while generals back Quat, with a constitutional dispute over cabinet dismissals fueling tensions.
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Quat
Suu
National Legislative Council
Viet Nam
State House to cut to 200 districts by 1966 election
The House Elections Committee backed redrawing to 200 one member districts, dropping nine seats from 209. Each district aims for about 56 000 residents, based on the 1960 census. The move faces Republican opposition but rests on constitutional minimums.
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Martin J. Sikora
Harrisburg
UPI
House
House Elections Committee
Senate
Elections Committee
State Supreme Court
State Court
Harry R. J. Comer
Philadelphia
Gibson wins Republican nod for Neshannock tax collector
Edna E. Gibson county child welfare director won the Republican nomination for Neshannock Township tax collector by three votes after a May 18 primary. She defeated 12 candidates, with Marcia Smith’s 434 votes close behind at 437. Wilmer L. Glenn won the Democratic nomination with 40 write-ins, while Mrs. Smith had 31 and Mrs. Gibson 27.
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Edna E. Gibson
Neshannock
Gibson
Marcia Smith
Wilmer L. Glenn
Smith
City Police Step Up Loitering Crackdown
Four 19 year old youths were charged with loitering after blocking traffic on Croton Ave last night. Chief Nick A Cubellis said officers will disperse loitering groups and arrest those who refuse to leave as complaints from motorists and citizens prompted the action.
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Croton Ave
Nick A. Cubellis
Cubellis
Astronaut Wives See Space Film. Marvel at Colors
Mrs. Pat McDivitt and Mrs. Pat White watched color films from Gemini 4 showing Ed White in space. They marveled at bright Earth colors and said White’s space walk explains his reluctance to return. A private celebration for Jim McDivitt’s 36th birthday is planned back in Seabrook.
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Tex
UPI
Pat McDivitt
Pat White
Outer Space
Ed White
Jim McDivitt
White
America
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