CBS to drop blow by blow space coverage for routine events
CBS Television said it will curtail live coverage of routine space launch moments and may apply the change to political conventions. After seven hours of coverage of Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad's eight day mission, the network cited repetition and pool reporting as factors. ABC and NBC dissented from any wide change.
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Gemini Flight Prep Clears Computer After Power Surge
Technicians Friday confirmed the spacecraft computer and communications system were undamaged by a power surge during a thunderstorm, clearing the two day postponement. The launch will test weightlessness effects on Cooper and Conrad, include a radar rendezvous with an REP pod, and aim for a 121 orbits 191 hour 53 minute mission.
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Lawman Held In Killme In Alabama
Parttime deputy Tom Coleman, 52, jailed on murder charge for a shotgun attack on six civil rights workers near Hayneville Alabama. He allegedly killed Jonathan Dantes, 26, an Episcopal seminary student, and wounded Rev. Richard Morris Ree, 26, a Chicago priest. Six victims were held earlier for civil rights work. four Negroes escaped. Local solicitor Carlton Perdue said Coleman admitted the slaying but did not sign a confession. Perdue noted Coleman comes from a prominent local family.
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Lawmen Hope for Khan Rain Out
Ku Klux Klan officials planned a two day recruitment rally 21 miles south of Cleveland in Medina County. Local and state authorities preferred rain to the event and hoped the weather would halt the gathering.
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Calfornian sailor completes 130 day Pacific voyage
David Meige, 24, of Atherton California, sailed 35 foot trimaran Extended Adolescence from Pago Pago April 12. He turned back 1 400 miles north due to storms and equipment damage, survived on fish and tuna with little flying fish coming aboard, and was found hale and hearty after a four month Pacific search.
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Tragic Propane Blast Kills Girl in Van Wert Area
A propane gas line explosion at a gas storage site near Elgin, Ohio leveled the Rigdon home and killed nine year old Nancy Rigdon. Eight others were injured, four critically, including seven Rigdon children treated at Van Wert County Hospital. Flames and debris sent by the blast were seen up to 50 miles away.
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Johnson Pushes Jobs Drive as Riots Prompt Reform Call
President Johnson condemned rioting in Los Angeles and pressed a renewed push to cut unemployment among skilled youths. He planned to meet with the Youth Council led by Vice President Humphrey and may fly to Camp David after viewing the Gemini 5 launch. The task force targets jobs for deprived teens from broken homes facing hardship.
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