Gemini 4 Aims for Historic Space Walk
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White launched aboard Gemini 4 to orbit from Cape Kennedy at 11 16 a m EDT. They sought a first space walk and rendezvous with the Titan 2 second stage before a one hour and sixteen minute electrical delay.
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Cape Kennedy
UPIT
James McDivitt
Edward White
UPI
McDivitt
Earth
White
America
Preach
Gemini
Space Authorization Wins Senate Nod for NASA Programs
The Senate approved a 5.2 billion space authorization funding NASA programs including Gemini flights and the Apollo moon mission. After a four hour debate the bill advanced amid discussion of NASA patent policies and agency affairs.
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Washington
Upi
Senate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Space Agency
Communist Forces Launch Double Ambush in Central Highlands
In South Vietnam's Central Highlands a battalion of government troops faced a double ambush by communist forces. The unit's senior American adviser was wounded as a U.S. spokesman reported 40 to 50 enemy dead or wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Vatican marks second anniversary of Pope John XXIII
A solemn Mass in St Peter’s observed two years after Pope John XXIII’s death with Pope Paul VI in attendance. The ceremony sparked renewed talk of sainthood, a process typically taking many decades or centuries, though supporters have urged canonization since his death.
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Vatican City
Bucyrus Teen Killed Before High School Graduation
Kenneth King, 18, Bucyrus, was killed when his motorcycle struck a car at an intersection along Ohio 4 two and a half hours before his high school graduation. Passenger Michael Burling sustained injuries in the crash on the southern edge of the city.
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Bucyrus, Ohio
UPI
Kenneth King
Bucyrus
Ohio 4
Michael Burling
Footprints Lead Deputies to Juvenile Suspects in Rural Vandalism
Muddy tracks from a farm barn in rural New London guided sheriff's deputies to the home of juvenile suspects after a report of damage to two tractors and a lawn mower and the theft of a check book and truck keys. The incident occurred Wednesday with further entries between noon and 6 p.m. and the case remains under investigation.
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New London
Lennie Burt
Chenango Road
Sheriff's Department
Burt
Weather and life events brief from area newspaper
Weather today mostly sunny and cooler 70 to 76 with 62 to 68 near Lake Erie. Fair tonight 40s then Friday cloudier and warmer with possible thunderstorms. Precipitation 1.09 inches Wednesday. Marriage license James Westerman and Carol Davis both Greenwich. Births listed for Beach, McCullough, Caldwell, Collins, Roose, Conley. Death Beatrice Edna Ropp of Nova aged 49.
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Lake Erie
Johnson Seeks Silver Free Dimes and Quarters Change
President Johnson asked Congress to eliminate silver from dimes and quarters and cut silver in half dollars by more than half. New coins would be copper nickel sandwiches, with dimes and quarters resembling current 5 and 25 cent pieces, and half dollars nearly indistinguishable from 50 cent pieces. The move aims to conserve dwindling silver stocks, preventing a future coin melt and potential price rises, while pennies and nickels stay copper alloys.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Dump Rule Is Debated In Huron County Meeting
The Huron County Board of Health debated for an hour and a half on action regarding alleged rubbish dumping by Leon Riley on Route 250 south. They voted to draft a letter to Prosecuting Attorney Bernard Freeman asking advice and requesting he initiate any legal action he deems appropriate.
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Huron County Board of Health
Leon Riley
Route 250
Bernard Freeman
Norwalk Township
Riley
Clarence Ellett
Department of Health
Bronson-Norwalk
Ellett
Board of Health
Health Department
Freeman
Paul Miller
Antrim Heres Endorsed for probate and juvenile judge
Russell T. Antrim, 35, won endorsement from the Huron County Republican Executive Committee for appointment to the probate and juvenile court judgeship. Committee Chairman Bernard Freeman said the panel will forward its recommendation to Governor James A. Rhodes, who will appoint the new judge, effective June 10 after Judge Don J.
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Russell T. Antrim
Huron County Republican Executive Committee
Bernard Freeman
James A. Rhodes
Don J
Car flips and burns injure two in area crashes
Two local crashes left a Milan man and a Norwalk woman in fair condition early today. Gary Riedy, 22, of Strecker Road, Milan, was pulled from a burning 1959 Chevrolet after his car hit a stump on Highway 61 north of Norwalk. A resident pulled him free. he had a broken ankle, burns, and facial injuries. Diane Cummings, 22, of Milan Avenue, was treated after a collision on Route 99 sent her car off the road and through a windshield, with William Focht cited for speed. Both incidents were under patrol investigation as area hospitals treated the injured.
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Milan
Norwalk
Gary Riedy
Strecker Road
Highway 61
State Highway Patrol
Riedy
Nor
McCoy’s
Diane Cummings
Milan Ave
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Providence Hospital
Monroeville
Cummings
William Focht
Monroe St
Focht
Pearl S
Sam) Sparrow
Cpl
Sparrow
John E. Minlstead
S. Phemie Falk
Shiloh
Dominican junta faces possible ouster amid coup fears
Diplomatic sources say disgruntled members of Maj. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera's junta may try to remove him. Reports of a navy coup attempt by Commodore Francisco Rivera Caminero were denied by Imbert's press secretary Francisco J. Cardona.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Francisco Rivera Caminero
Francisco J. Cardona
Imbert
Wreck Leads To Labor For Long Roadside Recovery
A semitrailer driven by Thomas H. Roger of Dublin Virginia wrecked near Norwalk on Highway 250. The truck slid into a ditch and sat in muck until 11 p.m. after a failed attempt to pull it free began at 9 a.m. Crew from McCoy's used two wreckers and three men to free the stuck tractor. Roger and Edgar L. Grubb of Wytheville Virginia were uninjured. The trailer carried upholstering materials.
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Thomas H. Roger
Dublin
Highway 250
Norwalk
McCoy’s
Roger
Edgar L. Grubb
Wytheville
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Ohio
Legislative Service Commission
Lorain, Ohio
Lorain County Community College
Max Lerner
Pope
James DeHart
Westerman
Farmer Greenwich
Carol Sue Davis
Greenwich
Allen Beach
Jefferson
William McCullough
Orbin Caldwell
Richard Roose
Collins
Harold Conley
Willard
Beatrice Edna Ropp
Nova
West Poin
N.Y
Treasury
Russell Antrim
Antrim
Pete Mohn
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