Apollo 11 Returns Home From Moon Mission
Apollo 11 neared Earth after a successful moon landing and lift off. Armstrong Aldrin and Collins guided the ship through reentry as mission control prepared for quarantine and a Pacific splashdown. The crew expressed joy at the voyage and shared moments of humor during the historic homecoming.
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Moon
Michael Collins
Collins
Tranquillity Base
Armstrong
Mission Control
Charlie
Earth
Roger
Charles Duke
Manned Space Center
United States
Pacific
Antiques Updated as Moon Landing Ties Highlighted
A display links Apollo names Columbia and Eagle to American heritage as collectors Loren Latimer and his mother Mrs. Joe Latimer show early 1800s buttons and a Revolutionary War era flask at Latimer’s clothing store. The collection features jet brass vegetable ivory and iridescent metals with moon and star motifs.
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Joe Latimer
Columbia
Loren Latimer
Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
America
Eagle
Latimer
Willow
Kennedy attends funeral wearing neck brace
Ted Kennedy attended Mary Jo Kopechne funeral with a neck brace after the Massachusetts coast drowning. The Kennedy party sat in St Vincent's Church and later drove to St Vincent's Cemetery in Larksville. Edward Kennedy appeared somber as he offered prayers amid a large tribune of mourners. Kerked by reporters, the family laid a yellow vase on Kopechne's coffin and her father Joseph Kopechne expressed satisfaction with police accident reports.
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Plymouth
Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kennedy
Joan
Robert F. Kennedy
St. Vincent’s
Massachusetts
Berkeley Heights
Joseph
Kopechne
St. Vincent’s Cemetery
Larksville
Hyannis
Mass
Cape Cod
John V. Tunney
California
John C. Culver
Iowa
Wilkes-Barre
Ethel Kennedy
Miss Kopechne
Robert Kennedy
Joseph Kopechne
City Band Concert in Forest Park Tonight
Forest Park hosts a City Band Concert at 8 tonight featuring Star Spangled Banner Penitend Hills Concert March Medley of Scottish Airs Light Cavalry Overture highlights from The Unsinkable Molly Brown Concert Band Medley Mancini Firework Music Handel Jazz Rumba Brigadier Overture Brighton Beach Overture Night and Day Cole Porter God and Country Overture and Liberty Bell March.
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City Band
Forest Park
Penitend Hills
Light Cavalry
Molly Brown
Mancini
Handel
Brighton Beach
Cole Porter
Franklin County Budget Sees Tax Levy Rise to 37 60
Franklin County proposes a tax levy of 37.60 per thousand, up from 34.12, with total expenditures at 3.400 million. Welfare dominates the budget at 1.224 million, up 237k, including increases in old age and medical assistance. Public hearing set for 10 a.m. Monday in the county courthouse.
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Franklin County
Health Department
Bruce Spears
County School Foundation
Franklin County Court House
Lovell Concedes US Space Supremacy After Moon Missions
Jodrell Bank England AP astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell said Apollo 11 and Luna 15 demonstrated American superiority and boosted US-Soviet cooperation prospects in space. He noted Luna 15’s nine day flight ended with a crash landing, while Apollo 11 showed that the US can do almost anything if it wishes. Concurring experts questioned Luna 15’s purpose and whether it involved a rendezvous exercise.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
United States
Lovell
Soviet Union
U.S
John G. Davies
Jodrell
Tass
Moon
Lifeguard Crew Puts In Long Day At Ottawa Pool
Four Ottawa youths work 76 hours weekly at Forest Park Pool from June 16 to August 2. Becky Reynolds Kristie McAdoo Pat Sievers and Pete Anderton handle preopening duties, teaching lessons, and public safety while managing concessions and cleaning. Supervisor Harvey Drake notes attendance may rise with warm weather and records set mid-July.
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Ottawa
Forest Park Swimming Pool
Becky Reynolds
Kristie McAdoo
Pat Sievers
Pete Anderton
Anderton
Ottawa University
Junction City
Becky
Pat
Baker University
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Diana Porter
Jean Sievers
Keith McAdoo
Harvey Drake
Drake
Orlis Cox
ORC
Jackie
Debbie Kramer
Susie Jones
Karla Ledom
Vanessa Robrahn
Debbie Bartlett
Terry Drake
Ottawa High
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Lindbergh
John Glenn
Yuri Gagarin
Ted
By Linda Wheeler
Kristie
Emporia State
Pete
Becky Reynolds and
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