Johnson sees hopeful Vietnam progress despite skepticism
President Johnson urged progress toward elections in South Vietnam seen as moving in a sound direction though critics remain hopeful yet wary. He cited a Vietnamese committee advancing plans for a constitutional assembly while lawmakers voiced mixed confidence about the path to civilian rule and broader U.S. aims.
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Washington
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Congress
Saigon
Viet Nam
Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Sit
Conservative Leads In Dominican Voting
With about half the vote counted Balaguer led Bosch 829,474 to 225,776 as rural conservative areas favored Balaguer, a former Trujillo ally. Bosch faced a weak showing in Santo Domingo and in his 1963 stronghold amid civil war memories and U.S. intervention. A third candidate, Bonelly, trailed, while observers noted a desire for stability after violence.
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Santo Domingo
Dominiecan Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Juan Bosch
Dominican Republic
Balaguer
Reformist Party
Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Jose A. Quesada
Reform Party
Rafael Trujillo
Trujillo
U.S
Rafael F. Bonelly
Weather Summary May Rainfall and County Forecast
May rainfall at Worden recorded 1.48 inches with a normal of 5.11. Year to date 6.51 inches versus 9.15 last year. annual normal 13.04. County forecast cool and cloudy with scattered showers ending Friday. southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight lows mid to lower 60s. Friday highs in the upper 70s.
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Worden
Walter Schwarz
U.S. Department of Commerce
Weather Bureau
Surveyor Up Gemini Waits for Friday Revival
Cape Kennedy Fla AP Elated by the Surveyor moonship the United States eyes a Friday followup to Gemini 9 Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan prepare for a third attempt after two failures Their plan includes potential in flight changes if a fiberglass shroud remains attached and covers the docking collar The weather forecast favors a Friday attempt at 9 39 a m EDT for a 70 hour flight including satellite rendezvous and a two hour space walk
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Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Cape Kennedy
Stafford
Cernan
Gemini
Surveyor 1 Moon Landing Televised Tests Success
Surveyor 1 landed softly on the moon after a dramatic terminal sequence and a 63 hour flight from Cape Kennedy. Images broadcast by Early Bird showed a flat lunar plain with pebbles or pits, several small prominences, and gouges suggesting impacts. The craft's legs rested on the crust at 2:17:37 a.m. EDT with all instruments functioning and no damage evident.
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Pasadena
Calif
APF
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lumar
Cape Kennedy
Bird
Moon flag carried by Surveyor 1 to lunar surface
Pasadena AP report says Surveyor 1 carried a 4 by 6 inch American flag to the moon. Sheldon Shallon, project scientist for Hughes Aircraft, bought the flag for 23 cents at a drugstore and two Hughes engineers placed it inside the craft's tubular frame before launch Monday.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Sheldon Shallon
Surveyor
Hughes Aircraft Co
Shallon
Hughes
Surveyor Craft Achieves Safe Lunar Descent Landing
The Storms target area provided a smooth surface suitable as a descent point for future Apollo astronauts. The touchdown, executed as planned, marks a progress milestone for the United States lunar exploration program. Surveyor's braking system mirrors the approach used by later manned landers in the decade.
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United States
Surveyor
Comrade Shadowing Enterprise Near North Viet Nam
A Soviet fishing trawler with heavy radar shadows the 90,000 ton nuclear powered Enterprise off Viet Nam. The Bainbridge trails the shadower in a tense low risk game with no gunfire or signals. Captain James L. Holloway says the ships seem friendly and officials see no hostile moves.
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North Viet Nam
Bainbridge
James L. Holloway
Enterprise
Franklin County considers home nursing plan awaiting state approval
The Franklin County Health Department seeks state OK for a home health services division to start July 1 tied to Medicare. The plan offers bedside nursing and speech therapy for residents over 65 with physician approval, with evaluations every two months and costs reimbursed by Medicare and patient fees.
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Franklin County
Health Service Division
Medicare
Elizabeth Wooster
State Department of Health
Frankin County
Rosalie Osburn
R. N
Health Department
R.N
City Ponders Annexation Of Sunnyside Addition
City commission weighs annexing Sunnyside Addition into Ottawa. Sunnyside resident Roy Lewis protests, urging against taxing area residents for one property. Isabel Espinosa seeks sewer hookup, state officials push septic or city line. Residents question street surfacing and funding as officials explain concrete policy and maintenance costs. (Continued on Page 10)
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Don Black
City Commission
Sunnyside
Ottawa
Roy Lewis
Lewis
Isabel Espinosa
Lincoln
Espinosa
Don Capper
Steve James
Caper
Charles Williamson
W. C. Goodeman
Goodman
James
Harry Gilliland
S. A. Stoner
Seagraves Corporation
Kansas City
Garnett Youth Randy Ohmes Dies On Harvest
Randy Ohmes eighteen year old Garnett High School graduate died of a cerebral hemorrhage early Wednesday in Altus Oklahoma while working with a harvest crew. Son of Bernie and Mrs Ohmes owners of East Side Market Garnett he started summer work after graduation May 26. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday Holy Angels Catholic Church Garnett burial Holy Angels Cemetery Rosary 8 p.m. today and Friday Survivors include his parents a brother and two sisters He earned the Ad Altare Dei award and planned to attend Emporia State Teachers College in the fall.
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Garnett
Randy Ohmes
Altus
Okla
Bernie Ohmes
East Side
Holy Angels Catholic Church
Holy Angels Cemetery
Rick Ohmes
Marsha Ohmes
Susie Ohmes
Emporia State Teachers College
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Everett M. Dirksen
Joseph S. Clark
D.pa
Dirksen
U. S
France
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Gemini Waits
Fla
Don Quixote
Page S
Hazel McBride
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Prise
7Th Fleet
High Seas
D. G. Laury
Co. W. Henning
S. W. Lott
George Atchison
Aurelia Johnson
C. W. Rogers
Wellsville
Howard
Ohmes
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