Soviet Plan to Overtake U S By 1970 Faces Detention
Moscow reports through AP on the Soviet Communist Party congress laying out a five year plan to curb Khrushchev era aims and push steady growth by 1970. Western experts see a sober blueprint with higher investment and living standards yet doubt crash targets.
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Moscow
National Congress of the
Soviet Communist Party
Khrushchev
U.S
Kremlin
Red China
West
Soviet Union
United States
UFOs or swamp gas? Hynek cites Michigan sightings
Detroit AP reports Dr. J Allen Hynek, Air Force scientific consultant, argues two Michigan UFO incidents near Dexter and Hillsdale likely resulted from swamp gases released by spring thaw, not extraterrestrial craft. He cites a Milan photo allegedly showing the moon and Venus, but deems it misinterpreted. Local residents remain skeptical while officers note many sightings by law enforcement in recent weeks.
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Detroit, Mich
Michigan
Air Force
Frank Manner
J. Allen Hynek
Hynek
Northwestern University
Dexter
Manner
Hillsdale
Detroit
Milan
Venus
Outer Space
Explosion at Noel Douglas House Sparks Town In Ottawa
Fire chief Harry Gilliland ruled out sewer or natural gas and said something was placed outside the southwest corner of the log house in Country Club Heights. Investigation moves to state fire marshal. debris sent to Topeka for lab analysis. no gas found in tests by Gas Service Co.
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Harry Gilliland
Noel Douglas
Topeka
Douglas
Country Club Heights
Ottawa
Gilliland
Bob Grabham
Local Gas Service Co
Grabham
Margarine replaces butter on military menus sparks Wisconsin uproar
In Wisconsin a Defense Department order to substitute margarine for butter on Army and Air Force menus triggered a heated debate. Butter, 70 cents per pound, is expensive. margarine costs 16 cents, though Wisconsin bans yellow margarine sales. White margarine is taxed at 15 cents per pound and some residents still obtain colored margarine from Illinois.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Air Force
Wisconsin
America
Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
Navy
Ilinois State Line
Five Break-Ins Reported In 2 Day Period
Five break ins occurred in Ottawa and Franklin County over the last two days. The Phillips 66 station in Richmond saw entry by forcing a back door with about $3 taken from a cigarette machine. At 5:15 a.m. today Ottawa police found about $275 stolen from the 50.59 Cafe cash boxes and an unsuccessful attempt on a cigarette machine. Around 7 a.m. today, sheriff’s deputies investigated break ins at Scott Service Station and the Redewood Inn, with $6 to $7 from each juke box and cigarette machine. A Champlin Os Company window was broken at 1002 N Main and rear door opened. money from a cigarette machine and pop cooler undetermined. Kansas Bureau of Investigation officer David Johnson linked the cases, noting the same entry method and motive.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Phillips 66
Richmond
Joe Ferns
Bill Wheeler
Scott Service Station
US 59
Redewood Inn
Champlin Os Company
N. Main
David Johnson
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Weather wrap county partly cloudy cooler tonight
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with Sunday clearing to partly cloudy and little temperature change. Lows near 25 to 30, Sunday highs in the 50s. Yesterday's highs 68, today 31, year-ago high 35, year-ago low 16. Record high 89 in 1910, record low 4 in 1955. Hourly readings show morning temps in the upper 40s to lower 60s and a steady decline into the evening.
Astronauts to Tell Tumbling Gemini Story
Gemini 8 pilots Neil Armstrong and David Scott face a dramatic recall at a news conference in Houston. They describe the first Earth orbital linkup with another vehicle and their 11 hour emergency flight ended by an uncontrolled tumble.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
David A.scott
Manned Spacecraft Center
Armstrong
Scott
Earth
Agena
Western Pacific
United States
Masson
Okinawa
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John H. Cornell
S. Main
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
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