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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
6
The Gemini 4 mission aimed to dock with the Air Force Titan booster but could not close the gap, using fuel and ending attempts in orbit. Mission officials say docking remains a major Gemini goal, with future trials planned to test long duration flight effects and training for rendezvous.
Viet Cong attacked a government convoy 150 miles northeast of Saigon killing at least 10 soldiers and destroying vehicles. Two Americans with the convoy escaped unharmed. A district town near Saigon saw a battalion assault with 30 defenders missing, as U.S. helicopters repelled the attack and six armed choppers held off the Communists. Also a Vietnamese air liaison plane went down in a blaze and a rescue helicopter crash injured three U.S. crewmen. Military planes conducted heavy raids over North Vietnam with no noted ground-fire source.
Gemini 4 mission overview with crew Maj James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II. Launch at 8 16 a m Phoenix time, duration 97 hours 50 minutes, 62 orbits. Titan 2 booster 90 feet tall 10 feet in diameter. Objectives include weightlessness effects rendezvous extravehicular activity space training for Apollo program and experiments.
A severe tornado wrecked Hale Center injuring 100 with 48 hospitalized. Twelve buildings were badly damaged and seven demolished while the National Guard stood by. The cyclone cut communications between Lubbock and Amarillo and routed traffic around the town.
Torrential thunderstorms soaked the Midwest with heavy rain totals in six to twelve hours and produced record low temperatures for June in several Northeast and Great Lakes cities. Columbia Missouri saw 2.29 inches in six hours while Paducah Kentucky posted 2.63 inches since yesterday. Burlington Vermont logged a 33 degree low for June 3, Buffalo New York matched its record low for the date, and cities like Traverse City Michigan Alpena Michigan Montpelier and Newport recorded 20s to 30s. The Northeast Coast and Ohio Valley districts also had showers with over an inch in Boston and Charleston West Virginia reporting rain totals since yesterday.
The government run Royal Greenland Trading Company announced it has sold almost 1500 home freezers to Eskimos in Greenland.
Mrs McDivitt and Mrs White awaken before dawn for final countdown calls from Cape Kennedy and watch the liftoff from home in Nassau Bay and El Lago. The two families attend a 15-30 a.m. Mass offered for Mrs McDivitt before the flight.
The secretary of state hinted at a deeper Soviet commitment in Vietnam after reports of IL-28 bombers near Hanoi. Officials caution the number of aircraft remains unclear, while noting the implications for U.S. aims in Southeast Asia and potential shifts in the Vietnamese conflict.
Phoenix police answered 41 calls in a 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m. today including 42 traffic accidents eight with injuries. Major crime box score lists 21 burglaries four grand thefts two assaults.
The Senate appropriations committee plans to introduce a memorial to Congress asking no limits on merchandise from Mexico under an import law amendment. The House has passed a bill cutting duty free tourist allowances from $100 to $50 and setting a one quart liquor limit per person per 30 days for border crossing. Present Mexico to Arizona liquor quota is one gallon per person every 30 days.
Dominican rebels led by Col Francisco Caamano Deno press for restoration of the 1963 constitution and formation of a new government before elections. Caamano rejects the junta plan for early elections under OAS supervision, calling it a fable as Brazilian troops and an OAS peace team move to stabilize Santo Domingo and reach a settlement.
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