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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1966
Page
2
Experts analyze Apollo moon orbit pictures as the high-resolution camera falters. Medium resolution images from 930 mile altitude would show a 760 by 760 mile area with features as small as 750 feet. If the high-res camera fails, mission data on potential landing sites will be limited and lunar orbit may extend without the planned closeups.
The State Department said a U.S. consul in Budapest visited John and Michael Savko of Van Nuys California. The brothers face trial August 30 on a charge tied to alterations of a Viet Nam poster. They reported good treatment and prison conditions during the half hour visit.
The acting committee chair Rep Jos Pool declared witnesses excused as hecklers shouted and clapped. A Marx Leninist student organizer from the Progressive Labor Party, Stephen Cherkoss, was led away amid defiance. Four others were arrested for applauding and more youths were removed or charged during the persistently disruptive sessions.
The Senate approved a record defense package of 58 plus billion dollars for peacetime spending. They added provisions enabling Johnson to call reserves and barred funds for the Navy F111B project. The bill, passed 960 to 426, exceeds administration requests by 525 million but trails the House total by 426 million. Conference committee to reconcile differences.
Marieke Muns, 14, of Haarlem Netherlands, bought custard from a milkman and discovered a gold wrist watch inside the bottle. The incident details a rare find in a domestic setting. Local authorities or the milkman may investigate how the watch ended up in the product.
Mrs. Lillian Brige Siegel a renowned concert pianist of the turn of the century died Thursday in Cincinnati Ohio. She gained acclaim in early 1900s concert halls and was associated with prominent music circles in the region. Her passing marks the end of an era in local classical performance.
City medical societies report a 5 to 15 dollar rise in office visits for seniors after Medicare Part B coverage began, with some physicians doubling fees for older patients. Doctors defend higher charges as reflecting payment gaps while critics warn of access barriers for low income seniors.
A Russ Times report from The Times notes that former chairman of the lower fee family and an academic secretary of the Soviet Academy of Sciences has been named chief. The official announcement cites the 1937 to 1959 index base of 100 and references the Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.
Harry Norling of focal 1058 said members in his union hall mostly opposed to ratification reacted violently for fear the report would influence the result. Six New York locals voted in the same hall with staggered periods. Nationally voting was set for noon PDT with results due at 5 p.m. Local pockets of opposition were acknowledged, including one New York local and two in Los Angeles totaling 3,700 members.
Bow winner Lane Marsh will not appear at Saturday’s Hollywood Bowl concert due to illness. Veronica Tyler and Simon Estes, winners of second and third places, will perform as scheduled in Moscow event aftermath.
Homer Berry, who claimed he caused the rain, was interviewing on a Little Rock radio station during a heavy storm when a lightning strike knocked the station off the air. The incident followed his boastful claim of sole rainfall influence.
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