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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1965
Page
2
Historic space chapter recalls Gemini 6 and 7 pilots Schirra and Stafford circling Earth, meeting in orbit as Titan 2 launches from Cape Kennedy. The mission marks renewed momentum toward moon goals by 1970, despite earlier launch issues and a near miss in October.
President Sukarno appoints Defense Minister Gen. Abdunl Haris Nasution as deputy commander of KOTI supreme operations command. Sukarno remains commander in chief of KOTI, a top policy body.
A Wickert Public Opinion Institute survey reported 319 percent of men and 28 percent of women in West Germany no longer view Christmas as a religious holiday. The poll mirrors an earlier English study showing many questioned people do not see Christmas as a religious observance.
E C Williams a former FBI special agent in charge in San Diego was appointed by county supervisors to fill the term left by the death of Assessor John McQuilken. Williams 60 retired from the Milwaukee office this month after nine applicants were considered. McQuilken died October 21 and the coroner ruled the death as self-inflicted.
Gemini 6 was scheduled for a space rendezvous with Gemini 7 today. It aimed to overtake its target after a second modified orbit, a chase of 103000 miles at 17500 mph, by flying lower faster orbits.
Two 7 and 9 year old boys were jailed after police found they vandalized a school. They broke into the building, ransacked rooms, damaged windows, painted walls and telephones, tore up a stage setting, ripped a curtain, and caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Patrolmen H. E. Pound and Lloyd Usry reported the incident.
Rear Adm. Bayard H. Colyear, 70, who served in the Atlantic in World War I and later commanded a cruiser fleet with the Pacific Fleet and a submarine group, died Monday of a heart attack in Healdsburg California.
At Houston Space Center families of Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford reveled as the Gemini 5 spacecraft launched. Mothers Taye Stafford and Marjorie Slayton traded lighthearted remarks with reporters, while children returned to school amid the celebratory mood. Astronaut Pete Conrad and photographer Gordon joined in the visitors at the Schirra home.
Tuesday storm sweeps through leaving clear skies in Long Beach with a 41 degree low. Weather Bureau warns another disturbance tonight will bring scattered showers through Thursday and cool temperatures. Snow fell in Los Angeles foothill areas and waterspouts were sighted offshore. San Bernardino mountains pick up snow for ski weekend.
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