Gemini 6 Heroes Return to Carrier Wasp
Gemini 6 crew Schirra and Stafford safely landed aboard the Wasp after a dramatic recovery near Bermuda. They joined Gemini 7 in orbit-one spacecraft glided to a 12 mile landing on the carrier under clear skies while Navy divers supported the capsule.
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Borman
Lovell
Gemini
el Paso
Tex
Sas Sea
Wasp
Stafford
Deadeye
Shima
Bermuda
Annapolis
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Calif. Plane Bomb shows bright flash over mountain
Three California men aboard a missing Frontier Airlines cargo plane were last seen after a bright flash in the sky near Mt Blancas 35 miles northeast of Alamosa Colorado. Snow and thick clouds hindered search while CAP and aviation officials speculated the four engine craft exploded. The crew consisted of pilot Everett Reed co-pilot Thomas Hunt and flight engineer Brian Ferris, all from California.
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Colo
UPI
Orado Cap
Civil Air Patrol
California
Mt Blancas
Frontier Airlines
Don Peck
United Air Lines
Peck
CAP
Everett D. Reed
Cannga ‘Park
Calif
Thomas D. Hunt
Burbank
Brian M. Ferris
Glendale
Witnesses disagree on bank rate hike
Two economists testified before the House-Senate Economic Committee on the Reserve Board’s move to raise the discount rate from 4 to 4.5 percent. Harris warned of a potential $40 billion income loss next year, while Gainsbrugh called most leading businessmen’s view the step desirable for keeping the economy prosperous.
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House-Senates
Reserve Board
Harris
Washington
U.S
Seymour E. Harris
University of California At San Diego
Federal Reserve Board
Martin R. Gainsbrugh
Yied
National “Indus
Dead Men Use in State Fraud Told
The State Department of Employment reported that a computer aided arrest of Deanne S. Klemens and her husband Michael for defrauding disability insurance. They allegedly filed claims under dead persons names and social security numbers, collecting about 20339 dollars. Police arrested them on 14 felony counts in Los Angeles. The department noted its computer checks for fraud, while internal auditors reviewed thousands of checks to uncover the scheme. The fraud dated to late 1968 and 1969.
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UPI
State Department
Sher
Deanne S. Klemens
Michael
Glendale
Los Angeles
Klemens
Department
Albert Tieburg
Tieburg
Nebraskans Add Car to Viet Nam Gift Train
Lincoln Nebraska UP I reports a Christmas gift train to South Vietnam neared completion. Sen Carl Curtis praised the effort as America’s voice of patriotism and generosity. The train carried 15000 cartons of pork and beans clothing medical supplies and toiletries plus a varied cargo as it moved from Washington to Lincoln then Utah before heading to Saigon for distribution to U S service members. A nationwide drive to collect gifts for Vietnam was nearly finished and mail from San Francisco to Vietnam continued, with surface mail remaining steady.
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UPI
Viet Nam
U.S
America
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Voice of America
Lincoln
Clearfield
Utah
Viet’ Nam
San Ncisco
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Young Republican National Federation
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