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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1966
Page
2
Rocket approval clears Gemini 11 for first orbit rendezvous with Agena. Gordon plans 400 foot spacewalk tether connection to test a fuel saving formation method. Conrad will disconnect after tether test and pursue high altitude photo work and geology themed aims aboard the mission.
UPI report says Rep. Wayne Hays calls for federal action to curb Stokely Carmichael over alleged incitement of riots in Atlanta and Cleveland. Hays urged use or creation of a law to prosecute crossing state lines to incite violence, praising swift imprisonment of Carmichael and his SNCC associates.
Oak Ridge Tennessee medical division invites 31000 gastropod slugs at five cents each to support lipid research. By Wednesday more than 2000 slugs had already been delivered as youth researchers swarm the division offices. Slugs will be used to study lipids proteins and carbohydrates in living cells.
Fragmentary notice appears to announce a delivery charge or schedule with a reference to a Bureau of circulation. It mentions daily publication except Sunday at a 6th Street and Pine Avenue location in Long Beach.
In Plaquemines Parish Louisiana a wave of resignations vacates two top administrative posts as the Justice Department prepares four days of depositions. Superintendent Frank Patti and Assistant Superintendent Atha Guidroz quit after a federal judge approved the move. The desegregation order forces Negro transfers amid heavy resistance in the parish south of New Orleans. FBI agents and government attorneys probe schools as critics argue harassment. the district must still place 174 transfer requests, with private schooling drives on the horizon.
Rev. George Lockwood, 58, pastor of the People's Community Church in Long Island City, Queens, was attacked by a gang of 10 youths while en route to an anti poverty center in Corona, Queens. He suffers from multiple sclerosis. Police said the assault occurred Wednesday night.
SACRAMENTO Assemblyman John C. Williamson of Bakersfield was appointed by Speaker Jesses M. Unruh to the Joint Legislative Committee on Tidelands on Wednesday.
GM announces a reorganizing plan shifting Santa Barbara aerospace and military vehicle projects to Cleveland tank plant and Milwaukee AC Electronics division, moving Los Angeles AC lab to Santa Barbara and Milwaukee, Barbara programs, and transferring Santa Barbara maternal sciences to GM technical center in Warren Michigan as part of broader research expansion.
About 75 Indian firefighters from New Mexico joined roughly 600 on the lines to fight a 3,000 acre blaze in the Sierra National Forest east of Fresno with helicopters air tankers and heavy equipment. Separate fires burned in Lassen Plumas and near Iron Mountain, with winds up to 20 mph and m l from the Yosemite area. A Navy plane crash at Grizzly Peak near Mt Shasta added to the day’s fire emergencies.
President Johnson signed the agriculture department soil bill with added funding, yet balked at provisions. He told Congress he would veto money not in his budget and objected to a 312.5 million increase, plus blocks on food aid to nations trading with North Vietnam and limits on his budget planning for agricultural research. He argued such measures infringe executive functions and run counter to humane foreign policy goals.
President Johnson objects to a 1957 budget rise in Agriculture and related programs while Congress advances a $7 billion package. He criticizes the larger allocation as ill advised during inflation curbs and contends the extra funds exceed his budget plan. The piece also notes a fashion aside about mini skirts and a separate Alaska project involving Eskimos and a 11 500 grant.
House leader McCormack said he knows of no rule prohibiting Rep. Powell from carrying a pistol in the House. Powell, a New York Democrat, confirmed he often wears a .38 revolver and claimed he has a license, noting he does not advocate gun-toting for all African Americans and that he carries it among friends.
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