Luckless Gemini 9 mission faces new flight attempt Friday
UPI reports Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan prepare Gemini 9 for a fresh orbital rendezvous after fixes to a faulty logic module and uncertainty over whether the target satellite shed its shroud. Engineers hope to launch at 9:39 a.m. EDT Friday, with earlier checks confirming the replacement parts and a potential shroud issue.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Record June low temperatures hit three Raleigh County stations
A new June temperature record was set across Raleigh County with lows of 29 at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital and Flat Top, and 34 at Raleigh County Airport. The 29-degree lows are the lowest for June in the hospital’s 1903 records and Flat Top’s since 1931, while the airport’s 34-degree reading tops its three year history.
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Raleigh County
Richard Neave
U. S. Weather Bureau
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Flat Top
Neave
Surveyor Mission At A Glance
United Press International reports the Surveyor probe launched from Cape Kennedy completed a 247538 mile journey in 63 hours landing softly in the Sea of Storms. The 10 foot high 620 pound package aims to transmit moon surface photographs to assess crust readiness for a future manned Apollo landing planned for 1969.
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United Press International
Moon
Cape Kennedy
U.S
Russia
Surveyor
Foreign Space Experts Praise Lunar Landing
Foreign space experts from the Soviet Union Britain West Germany and others hailed the U S Surveyor lunar landing as a remarkable achievement and overwhelming technical success The Tass agency noted U S flights aided by Luna probes while British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and German space researchers praised the milestone as a major step toward manned moon missions
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United Press International
U.S
Soviet Union
Tass
Bochum Institute For Satellite and Space Research
United States
Johnson offers moderation at racial conference amid Viet Nam protests
President Johnson visits the White House racial problems conference and urges restraint to curb militant delegates. CORE chairman Floyd McKissick says plans to push resolutions for an immediate ceasefire and redirect war funds to domestic programs. Johnson asks delegates not to expect rapid solutions and aims to empower moderates as the event closes with a banquet.
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Louis Cassels Washington
UPI
White House
CORE
Johnson
Weather Sunny Warmer Beckley Area Today
Beckley and vicinity expect sun and rising temperatures this afternoon with a high near 68. Tonight will be clear and not as cold with frost possible in low areas, low around 38. Friday looks fair and warmer with high in the mid 70s. Airport conditions show a high of 61 in the last 24 hours and a low of 34. River gauges greenbrier and lake rivers show normal, with 27 gates open at lake. New gauge at Hinton reads 2.4 feet. Extremes today include highs of 101 in Presidio Texas and Phoenix Arizona, and a low of 27 in Oakland Maryland.
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Beckley
Ceekeea Kwenenes
Greenbrier
Hinton
Presidio
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
Oakland
Racial Tension Surface Over Negro Sheriff Nominee
In Tuskegee Alabama a white deputy warned of potential racial trouble if Lucius Amerson, a 32 year old Negro, wins the sheriff election after defeating white Sheriff Harvey Sadler in a Democratic runoff. The town in Macon County shows Negroes outnumber whites by more than five to one as fears mix with politics and race.
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Tuskegee
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Lucius Amerson
Amerson
Harvey Sadler
Macon County
Tuskegee Institute
Sadler
George Wallace
Becktley Q and A style public help notes
A long, disjointed OCR fragment collates local Q and A items from Beckley on topics like driving lessons, DSS benefits, stock exchanges, welfare, and library fines. It also includes a Vietnam Hue siege report and Buddhist protests from Saigon, with names, offices, and dates scattered throughout.
U.S. Planes Hit North Viet Nam After Raids
U S planes conducted 68 missions targeting North Viet Nam supply routes and transport facilities. Three fighters were lost to Communist gunners, two F105s and a F4C Phantom, with one F105 pilot rescued and the other two crews missing feared dead. Raids spanned Dong Hoi Vinh Hanoi and Mu Gia Pass near the Ho Chi Minh trail, while ground casualties showed a drop last week with 87 Americans killed and 605 wounded. Communist losses reached 1,173 killed and 197 captured.
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Saigon
UPS
North
Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Hanoi
Mu Gia
Ho Chi Minh
Michigan teachers boycott schools across Detroit suburbs and Flint
Teachers staged a mass walkout at 94 Detroit area and Flint schools defying a state antistrike law. About 75 percent of 905 teachers in three suburban districts joined, disrupting classes for roughly 60,000 students as Gov. Romney urged restraint and teachers carried placards for higher pay.
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Detroit
UPS
Flint
Mich
George Romney
Tom Hill
Michigan Federation of ‘Teachers
Afl-Cio
Balaguer Claims Early Victory as Vote Count Grows
SANTO DOMINGO UPI reports conservative Joaquin Balaguer said he had won the Dominican presidential race with roughly a quarter of the ballots tallied. The statement signals an early lead while results from the counting continue.
Five Miners Die As Gas Sweeps Pa. Drift Mine
Five soft coal miners were killed by black damp gas in a Dora area drift mine eight miles west of Punxsutawney. Names include John Kramer 33 Troutville Sam Gaul 39 Troutville Robert White 47 Punxsutawney Hilton Neiswonger 27 Mayport Ronald Moore 25 Reynoldsville. Bodies recovered after blowers cleared gas. machine operators Gaul and Moore were cutting into old workings.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
UPI
Dora
Here
Allegheny Mountains
John Kramer
Troutville
Sam Gaul
Robert White
Punxsutawney
Hilton Neiswonger
Mayport
Ronald Moore
Reynoldsville
Gaul
Moore
R. L. Shaffer
Jefferson County
Three Die In Hildebrand Fire Near Morgantown
A Hildebrand fire killed Lester Tresler 53, Shirley Milik 41, and Mabel McGinley 60 in a four room frame house. Westover fire crews were dispatched at 8 30 a m and the bodies were recovered at about 10 30 a m. Officials said a bottled gas container explosion started the blaze and heat kept firefighters back from the dwelling.
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Morgantown
UPI
Hildebrand
Lester Tresler
Shirley Milik
Mabel McGinley
Westover
U.S. Officials Weigh Vietnam Settlement Details
Washington officials voiced encouragement over a compromise between Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and dissident Buddhists but admitted confusion about its impact on the South Vietnamese government. They questioned how adding 10 civilians to the ruling junta would affect elections and whether a military civilian Congress would oversee affairs. President Johnson said he supported moves toward representative government and noted progress by an electoral committee, though U.S. diplomats in Saigon reported uncertainty about the negotiations and their fallout.
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Washington
UPS
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Tragedy Strikes Beckley Family Twice in Three Months
Tragedy hits Silas Rollins family as Marine Pfc. Lewis C. Rollins is killed in Vietnam. Earlier, son Silas Dallas Jr. died in an automobile accident in Detroit while returning home to Beckley. Lewis, a year in the Marine Corps, attended Stratton High School. Survivors include sister Rosa Rollins. Body returns to Trent and Durgan Funeral Home.
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Beckley
Silas Rollins
H. St
Pfc
Lewis C. Rollins
Viet Nam
Silas Dallas Jr
Detroit
Mich
Lewis
Marine Corps
Stratton High School
Central Baptist Church
Rosa Rollins
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
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JPL
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By Roger Hammer
James Allen
James Allen Ellison
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Egister
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Wanda Campbell Bledsoe
Alma Campbell Burmeister
Ella Campbell Bibb
Allen
Augusta County
Point Pleasant
Augusta County Presbytery
Augusta Academy
Liberty Hall
Washington On Lee University
Joseph X. Fazio and Co
Raleigh County Bank
James Kincer
S. Kanawha
Pine Lodge
David Fitzpatrick
Raleigh County Health Department
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