Gemini 10 planned space stand two spacewalks for Collins
NASA announced astronaut Michael Collins will join John Young on Gemini 10 with a three day plan including a spacewalk at the end of a 50 foot line and a second EVA to observe the zodiacal light and a left behind Agena target, signaling a bold rendezvous and extra-vehicular activity sequence for the mission.
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Motorists Reminded That School Is Out
State Police Supt W E Burchett urged drivers to stay alert as school is out. He warned motorists to drive at speeds permitting a quick stop in residential and playground areas to prevent accidents despite children’s improper actions.
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Weather summary for Beckley and vicinity
Cloudy with a few showers this afternoon and a high near 76. Tonight clearing with a low around 54. Saturday mostly sunny with highs in the mid 70s. River conditions show Greenbrier Neall and clear, Lake Bluestone normal and clear with four gates open, Hinton gauge 2.6 ft. West Virginia five day outlook calls for above normal temperatures, cooler Saturday, trend warmer Sunday through Tuesday, rainfall 0.5 to 1 inch mainly Monday and Tuesday.
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Negro Marchers Plan Rural Voter Drive Soon
Meredith freedom marchers push into Ku Klux Klan country to camp along highways and talk up voter registration as they move toward Jackson Mississippi. Dr Martin Luther King leads the effort with Rev Ralph Abernathy directing in his absence.
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Satellite Will Test Radiation in Spaceflight
A 170 pound Air Force satellite launched from Wallops Island atop a Scout rocket to test space radiation dangers for astronauts. Eight plastic torso mockups carried sensors to relay radiation levels from 348 to 2550 nautical miles, with data expected for about a year.
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Outburst Of Sentiment At Suresnes World War Cemeteries
Thousands of French visitors honor Americans who died in World War I and II at the Suresnes cemetery after authorities barred the traditional Invalides ceremony. The ban, amid De Gaulle’s anti American drive, drew criticism and boosted turnout for the Kelly Day observance. Sgt. Lawrence Kelly, first American to join the Paris liberation, was mistaken for a German by a sniper and later died. Marcelle Thomas organized the annual ceremony.
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Kelly Memorial Committee
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Paris
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Surveyor flashes back lunar pictures to Earth
Pasadena gathering reports that Surveyor, America's robot outpost on the moon, sent back a sequence of lunar landscape pictures totaling between 1200 and 1306 frames. The images were expected to arrive as a major data dump, illustrating the moon's surface in unprecedented detail.
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UPI
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Moon
Earth
Tornado hits Kansas City in deadly storm aftermath
Rescue workers searched the tornado stricken Kansas City area for the missing as federal aid was pledged. At least 15 dead and 20 to 30 missing. More than 400 injured and damage around 100 million dollars. Washburn University campus damage estimated at 4 to 6 million. Burnett's Mound legend debunked as the storm carved a 15 mile path northeast across the city.
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Q and A trivia from Ring Register column
A roundup of Q and A snippets answering questions on company history okapi West Point timing and pay vast topics including presidents graves public access translation and Italian kin terms with concise, source aligned responses.
Alma Strikes Georgia as Tropical Storm After Florida Blow
Tropical storm Alma moved across Georgia toward the Atlantic after devastating Florida and Cuba with 40 to 60 mph winds. At 6 a.m. EDT it was 60 miles west of Savannah, expected to reach the sea near Charleston as it weakened over land. The hurricane caused at least 14 deaths and millions in damage, with Cedar Key among the hardest hit.
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Space Race Caution Urged By U.S. Official
Johnson administration adviser Dr Edward C Welsh says the United States holds only a slim space lead over Russia and urges focus on future progress rather than who leads. Welsh, executive secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, spoke at a luncheon of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.
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Hinton Hospital Approved By ABC
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved 724,876 for two medical projects. Funding covers 380,521 for a new Hinton hospital and 344,355 for a Point Pleasant addition. The Hinton facility will offer 38 general beds and 36 long term beds for Summers County and parts of Fayette, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties.
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Draperies Factory Proposed for Oak Hill
A New York firm Milton Stern Associates announced plans to build a draperies factory in Oak Hill. The plant would require 200 to 300 workers and a Chamber of Commerce survey is under way to assess local labor supply.
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UPI
New York
Milton Stern Associates
Chamber of Commerce
Gorilla Bride Suitor Settle First Quarrel
Ginger the mail order gorilla and George a widowed suitor at Highland Park Zoo settled their first quarrel after meeting Thursday. Ginger poked through bars, George tugged at her coat, Ginger slapped and ducked as superintendent Howard Hays noted it takes time to get adjusted.
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Harlem Dope Ring Crackdown Nets 100 Plus Arrests
Four undercover NYPD narcotics agents infiltrated Harlem’s drug trade to expose sellers in northern Manhattan. After weeks of danger and beatings of undercover officers, police conducted a large roundup arresting more than 100 alleged pushers in a sweep that began Wednesday and ended in pre-dawn hours today.
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Insurance Companies Face 100000 Suits in Charleston
State Insurance Commissioner Frank Montgomery as receiver for Crown Insurance Co filed suits totaling 200000 against Aetna Casualty and Surety Co and Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co in Kanawha County Circuit Court. He alleges that three Crown stockholders officers and employees Theodore M. Ewing Jr A Henry Tager and William R. Dorsey engaged in fraudulent acts while the defendants insured Crown against losses by those acts.
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UPI
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Crown Insurance Co
Aetna Casualty and Surety Co
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Crown
Theodore M. Ewing Jr
A. Henry Tager
William R. Dorsey
Surveyor moon robot resumes lunar picture taking
The Surveyor moon rover, weighing 620 pounds, restarted high quality TV imaging from the Sea of Storms after a two day pause at Caltech's JPL. It began with several 360 degree sweeps and had previously sent 3,968 pictures.
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UPT
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Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
JPL
Surveyor
Foreign Coal Group To Tour Kopperston Mines
A 40 member foreign coal delegation from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe will tour Kopperston mines of Eastern Association Coal Corp. The 12 day inspection includes 15 nations with a reception at Beckley’s Elks Club. Raymond J. T. A. Duffey, coal advisor to Belgium’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, will lead the visit.
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Kopperston
Eastern Association Coal Corp
Coal Committee
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
Prince
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Elks Club
Raymond J. T. A. Duffey
Belgium
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Eight year old Aaron Yates drowns at Kanawha River
An eight year old boy named Aaron C Yates drowned Thursday afternoon in the Kanawha River after being pulled from a raft by a passing worker who heard screams from nearby children and aiding firefighters could not revive him. The incident occurred about 15 feet from shore as he played on a raft.
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