Gemini 3 mission marks first orbit maneuverability by US crew
Capes Capsules section describes equipment for in flight maneuvering including braking rockets and survival gear. UPI reports astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young begin third and final orbit from Cape Kennedy at 12 34 p m EST, aiming to land after about 2 p m. EST. The two man capsule rose on a Titan 2 rocket and performed orbital adjustments over Bermuda Texas and the Indian Ocean, hailed as a historic maneuver indicating controllable spacecraft in orbit.
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John W. Young
Georgia
Alvin D. Webb Jr
America
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Grand Turk Island
British West Indies
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Bahamas
Gemini 3 Flight Report Highlights Molly Brown Cabin Name
Ground control praised data on both pilots as excellent and gave a go for a second orbit. The 7,000-pound cabin Molly Brown was named by Grissom in memory of the sinking of his first space flight's capsule. Cooper confirmed the Gemini 3 launch was textbook with both spacecraft and rocket rated go, despite a brief oxidizer leak concern.
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Grissom
L. Gordon Cooper
Gemini
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Intrepid
Funeral services set for former WV congressman Rosenbloom
Cleveland hosts funeral services today for Benjamin L. Rosenbloom 8% former U S Congressman 1921 to 1925 from West Virginia who also served in the West Virginia Senate and as Wheeling mayor. Also stalled six day strike negotiations across glass container plants with no joint talks scheduled. Clark Hoskins 37 of Sardis Ohio drowned after falling from a barge on the Ohio River near Wheeling Monday night. his body was not recovered.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
U. S
West Virginia
Rosenbloom
W. Va
Senate
Wheeling
Clark Hoskins
Sardis
Ohio River
Sweden's Princess Desiree Welcomes First Son
Sweden's Princess Desiree gave birth Monday to a son and both mother and child were reported doing fine today. The princess is married to Baron Nicolas Silver-Schield. It is their first child. A Hopemont Sanitarium patient, Richard X. Osler, 6 Parkersburg, was found along the B and O Railroad tracks Monday hours after leaving the tuberculosis hospital without permission. Authorities said he was struck by a train around 11 p.m. Sunday but his body was not discovered until another train passed. Angered Birmingham residents boost reward for capture of six dynamite time bombs planted in the Negro community, raising total to more than $3,000.
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Nicolas Silver - Schield
Hopemont Sanitarium
Richard X. Osler
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Nation watches as Grissom Young reach space
President Johnson watched on television along with millions as astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young were launched into space. West Virginia University forms a seven member panel to study Parkersburg branch and expand the two year undergrad program. Rep Arch Moore criticizes absentee voting abuses as Lincoln Day dinner highlights stalled reform. Senate Commerce Committee moves to require health warnings on cigarette packs. Trial of James V Brown opens in Charleston charging aiding and abetting falsification of federal flood funds. Marvin Schrebe, 31, of Martins Ferry, sentenced to 1 to 20 years for the 1956 St Clairsville shotgun slaying. Wheeling Police Chief Kulpa bars Billys Restaurant from officers unless on raid or complaint. cites gambling nearby.
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Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
West Virginia University
Parkersburg
Arch A. Moore
Mason County
West Virginia
Senate Commerce Committee
Charleston
James V. Brown
Kanawha County
Brown
Interstate Commerce
Virginia Mae Brown
Marvin Lee Schrebe
Martins Ferry
W. Va
Ohio
Jean Goff
St. Clairsville
Wheeling
Louis M. Kulpa
Kulpa
Rain Plagues 'Bama March on Montgomery Route
Three hundred civil rights demonstrators trudged through rain on the third leg of their march from Selma toward Montgomery. King left the group to address a Cleveland speaking engagement and planned to rejoin Wednesday morning. Guardsmen and MPs protected the procession as they camped on farms and crossed Route US 80 and US 98 in Lowndes County.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Cleveland
Ohio
Rosie Steele
Lowndesboro
Alabama
Brown's Chapel Ame
King
A.G. Gaston
Birmingham
Gaston
Lowndes County
Johnson
Leroy Collins
Kennedy leads climb of Mt Kennedy in Yukon
UPI reports Senator Robert F Kennedy began his ascent of Mt Kennedy, the 13,900-foot peak in Yukon Territory honoring his late brother John F Kennedy. The eight-man party reached base camp at 8,500 feet by helicopter, with mild weather blamed for recent snow slides. Conditions were described as excellent by expedition leader Dr. Bradford Washburn.
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Yukon Territory
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy
RCAF
Bradford Washburn
Kennedy
James Whittaker
Barry Prather
Mondapees
Cloudy And Damp Beckley Weather Report
Cloudy with rain this afternoon and tonight in Beckley area. High today about 61, low tonight near 38. Tomorrow will be cloudy windy and cooler with rain turning to snow flurries. Highs in the 40s. Also notes Greenbrier River normal and clear, lake conditions clear, new gauge at Hinton 3.3 ft. Extremes show 85 in Imperial California and Islamorada Florida, 25 at Bemidji Minnesota.
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Calif
Islamorada
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Bimidji
Minn
North Viet Nam Bombed For 3rd Time This Week
SAIGON U S and South Vietnamese warplanes bombed and strafed targets in North Viet Nam the third time this week. Eight Skyraiders attacked the Ba Dinh radar station near the DMZ while bombarding convoys along National Route 1 from the zone to Dong Hoi. An American pilot aboard one Skyraider was reported by a U S spokesman as Capt John R Walters. The radar station, described as a major reconnaissance center, suffered fire but limited damage elsewhere.
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UPS
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North Viet Nam
Ba Dinh
Dong Hoi
Quang Binh
U.S. Air Force
John R. Walters
Phoenix
Ariz
Air Force
17Th Parallel
World criticizes nausea gas use in Viet Nam
London reports broad criticism from both Communist and non Communist sides over the use of nausea gas in South Viet Nam. Government supporters in the House of Commons urge Prime Minister Harold Wilson to condemn the action. East Berlin press brands the move barbaric and links it to tear gas against Americans.
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UPI
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Zeitung
Beckley Wins Federal Grant to Plan Incinerator
Beckley is awarded a $43,100 federal planning grant for engineering studies on a municipal incinerator. The grant, announced by Senator Byrd and Representative Slack, serves as a planning advance toward an $815,900 project. If not constructed, the funds become a repayable loan. Mayor John W. Smith filed the application.
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Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
John M. Slack
Community Facilities Administration
John W. Smith
Virgil Grissom: Gemini-3 mission details and history
Virgil I. Grissom, the veteran astronaut, commands Gemini-3 with John Young as co pilot in NASA's first three orbit mission. The piece recounts Grissom's near misses and resilience from his Mercury flight Liberty Bell 7 to the Gemini era, including launch to orbit challenges and the mission's milestones.
Gemini launch reported by Tass with Grissom and Young
Tass reports the Gemini space ship launched today from Cape Kennedy with cosmonauts W. Grissom and J. Young. The mission, outlined in the launching program, will make three orbits around the globe.
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UPI
Tass
W. Grissom
J. Young
Cape Kennedy
U.S.A
Space Talk Gemini terms and spaceflight jargon
CAPE KENNEDY UPS reports define Abort and Alarm procedures for capsule failures. Apogee is the orbit peak while Attitude describes craft orientation. Black-out signals during reentry, Booster launches, ECS environmental control, and drinking water. Gemini is America's second man in space program. MCC runs Mission Control Center. MDS monitors Titan-2 booster and malfunctions. Mercury is the first speed god. Nitrogen cooling info teased on page 2.
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UPS
ECS
Gemini
America
Castor
Pollux
MCC — Mission Control Center
MDS
Ranger 9 Targets Alphonsus Crater in Lunar Photos
Pasadena reports Ranger 9 completed a mid course maneuver adjusting toward the moon for a television close up of Alphonsus crater. Scientists awaited confirmation around 5 30 p m EST on whether the maneuver achieved a precise bullseye trajectory.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Earth
Moon
Alphonsus
Gemini Baby Named By Nurses At Magee Hospital
In Pittsburgh nurses honor the Gemini space shot by naming a foundling newborn girl Gemini. The infant, reportedly about 7 pounds 8 ounces, was discovered in a city sewer by construction worker Al Piera of Connellsville about an hour before the Cape Kennedy liftoff and is listed in good condition.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
Magee Hospital
al Piera
Connellsville
Cape Kennedy
Countdown Flight With Fathers Wins Family Watch
Young Scott and Mark Grissom counted down three two one and watched their fathers Virgil Grissom and John Young launch aboard Titan rocket. Families of the astronauts followed on TV from home as children skipped school to observe the historic lift off. John Young's son joined in the countdown while his daughter Sandy practiced piano nearby. The scene included wives Betty Grissom Barbara Young and neighbors, with Mrs. Young expressing elation as the rocket disappeared in red dish brown smoke.
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Tex
UPI
Young Scott
Mark Grissom
Virgil
Gus) Grissom
John Young
Betty Grissom
Barbara Young
Sandy
John
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