Florida presents medals as astronauts visit Roswell
Twenty foreign students aged 16 and 17 arrive in Roswell from Camp Rising Sun New York for a four day visit hosted by the Roswell Rotary Club and Rotary District 552. They show varied interests in engineering physics medicine and teaching with plans to become engineers physicians and scientists.
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Roswell
Camp Rising Sun
New York State
United States
Jose Amazurrutia
Mexico
Pepe
Christopher John Angus
England
Pierre Bonville
France
Jude
Antonio Borres
Philippines
Esam E. Borai
Egypt
Peter Harder
Denmark
Japan
Seiji Imanaka
Finland
Tapio Lano
Bjorn Mathiesen
Norway
Ahmad Ali Menarsadghi
Iran
Ishola Oyeewunni
Nigeria
Jorge Perssonelli
Brazil
Turkey
Mumin Cengiz Altay
Periciles Vallianos
Greece
Board Deadlocked Again On Chaves Schools Plan
The State Board of Education again deadlocked on creating an independent Chaves County school district. A 5-5 vote followed a debate deeming Aug. 2 actions illegal as the panel reconvenes to resolve reorganization under a 1965 law and a state attorney general opinion.
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Santa FE
State Board of Education
Chaves County
Chaves
Penasco
Artesia
Elida
Roosevelt County
Lamoine Langston
State Department of Education
State Board
E. P. Ripley
Ques
Lora McKinley
Datil
Gilbert Lopez
Las Vegas
Tito Martinez
Ranchos de Taos
Barbara Sena
Thelma Inman
Deming
East Grand Plains
Roswell
Space Travelers Back After 12 Hour Sleep at Cape Kennedy
Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad return to Cape Kennedy after an eight day space flight aboard the Gemini Champlain. They sleep 12 hours, lose about 10 pounds each, and begin 11 days of reviews and seclusion. The landing and reception include Florida Governor Haydon Burns and space officials, with plans for future moon mission work.
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Florida
Hayden Burns
Pete Conrad
Gordon Cooper
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad
Navy
Lake Champlain
Haydon Burns
Cooper
Conrad
Charles A. Berry
Gemini
Cape
Pad 19
Moon
Champlain
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Control Center
Charles Berry
Air Force
The
Howard Minners
Johnson
Pope Paul
Sever
Undersea Home Tidied at Sealab 2 Mission
Ten aquanauts complete setup for a 45 day endurance test in Sealab 2 at 205 feet below the Pacific. They plan to connect a communications and data gathering unit to their undersea trailer as team leader M Scott Carpenter reports impressive marine life views and clear visibility. Divers descended Saturday to the 12 by 58 foot steel cylinder on the ocean floor near La Jolla California.
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LA Jolla
Calif
M. Scott Carpenter
California
Mrs. Utah crowned Mrs. America in San Diego pageant
Alice Buehner of Salt Lake City, 34, mother of six and wife of Don L. Buehner, won the 1965 Mrs. America title after events and stage presence judged in San Diego. Excerpts note Castro assassination claim by exile group and Gemini 5 milestone with astronauts, medical notes, and mission outlook.
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San Diego
Calif
Utah
Alice Buehner
America
Johnson urges steel talks to avert national strike
President Johnson pressing steel unions and employers to concede for a settlement to prevent a crippling strike. Leaders from United Steelworkers and U S Steel attend high level talks at the White House with Moyers reporting hopes for continued bargaining and a settlement.
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Washington
Johnson
Steel Union
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Steel Company
I.W. Abel
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Miss Wool Dedicates B 52 City of Roswell in New Mexico
Miss Royda Crosland 20 of Albuquerque will dedicate the B 52 bomber City of Roswell on Walker AFB flight line at 10 a.m. The aircraft honors Walker’s Sixth Bomb Wing as it enters the World Series of Bombing at Fairchild AFB Spokane Washington September 12 18. A Walker crew is chosen for the events.
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Wool
New Mexico
Royda Crosland
Albuquerque
Walker Air Force Base
Crosland
Roswell
Walker
Fairchild Afb
Spokane
Washington
Avalanche Buries 100 Workers at Swiss Construction Site
An ice avalanche struck a hydro electric project near Saas Fee Switzerland burying about 100 workers. Police reported a glacier section broke away injuring and burying Italians and Swiss at the site near the Italian border with a very high death toll feared.
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Saas Fee
Switzerland
B52s Will Strike More in Viet Nam
Saigon Vietnam AP reports Strategic Air Command B52 bombers will increase raids in the Vietnam War to target Viet Cong strongholds. Two additional B52 strikes occurred over the weekend bringing total to 14. pattern may shift to about one strike daily in the near future to confuse the Viet Cong. Military sources note B52s offer saturation and speed unmatched by fighters.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
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