Final Gemini Practice Starts Today
Cape Kennedy reports the final Gemini practice for America's first two man space flight as weather remains gloomy. Astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young completed their last full training and will enter a simulated capsule for launch and re entry familiarization amid forecasts of heavy cloud cover and potential postponement.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
World Network
Bombing raid on Phu Van Vinh Son areas hits Viet Cong supply depots
More than 110 U S Navy and Air Force planes struck supply and infiltration sites in North Viet Nam about 160 miles north of the 17th parallel. Spokesmen said up to 100 percent of targets destroyed with several secondary explosions confirming ammunition storage ignition.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
Viet Nam
U.S
South
Phu van
Vinh Son
Thu An
Wallace Appeals After Judge Denies Suspension Of March
Gov Wallace seeks higher court review as Judge Johnson declines to stay the order allowing a 50 mile civil rights march. Federalized Guardsmen, National Guard options, and security needs dominate briefings with Alabama leaders and President Johnson. Demonstrators in Selma march to City Hall with no incidents before a reverse march planned in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson
U.S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Wallace
State Senate
Johnson
Alabama
Alabama National Guard
Charles M. Crook
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Crook
Selma
National Guard
Washington
Texas
New Mexico House OKs 161.3 Million General Appropriation
The New Mexico House approved a 161.3 million general appropriations bill by a 50 to 18 vote. An added 700,000 for Kerr-Mills medical care was the sole floor amendment among four. A 6 percent blanket cut failed 50 to 22. Rep. Roy Davidson pushed the Kerr-Mills allocation to force Senate consideration.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Davidson
House
General Appropriations
Miss Harper Bound Over in Fatal Shooting Case
Alberta Harper, 46, of 419 E Alameda, bound over to District Court on a murder charge after police say she shot and killed former boyfriend Lionel Richards, 34, of 812 Medical Group, Walker AFB. She is jailed without bond as prosecutors outline a struggle over a .38 revolver with four bullets fired.
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Alberta Harper
E. Alameda
Justice of the Peace
L.O. Thompson
Miss Harper
Lional Richards
Walker Afb
Girl Freed On $50 000 Bail Bonds
Laverne Hopper twenty one of Dexter charged with murder in the March 10 shooting of Charles Clements twenty four was freed from the county jail on a fifty thousand dollar bond posted by three area residents who pledged their property. Eleven offered, three qualified with Frank Peters Albert Watson and Wayne Adams posting the bond. The court requires property offered to exceed twice the bond and be free of mortgage. Hopper had been jailed since the shooting and was bound over to the district court after pleading innocent at a preliminary hearing.
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Laverne Hopper
Dexter
Charles Clements
S. Missouri
Miss Hopper
Frank Peters
Tinnie
Albert Watson
East Grand Plains
Wayne Adams
Roswell
Clements
District Court
Historic Voskhod 2 moonshot lands after 24 hour flight
Tass reports cosmonauts Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov returned safely near Perm west of the Ural Mountains after a 24 hour 17 orbit mission. Leonov walked in space for about 10 minutes proving feasibility of space platforms en route to the moon.
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Moscow
Ural Mountains
Tass
Voskhod
Pavel Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
Perm
Bochum Space Observatory
West Germany
Bochum
Teachers Organization Bill Killed in New Mexico House
A Senate bill to bar oral discrimination by school boards against teachers for union membership died in the New Mexico House. Rep. Foster’s motion to bar federation attorney access was withdrawn after the attorney left. The measure, pushed by the New Mexico Federation of Teachers, aimed to counter a professional practices bill backed by the New Mexico Education Association.
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Santa FE
Senate
New Mexico House
New Mexico Federation of Teachers
Fred Foster
D-Grant
Federation
Richard Carpenter
Chamber
Professional Practices Commission
New Mexico Education Association
House Education Committee
House
Mariner 4 power failure halts useful radiation data
Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists say a power supply failure caused Mariner 4 to stop sending usable radiation readings. Thousands of readings have been transmitted since the launch at Cape Kennedy on November 28. Johnson City reports President Johnson monitoring Alabama racial tensions with no date given for possible federal action.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner 4
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Roswell College Bond Issue Slated
Roswell Community College plans a bond issue to fund three new buildings west of Roswell with a library and administration building plus a 35-classroom facility. The measure passes the New Mexico House and awaits the governor's signature with potential federal matching funds.
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Roswell
Traylor
New Mexico
Hobbs
Skiing Conditions Report at Cloudcroft
A late Thursday report notes good skiing at Ski Cloudcroft with hard morning snow and softer afternoon slopes. Peak hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both lifts are operating and roads are clear.
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Cloudcroft
Second Shamas Holdup At 1021 S Main Store
A lone gunman held up Shamas Food Store at 1021 S Main Thursday night, bound owner Joe Shamas with tape, and fled with 12 373 in cash and checks. The incident followed a prior robbery at 1305 N Main.
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Shamas
S. Main
Joe Shamas
Joe Shamas Jr
Reed and
Main
Joe
N. Main
Robbery prompts checks report to Roswell citizens
Joe Shamas Sr. issued a request to Roswell residents who cashed checks on March 18 to report the name on the checks the amount and the bank drawn on so payment may be stopped. About $2,000 in checks were taken in the robbery.
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Joe Shamas Sr
Roswell
Bandit Arrested Within 24 Hours Of Hold Up
Investigators said the man sought in the Thursday hold up was about 45, six foot two, 200 pounds, last seen wearing a grey jacket, slacks, sport shirt and hat. He boarded a train to leave town before police captured him. Shamas freed himself about ten minutes after the gunman left and notified police.
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Shamas
Gromyko Demands End to U S Aggression in Vietnam
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, in London after a four day visit, reiterated that ending U S military action is essential to resolving the Vietnam crisis and said there could be no international conference at this time.
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London
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Gromyko
Britain
Viet Nam
Glenrio Brothers Hike Across U.S. For Skin Grafts
Alva Fritz and his brother Clarence Fritz begin a cross country trek from Astoria to Portland then toward California and along Route 66 to Baltimore. Clarence, 35, requires extensive skin grafts after a 1958 tree fall left him disabled. he travels strapped to a wheelchair pushed by Alva, with 400 pounds of gear and equipment.
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Astoria
Ore
Clarence Fritz
Alva Fritz
Glenrio
N.M
Clarence
Baltimore
Portland
California
U.S
Alva
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