Weary Marchers Move Slowly In Selma Civil Rights Walk
Rain dampened about 300 marchers on the third day of a 50 mile civil rights pilgrimage through Lowndes County. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr left a pasture campsite near Selma to attend a staff conference and planned to return by mid week for a Cleveland program.
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Selma
Ala
Lowndes County
Martin Luther King Jr. King
Cleveland
Ohio
Montgomery
Betty Jean Sullivan
Martion
Andrew Young
King
John Lewis
Cochairman
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Albert Turner
Marion
Charles Rangle
New York
George Fowler
New York Commission On Human Rights
Norman Houston
Los Angeles
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Capitol Building
Rose Steele
Ranger 9 to broadcast live lunar closeups before impact
Moonbound Ranger 9 gears up for first live televised closeups of the lunar surface just before its 9:08 a.m. EST impact. Networks will receive about 100 shots in real time, with advanced electronic transmission replacing delayed film. Scientists at JPL note the live feed aids future landing site analysis.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Alphonsus
Wide CAC Programs Proposed
Ralph Fresquez chairs a joint meeting proposing a Chaves County plan with work training work-study remedial reading slum cleanup and vocational training funded 90 by Federal funds under the Economic Opportunity Act. Mayors urged project submissions by April 5 for RAD and Welfare department support.
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Ralph Fresquez
Community Action Committee
Rural Area Development
RAD
Welfare Department
Chaves County
Fresquez
John Chappell
Chappell
Carl Caruther
Dexter
Lake van
Don Nelson
Lake Arthur
North Spring River
Texas Game Department
Hagerman
Atlas Missile Site No. 4
Roswell-Artesian Basin
George
Cotton Agent to Speak to Artesia and Roswell Groups
L Roy Fisher cotton purchasing agent for J P Stevens and Co Greenville S C will address Pecos Valley farmers and businessmen next week He will speak Tuesday at 2 p m in the CVE building Artesia and Tuesday at 7 30 p m at East Grand Plains School Roswell Fisher will discuss mill needs challenges with Pecos Valley Acala cotton and seek solutions for producers and mills A question and answer period will follow.
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L. Roy Fisher
J.P. Stevens and Co
Greenville
S.C
Artesia
Roswell
Fisher
CVE
East Grand Plains
Pecos Valley
Realtors Aid USAF Personnel In Roswell Plan
The Roswell Board of Realtors opens free rental services for a nine day period to help relocate incoming USAF personnel to Walker Air Force Base from Salina Kansas. Mayor Gail Harris and Col Perry Evans will lead a business group to brief personnel in Salina, joined by local leaders.
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Roswell Board of Realtors
Roswell
Air Force
Walker Air Force Base
Salina
Kan
Gail Harris
Col
Perry Evans
John Owen
Grissom and Young Complete Historic Gemini 3 Flight
Astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young piloted Gemini 3, three orbits around Earth in a maneuverable craft. They landed in the Atlantic about 58 miles from target, were picked up safely, and reported good shape and control of the Molly Brown.
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Space Team
Molly Brown
John Young
Gus Grissom
UPI
Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Virgil Grissom
Mission Control
Atlantic Ocean
Grissom
Young
Mission Control Center
Coast Guard
Intrepid
Air Force
Atlantic
Johnson
Non Lethal Gas Use In Viet Nam Justified
Washington AP reports the non lethal gas used in South Vietnam is a CN DM tear gas compound, a long used Army agent not related to nerve gases. Officials say it causes tears, irritation, and nausea briefly, with no lasting damage, used in Mekong Delta and December operations.
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Viet Nam
Washington
South Viet Nam
United States
State Department
Pentagon
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
Mekong Delta
Aphids Damaging New Mexico Alfalfa Crops
The Agriculture Department reports infestation of pea and spotted alfalfa aphids causing severe damage in Lea Chaves and Eddy counties. Seedling stands near Lovington and Carlsbad are dying while moisture varies, with shortages in eastern and southern New Mexico. Weather Bureau notes slight northern precipitation and generally dry southern areas. Ranges remain poor to fair with some weed growth.
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Associated Press
Lea
Chaves
Eddy
Agriculture Department
Lovington
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Roswell Ties For U.S. High At 85 Degrees
Roswell New Mexico tied for the continental United States high of 85 degrees on Monday. Imperial California and Islamorada Florida also logged 85 degree highs in the same period.
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Roswell
United States
Imperial Calif
Islamorada
Fla
Gemini Astronauts 18th and 19th into Space
Cape Kennedy reports Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young as the 18th and 19th men ticketed for spaceflight since 1961. The list of previous 17 includes Gagarin, Shepard, Titov, Glenn, Carpenter, Grissom, Niko layev, Popovich, Schirra, Cooper, Bykovsky, Tereshkova, Komarov, Leonov, and others with varied orbits and durations.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Yuri Gagarin
U.S. Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
U.S. Air Force
Gherman Titov
U.S. Marine
Col
John H. Glenn Jr
Cmdr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Andrian Niko
Layev
Pavel Popovich
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Vladimer Komarov
Boris Yegorov
Konstantin Feoktistov
Pavel Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Missing Colombian airliner sought after disappearance
A ground and air search was ordered for a Colombian airliner missing with 29 aboard. The plane vanished Monday night over forested mountains on a Bogota to Bucaramanga route, carrying 26 passengers and a crew of three, all believed Colombian.
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Bogota
Colombia
Bucaramanga
Arizonans Commit to 25000 Organ for NMMI Chapel
A Phoenix group of about 180 NMMI alumni pledged to donate the $25,000 organ for a 600000 dollar 2000 seat memorial chapel at New Mexico Military Institute. Campaign chairman William P Brown said roughly 500 Arizona alumni live in the state and support the drive.
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Phoenix
New Mexico Military Institute
William P. Brown
Arizona Division
Brown
Flori Investment Co
Earl L. Bimson
Valley National Bank
NMMI
Arizona
Seven Killed In Headon Collision Near Lordsburg
A Safford Arizona family of nine suffered seven fatalities and five injuries in a headon crash on U S 70 80 near Lordsburg. Enrique Valles 42 Maria 38 and five children died at the scene or in hospital. Surviving relatives included Isabel Facio de Ortega 57 in fair condition.
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Lordsburg
Safford, Ariz
Headon
Enrique Valles
Maria
Valles
Oneal Barker
Yolinda
Enriquetta
Miguel
Eloy
Albert
Theresa
Norma
Virginia
Isabel Facio de Ortega
Astronauts Rescued From Atlantic by Helicopter
CAPE KENNEDY FL A helicopter plucked NASA astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young from the Atlantic and landed them aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid. Grissom stepped onto the deck with a broad smile followed closely by Young.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil Grissom
John Young
Atlantic Ocean
Intrepid
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Ranger
Jean Huff
Superior
USAF
Moon
Gemini
Bulletin
Frederick W. Blocksom
Grand Lodge
Albuquerque
Blocksom
Russell G. Bird
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