Ranger 6 Readies Moon Flyby After Key Midcourse Maneuver
Ranger 6 completed a crucial midcourse burn under Goldstone control in the Mojave Desert signaling toward a lunar closeup mission. JPL director William Pickering cautioned hours of tracking remain to confirm results as the craft nears its Sunday moon dive and possible first American lunar images.
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Motorola Device To Trigger Ranger Moon Camera Gear
Motorola in Scottsdale supplied the Ranger 6 spacecraft with an L-band transponder and a flight data encoder under contract to NASA JPL. The transponder handles two way earth commands and returns scientific data while aiding tracking, enabling potential lunar television pictures from Ranger 6.
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Johnson seeks broad farm program and study of supermarket power
President Johnson sent a special farm message to Congress proposing programs for wheat cotton milk sugar and potatoes to raise prices and curb output while urging a bi partisan commission to study the growing concentration of power among supermarket chains and its effects on farming and consumers. The plan includes rural poverty reduction food aid expansion and a five year extension of Food For Peace.
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County Board Reaffirms Strict Bidding Rules on School Construction
Maricopa County board of supervisors reaffirmed a policy requiring competitive bidding for all school construction. A letter outlining the policy will be sent to school boards and architects. Advanced Roofing halted its lawsuit after the decision, citing nonrestrictive specifications as the issue with a Tempe high school project.
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Pro And Con School Aid Groups Organize
Washington groups mobilize to influence federal aid to parochial schools. Citizens for Educational Freedom backs private church and non profit schools while Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State opposes public funds for church related schools. Both push letters to the White House as Johnson’s poverty program nears final decisions.
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