Young Collins All Set For Space Chase
At Cape Kennedy two Atlas and Titan 2 launches prepared Gemini 10 astronauts John Young and Michael Collins for a dual rendezvous and space walk mission. Officials reported smooth progress despite clouds as an Atlas rocket and Agena vehicle aimed for orbit while a Titan 2 carried the crew for an 8 21 p.m. liftoff amid favorable weather forecasts.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
John W.young
Air Force
Michael Collins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agena
Anso
Young and Collns
Fifteen Waves Of Yankee Jets Pound Oil Depots
AP report details American bomber waves striking Baden depot near Dong Hoi and another storage area, with 35 tires and 51 explosions. South Vietnam fighting eases in the coastal drive against 2,000 North Vietnamese regulars as paring and resistance continue. Casualties include 13 Marines. pilots report several aircraft losses, rescues, and continued aerial operations across North and South Viet Nam.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U S
Air Force
Baden
Dong Hoi
Airorce
U.S
Wood B. Kyle
3Rd Marine Division
Fatherland Front
Ho Chi Minh
Red China
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Central Highlands
Badan
Twelve New Mexico Weekend Traffic Victims Named
The Associated Press reports twelve New Mexico residents died in state weekend crashes and three died out of state. Named victims include Manuel Corona 81 of San Pastricio killed crossing U S 70 west of Honda and Manuel Martinez 56 of Valdez. Other fatalities involve Cruz Martinez 50 of Casa Grande and his children Irene 12 and Edward 2 near Las Cruces, plus Douglas Vigil 23 of Dulce who died in Santa Fe. Out-of-state deaths include Elaine Nolan four months of Alamogordo and Antonio Louis Trujillo 35 with Shirley Trujillo 29 of Maxwell in Roscoe Texas.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Manuel Corona
San Pastricio
U.S
Honda
Chandrakant Shah
el Paso
Tex
Alex S. Martinez
Valdez
Juan P. Archuleta
Taos Pueblo
Taos
Archuleta
Cruz C. Martinez
Casa Grande
Ariz
Irene
Edward
Martinez
Mies
Las Cruces
Douglas Vigil
Dulce
Jicarilla Apache Reservation
Vigil
Santa Fe
John Boyd
Clayton
Placitas
Gurule
Alfred Gorman
Window Rock
Bluewater Exchange
Interstate 40
Carl Gorman
Grants Hospital
Elaine Nolan
Alamogordo
Antonio Louis Trujillo
Shirley Trujillo
Maxwall
Texas
Fatroi Daid
Nolan
Roscoe
Elbert Siegler
Lubbock
Sweetwater
Charles E. Nolan
Alamogorado
Elaine
Ellen
Laurel
Paige
Charles Taylor
Siegler
Arizona Highway Patrol
Maxwell
U.S. 66
Navajo
Police work traps mass killer Richard Speck
Chicago reports detail a meticulous investigation that tracked Richard Speck from the nursing town house to a hospital bed. Detectives connected fingerprints, job leads, witnesses, and a single photograph to secure an arrest warrant.
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Jules Loh
Chicago
Richard Speck
Speck
Bulk Of Illinois National Guard Pulls Out On Chicago West Side
Chicago reports 2700 National Guardsmen departed from the West Side after three nights of unrest. Gov Kerner says hope law and order restored while patrols return to normal. Patrols reduced to standby after limited incidents as city plans new pools and notes youth interest in guardsmen. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. praises discipline but links peace to justice.
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New Mexico University
Silver City
Illinois National Guard
Chicago
West Side
Austin Scot
Hollie Wese
Francis P. Kane
33Rd Infantry Division
Ilinois National
Kane
Otto Kerner
Mari Luther King, Jr
Chriestian Leadership Conference
New Mexico Supreme Court Denies Interest on Back Wages
The court ruled Kennecott Copper employees who won unemployment benefits during a 1960 strike were not entitled to interest on those benefits while the case moved through court. The dispute involved 525 workers idled by the 1960 strike and reached a final 1964 district court judgment.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Supreme Court
Kennecott Copper Corp
Amnioges
Kennecott
New Mexico Employment Security Commission
Grant County District Court
Thhe Supreme Court
District Court
Supreme Court
Ten Acres Burned Near Sycamore Canyon Fire
Weekend fires in the Gila National Forest included about 10 acres burned near Sycamore Canyon in the Silver City District due to lightning. Three smaller fires totaling less than one acre were controlled by Monday morning, with additional weekend blazes in Beaverhead and Cherry Creek Campground. All crews were released as fire season winds down.
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Sycamore Canyon
Silver City
Beaverhead
Cherry Creek Campground
Helitack
Gila National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Lawrence Walton Retired Cliff Rancher Dies
Lawrence K. Walton aged 77 a retired rancher who lived in the Cliff area forty years died Saturday at Hillcrest General Hospital in Silver City. Survivors include step grandchildren. Graveside services by Rev Ralph Hensley of Trinity Presbyterian Church at 2 30 p m Tuesday in Gila Cemetery under Curtis Mortuary direction.
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Lawrence K. Walton
Cliff Area
Hillcrest General Hospital
Silver City
Ralph Hensley
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Gila Cemetery
Curtis Mortuary
Local All Star Team Wins State Crown
An all star team of Silver City senior division Little Leaguers defeated Es tancia 2 1 to capture the state championship at Scott Park on Saturday night. The Silver City squad, coached by Don Stailey with assistant Mark Kistler, advances to face San Manuel Arizona in Miami on July 26.
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Silver City
Estancia
Scott Park
San Manuel
Ariz
Miami
Weather forecast with scattered showers and mild temps
Partly cloudy today tonight and Tuesday with scattered afternoon or evening showers. Chance of measurable precipitation 30 percent today 20 percent tonight and Tuesday. Little change in temperature with highs near 82 and early morning lows around 64. 70 hour report notes high 5 and low 6 with Alpert recording high 5 low 68 and trace of rain.
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Alpert
Library Plans Mining Department in Honor of Jerry Faust
Mrs. Helen Lynch of the Public Library in Silver City announced a Mining Department to house published works on mining and geology in memory of Jerry Faust, a prominent Southwest mining engineer who died after a ranch accident last week.
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Jerry Faust
Helen Lynch
Public Library
Silver City
Forest Blaze Mistaken for Residential Fire Near City
Fire Chief Louis Martinez said a call to extinguish a residential fire on Little Walnut Road at 8:05 p.m. Saturday ended as a forest blaze in the Sycamore Canyon area. The reserve truck stalled and needed a mechanic. five volunteers and one regular responded. The fire burned about 10 acres and was reported under control Monday morning per the U.S. Forest Service.
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Silver City
Little Walnut Road
Louis Martinez
Martinez
Tas
Sycamore Canyon
U. S. Forest Service
Brother dies named George Erskin in Columbia Louisiana
Mrs. James C. Herndon learned Thursday night of the death of her brother George Buddy Erskin of Columbia Louisiana. Funeral services and burial occurred there Saturday. Buddy was well known in Silver City and had visited here often in previous years.
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James C. Herndon
George
Buddy) Erskin
Columbia
Buddy
Silver City
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