Gemini 5 Pilots Track Heat Readings On Eight Day Flight
Apollo era space mission Gemini 5 continues toward the halfway mark of its eight day pace as pilots Charles Conrad Jr and James Lovell observe a fiery solid propellant missile launch over the Pacific coast. They take pictures and infrared readings while monitoring heat output from the rocket and report visible landmarks from their high altitude. The crew aims to prove humans can live and work in space without debility during the 3.12 million mile voyage.
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L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Peter Linnartz
Pacific Coast
GOPs Fight For Immigration Limit
House Republicans seek a ceiling on Western Hemisphere immigration and support a overall cap of 170 000 visas with 20 000 per country while debating a separate 115 000 hemisphere limit. Key votes loom as Dean Rusk opposed inserting hemisphere limits into the bill.
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John Beckler
Washington
House
Canada
Mexico
Western Hemisphere
Western
Europe
Judiciary Committee
U.S
Clark MacGregor
Rminn
GOP
Michael A. Feighan
Dohio
State Department
Dean Rusk
Civic Music To Offer Memberships This Week
Scurry County Civic Music Association offers a final membership window from September 6 to 13 for the upcoming season. Membership grants access to all programs with tickets priced 7.50 for adults and 4 for children. Known acts include Phillips and Renzulli duo piano, Chicago Little Symphony, and the New York Sextet with potential bonus concerts if more members join.
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Scurry County Civic Music Association
Association
Snyder
Phillips and
Renzulli
Chicago Little Symphony
New York Sextet
Weather sketch blends temperatures across Texas regions
Reading Monday 87 degrees and 68 at 7 am, today 70 degrees in North Central Texas. Partly cloudy with showers in half the area, tonight and Wednesday warmer with lows around 70 to 76 and highs 92 to 100. Northeast Texas shows sun and showers, west area partly cloudy. South Central Texas partly cloudy with minor showers. temperatures near 72 to 90. Readings reflect scattered showers and mild transitions through midweek.
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Snyder
Texas
Hall of Area
Seeet
Chamber of Comm
Lea
Registration urged for Snyder elementary students
Snyder public schools urge parents of elementary students to pre register as soon as possible this week. Officials say accurate counts by grade and school are needed due to district changes this year and pre registrations by Friday will speed permanent student assignments before the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 30.
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Snyder Public Schools
North Viet Nam demands U S troop withdrawal before talks
Moscow AP report says Hanoi insists talks on the Vietnam War must start after American troop withdrawal and recognition of Vietnamese national rights. Four points from Premier Pham Van Dong include south internal affairs per Viet Cong program and peaceful reunification without foreign interference.
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Moscow
North Viet Nam
United States
Saigon
Johnson
Pham van Dong
North
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Marshall Takes Oath as U S Solicitor General
Thurgood Marshall became the first Black solicitor general of the United States when sworn in at a White House ceremony. President Johnson and Justice Black praised him as a lawyer and predicted he would be one of the great solicitors while noting race should not bar the exercise of skill.
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Washington
Thurgood Marshall
The
United States
Johnson
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
White House
Marshall
U.S. Court of Appeals
2Nd Circuit
Application for New State Bank in New Caney
Austin reports the Banking Commissioner J. M. Falkner said today an application has been received for a new state bank to be established in New Caney north of Houston. The action initiates regulatory review of the proposed bank.
Lake Permit Draft Mailed for Texas Lake Project
Texas Water Commission mailed a draft permit for a new lake above Robert Lee to interested parties after a hearing held months ago. Colorado River Municipal Water District aims to use the lake for an 11 county area with a 40 000 acre feet annual withdrawal and up to 3 000 acre feet from low water dams for mining related waterfloods. The district now holds a 30 000 acre foot Lake J B Thomas permit and total withdrawals would be limited to 73 000 acre feet from both lakes with mining allowed up to 5 000 acre feet from the new lake.
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Big Spring
Robert Lee
Texas Water Commission
Colorado River
CRMWD
J. B Thomas
Lake Thomas
Modified Foreign Aid Bill Sees Final Senate Battle
Sen J W Fulbright urges passage after two months of conferee talks on a revised foreign aid program worth about 3.36 billion dollars The measure passed the House and now faces a Senate showdown The bill centers on military and economic aid with a two year authorization and safeguards for future reviews by the executive departments
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J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Senate House
Washington
Morse
Chow
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Crene
Fulbright
House
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Dr. Wich
Dr Sheppard Appeals To High Court
Dr Samuel Sheppard the Cleveland osteopath sentenced to life for the 1954 murder of his pregnant wife appealed again to the Supreme Court claiming pre trial publicity prevented a fair trial. The appeal keeps him free pending high court action. The case centers on whether a bushy haired intruder killed Marilyn Sheppard.
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Samuel Sheppard
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Sheppard
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marilyn
Houston Man Killed in Early Arrest Shooting
Houston police say 19 year old Fred Rucker was shot and killed by a detective during an attempted arrest on burglary warrants. The shooting occurred in Houston and is under investigation by authorities.
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Houston
Fred Rucker
Rucker
Iman
Divers Work To Recover Bodies In Hong Kong Crash
Fifty eight U S servicemen mostly Marines aboard a C130 Hercules crashed after takeoff from Kaitak Airport. Divers recovered two bodies and believed at least 20 more remained in the fuselage as cranes removed wreckage from 30 feet of water. Eyewitnesses described a sudden veer and engine loss. 71 aboard including 6 crew and 65 passengers.
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Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
U.S
Viet Nam
Royal Air Force
Ng Kam-shing
Kaitak
da Nang
Saigon
Cairo Shifts to Report Pact to End Yemen War
Cairo radio and Voice of the Arabs announce that President Nasser and King Faisal agreed to end the Yemen war and aid Yemeni gains. The joint communique says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Republic will cooperate for Arab unity, but offers no details.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Voice-of-the-Arabs
Jidda
United Arab Republic
Rusk Says Reds Just Talk War
Secretary of State Dean Rusk says Red China talks tough about Vietnam but avoids entering the war. He notes Beijing aims to fight to the last Vietnamese yet acts cautiously. President Johnson pursues prudence to prevent a wider war as Bundy highlights direct surveillance over military decisions.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Red China
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Rusk
Johnson
Bundy
North
Travis JH selects drum major Aayve Turner for Blue Devil Band
Kaye Turner named drum major for the Travis Junior High Blue Devil Bands for the coming season. She will also serve as band librarian, alongside Leslie Loyd, with Ross Gillum and Jerry Northcott as quartermasters and Jerry Tate as equipment manager. Band director Jerry Pickens reiterates two full band rehearsals this week for all A band members.
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Kaye Turner
Travis
Blue Devil
Nell ‘Turner
Hill Avenue
Miss Turner
Leslie Loyd Quartermasters
Ross Gillum
Jerry Northcott
Jerry Tate
Jerry Pickens
Thursoy and
Iy Ie
Stickup Gang Foiled by Widow and Dog at Post Office
In Homerton England widow Henrietta Waite confronted a trio attempting a robbery at her country post office. She seized an 18 inch club and pressed the alarm bell, aided by her dog Chum as they chased the bandits from the building.
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Homerton
England
Henrietta Waite
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Hong Kong Island
C. J. Davis
Hong Kong Aero Club
Nasser
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon
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U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
CBS News Special Report
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Hanoi
Aayve Turner
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