Apollo to Test Saturn 1 unmanned flight around world
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP America’s moon program faces a crucial test as a Saturn 1 rocket launches an unmanned Apollo craft three quarters of the globe. If successful, three astronauts may fly in December for up to 14 days and push toward landing men on the moon in 1968. Soviet Luna 11 launches and a soft moon landing signal race in space.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
United States
Soviet Union
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White I
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Africa
Exchange student Hernan Chenleitner to arrive for 1966 67 year
Hernan Chenleitner of Frutillar Chile will arrive Sunday afternoon for a year in Snyder. Officials from the school city chamber and American Field Service will greet him on the courthouse square at about 4 30 p m. Thayne Mebane and his wife will host him after arriving from Dallas.
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Hernan Herchenleitner
Frutillar
Llanquihue
Chile
Thayne Mebane
Hernan
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce Producers Club
Chamber of Commerce
American Field Service
AFS
Guard to Deploy in Cicero Amid Civil Rights Tensions
Gov Otto Kerner ordered the Illinois National Guard to mobilize about 2000 troops to Cicero on Chicago’s western edge to quell potential race riots. Maj Gen Francis Kane said outsiders seeking trouble would be halted and that police at local, county, and state levels would be coordinated to maintain order. Cicero officials warned of possible supremacist activity, including American Nazi elements, joining the unrest.
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Chicago
Illinois
National Guard
Martin Luther King Jr
Kerner
Cicero
Francis Kane
The
Guard
Otto Kerner
Richard Ogilvie
Cook County
Defense Bill Battle Looms
The House faces a fight over adding in a defense appropriation bill authority for President Johnson to call up Reserves for active duty. The Senate added the provision to a $58 billion bill. the House had not. The Senate plan would allow Reserve and National Guard callups up to 24 months.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
National Guard
House Armed Services Committee
Rusk Defends Global Commitments to Avert Wars
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Congress that U S commitments worldwide reduce the chance of armed conflict. He cited treaties bases and executive agreements as evidence that alliances prevent trouble, not invite it, and rejected the idea of the United States as world policeman while backing a broader effort for international peace.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington AP
Dean Rusk
Congress
United States
Rusk
Senate Preparedness
John Stennis
D-Miss
Mili
Stennis
America
North Viet Nam
U.S
North Atlantic Alliance
Washington
US Planes Stage Biggest Raids Yet
U S warplanes flew a record 146 missions against North Viet Nam in the heaviest raids of the war. Ground fighting persisted in South Viet Nam with Marines and 1st Infantry Division units engaging Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. Total U S servicemen in Viet Nam surpassed 300 000 with a buildup to 350 000 400 000 projected.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Navy
Skies Clear In Soggy West Texas And New Mexico Floods
Flooded Dell City and Carlsbad areas faced millions in losses as storms eased. Reports from Corpus Christi Wesley Seale Dam and Aransas Pass show heavy rainfall while Texas Panhandle fog reduced visibility. Four deaths linked to the floods in New Mexico and Snyder funeral services scheduled.
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Associated Press
Dell City
Tex
Carlsbad
N.M
Texas
Aransas Pass
Corpus Christi
Wesley Seale Dam
Mathis
Weather Bureau
Lake Corpus Christi
Cotulla
Junction
Abilene
Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Brownsville
McAllen
New Mexico
William Henry
H. E. Nixson
Dell City Sr
Tyler
C. A. Nixson
Clyde
Nixson
McKinney
Truman Bennett
St. John’s Episcopal
Snyder
Lloyd West Road
James Funeral Home
New Teachers Meet Friday at Snyder Public Schools
New teachers joining Snyder Public Schools will meet Friday morning to begin orientation. They assemble at 8 30 a m in the high school cafeteria for a coffee session followed by briefing on school programs. Pat Falls will preside and Dr. Robert L Clinton will welcome them.
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Snyder Public Schools
Pat Falls
Robert L. Clinton
Faith Moves To Threaten Island Chain
Hurricane Faith veered toward the Leeward Islands as forecasters warned of dangerous winds and high seas. Evacuations were urged for coastal areas with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on alert as Faith neared the Caribbean.
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Faith
Miami
Fla
Leeward Islands
Caribbean
Dominica
Atlantic
Guadeloupe
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Weather Bureau
Virgin Islands
Tyler Rites For Victim Of Mishap
Funeral services are set for H. E. Nixson Jr. 43, fatally injured in a Tyler area traffic mishap near 5 p.m. Wednesday. He was superintendent for General Crude Oil Co. and lived in Snyder since 1954. His father H. E. Nixson Sr. remains in serious condition in a Tyler hospital. Surviving are wife Helen, daughter Mary Nell, two sons Roger David and others.
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Tyler
H. E. Nixson Jr
Nixson
Thirty-fourth Street
Snyder
General Crude Oil Co
H. E. Nixson Sr
Tyler Hospital
Helen Nixson
Mary Nell Nixson
Roger David
Soviets Launch Luna 11 Spacecraft Toward Moon
Moscow reports a heavy Luna 11 spacecraft four times the Lunar Orbiter’s weight sped toward lunar orbit amid official silence. Observers expect possible photo returns or even an attempted Earth return. reports mention a potential animal landing. Luna 11 weighs 3,615 pounds.
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Moscow
America
Sputnik
Earth
Cotton Hearing Moves To Dallas
At a Texas hearing the Agriculture Department weighs a proposed 1 per bale assessment to fund cotton promotion under the Cotton Research and Promotion Act. About 35 Texas and Oklahoma growers were to testify alongside national industry groups.
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Dallas
Tex
Agriculture Department
Texas
Oklahoma
Weather rundown for Texas regions with varying clouds
A fragmented weather bulletin reports temperatures across Texas regions. North Central Texas shows 65 high and 62 low with light precipitation, while Northeast Texas ranges 80 to 85 for Friday. Southwest and Southeast see increasing warmth with scattered showers in places.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Southwest
Eric Gay
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