Sustained Push to Seed Hurricane Faith Near Florida
Scientists from Washington and California converge on Florida to seed Faith with silver iodide if she enters a target zone, aiming to sap heat energy and tame the storm. If the plan works, it could mark a historic testing of persistent hurricane modification efforts by Project Stormfury.
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Miami
Fla
Faith
Leeward Islands
Tropics
Washington
California
Florida
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Cecil Gentry
U.S
Stormfury
Anguilla
Leewards
U.S. Navy
Roosevelt Roads
Spraying Of Dallas Ends After Epidemic Toll Rises
Air Force planes completed Dallas County insecticide spraying as the seventh encephalitis victim died and the city tally rose to 102. Corpus Christi reported 13 confirmed cases and 83 suspects. Officials planned aerial spraying along the coast to halt the virus bearing mosquitoes. Thousands of fish died in Dallas rivers and lakes, with Highland Park police citing 2000 to 3000 dead fish in Turtle Creek. Dr. Hal Dewlett said tests would determine if Malathion caused the fish kill, noting yearly die offs from runoff and fertilizer.
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Associated Press
Dallas County
Corpus Christi
St. Louis
Dallas
Hal Dewlett
Dewlett
Highland Park
Turtle Creek
TVA Purchases Exceed Six Hundred Fifty Two Million
Knoxville report says the Tennessee Valley Authority bought more than 652 million dollars in equipment materials and services in the fiscal year ending June 30.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
De Gaulle Faces Tear Gas in Djibouti Demonstration
French President Charles de Gaulle toured Djibouti as police used tear gas against unruly crowds in Djibouti Square. Troops and police held lines while pro and anti French factions clashed, injuring at least 14 people and leaving a youth reportedly beaten to death amid calls for independence.
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Dennis Neeld
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Djibouti Square
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Africa
Tthis
Red Sea
Place Bimbeau
Somaliland
Cambodia
U.S
Viet Nam
Light Rains Bring Cool Weather Across South Texas
Light rain settled across much of South Texas with cooler air elsewhere. San Antonio led rainfall at .96 inches while Victoria received .41 and Corpus Christi .23. Morning lows ranged from 54 at Dalhart to 73 at Laredo, with higher temperatures and overcast in other areas.
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Associated Press
South Texas
San Antonio
Victoria
Corpus Christi
Houston
Beaumont
del Rio
Presidio
Dalhart
Laredo
Texas
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Alpine
Earth Photo Studied From Moon Vicinity
In Madrid at Robledo de Chavela scientists study the first earth photo taken from near the moon after transmission from Lunar Orbiter 240000 miles away. The Aug 23 shot shows a cloud covered half moon with Antarctica and the Americas visible in the sunlit portion and the bottom two thirds of the image depicting the southern hemisphere.
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Madrid
Robledo de Chavela
South America
United States
Europe
Hermleigh Marks Site with Historical Marker Dedication
The Scurry County Historical Committee will dedicate a historical marker at Hermleigh town site at 2 30 p m Sunday Aug 28 The unveiling will be at the Hermleigh Community Center and the public is invited Ted Averitt to serve as master of ceremonies with Revy Bernie Finch Hugh Taylor W C Farguson Mrs Wayne Boren and Rev William Parkey on the program
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Scurry County
Hermleigh
Ted Averitt
Johnson urges Soviet cooperation to lessen nuclear threat
President Johnson called for Soviet cooperation to reduce the danger of nuclear war and urged a shared commitment to justice. He spoke at the national reactor testing station in Arco and outlined a broader peace message in Denver, stressing restraint, responsibility, and calm beyond national frontiers.
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Arco, Idaho
Johnson
America
Denver
Des Moines
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Cole
Washington
Arco
Pryor
Oklo
United States
Soviet Union
East
West
U.S
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Lisbon Quake Triggers Panic but No Serious Damage
An earthquake jolted the Lisbon area today sending hundreds into the streets in night clothes. It set chandeliers swinging and window panes vibrating, but no serious damage or casualties were reported.
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Lisbon
Prospective Apollo Crew Jubilant Over Test Flight
NASA officials report the unmanned Saturn 1 test flight met objectives with only minor spacecraft issues. The three potential Apollo 1 crew members Virgil Grissom Edward White II and Roger Chaffee praised the test and awaited December orbit flight plans to begin the lunar program.
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Apollo
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Globe
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White ‘II
America
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Pacific Ocean
Grissom, White and Chaffee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E. Mueller
NASA
Enraged Suitor Suspected Of Slaying Five Persons
Five people were killed and two wounded when a man, angered by a breakup, entered a New Haven six room apartment and opened fire. Arthur Davis, 37, of New Haven, was later arrested in Newark on a multistate alert. The victims included Mary McClease and several friends. survivors described a hurried escape and a gunman wearing a cowboy hat. The shootings occurred in a city housing project in the Negro section. most victims were Black.
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New Haven
Mary Menchacha
McClease
Neil White
Dover
N.C
Richard Leathers
Caroline Sykes
Michael
Weather sketch for Texas regions with warm weekend rise
The forecast shows temperatures ranging from the mid fifties to mid nineties across Texas. North Central and Northeast Texas expect increasing clouds with isolated showers mainly in the south Saturday. Coast winds remain light to moderate from the north to northeast.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Panel Studying Reserve Call-Up
The House Armed Services Committee considers a bill to authorize the president to activate about 60,000 Reservists and National Guardsmen not attached to units. The move responds to a Senate amendment and follows a near party-line vote on the defense bill. committee chairman L Mendel Rivers outlined the plan to define reserve makeup and administration. A key provision would require any unattached Reservist or Guardsman without 24 months of active duty to be liable for active duty.
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Seymour M. Hersh Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
House
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Rivers
Reserve Forces
Reserves
National Guard
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
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