Gemini 5 Heads Toward Ocean Splash in Final Day
Gemini 5, crews L. Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad Jr., pushed through the eighth day in space racing toward Earth. They logged their 108th orbit by 12:41 p.m. EST and planned to conserve fuel for jet maneuvers with a Sunday splashdown 200 miles northeast of San Salvador barring weather or technical issues.
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John Barbour
Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
Tex
Endihe
Earth
Coupner
Conrad
L. Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad Jr
Gemini Control
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
San Salvador
Snyder area oil actions include four wildcat probes in West Texas
Four wildcat operations, including two re entry probes, were listed in the Snyder area this past week. Harrison and Childress plan a 3400 foot Swastika sand probe at No LC Swenson in Stonewall County. Exploration Co of America stakes No 1 J W Voss in Fisher County for a 4200 foot Swastika probe. A drillstem test on Ellenburger at 455 75 feet yielded media oil and gas cut mud with 12 hour check and 30 feet oil plus 450 feet mud. Brown Brothers and others drill No 1 G F B Robinson to open Glorieta production in Garza County.
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Wildcat
Snyder
Harrison & Childress
Abilene
LC Swenson
Stonewall County
Old Glory
Exploration Co. of America
Tucson
Ariz
J. W. Voss
Fisher County
Royston
Round Top
H&tc Survey
Ellenburger
Fishea County
Longworth
C. L. Norsworthy Jr
Dallas
U. S. Gypsum
Newman
C. D
Brown Brothers
Post and
G. F. B Robinson
Garza ‘County
San Andres
El&rr
Huntley Field
Steel Talks Not Promising in United Steelworkers Talks
The governments top mediator described the steel contract talks as not promising after two hours of talks with United Steelworkers leaders. With four days left before a potential nationwide strike, wage demands of 53 cents per hour over three years are at issue against a 140.6 cent hourly package from the industry. The union seeks higher pay and benefits while the industry says its latest offer is final but negotiable within a range.
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H.L. Schwartz
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Union
Weather outlook Snyder Texas and Northwest Texas
The forecast covers North Central and Northeast Texas with high Friday around 9 degrees and 7 am Saturday reading at 77 degrees. Tonight is partly cloudy with 30 percent showers in the south, then clear to partly cloudy Sunday. Cooler tonight and in the south Sunday with lows near 68 to 78 and highs 65 to 95. Northwest Texas stays clear to partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a slight cool down tonight in most areas and a bit warmer north Sunday.
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Snyder
North
Texas
South
Greece parliament narrows path to confidence vote for Tsirimakos
In Athens 134 of 300 deputies supported Premier Eli Tsirimokos as confidence vote looms amid a week of political crisis. King Constantine faces calls after firing Papandreou and resistance to new elections. Workers protested arrests as debates continued with scuffles and boycotts.
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Athens
Greece
Elias Tsirimokos
Tsirimokos
National Radical Union
Center Union
George Papandreou
Progressive Party
Tsirimakos
Constantine
Papandre
Papandreou
SHS graduates to meet at 7 30 pm Thursday
All Snyder High School graduates since 1960 who have attended college at least one semester are asked to attend a meeting in the high school cafeteria at 7 30 p m Thursday Sept 2. Parents may attend, said Ben Brock principal. For more information call Brock at HI 3 6301.
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Snyder High School
Ben Brock
Brock
Vietnamese Viet Cong hit Mekong Delta in major operation
In the Mekong Delta near Can Tho and Ca Mau, Vietnamese ground forces fought a large scale operation described as a multi battalion assault. Casualties totaled at least 50 Viet Cong killed with government losses heavy. air strikes supported the push as helicopters ferried troops into the area.
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Edwin Q. White
Mekong
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet
Ca Mau
Navy
Coral Sea
Viet Nam
Officership Trouble In Bakersfield
In Bakersfield California a crowd in the Negro section sparked a disturbance early today as police arrested seven people for disturbing the peace. Bottles were hurled at a police car and a television van. one boy was reported hurt. Police noted no major property damage.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Los Angeles
Watts
Canada Plans OAS Membership Lifts Banff Hopes
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson said on Friday night that Canada will likely join the Organization of American States soon, signaling a shift in regional alignment. The report from Banff, Alberta notes the potential move as Canada eyes fuller participation in hemispheric affairs.
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Banff. Alta
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Organization of American States
Tragic Crash Kills 11 Near Vinton Louisiana
A Greyhound bus and a heavy lumber truck collided near Vinton, killing 11 and injuring 28. The truck driver died instantly. the bus driver died later in Beaumont hospital. Most victims were Texas and Louisiana residents traveling on US 90 from Houston to New Orleans.
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Vinton
Greyhound
Here
W M. Pierce
Houston
Tex
Pierce
Lake Charles
Sulphur
Orange
Beaumont
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Willard Coleman
Cuban diplomats resign protests Castro regime in London
In London Cuba’s ambassador to Britain Dr Luis Dinarda Almen K Parandes resigns in a protest against Fidel Castro. He says Cuba must end totalitarian rule and seeks asylum. Other Cuban officials also announce resignations as anti-Batista resistance recalls the struggle for liberty and dignity under a nonrepressive government.
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London
Cuba
Luis Dinarda Almen K
Parnandes Anit
Eval Cel
Dravieeo
Fidel Cas
Miami
Alonso
Gilberto Alemani
Castro
Fal
Japan
Gencio Batista
Foreign Office
Charles Bowman
Orleans
Johnnie
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Gemini
Snyder Area Oil
Bright & Schitt
Neuman
Bond Operating Co
Big Spring
Kent County
Sharples Oil Co
Midland
Cogdell
Canyon Reef
H&gn Survey Petroleum Corp
Breckenridge
James
H&tc
R. H
Jane Fulton
Lubbock
Ge Gyng Brigalae Secheanasitean Estates
SHS
Mekong Delta
Esidio Cilos Rodriguez
Orion- Plainview
Helmleigh
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Canada Eyes Oas
Mac
Coleman
Bowman
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