Delayed Cape Launch Hints At New Storm Tracking Craft
Cape Kennedy reports a six day delay to the ATS 4 launch due to a failed gyroscope pack in the Centaur upper stage. The 864 pound satellite will orbit 22 200 miles over the equator to provide daylight and night storm tracking with a steerable camera and four 123 foot booms testing gravity stabilization.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
ATS 4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Today in History July 23 highlights world events
On this date in 1945 Henri Philippe Petain was tried in Paris for treason. Also noted: 1829 William A. Burt patents an early writing machine, 1870 Swedish settlers in New Sweden Maine, 1886 Steve Brodie claims Brooklyn Bridge jump, 1892 Frick shot in Pittsburgh, 1914 Austria demands from Serbia, 1956 Eisenhower to Johns Hopkins, 1964 Queen Elizabeth names four women to peerages, 1969 Cuba seizes U S Embassy Havana, 197? Detroit violence aftermath and Puerto Rico commonwealth vote.
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Henri Philippe Petain
Paris
William A. Burt
Mount Vernon
Mich
New Sweden
Maine
New York
Steve Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
Henry Clay Frick
Carnegie Steel Co
Pittsburgh
Frick
Austria
Serbia
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
House of Lords
Cuba
U. S
Havana
United States
Detroit
Weather overview for Texas regions through Wednesday
Snyder temperatures show highs from 88 to 102 across regions. Northwest and Southwest Texas stay partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers possible in the northwest. Night and morning lows range from 66 to 80 across the state while highs climb into the 90s.
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Snyder
Texas
Talks to be held in Czechoslovakia Soviets concede to Czech demands
Moscow agreed to a conference with the Czechoslovak Communist leadership in Czechoslovakia. The Soviets pulled out most troops after 18,500 were withdrawn through Presov, amid reports of a frontier buildup and a demand for troops to be stationed along the West German border.
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Czechoslovakia
Prague
Soviet Union
Moscow
West Germany
Kremlin
Communist Party
Czechoslovak Party
Presov
Mien
Germany
Willy Brandt
Cabi
United States
France
Labor woes stall party conventions at Miami Beach
Labor disputes hinder preparations for both national party nominating conventions. Pickets blocked entry to the Miami Beach convention hall as unions protested use of nonunion labor and CBS footage feeds. Meanwhile in Saigon, Maj. Gen. Robert F. Worley was killed when his RF4C was shot down by ground fire, with several others wounded or safe.
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Miami Beach
Fla
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
CBS
Saigon
Robert F. Worley
7Th Air Force
da Nang
Worley
North
South
Vietnam
Pacific Air Forces
Honolulu
Royal N. Baker
U.S
Tam Ky
Bees Attack Tree Trimmer Leaves Man Injured in Cincinnati
Huston Wilhoit aged 45 was attacked by more than 100 bees while 35 feet up a tree he was trimming. He freed himself by shaking free the ropes and descending the tree, then fell the final ten feet. He was reported in fair condition.
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Cincinnati
Huston Wilhoit
Wilhoit
Mrs Hayley Dies Rites Pending Funeral Planned
Bernice Dorothy Hayley 62 of 1912 Avenue R died at 9:30 am in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are pending at Bolger Funeral Home. She managed the Green Stamp Store in Snyder and was born June 25 1906 in Fort Worth. Survived by one daughter Ruth Rose Odessa two sons Joe Dorsey Fort Bragg NC Gale Dorsey Snyder three sisters Loma de Baun Lakewood Calif Flora Largent Long Beach Calif and two brothers M J McGregor Keller Texas C B McGregor Brownwood.
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Bernice Dorothy Hayley
Avenue R
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bolger Funeral Home
Ruth Rose
Odessa
Joe Dorsey
Ft Bragg
N. C
Gale Dorsey
Snyder
Loma de Baun
Lakewood
Calif
Flora Largent
Long Beach
M. J. McGregor
Keller, Texas
C. B. McGregor
Brownwood
Unrehearsed hold up at Fox studio nets thief $10197
Hollywood police report an unplanned robbery at the 20th Century Fox studio business office where the thief escaped with 10197 dollars on a Monday.
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Hollywood
20Th Century-Fox
the Bandit
Solons Endorse Post Office Plea For Exemption
Three Democratic senators support the Post Office Department plea for an exemption from manpower cuts that could trim residential deliveries to four days and shut 12,000 branches. Senate officials say the cuts threaten town vitality as Postmaster General Watson asks Congress for swift action.
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Washington (Ap
Post Office Department
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Senate Post Office Committee
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Monroney
Yarborough
Wyoming
Gale McGee
W. Marvin Watson
Congress
Johnson
Watson
Aircraft Losses Drop Sharply After Bombing Curb
The AP reports U S aircraft shot down over North Vietnam fell to 30 since March 3 bombing limits, versus 133 in the same period last year. Daily missions rose to about 130, from 103 in 1967 and 65 in 1966, with monthly totals shown for 1968 and 1967. The reduced losses brought financial savings as well.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Johnson
Panhandle
Associated Press
United States
North
Adams Rites In Rotan
Funeral services for Thomas Adams of Rotan were held after his death at Cogdell Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. Survivors include his wife, three sons, five daughters, a sister, a half-brother, 24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Thomas Adams
Rotan
First Baptist Church
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Thomas C
Odessa
Troy H
Gerald N
Kermit
R. E. Johnson
Abilene
James McAlpine
Boyce Lay
John D. Hopper
Brownwood
Darwyn Metcalf
Tulsa
John Duncan
Hillsboro
Bud Snearly
Dumont
Snyder School Board awards bids for track and tennis upgrades
Snyder School Board accepted a 39 725 bid from Vibral Whirl Co. for a reslite track and tennis court surface, with 4 969 for tennis court lighting from Southern Electric Co. Other bids were from Alico Enterprise, Counts, and W D Caldwell. The district approved curb and drainage repairs, a reimbursable project cost about 1 368, and a consolidated federal subject program application to Austin.
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Parent Low
Vibral Whirl Co
Panhandle
Alico Enterprise
Amarillo
Counts of
Midland
W D. Caldwell
Big Spring
Southern Electric Co
Austin
Ted Crenwelge
Harold Lacik
Dan Cotton
Kenneth Wilson
Pat Falls
Doug Flynn
Herb Reed
Jad Joyce
Frank Tayor
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Bratislava
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Warsaw
Poland
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Chicago
Fective
Baker
Bette Lorraine Fury
Palm Desert, Calif
Enugu
Biafra
Solons
Adams
Charles W. Adams
Herman R Adams
Roy Neves
Snyder School Board of Trustees
Hanoi
Fred Thompson
James Frederick Low
Joe Victor Carpenter
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