Astronauts Bone Up For Tuesday Flight
Cape Kennedy prepares for the Gemini 9 mission as Air Force Lt Col Thomas Stafford and Navy Lt Cmdr Eugene Cernan study flight plan details and weather. The 70 hour 40 minute flight aims for rapid Agena rendezvous and a long space walk, marking key tests for future moon missions.
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Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Cape Kennedy
Stafford
Cernan
Agena
Bermuda
Wasp
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Oklahoma
Chicago
Johnson calls crisis talks on Buddhist crackdown in Vietnam
President Johnson summoned top advisers to discuss the Da Nang Buddhist dissident crackdown by Premier Ky. Officials report no advance U.S. warning and no American units involved as Washington seeks to calm factions and avoid entanglement.
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LBJ
Washington
Johnson
Nguyen Cao Ky
State Department
United States
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Moyers
U.S
Marshall Wright
1St Corps
da Nang
Administration
Secretary of State
Saigon
Camp David
Wright
U. S
Presidio Tops Nation With 105 Degree Heat This Day
The Associated Press reports showers across Northeast Texas with scattered rain in western and southern parts through Tuesday. Temperatures reached 105 degrees at Presidio the warmest spot, while San Angelo 99 and Amarillo 96. Gulf air kept most areas in the 80s and 90s as a cold front cooled Dalhart to 48 before dawn.
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Associated Press
Texas
Mercury
Presidio
San Angelo
Childress
Wichita Falls
Wink
Abilene
Amarillo
Lubbock
Gulf
West Texas
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Dalhart
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Texarkana
Ford Sees Dictatorship By Johnson Critique
Rep. Gerald R. Ford accuses the Johnson administration of steering the nation toward a dictatorship. Speaking at a campaign fund dinner in Lenox Massachusetts he says a government large enough to provide all means is large enough to take away all holdings. He criticizes price controls inflation fighting and excessive nonmilitary spending.
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Lenox
Mass
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Johnson
House
Ford
Congress Opens Battle Of Budget
Washington AP The administration launches a major budget fight over a 4.2 billion financing plan aimed at shifting government loans to private investors. The House vote is expected Tuesday as opponents denounce it as a gimmick and critics warn of higher interest costs.
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Edmond Lebreton Washington
Congress
House
Farmers Union
Americans For Democratic Action
Treasury
Workers Strike In France Over Wages And Hours
Paris AP reports more than five million workers in government and private sectors plan a Tuesday strike demanding higher wages and shorter hours, signaling wide industry action across France.
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Paris
Playoff Game Set Here Tuesday
Snyder High and Lamesa High meet in a best two of three district 3-AAA baseball playoff to decide the state qualifier. Game one is Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Towle Memorial Park in Snyder with game two Thursday at Lamesa and a potential deciding game Friday if needed. Snyder won the coin toss to host game one.
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Snyder High
Lamesa High
Towle Memorial Park
Snyder
Keith Miles
Speedy Moffett
Lamesa
Gail
Tigers
Tornadoes
Local Bands Win 96 Medals In Regional UIL Contests
Snyder High Band Lamar Junior High Band and Travis Junior High Band win a combined 96 First Division medals at the Region VI Solo and Ensemble contest held Saturday at McMurry College Abilene with over 2000 students participating. Snyder High School Band earns 54 medals Don Eiring directs Lamar Junior High Band wins 25 medals Travis Junior High School Band collects 17 medals Melvin Montgomery Charles Shaw Don Eiring Jerry Pickens lead their bands in the event.
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Snyder High
Lamar Junior High
Travis Junior High
McMurry College
Abilene
West Texas
Snyder High School
Tiger
Melvin Montgomery
Charles Shaw
Lamar
Don Eiring
Travis
Jerry Pickens
Harmonious Conventions Held Saturday In Scurry
Scurry County held county Democratic and Republican conventions on Saturday. Democrats backed the Johnson and Connally administration and elected Frank Wilson as permanent chairman with Dan Cotton as secretary. The GOP endorsed Tower leadership, Texas right to work, and Viet Nam objectives, naming Gene Dulaney as permanent chairman and Mrs. Carl Dillahia as secretary.
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Frank Wilson
Scurry County
Joe Carroll
Dan Cotton
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Connally
Democratic Party
Wilson
Giles Bowers
Ross Williams
Wayland G. Holt
Bob Crowell
Mabel Brock
L. A. McClanahan
Com
Sterling Williams
George Killam
Frank ‘Wilson
Herbert Feather
L. A.mcclanahan
Charlie Bley
J. R. Helm
Renal B. Rosson
Wayland Holt
H. P. Brown
M. L. Andress
J. C. Burton
Harold Bennett
W. James Rosser
A. B. Lightfoot
Gene Dulaney
Carl Dillah
Sen
John Tower
Texas
Boa Constrictor Found In Mail Bag At Philadelphia Post Office
A six foot boa constrictor was discovered in a mail bag at the Philadelphia main post office. Clerk Mark Timmerman recalled fearing danger yet preserving silence until the snake was noticed. Forman John Dickson deemed the creature beyond handling and unsuitable for mailing.
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Philadelphia
Mark Timmerman
Timmerman
Forman
John Dickson
Thirteen Die In Istanbul Accident
Thirteen workers were killed and fifty injured in two traffic accidents in Turkey. A truck with ninety eight laborers overturned in Turkish Thrace killing nine. another truck skid into a ditch in southwestern Anatolia killing four more.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Turkish Thrace
Anatolia
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with varied temps
Weather summary shows temperatures across Northeast Northeast Texas Northwest Texas and Coast regions. Forecasts include highs from 78 to 95 degrees and lows from 48 to 76 with mostly cloudy to sunny skies and scattered thunderstorms across multiple areas. Winds largely light to moderate with coastal southeast breezes.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
S Viets Assault Viet Cong Base
Two regiments of the 10th Vietnamese Division about 3,000 men launched a dawn drive against a Viet Cong base camp 72 miles southwest of Saigon. They reported 32 guerrillas killed and 25 weapons seized, plus a 20 bed hospital and an ordnance shop. U S B 52 bombers struck again near the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Sai Gon
Binh Long Pravinca
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