Biosatellite 2 and Surveyor 5 Launch Set for Cape Kennedy
Cap Kennedy prepares a double space launch with Biosatellite 2 carrying 10 million biological samples including parasitic wasps and frog eggs to study growth in weightlessness and radiation. Three days later Surveyor 5 aims for a soft moon landing in the Sea of Tranquillity near Crater Moltke.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Biosatellite 2
Surveyor 5
Earth
Crater
Moltke
Delaware Basin Well Is Largest Yet
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co reports completion of the No. 1 Abshier unit a major gas well in the Delaware Basin West Texas with an open flow potential of 435 million cubic feet per day from 20 022 feet depth. Production comes from Ellenburger perforated intervals between 19 074 and 19 862 feet.
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Tulsa
Okla AP
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
Delaware
West Texas
Stanfield
Ellenburger
Snyder public schools enrollment rises slightly for 1967 68
Snyder Public Schools report 1967 68 enrollment of 3 547, up 90 from last May and 20 below Sept 9 figures. Higher grades show Snyder Senior High at 728, Lamar Junior High 500, Travis Junior High 438, and elementary totals led by Central with 366 and 320 at Lamar. More pupils expected to enroll today and Friday.
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Snyder Public
Snyder Senior High
Lamar Junior High
Travis Junior High
Central
Arabs and Israelis clash again near Suez and Allenby Bridge
The cease fire breached as cross canal fire erupts near Ismailia with five civilians wounded and buildings hit. Israel and Egypt trade blame at the United Nations as Jordanian fire exchange occurs south of the Allenby Bridge with no Israeli casualties reported.
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Suez Canal
Jordan River
Israel
Egypt
Ismailia
U.N
United Nations
Allenby Bridge
Jericho
Jordan
Canal
Red Sea
Suez
Mohammed A. El-Kony
Security Council
Suez Entrance
Port Taufiq
Marines Battle in Que Son Valley Ends With Heavy Casualties
In Saigon, Marines and about 4 000 North Vietnamese regulars fought through the night near Tam Ky and Que Son. Official tallies report 188 Communist and 70 Marine fatalities, with total Marine casualties at 124 killed and 278 wounded.
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Saigon
Que Son Valley
Tam Ky
Tam
Que Son
da’ Nang
North Vietnam
U.S
Lang Con
Signs Stir Curiosity About A M
Thornton residents Mr and Mrs Troy Randall and Chamber of Commerce Manager Gene Merrifield received a letter asking the meaning of the sign I'm In For A M seen in Snyder area storefronts. The note ties the sign to the announced arrival of American Magnesium as a new local industry.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gene Merrifield
Randalls
A.M
A. M
Snyder
Texas Draft Call For October Quota Set At 977
Texas draft boards must furnish 977 men for induction in October, down from 1180 in September and 1421 in August. Boards will process 4000 more men for pre induction mental and physical exams in October, matching September totals. The Texas quota is part of a national 17000 for the Army.
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Austin AP
Texas
Morris Schwartz
State Selective Service
Army
Ford Walkout Strikes Ford Motor Co After UAW Picketing
United Auto Workers launched a national strike against Ford Motor Co halting 1968 model production in 25 states. Ford rejected binding arbitration minutes before contract expiry while GM and Chrysler kept production and wages under existing terms.
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Bill Simmons
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United States
General Motors
Chrysler
Io GM
UAW
Walter P Reuther
Henry Ford II
Malcolm Denise
Teacher Salary Dispute Closes Schools Nationwide
Widespread teacher salary disputes force prolonged closures affecting over 600 000 students with Michigan and New York hit hardest. Detroit postpones 300 000 pupils while New York eyes a two year 125 million package. Broward County Florida keeps 90 000 students home as 2 732 teachers resign and Fort Lauderdale schools stay shut.
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Detroit
Norman Drachler
New York
Michigan
Board of Education
John V. Lindsay
United Federation of Teachers
Detroit Board of Education
Detroit Federation of Teachers
East St. Louis
Ill
Broward County
Fla
Fort Lauderdale
De Gaulle seeks Polish help to end U S role in Vietnam
French President Charles de Gaulle, greeted by a crowd of about a half million in Warsaw, urged Poland and France to work together for peace in Vietnam. He proposed joint efforts to end bombing and the foreign military presence, noting Poland’s role in the International Control Commission and France’s ties to Indochina. He pressed for stronger Polish independence from the Soviet Union and closer Franco-Polish political consultation.
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Warsaw
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Vietnam
U. S
Poland
de Gaulle
International Control Commission
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Edward Ochab
de Gaulle Re
Soviet Union
Pensacola Flood Alerts After Heavy Rainfall
Pensacola in Florida receives over 14 inches of rain in under 20 hours causing street flooding and swamped cars. Police report no injuries as wreckers clear vehicles and officials cite overwhelmed storm sewers in the Pensacola Mobile area.
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Pensacola
Fla
Weather Bureau
Aldo Rasponi
Raymond Kaft
Miami
Kraft
Florida Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola - Mobile
Milton
Heavy Reader Poses Threat in Harrow Building
Joseph McLaughlin, 82, kept about 1,000 books yearly for 20 years, causing floor sagging in his second floor apartment. Borough engineer ordered removal. eight workers moved the collection to a vacant school, including a 14th century manuscript and Byron first editions. McLaughlin plans to sell them but will miss his library.
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London
Joseph McLaughlin
Harrow
McLaughlin
Byron
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Regional forecast notes for North Central and Northeast Texas Northwest South Central Southeast Southwest. Reading at 7 am SA degrees. Temperatures set to rise with highs Friday in the 80s to 90s and lows in the 50s to 70s across six zones.
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Snyder
Texas
San Angelo Eyes New Lake Water
Officials from the Colorado River Municipal Water District and San Angelo discussed possible water sourcing from the Robert Lee lake. Talks were exploratory with no amounts set, as CRMWD nears dam completion and a 488 000 acre foot lake.
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San Angelo
New Lake
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Robert Lee Lake
Charles Perry
Odessa
CRMWD
Perry
O. H. Ivie
J. E. Williams
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Gan
Reuther
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Milwaukee
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