Gemini 11 Aboard To Set Space Rendezvous Record
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard F. Gordon Jr. ready for a Friday launch from Cape Kennedy. They plan a rapid first orbit rendezvous with the Agena target satellite, a 863 mile altitude goal, and two EVA plans including a 107 minute spacewalk and a 140 minute stand outside the ship to photograph stars. Programs officials expect a 10:25 a.m. liftoff with Atlas Agena timing at 8:48 a.m. local time.
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Jim Strothman
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Navy
Cmdr
Gordon
Conrad
Charles W. Mathews
Gemini
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Do Signs Mean Quake Brewing
Los Angeles AP report discusses microquakes along California faults and a calm period on adjacent faults. Scientists caution we cannot yet predict quakes. some say microquakes might precede large shocks while others warn a lack of activity could signal locked fault strain building to a major event.
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Los Angeles
California
American Geophysical Union
University of California At
James Brune
California Institute of Technology
Seismological Laboratory
Texas Draft Call Raised for November
Texas draft boards were instructed to provide 2,339 soldiers in November all for the Army. Col. Morris Schwartz, state director, said the October quota rose to 2,845 from 2,671, the largest monthly call since April 1953 near the Korean War era. The September call stood at 1,889.
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Austin
Texas
Army
Morris Schwartz
Navy Seeks Addl 200 Million for Viet Nam Construction
The expanding war has pushed U S Navy financed RMK BRJ contracts in Viet Nam beyond initial estimates by 200 million dollars. Costs rose from 10 to 50 million for Sai gon port expansion amid higher demand for wharf space. The DoD weighs additional allocations as crews of up to 51 700 work on airfields ports warehouses and depots.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Rmk-Brj
United States
Department of Defense
W. R. Rogers
Army
Navy
Air Force
Combine
Verwoerd's Body Flown To Pretoria
The body of slain Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was flown to Pretoria for a state funeral. Editorials in Rand Daily Mail and Cape Times criticized Parliament security as lax and questioned how a foreigner could reach such a position. Verwoerd would have turned 65 and his funeral is planned for Saturday.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Hendrik F. Verwoerd
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Rand Daily Mail
Verwoerd
The
Cape Times
Rolling Stone
Dimitri Tsafendas
Mozambique
Showers Return to Snyder Area After Light Rain
Rainfall was light in Snyder with heavier showers to the south and southwest. Lake J. B. Thomas dam reported one inch of rain but no runoff into the lake. Lake elevation at 2245.29 feet, about 13 feet below spillway. Snyder logged .15 inches by 7 am with light drizzle continuing.
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Snyder
Lake
J. B. Thomas
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
The report notes warm conditions in Snyder with a high near 80 and a low around 63. A light 0.15 inch shower possibility is recorded. North Central Texas expect cloudy periods with scattered showers mainly west today and east Friday, cooler and less warm south today.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Solons Relieved Rights Shelved As Post Election Issue
In Washington the Senate shows little chance of voting on the open housing section of the civil rights bill before the November elections. Democratic leadership may shelve the House-passed measure after a brief filibuster, with a post election session possible.
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Washington
Senate
Stehley Promoted to Assistant Principal at Travis Junior High
James M. Dutch Stehley is named assistant principal at Travis Junior High School, filling the vacancy after Jack Gorman moved to principal and Robert L. Smith resigned to take an administrative post at Hurst. Stehley has a decade in the local school system and previously coached track and football and taught mathematics at Travis.
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James M
Stehley
Travis
Jack Gorman
Robert L. Smith
Smith
Hurst
Youth Corps Approved in Snyder City
The City of Snyder is approved as a user agency for an out-of-school Neighborhood Youth Corps program serving 16 to 21 year olds not yet graduates. Participants may be employed up to 49 weeks at 30 hours weekly at $1.25 per hour, gaining work experience and habits. Applications are open. contact Larry Smith at city hall.
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Snyder
Nyc
Larry Smith
Cotton harvest estimate down shows government curtailment
Agriculture Department estimates the 1966 U S cotton crop at 10 992 000 bales with Texas at 3 675 000 bales down from last year as the government program pays growers to plant below allotments to reduce a record surplus of 16 8 million bales Domestic and foreign markets are projected to need about 15 million bales with deficits covered from the surplus Acreage planted dropped to 10 567 000 from 14 153 000 last year and 15 728 000 for the five year average Yield per harvested acre is forecast at 539 pounds overall with Texas at 430 pounds American Egyptian cotton is forecast at 90 000 bales. cottonseed at about 4 529 000 tons Census notes 395 862 bales cut before Sept 1 mostly in Texas.
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Texas
Census Bureau
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Premier Ky Accepts Invite to Address AP Editors
South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky said he accepted an invitation to address the Associated Press Managing Editors convention in San Diego in November. He also plans a private U.S. visit with his wife and to show her parts of the United States during the trip.
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Tay Ninh
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Associated Press Managing Editors
San Diego
Calif
United States
Day service scheduled for W D Day at First Baptist
Funeral services for W. D. Day 59 will be Friday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr. A. B. Lightfoot officiating. Day died Wednesday at a brother’s home in Fort Worth. He lived in Scurry County 48 years and cared for Snyder Cemetery 20 years. He was born September 29, 1906 in Emory Texas. Interment at Snyder Cemetery. Bolger Funeral Home directing. Survivors include sister Mrs. Ted Graham of Colorado City and brothers Kim K. Day of Clarendon and Hubert of Fort Worth. Pallbearers listed.
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W. D. (Dooly) Day
First Baptist Church
A. B. Lightfoot
Day
Fort Worth
Scurry County
Snyder Cemetery
Emory, Tex
Bolge
Sheppard Repeats Not Guilty Plea in Murder Case
Samuel H. Sheppard loudy pleaded not guilty to a second degree murder charge before Judge Roy F. McMahon in Cleveland. Bond set at 10000 dollars mirrors a federal bond, as He won a habeas corpus in federal court. His second wife Ariane and his 19 year old son attended the arraignment as attorney Bailey and Sherman outlined a venue change request.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Roy F. McMahon
Marilyn
McMahon
Sheppard
Ariane
Ohio
Samuel H. Jr
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Bailey
Russell A. Sherman
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U.S. Air Force
Wright Brothers
Federal Aviation Agency
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Maxwell
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Solons
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Johnson
Hart
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Robert Tuckman
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
U.S. Command
Tokyo
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Molly Walker
Snyder High School
Snyder-Andrews
Miss Walker
SHS
R. J. Walker
Agriculture Department
Bales
USA
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