Gemini 7 Mission Inched Toward Historic Rendezvous Orbit
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell rested at Cape Kennedy on the eve of Gemini 7, a 14 day endurance flight designed to circle Earth 206 times and seek a mid-December rendezvous with Gemini 6. Launch weather looked favorable. both crews prepared for the long test of endurance and new lightweight space suits as plans for the Moon era advanced.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
America
Russia
U.S
Air Force
Col
Borman
Navy
Lovell
The
Cape
Globe
Walter M. Schrirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Susan
Houston
Tex
Edwin Borman
Phoenix
Ariz
Schirra
Stafford
Christoper C. Kraft Jr
Weather Outlook for Southwestern Pennsylvania Weekend
Patchy, variable clouds with wind and colder air in southwestern Pennsylvania Saturday and a few snow flurries. Highs near 38 to 44 degrees with clearing tonight. Sunday looks warmer but more cloudiness.
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Pennsylvania
Peace Talks Collapse Signals Escalating Vietnam War
Washington reports that another peace effort has failed and the Vietnam War is likely to grow larger and more dangerous. The United States is expected to launch large-scale air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail in southern Laos to blunt North Vietnamese reinforcements, with a heavier U.S. troop buildup in South Vietnam anticipated.
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Washington
Viet Nam
United States
Laos
South Viet Nam
U.S
95 Youths In Draft Here In December
Harrisburg correspondent notes that Somerset County will send 31 draftees and 64 pre induction examinees in December, with 5 youths total from the county. For 1965, 311 youths were scheduled for induction and 705 for pre induction examinations, across the year.
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Harrisburg
State Selective Service
Somerset County
Cel Board
Somerset
Pittsburgh
Selective Service Headquarters
Soviets Reject Vietnam Peace Talks at UN General Assembly
In a General Assembly speech Nikolai Fedorenko denounced U S policy in Vietnam and pledged full Soviet political military and economic support for North Vietnam. He urged no role for the Soviet Union in peace negotiations and accused the U S of escalating the war.
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Russia
U.N
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Moscow
Viet Nam
United Nations, N.V
Soviet Union
U S
General Assembly
Michael Stewart
London
Stewart
U.S
North Viet Nam
Fedorenko
Geneva
Ho Chi Minh
South
United States
Just Struggle of Peoples For National Independence
Fredom
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Zambian Leader Hints Soviet Help Over Rhodesia Crisis
Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda warned that Britain must invade Rhodesia or risk Zambia seeking Soviet military support. He suggested asking the United States or the Soviet government if UK ground troops are not sent while RAF planes defend the Kariba Dam area on the Zambezi border.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Kenneth Kaunda
Britain
Rhodesia
Kaunda
United Kingdom
United States
Royal Air Force
Kariba
Zambezi River
Parade of Patriots Planned in Somerset Saturday
Plans are underway for a Parade of Patriots in Somerset on Saturday December 11 at 230 PM. The event is sponsored by the Military Order of the World Wars Somerset Chapter with support from the Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and other local groups.
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William G. Barnhart
Somerset
D. P. Clark
Military Order of World Wars
David M. Bell
Order
Military Order of the World Wars
Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion
United States of America
Viet Nam
Maysnalls
Korea
Three Ku Klux Klan Members Convicted in Civil Rights Slaying
Three Ku Klux Klan members Collie Wilkins Jr Eugene Thomas and William Eaton were convicted by a white jury in Montgomery Alabama of conspiring to violate civil rights in the Selma to Montgomery march case tied to the slaying of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo. They were sentenced by a federal judge to 10 years each with parole eligibility after one third.
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Montgomery, Ala
Johnson
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield, Ala
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
Anthony Liuzzo
Teamsters Union
Alabama
Anniston
Interviews For Planning Posts Here At Somerset County
At Thursday’s Somerset County Planning Commission meeting interviews were held for assistant director and draftsmen. Final appointments cannot be made until Jan 1 after budget and salary decisions are completed. The commission will also push expansion of State Game Lands No 82 under Project 70. Financial Aid Ira Momgis spoke on funds for water supply and waste disposal in small towns. The Board of County Commissioners approved transferring 1965 planning funds from salary to capital equipment for next year’s expanded staff.
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Somerset County Planning Commission
Harry Sickler
Northampton
Larimer
Ira Momgis
Farm Home Administration
Commission
Board of County Commissioners
Planning Commission
Aid Considered to Halt Casselman River Pollution
At a Youghiogheny-Casselman Commission for Pure Water meeting county commissioner Dwane E Ringer said federal funds may back a project to stop mine acid pollution of the Casselman River from Shaw mines west of Meyersdale. The panel will coordinate with federal and state agencies on a pilot using Appalachian funds to seal mine openings or backfill.
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Youghiogheny-Casselman Commission For
Dwane E Ringer
Shaw Mines
Casselman River
Ringer Savys
Shaw
Meyersda Ale
Meyersdale
Somerset County
Bureau of Mines
Department of Health
Department of Forest and Waters
Scranton
Samuel Magie
Pa Izack Walton League of America
Willam Foley
Connellsville
Viet Cong Attack Wounds Dozens In Saigon Enlisted Quarters
Viet Cong assault squads attacked the Metropole enlisted men’s billets in downtown Saigon before dawn Saturday. Explosions and a firefight left some Americans dead and many wounded, as guards battled attackers and authorities sealed off the area.
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SAION
Saigon
Metropole
U.S. Navy
U.S
Associated Press
Navy
Two Car Collision Kills Woman in Erie Intersection
In Erie Pennsylvania a Friday crash at a downtown intersection killed Doris A. White 48 of Erie. The other driver Thomas J. Berry 20 from Wesleyville was uninjured.
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Erie, Pa
Lake Port City
Doris A. White
Erie
Thomas J. Berry
Wesleyville
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Space Agency
Astronauuts
James Lovell
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Othr
McNamara
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Rusk
Texas
United Nations
Qui Nhon
da Nang
Gu Sud
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