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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1966
Page
1
The Gemini 9 crew failed to free a satellite shroud after three rendezvous and a postponement was recommended until Sunday. Commander Eugene Cernan eyed a possible space walk as Mission Control noted uncertainties about timing. Ground controllers then jostled the satellite to loosen its protective cover.
Space pilots Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan struggle to detach the shroud covering the target docking collar of the augmented target docking adapter during the Gemini 9 mission. Detonation failed to loosen bindings as fuel dwindled and the pair drifted 92 miles from the satellite, with mission control warning this could be their last sighting.
At a Vigo County public meeting about the second Urban Renewal project, architect Ewing Miller said city planner Robert Mann is studying the option of a railroad overpass possibly aided by a New York Central and Pennsylvania merger. Miller noted a site on North 3rd Street as most practical. A secret-ballot tally favored the second project 75 to 5.
River at 3.2 ft and falling. Yesterday high 82, low 64 with no precipitation. Terre Haute: partly cloudy, warm, humid. possible showers today and tonight. Indiana: showers tonight and Sunday. highs upper 80s. Illinois: mostly cloudy humid with showers tonight and Sunday. highs upper 80s. Temperatures: 63 at 9 am, 85 at 2 pm.
The Bulldog Drummond character first appeared on film in 1922 portrayed by Carle Blackwell and later brought to life by Ronald Coleman Ray Milland John Howard Tom Conway and Walter Pidgeon in subsequent productions.
The 1966 Indiana Democratic platform favors no rise in state sales or gross income taxes and discusses possible abolition of capital punishment. National Committeeman Richard B. Stoner announced the platform at a statewide precinct workers’ convention with over 9,000 Democrats present. He said the committee also weighs using each federal census for legislative reapportionment and may back a constitutional amendment to that effect.
A Clay Circuit Court jury awarded Home Packing Co. four million dollars in the $5 million damage suit against Terre Haute Gas Corp. for the Jan 2 1963 explosion that killed 17 and injured 51, amid four hours twenty minutes of deliberation. Defense may appeal.
In Saigon and across South Viet Nam three more Buddhists set themselves ablaze amid a crisis in the Buddhist movement. Two nuns and a novice monk died as U S and allied raids pummeled North Viet Nam in 86 air missions while Korean ground forces clashed with Viet Cong near Qui Nhon.
An Indianapolis 15 year old, Stephanie Baniszewski, is back with her father after a Marion County grand jury returned a no bill. She faced a first degree murder indictment stemming from Sylvia Likens slaying and testified for the state in a separate trial. Her mother Gertrude Baniszewski was convicted.
Five Indiana State University alumni received Distinguished Alumni Awards during Alumni-Senior Day events on campus. The convocation in Tilson Music Hall honored their professional achievements, while Helmstedt Hall dedication and multiple class reunions marked the day.
Noblesville relatives were notified that the search for Don Gentry 19 a Purdue freshman missing after diving into a Saskatchewan river with a cousin has been called off. Michael Gentry 21 remained safe on shore.
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