Gemini 6 Lands Safely After Historic Rendezvous Splashdown
Space Center reports Gemini 6 astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford landed in the Atlantic at 10 29 am EST after a fiery reentry and a successful splashdown. Rescue ships and helicopters arrived as the Wasp guided the capsule toward a soft water landing 33 miles west of the Bermuda area.
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Alvin B. Webb
Space Center
Houston
CPL
Walter Scbrra
Thomas Stafford
Atlantic
Earth
Borman
Schirra
Wasp
Bermuda
Faro
Grand Turk Island
Gemini 6 and 7 Return Safely After Dramatic Splashdown
Gemini 6 landed at 10 29 am EST after a flawless splashdown with no visual contact but radio contact via the Wasp. Gemini 7 attempted to photograph the moment at 9 53 am EST as retrorockets fired at 50 000 feet to slow their approach. The Comini 6 capsule descended from 17 500 mph to a stop in the ocean following retrorocket use after an extended orbit.
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Sehirra
Stafford
Gemini 7
Schirra
NATO and Russia wary of Red China’s growing power
Paris reports warn that China’s expanding nuclear capability and delivery means threaten global balance within years. McNamara briefs European leaders on Beijing’s potential to strike the United States, with warning of China’s political aims and revolutionary ambitions worldwide.
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NATO
Russia
Red China
Paris
Pean
Peking
United States
Viet Nam
Harshaw deny plans to move Elyria plant amid strike
William A Harshaw I, president of Harshaw Chemical, says the firm has no plan to relocate its Elyria plant as a strike by Local 73 and Local 10 lingers. He notes the company has pursued land near Solon for a possible new division, while denying any removal of existing divisions. Union leader James Q. Kiser warns 60 to 70 Elyria workers could be affected if the synthetic optical crystal division leaves.
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Harshaw Chemical Co
Elyria
Wiliam
Harshaw Chemical
Solon
William Harshaw
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Summit County
Worthington Rail Co
Harshaw
Chemical Company
John and
Center Streets
James Q. Kiser
Florence Township Fire Dept approves four provisional firemen
Florence Township Fire Department grants provisional full membership to four firefighters as part of ongoing staffing plans. The notice appears among other township updates and page references.
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Florence Township Fire Department
Weather Outlook with Light Snow Through Friday
A light snow advisory continues with cloudy skies and cooler temperatures into Friday. Highs near 32 to 37 degrees, lows around 25 to 22. Minor accumulation possible. travel impacts remain limited.
Strike at Elyria Harshaw plant reaches second day
Harshaw Chemical Co founded in Elyria in 1898 has a history of peaceful labor relations. The current 12 week strike escalated with police pickets at the New York Central spur near the plant and efforts to move material from the John Street facility. The previous shutdown in October 1959 lasted two weeks.
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Harshaw Chemical Co
Elyria
New York Central Railroad
John St
All Railroad
Debits Hit New Peak in Elyria Bank Totals
Fourth District Federal Reserve reports Elyria debits for November at 89.113 million dollars, a record high. The surge marks a 50.65 percent rise from November 1964 and a 3770 percent month jump among the district centers, with Lorain and Cleveland noted in the report.
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Elyria
Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
Lorain
Pioneer satellite soars to solar orbit from Cape Kennedy
UPI reports the United States reactivated its Pioneer space probe program and launched a 140 pound satellite into solar orbit from Cape Kennedy to study interplanetary space.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
United States
Johnson and Wilson edge toward tense NATO and Rhodesia talks
President Johnson prepares for a week of diplomacy with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. They plan a UN address and White House talks focusing on Western defense ties with Britain, Rhodesia status, and nuclear sharing, with Viet Nam and Pakistan issues also on the agenda and no new peace proposals in Asia.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Mohammed Ayub Kabo
Pakistan
Ludwig Erhard
Wilson
United Nations General Assembly
White House
United States
Britain
Western Alliance
Rhodesia
Viet Nam
Ayub
Asia
UN hears Wilson on Rhodesia at General Assembly
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson addressed the United Nations General Assembly explaining his government's stance on Rhodesia and its refusal to use military force to quell the rebellion. He faces opposition from black African powers urging the Salisbury regime's defeat.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Nations
UPI
Harold Wilson
U.N. General Assembly
Rhodesia
Wilson
Salisbury
Faro to take active role in Gemini 7 recovery mission
Lt JG Jack Faro, co pilot on helicopter 54 from the aircraft carrier Wasp, will command active recovery duties Saturday for Gemini 7 as astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell are recovered in the Atlantic. His father Ray Faro in Elyria expressed pride as the family follows the mission.
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Ehtian Ray Faro
Atlantic
Jack Faro
Faro
Wasp
Helcopter
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Gemini
Pad 19
Elyrians
Elyria
Ray
Betty Faro
North Abbe Rd
JG Faro
Janet
Lawrenceville
Ind
University of Illinois
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Jets strike Haiphong power yard in Viet Nam air war
UPI reports U.S. jet bombers hit the Haiphong power complex cutting a major energy lifeline to Hanoi. Five Americans wounded in Saigon amid raids as North Vietnamese forces press in the coast region near Haiphong.
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Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Com. Haiphong
North Viet
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
McNamara
Florida
Defense
Robert Soviet Nam
Washington
Mari Bush
Ime
Therman
Bien Hoal
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Abby
Elyria Municipal Court
Wellington
Col. I
Elyria Methodist Home
Content Boling
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Edna Harper
Henry G. King
Viet
Haerold Wilson
Elyrian’s
Hanoi
Aue Ugul
Om Wo Phuoc Valley
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