Astronauts and Monkeys Train Ahead of Moon Mission
Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins continue intensive training for the July launch at Cape Kennedy. Five trained monkeys prepare for a 30 day earth orbit test with a standby monkey replacement and ground monitoring of weightlessness effects on performance.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla.ap
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Earth
Maddox Mails Position Paper On Education
Gov. Lester Maddox mailed 5 000 copies of a position paper on school consolidation and busing citing costs of 30 to 50 dollars and stating plans to print more if demand grows He criticizes HEW guidelines as criminal and unconstitutional and accuses educators of political influence while promising further releases to inform educators and the public.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Georgia
HEW
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Moscow
Art classes scheduled at Youth Center by FSU instructor
Florida State University instructor David Bachman will teach a six week children’s art course at the Youth Center. The Thomasville Arts Guild sponsors drawing and painting classes Fridays 2 to 5 p.m. June 27 to August 1. Call Mrs. Sidney Stinson at 226 3824 or 226 1783 for information.
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Florida State University
David Bachman
Thomasville Arts Guild
Sidney Stinson
Violin Spider Hunt Grips Los Angeles
An influx of South American violin spiders floods Los Angeles as 103 specimens are tracked by county scientists. Delena Davis, receptionist for the health office, receives many spiders in mail and people bring more in jars and pill bottles. Researchers seek to understand how they arrived and their life habits.
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Los Angeles
Delena Davis
Mel Thompson
Sierra Madre Park
Thompson
University of Southern California
North America
Cambridge
Mass
Wiliam Waldron
South America
ITT Merger Faces Antitrust Suit Threat from DOJ
The Justice Department warned it may sue to block ITT International Telephone & Telegraph and Hartford Fire Insurance’s planned $6 billion merger. ITT says it intends to move forward subject to stockholder votes and insists the deal does not threaten competition.
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Washington
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
ITT
Nightly Seances and Sirloins At Magic Castle
Hollywood report details a 12-seat "Servace dinner" at the Magic Castle owned by Milt Larson. Guests enjoy a Houdini room, a multi-course meal, and a live seance with medium E Raymond Carlyle. The event blends illusion, history, and mystic ritual in a Victorian mansion setting.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Harry Houdini
Magic Castle
Charles Addams
Milt Larson
Femed Irme
Request
Houdini
Larson
Joe Namath
E. Raymond Carlyle
Peter Ustinov
Marjorie
Boston
Carlyle
Finch Victorious In Knowles Fight Splits Rumors R
President Nixon ally Robert Finch appears to win consent to nominate Dr. John H. Knowles as assistant secretary for health and scientific affairs in HEW. Dirksen opposes, signaling a potential GOP liberal conservative split and a Senate clash over presidential nominations.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Nixon
John H. Knowles
Senate
Everett IM. Dirksen
Knowles
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Finch
American Medical Association
Dirksen
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
AMA
Wheaton
James J. Nordlund
Washington Post
John R. Gomien
Gomien
Massachusetts
Sen
Illinois
Ground Shakes In Houston Prompt Theories Of Explosions
Houston records a third day of ground tremors around 9 am. Rice University geophysicist Dr. Jean Claude de Bremaecker suggests the blasts in Gulf of Mexico seismic explorations caused the quakes, each registering 1.5 on the Richter scale.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Jean Claude de Breinecker
Rice University
Gulf of Mexico
de Bremaecker
Gertrude Helps Test Safer Bus Seats in Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids Ohio and American Seating Co. test a new high strength fiber glass bus seat with a wood headed dummy Gertrude. The seat absorbs crash energy with a top device while school authorities reject safety belts for bus riders due to driver oversight concerns.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Gertrude
Ohio Department of Public Transportation
American Seating Co
Texas Auto License Plates Hit 31 728 In 1968
Texas cars wore personalized plates totaling 31 728 in 1968, per state Auditor McNeil. Each plate cost 10 dollars.
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Austin, Tex
Texas
McNeil
New Hair Growth Claim Promises Stop to Loss
Houston firm of laboratory consultants offers a 32 day risk trial for a treatment claimed to stop hair loss and regrow hair for men and women. The ad warns not all cases respond and emphasizes confidential inquiry with no obligation.
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Loesch Laboratory Consultants, Inc
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