Gemini 5 launches on eight day endurance flight from Cape Kennedy
Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad blasted off on a Titan 2 rocket from Cape Kennedy for a planned eight day endurance mission aboard Gemini 5. The liftoff proceeded on time despite delays from weather and mechanical issues, with both men expressing calm and confidence as they reached initial orbit and prepared for rendezvous tests and subsequent targets.
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Charles Conrad
Gordon Cooper
Cape Kennedy
NASA
UPI
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Cooper
Space Twins
Atlantic
Conrad
Earth
4-H Demonstrations At Fair Next Week At State Fair Des Moines
Washington County 4-Hers will demonstrate in the 4-H Exhibit Building at the State Fair Des Moines with multiple sessions August 25 and 26. Rosemary Curtis, Diana Hamman, Connie Lance, George Kiefer, Tom Kloppfer, and Nancy Mangold are listed among participants. The note invites observers and highlights Nancy Mangold’s appearance in the State Style Revue Contest. The second item reports a space mission with capsule launch timing, orbital altitudes adjusted after calculations, and ground control details.
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Washington County
Des Moines
Rosemary Curtis
Crawfordsville
Diana Hammen
Washington
Connie Lance
Tim
George Kiefer
Riverside
Tom Kloppfer
Nancy Mangold
West Chester
Boice Memorial Fund Gifts Invited By Hospital Group
The memorial fund in honor of the late Dr. C A Boice, started for Washington County Hospital, has received several gifts and others have expressed interest. Gifts may be left with Juanita Hering at the Washington State Bank. The fund was set up by the Washington County Nurses Association with the endorsement of the Washington County Medical Society.
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C. A. Boice
Washington County Hospital
Dr. Boice
Juanita Hering
Washington State Bank
Washington County Nurses Association
Washington County Medical Society
Scott County farmer wins state fair gadget prize
Scott County farmer W. E. Wedemeyer won the $100 first prize at the State Fair Farm Gadget Show with a 75 cent scrap material gauge for setting a self-propelled combine header height. Wedemeyer, who hopes for testing and royalty deals, says the device will cost about $5 when manufactured and was born of necessity after misreading ground clearance during ditch work. He has demonstrated it on a John Deere combine for two years.
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Des Moines
UPI
Scott County
W. E. Wedemeyer
Donahue
Wedemeyer
International Harvester
John Deere
Warren Ryan
Grinnell
Ryan
Mrs. Martha Bickford 89 Dies at Pines Home
Martha M Paulus Bickford, 89, died Friday August 20 1965 after illness since May 1964 at the Pines rest home. Funeral Monday 10 am at St James Catholic Church with Rev. Grubb. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include son Theresa Drish and brothers I A Paulus and Tom Paulus. Trail ride for horsemen urged to start Sunday 2:30 pm from Hotley Box Springs Ranch south of Washington.
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Martha M. Bickford
the Pines Rest Home
St James Catholic Church
James Grubb
Bickford
Sherman - Eden
Elm Grove
Martha M. Paulus
Independence
Mike
Magdalene Paulus
Merton D. Bickford
St. James Chatolic Church
Mr. Bickford
Theresa Drish
Les Oogtles
Calif
I. A. Paulus
Mitchell
South Dakota
Tom
Fairfield
Hotley Box Springs Ranch
Washington
4-H Record Books Due September First
Extension Office urges 4-H members to submit record books to their leaders by September first. Leaders then notify the Extension Office, and premium checks are mailed to members. Ken Cuhel notes the books show yearly progress and emphasize goal setting and value of records in livestock projects for cost awareness amid narrow margins.
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Ken Cuhel
Appointment of administrator for estate of Anna
Public notice states that an administrator is being appointed for the estate of Anna. The filing outlines the formal request and designation of the administrator by the court, with references to applicable probate rules and the expected responsibilities.
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Anna
Rioting Drives Out Staff at Camp Breckinridge Center
In Morganfield Kentucky state police surrounded the Job Corps center at Camp Breckinridge as hundreds of white and black youths rioted for three hours. Afterward about 100 students and frightened teachers left the campus to consider returning. A center security member laments the loss of the teaching organization.
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Morganfield
UPI
Federal
Job Corps Center
Camp Breckinridge
Charles Singer
Singer
Johnson presses million job plan after rioting condemnation
President Johnson, noting that Negro rioters rivaled hooded racists in harming democracy, urged a million jobs program to reduce unemployment among unskilled youths. He condemned Los Angeles rioting and planned to meet with the Humphrey-led youth council, amid talk of a Camp David trip, and spoke at a White House equal opportunity conference.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Los Angeles
Hubert H. Humphrey
L. Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Humphrey
Bill D. Moyers
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Youth Council
White House
Blue Ribbon Cabinet
Job Conference
Murder charges filed in Alabama civil rights shooting
A part time deputy sheriff in Hayneville Alabama was jailed on a murder charge for a shotgun attack that killed Jonathan Daniels a 26 year old theology student and wounded a Roman Catholic priest The suspect Tom Coleman 52 admitted the slaying but did not sign a confession The six civil rights workers were arrested a week earlier and released from jail to walk to Selma Four of the victims were Negroes including three women while two victims were white The shooter a highway department engineer served as a special deputy and is tied to an influential local family The case follows the broader tension and recent arrests linked to the civil rights era in Alabama
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Hayneville
Ala
UPI
Tom Coleman
Jonathan M. Daniels
Episcopal Seminary
Keene
N.H
Richard Morrisree
Chicago
Montgomery
Fort Deposits
Selma
Here
Carlton L. Perdue
Coleman
Highway Department
Charles F. Ryals
Perdue
Jr high Orientation Friday at Washington Junior High
Washington Junior High School will hold an orientation for new students on Friday August 27 at 1 30 p m The program for all students entering the junior high building this year starts in the gym with information about the school tours and introductions to new teachers.
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Washington Junior High School
Jesse Linch
Chorus tryouts continue at Washington High School
Washington High School will hold another round of chorus tryouts next week for students who missed spring or this week's sessions. Vocal music director Vernon Feuerhelm will be in the vocal room from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. to meet with prospective singers.
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Washington High School
Vernon Feuerhelm
Gemini 6 Flight Targeted for October Launch
Air Force reports Gemini 6, a two manned orbital rendezvous with Walter M. Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, is set for October. Titan 2 booster and Atlas Agena target vehicle are at Cape Kennedy with Gemini 6 capsule at Merritt Island for tests. If on schedule, the Agena will launch from pad 14 and 95 minutes later Schirra and Stafford aboard Gemini 6 will join in orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
U.S. Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Jack Albert
Gemini
Air Force
Space Agency
Cape
Merritt Island
Moonport
Schirra
Staford
Pad
America
Stafford
Marines Strike at Chu Lai After Battle Gains
U S air and Marine aircraft pressed a pursuit of fleeing Communist forces near Chu Lai with an estimated 55 killed and 622 total enemy deaths this week in the south. Lt Gen Krulak said Marine casualties ran about 50 dead and 150 wounded among 5 000 to 6 000 troops. Air and naval bombardment aided the operation as planes reported 347 sorties against Viet Cong positions and numerous structures damaged or destroyed.
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Saigon
UPS
U. S
Chu Lai
Victor M. Krulak
U.S
Pacific
North
Viet Nam
Navy
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Hau Nghia
Dak Sur
Krulak
Big da Nan
von Tuong
Weather Outlook for Town Northeast
United Press International reports cooler conditions in the northeast with mostly cloudy skies. Showers and thunderstorms affect over 40 percent of the state tonight and Sunday, with lows 55 to 60 along the northern border and in the 60s in the south, and daytime highs in the upper 70s.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Houston
Mission Control
James McDivitt
Africa
Boice Memorial Fund
Scott CO. Winner
Mrs. Bickford
Journal
Jim Mallory
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Daniels
Morrisroe
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