Apollo 1 fire claims three astronauts and delays moon goal
A blue ribbon board launches a high security probe into the Apollo 1 disaster after a flash fire killed Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee during a pad test. The trio died as officials estimate a delay of months in the moon program with a 1969 landing target at stake. Dr. Floyd L. Thompson will head the investigation.
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Cape Kennedy
API
America
Virgil
Gus) Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Floyd L. Thompson
Walter Schirra
Donn E. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Grissom
White
Chaffee
Apollo
Fierry
Study on highway funds delays in Iowa parley
Gov Harold E. Hughes and Rep Fred Schwengel of Iowa met to discuss restoring a temporary cut in federal highway funds ordered by President Johnson. Schwengel warned the delay could cost towns eight million dollars this year and sixteen million in 1968, while Hughes sought a budget adjustment elsewhere without harming the nation.
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Schwengel, Hughes
Des Moines
UPI
Harold EE. Hughes
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Lyndon Johnson
Schwengel
House Public Works Committee
Hughes
Johnson
Congress
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa bill would extend medical aid with Title 19 plan
A House Public Health and Welfare committee drafted a bill to extend state and federal medical aid to Iowa’s poor in two phases with 1975 as the full coverage deadline under Title 19. Rep Elmer Den Herder cited a $13 million annual state share, offset by increased federal matching funds, and outlined broader consolidations of existing programs into one federally supported package.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
House Public Health and Welfare Committee
Elmer den Herder
R Sioux Center
U S Lights War Zone With 18 Square Miles Fire Bombing
U S Air Force B52 Stratofortresses bombed an 18 square mile area near Saigon in a scorched earth attack aimed at Viet Cong bases in the War Zone near the Cambodian border. The raid marked a re use of World War II incendiaries to force Viet Cong to flee, following a similar strike in War Zone D. The action coincided with renewed fighting across Vietnam and a reported seven day Viet Cong defense alert after a cease fire talk flap. U S ground forces aided by artillery and air power killed at least 124 guerrillas in scattered fighting in northern provinces along the coast and around Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
United States
U.S
Probate of will and executor appointment for Etta Meridith
Public notice records a probate of a will and the appointment of an executor for the estate of Etta Meridith. Details reference the probate proceeding and official authority, with standard legal notice phrasing and timeline implications.
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Etta Meridith
Never Ready Families mourn Apollo tragedy at home
Families of the Apollo astronauts face sudden loss and adjust to life after tragedy. Wives, including Martha Chaffee and Betty Grissom, receive support from NASA officials and fellow astronauts as neighbors visit and share in the shock. The Chaffees had the best decorated home in Nassau Bay and each family recalls sacred moments with their fathers.
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Martha Chaffee
Nassau Bay
Tex
Jess Young
Martha
Alan Shepard
America
Chaffee
Jim McDivitt
Gemini
White
Grissom
Mark
Bonnie
Sheryl
NASA
Betty Grissom
Pat White
Posters allege desertion as Red army rebels clash with Mao forces
Peking posters attributed to Mao supporters claim seven Sinkiang divisions totaling about 84,000 troops deserted and fought Mao loyalists in frontier towns. The notices said 100 died and many wounded in Shihotze while Gen Wang En-mao loyal to Liu Shao-chi supposedly controlled Urmchi with tanks ready to counter Mao.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Mao Tse-tung
Sinkiang
Peking
Mao
Red Army
Communist Party
Kyodo
Wang En-mao
Red China
Shihotze
Wang
Liu Shao-chi
Urmchi
Mosawan
Weather forecast for Iowa from UPI
Iowa will be clear to partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions Sunday. Night lows range from 5 to 10 degrees in the northeast and 10 to 18 elsewhere, while Sunday highs reach the 30s and low 40s in the southwest.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Hampton
Max Faget
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
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Frank Borman
John Williams
Kennedy Space Center
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Space
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
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Eddie Jr
Donald (Beke) Slayton
Michael Collins
Charles P. Conrad
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