Gemini 10 Astronauts Go For 43 Orbit Flight
John Young and Mike Collins received a go to begin a 43 orbit mission from Gemini Space Center Houston. They planned a space walk and rendezvous with Agena 8 while dealing with breathing system fumes blamed on lithium hydroxide. Fuel concerns and a prior space smog incident prompted cautious planning for the day of orbital adjustments and a potential Atlantic splashdown Thursday.
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Young
Collins
Agena
Arabian Peninsula
Cape Kennedy
Atlantic
Barbara Young
America
U.S
Ion
Ground Control
Glenn Lunney
Lunney
Ndezvous
Ace
Cedar Rapids approves relocation advisory for Cedar Valley Expressway
Iowa Highway Commission approves Cedar Rapids contract paying $50 per housing unit for relocation advisory services to eligible residents displaced by the Cedar Valley Expressway. The move excludes moving costs. Also, cost-sharing pacts with Wisconsin and Minnesota, a rail overpass project near Osceola, and extra payments to Mack E Porter Construction for erosion control cost overruns on Interstate 480.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi River
U.S. 18
Marquette
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Decorah
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
U.S. 34
Osceola
Harry Bradley, Jr
Des Moines
Public notices today on bids and probate
Notice to bidders on gasoline supplies to a school district and probate actions for the estates of Helen Lucy Stewart and Della M. Christner. Public notices appear on page 6 with details on filings and appointments.
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Pers
Helen Lucy Stewart
Della M. Christner
White House mediators called as airline talks stall
Federal mediators were summoned to the White House after a total breakdown in airline negotiations. IAM workers threaten to extend a nationwide strike into August. Labor officials Willard Wirtz and James Reynolds briefed teams and left with no concessions, while carriers hold a $78 million offer.
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Washington
UPI
White House
James Reynolds
Willard Wirtz
Executive Mansion
Charles Murphy
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trans World
United
National
Northwest
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Labor
West Branch plans celebration Aug 7 for Hoover birthday
West Branch Iowa residents will celebrate Herbert Hoover birthday on August 7 instead of the date Aug 10 to fall on a weekend. Hoover born August 10 1874 in West Branch is buried there with his wife. The town has held the annual Hoover birthday event for years, with past attendees including Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon in 1965.
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West Branch
Iowa
UPI
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
National Guard Mobilized as Cleveland Rioting Spreads
Mayor Ralph S. Locher ordered 400 guardsmen into Cleveland to join 1,600 already deployed after Gov James A. Rhodes declared a state of emergency. In the East Side Hough district two killed and four wounded by gunfire, dozens injured by bricks, looting and fires raged through two nights. Police reported 125 arrests as unrest continued with sniper fire and clashes between Black and white groups.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ralph S. Locher
National Guard
Bottorn East Side
James A. Rhodes
Locher
Ater
Rhodes
Hough
Huff
Percy Giles
Britain Grants Unprecedented Economic Freeze to Stem Pound Decline
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a six month wage freeze and a one year price freeze in a bold plan to curb demand and halt the pound’s slide. The measures include higher down payments on credit, surcharges on duties and taxes, and reduced overseas travel allowances, aiming to cut credit buying by 448 million and lift the economy from overheating.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Progam
Britain
House of Commons
Wilson
Raureaus
Survivor says that is the man in Speck case
Corazon Amarao, a Filipino exchange student and nurse, faced Richard Speck in a hospital room as he lay wounded from the confrontation. She later told police, That is the man, while Speck showed no sign of recognition.
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Chicago
UPS
Corazon Amarao
Richard Franklin Speck
Miss Amurao
Richard Speck
Corazon Amurao
Speck
Miss Amarao
South Chicago Community Hospital
William J. Norcross
Bridewell Jail Hospital
Hanoi Silent Over Prisoners War Cries From Hanoi
North Viet Nam said Washington and Hanoi are opposed like fire and water and rejected peace talks. Officials indicated prisoners might be tried as war criminals while U.S. pilots face uncertain fate. Pope Paul urged sparing them amid global pressure.
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Tokyo
UPI
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Washington
North Viet Nam Peoples Army
U.S
Tito
Harold Wilson
Great Britain
Eisaku Sato
Ho Chi Minh
Pope Paul
United States
Peking
Prague
Phan van Su
Czechoslovakia
Tran Tu Binh
China
North Viet Nam
Norman Thomas
Democratic Republic of
Thomas
State Department
Sayin
Iowa Weather Summary From United Press International
Generally fair conditions continue through Thursday with a slight warming trend in the west. Nightly lows 55 to 60, Saturday highs from 80 in the southeast to the upper 80s in the northwest. Friday outlook shows partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers in the west, with fair and warmer weather in the east.
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United Press International
Iowa
Washington County 4H Exhibit Plans For Fair Ninety
Three hundred forty four girls from Washington County prepare 825 food and nutrition exhibits for the County Fair July 25 through 28. Home Economies exhibits will run daily 8 am to 9 pm with releases at 10 am, in the skating rink at the fairgrounds. Judging begins Monday afternoon with 4H demonstrations set for Wednesday and a County Demonstration Contest July 21 to select finalists.
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Washington County
Sally J. Smith
County Extension Home Economist
Bob Helgerson
Hedrick
Alva Hunt
Ottumwa
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Russia
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Papette
Tahiti
THOMA
William H. Thoma
812Nd Ordnance Co
Jimmy D. Litwiller
Wellman — Journal
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Kenneth Ornduff
George Stout, Jr
Ainsworth
Dan Allen
Harold Ganon
Truman Tuttle
Melvin Booth
West Chester
County 4H
County 4H Council
Vuame White
Herb Huber
Wellman
Bob Huber
Charles Davison
Wayland
David Norman
Oscar Steele
Riverside
Margie Larsen
Sue Knupp
Sue Berdo
Washingto
Cathy Greiner
Kathy Hora
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