Gemini 9 astronauts complete near perfect splashdown
Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan of Gemini 9 landed in a bullseye drop to an 80 foot parachute on the Wasp in the western Atlantic after a 72 hour mission. They emerged dripping from the capsule and were hauled aboard the carrier where medical exams and celebrations followed.
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Paul Haney
Gemini Control
Cape Kennedy
Cernan
Pacific
Space Twins
Crazy Horse drive ends in major Viet Cong losses
UPI reports three week Operation Crazy Horse ended with 516 Viet Cong killed in South Vietnam. U.S. pilots added 104 guerrillas slain, 47 missions over the North. Korean troops credited with 131 enemy killed. One small observation plane crashed in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
South Viet Nam
Panhande
Navy
Vinh
Thanh Oa
Viet Nam
Air Force
Donh Hoi
Mu Gia
Marine Skyhawk
Qang Ngai
South
Mekong
Toll climbs as Iowa traffic deaths reach 312 this weekend
Nine people died on Iowa highways over the weekend. Victims include William Hughes 22 and Anthony Frontera 19 of Marion, plus others across the state from Conroy to Fairfield. The toll for 1966 rises 46 higher than last year as patrols report multiple crashes, including two-car and one-car incidents, a cyclist fatality, and injuries near Pattonsburg Missouri.
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Iowa
Wil
Liam T. Hughes
Anthony D. Frontera
Marengo
Hughes
Richard Henderson
Fairfax
Iowa 149
Conroy
Highway Patrol
Henderson
Lois
Mary
Cedar Rapids
Dr Sheppard may get new trial in Cleveland case
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor John T. Corrigan said he would decide soon whether to order a new trial for Dr Samuel H Sheppard. If granted it would likely be on a second degree murder charge reflecting the 1954 verdict. The major hurdle is locating witnesses for the 12 year old case as many key figures have died.
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Cleveland, Ohio
UPI
Cuyahoga County
John T. Corrigan
Samuel H. Sheppard
Corrigan
Sheppard
Samuel R. Geiger
Marilyn Sheppard
Common Pleas
Edward Blythin
William J. Corrigan
John J. Mahon
Saul Danaceau
Fred Garmone
Ethel Sheppard
Richard A
Thomas S. Reese
Dorothy Kilgallen
Students Riot in Panama City After Slaying Claim
Panamanian police clash with about 1,000 students in Panama City and Colon grieving a classmate killed on return from Moscow. Reports say several killed and scores wounded as rioters burn the post office and National Lottery Building while Guardsmen and tear gas attempt to restore order.
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Panama City
R. P
UPI
Panama
Colon
Moscow
National Lottery
DENI
Juan Navas Pajaro
Weather Iowa: fair tonight and Tuesday
Generally fair conditions cover Iowa with cooler air in the east tonight. Lows range 50 to 55 while Tuesday brings highs in the 70s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Edwin Meredith Jr dies in Des Moines at 60
Des Moines memorial services are set for Edwin T. Meredith Jr. age 60, vice president of Meredith Publishing Co., who died at his home of an apparent heart attack. He served since 1935 and helped expand the company into broadcasting and publishing. He leaves widow Anna, a son Edwin III, three grandchildren, and a sister Mrs. Fred Bohen. He held multiple board seats and served in the Navy during World War II. Memorial Tuesday at St Paul’s Episcopal Church.
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Des Moines
UPI
Edwin T. Meredith Jr
Meredith Publishing Co
Meredith
Woodrow Wilson
Fred Bohen
Bohen
E. T. Meredith Jr
Meredith Broadcasting Co
Anna
Edwin T
Ted) Meredith III
Mid
Mell
Edwin Thomas Meredith IV
Meredith Press
Culver
Iowa
Europe
USS Navy
Kitkin Bay
Savo Island
Makin Island
Philippine
Okinawa
Bankers Trust Co
Drake University
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Iowa Power and Light Co
All Des Moines
Mutual of Omaha
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation
Staubton
Iowa Lions Club Eye Bank
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Moon pictures reveal mountains on lunar horizon
Pasadena based reports say Surveyor mooncraft photographs show a 500 foot high mountain crest near the horizon, likely part of an ancient crater rim about 60 miles wide. The first-try soft landing places the U.S. ahead of the Soviet Union in the lunar race.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Surveyor Mooncraft
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Goldstone
California
Mojave Desert
Surveyor
United States
Soviet Union
Sirius
Washington summer band program starts today
The Washington Community School announces an eight week summer instrumental program for fifth graders and higher. Lessons plus concert band rehearsals run in the high school band room with sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Ronald Wise joins to help teach and direct the junior high band.
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Washington Community School
Alan Bergstrom
Washington
Ronald Wise
Derailed in Iowa injures twenty on train bound for Chicago
A City of Los Angeles streamliner derailed in southwestern Carroll County Iowa. About 20 people were admitted or treated at St Anthony's Hospital in Carroll. none seriously hurt. Passengers were moved by school buses to Templeton for breakfast, then to Des Moines to catch a Rock Island train to Chicago. Engineer Charles Rankin and conductor F H McDonald spoke of the chaos. one waiter had a broken leg. Tracks blocked for hours, Milwaukee Road officials said.
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Cedar Rapids
George Hesley
Mason City
Clear Lake
U.S. 69
Pattonsburg
Missouri
Doris G. Maulsby
Gail F. Dodge
Charles City
Maulsby
Bethany
Carroll
Iowa
UPI
Los Angeles
Chicago
Carroll County
St. Anthony’s Hospital
St. Anthony’s
Templeton
Milwaukee Road Railroad
Des Moines
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Milwaukee Road
Nebraska
Sacred Heart School
Billy Graham London Crusade Enters Second Week
Large crowds fill Earl's Court as Billy Graham enters the crusade’s second week. He plans nightly sermons daily except Sunday and will appear on two national TV programs. He notes British audiences are more sincere and moved to decide for Christ than in his 12 years ago London crusade.
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London
UPI
Billy Graham
Earl's Court Arena
North Carolina
Graham
Greater London
Christ
NATO ministers plan SHAPE move to Belgium site
Seventeen NATO ministers meeting in Brussels scope says SHAPE will shift from Paris to a Belgian location near Brussels. They also back in principle transferring AF CENT to West Germany and NATO defense college to Rome while keeping political HQ in Paris. France rebuffs overture to meet Couve de Murville.
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UPI
NATO
France
Supreme Allied Headquarters
SHAPE
Paris
Belgium
Charles de Gaulle
Dean Rusk
U.S
Palais Des Congres
NATO Council
Maurice Couve de Murville
Central European
Afcent
Fontainebleau
West Germany
Trier
Rhineland
Defense College
Proba
Bly
Rome
Couve de Murville
Netherlands
Joseph M. Luns
Paul Martin
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