Gemini 4 splashdown ends historic four day space flight
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White landed in the Atlantic near the Wasp after 97 hours 57 minutes in orbit. They reported feeling great despite being 48 miles from the target splash zone and endured a computer glitch during reentry. The recovery included a brass band, razors, and hot showers aboard the carrier.
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Mission Control
Florida
Bermuda
McDevitt
White
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Cmdr
Clarence 0. Fiske
Hawaii
Bombing and Raiders Mark Fast U S Vietnam War Update
Waves of U S and South Vietnamese air power bombed North Vietnamese camps near Saigon and Hue while naval air strikes hit Vinh and Dong Hoi. A cache of Chinese Communist weapons was found on a Hue beach as Marines report casualties and Viet Cong engagements continue near Da Nang.
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Saigon
UPS
South Viet Nam
North
Viet Nam
South China Sea
Bien Hoa
Bon Homme Richard
Midway
Vinh
Hanoi
Chap le
da Nang
U.S
Hue
Dong Hoi
Rites Tuesday for Mrs Winnie Borough
Funeral services for Mrs Winnie Borough 69 of Brighton will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at Gould Funeral Home Brighton with Rev John Ballensky officiating Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery She was born September 25 1885 near Hedrick daughter of Charlie and Lillie Ramey Married January 3 1927 to Joseph Borough and worked as a telephone operator in Sigourney before moving to Brighton Survived by son Charles of Williamsburg daughter Mrs Kathleen William of Delta grandson a brother Shannon Ramsey of Brighton and sister Mrs C W Hicklin of Clarksburg West Virginia
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Winnie Borough
Washington County Hospital
Gould
John Ballensky
Rock Creek
The
Christian Church
V F W Post and Auxiliary members meet in Fairfield
The 1st district gathering in Fairfield included Commander Merle Allison and Auxiliary President Mrs. Lester Worley among many attendees. The Auxiliary earned a Membership Award for 100 percent membership by Dec 31, 1964, led in publicity for Buddy Poppy Sales and submitted the only Americanism book. Officers elected included Mrs. Harold Haifley and Mrs. Lester Worley among others. Merle Steele and Merle Allison elected to Adjutant positions. Department leaders spoke, including Gerald Miller and Dan Messerli, with Alice Lynch attending as Department Jr. Vice. Washington tire dealers pledge support for the Vehicle Safety Check in Sunset Park on Sat June 12, with local business volunteers aiding.
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V. F. W. Post
Fairfield
Merle Allison
Lester Worley
Charles Lucas
Sam Weeks
Francis Reed
Carl Kelly
Flora Spivey
Mary Hayes
Helen Hesseltine
Walt Carr
Delbert Badham
Delbert Earl
Merle Steele
Harold Haifley
Bill Gray
Glenn Widmer
Gerald Miller
Dan Messerli
Alice Lynch
Department
Hughes Defends Record as Iowa Assembly Closes
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes and party leaders reflected on the 1965 General Assembly, the longest session on record. Hughes praised 50 of 70 recommendations enacted, lauded reforms in education and public health, and faulted not acting on a civil service bill and a tax measure for amusement equipment.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
61St General Assembly
Hughes
House
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Robert Ray
General Assembly
Let Freedom Ring annual pageant planned at United Presbyterian Home
The United Presbyterian Home plans its third annual patriotic pageant at 7:30 p.m. July 1 on the east lawn, weather permitting. The Revolu tionary War themed production is written by Home members with most costumes, music, sets and arrangements by the family. A cast of about 30 will perform. admission is free. Guests should bring lawn chairs and a small bell for applause. Parking is available on the Home grounds and across the street at Emanuel Lutheran. Fireworks will close the evening.
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United Presbyterian Home
Immanuel Lutheran
Ridiculous Parade invites entries in Washington event
Washington’s Ridiculous Day parade organizers urge entrants to reserve parade spots now. Secretary Hubert Lehrer notes entries come in slowly and expects a flood of last minute registrations. No entry fee, but early signup aids planning for cash prizes and parade features.
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Washington
Hubert Lehrer
Chamber of Commerce
Dangers of Space Re-entry Highlighted by Gemini Trials
Re-entry poses near fatal risk as heat shields, retrofire timing, and parachute deployment must be exact. Historical Gemini missions show narrowly averted disasters including Grissom Liberty Bell 7 and Glenn, Carpenter, Cooper, and Gemini 3 near misses, with ongoing rescue concerns after splashdowns.
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Ponte
Grissom
Amerca
John H. Glenn, Jr
City police report 43 arrests in May
Washington City Police Chief Clarence Mike Lee said city police made 43 arrests in June. The offenses include excessive noise in a motor vehicle two cases, following too close one, excessive speeding eleven, failure to have control of vehicle one, stop sign violation two, expired registration one, careless driving two, breach of peace by auto one, failure to yield two, drinking on a public street three, leaving the scene of an accident one, no operator license two, permitting an unauthorized person to drive one, operating a motor vehicle on a sidewalk one, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated two, improper parking eight, breaking and entering one, and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent one.
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Washington City
Clarence
Mike” Lee
Southeast Weather Outlook with Warmer Overnight
Partly cloudy and warmer through tonight with lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Clouds thicken with occasional showers and thunderstorms over about half the area. Temperatures reach the lower 80s with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
New Methodist Minister for Washington Church
Rev. M. O. Smith named pastor of First Methodist Church Washington arriving this week to preach next Sunday. He succeeds Dr. Theodore Schwartz transferred to Wisconsin. Smith comes from Lake Street Church Eau Claire, Wisconsin, after leading since 1953 and previously serving Willmar Fergus Falls Virginia Minn Rapid City SD. He has held church and civic roles including Shelter for the Handicapped board, Junior Chamber and United Cerebral Palsy offices, plus Methodist Church state posts. He is Northwestern University B S and Garrett Theological B D graduate, with wife and three children Marilyn Schuman Rodney Smith and Bert Smith. Mrs. Smith has Chicago education work background. Hobbies include fishing boating hunting and golf.
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M. 0. Smith
First Methodist Church
Washington
Smith
Theodore Schwartz
Wisconsin
Schwartz
Lake Street Methodist Church
Eau Claire
Wisc
Willmar
Fergus Falls
Virginia
Minn
Rapid City
South Dakota
Shelter For the Handicapped
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
United Cerebral Palsy Foundation
New Washington
Methodist Church
Northwestern University
Garrett Graduate
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Morty Hughson
B and H Firestone
Tom Tanner
Washington Oil
John Goodwin
Phillips 66
Wayne Beighard
Wayne's Standard
Ray Young
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Gilmore Shell Service
C. R. McCutchen
Smart Distributing Co
J and L Friendly Service
Elroy Maule
Marvin Selden
Robert Rigler
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Edgington
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M. Scott Carpenter
L. Gordon Cooper
John W. Young
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