96 Minute World Walk From Space Center Houston
Rookie astronaut David R. Scott plans a 96 minute walk around Earth from Gemini 8 during a 1966 mission. He will drift up to 100 miles high, detach using a 25 foot tether, swap to a 75 foot line, test anti torque devices, and retrieve a radiation measurement package and oxygen bottle. The voyage aims for multiple satellite linkups and a possible side trip, with Armstrong as pilot aboard Gemini 8.
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Scott
Earth
America
Dave Scott
U. S. Space Agency
Neil Armstrong
Sour
Ces
Armstrong
Cape Kennedy
Air Force
Elliot See
See
Edward White
White
B.C
Manned Space Craft Center
Agena
Pork supplies to be down in Spring
Washington report says pork supplies will dip early next year while beef and poultry rise. Hog production for June to August in 10 corn belt states falls 10 percent from 1964, with September to November down 5 percent. Pigs born June to November market late 1965 into 1966. hog prices likely equal or higher than early 1965. Beef up next year but not enough to curb pork. current bo wler production may dampen hog prices. late 1966 could see uptick in supplies and price downturn. Farmers plan December to February pigs about same as year earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Conklins To Mark Anniversary In Keota
Mr and Mrs Charles Conklin plan a quiet observance of their 63rd wedding anniversary on Friday September 24 at home. Both enjoy good health though Mrs Conklin was ill briefly and has improved. Several local families visited, dined, or hosted guests this week, including arrangements with relatives in Des Moines and Washington.
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Keota
Charles Conklin
Leon Vogel
Eugene Vogel
Barbie Jo
Stanley
Des Moines
Danielita
St. Theresa’s School
Wade Page
Wellman
Elmer Waller
David Yocum
Bob Fisher
Johnny
Clarence Martin
Earl Martin
Visoa
Fisher
Pearl McCune
North English
Clifford Conklin
McCune
Washington
Railroad worker killed on Milwaukee line near Richland
Charles Terry, 46, a native of Savanna Illinois, died Tuesday September 21 while on the Milwaukee Railroad near Richland. He was crushed instantly when a lever on a cable machine was tripped during work. His son Marc was on the crew. A separate brief notes Allen Johnston and Mae Weller of Crawfordsville entering one Western horse each in the horse and pony show at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo.
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Charles Terry
Savanna
Ill
Richland
Terry
Marc
Allen L. Johnston
Crawfordsville
Mae Weller
Waterloo
Respite From Rains Sweeps Across Iowa Flooding Expected
Iowa enjoys a brief sun break as floodwaters rise across central and southeastern regions. Ottumwa faces major flooding with residents fleeing. Des Moines River crest projected near 140 feet in Ottumwa, with Rathbun and Cedar Creek spots also reaching flood levels. Skunk River near Osceola to crest around 16 feet, while the Mississippi and Missouri rise statewide. Storms forecast tonight give way to clearing by Thursday.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Ottumwa
United Press International
Augusta
Rathbun
Chariton
Prairie Hill
Cedar Creek
Bussey
Iowa
Dubuque
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Skunk
Oskaloosa
Mississippi River
Quincy
Ill
Grafton
Bureau
Boonville
Marriage Licenses and Local Lodge Notes
Marriage licenses issued to Walter E. Grothe and Maxine Kephart of Crawfordsville and to Dale Jay Robertson of route one Washington and Connie Jane Carson of Ainsworth. Gold Founders lodge meets with Francis McConnell as noble grand and plans first degree work next Tuesday with staff and out-of-town guests urged to attend. Cedar Rhapsody chapter Sweet Adelines presents "Sing Your Troubles Away" at Coe College on October 9 at 8 p.m.
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Walter E. Grothe
Maxine Kephart
Crawfordsville
Dale Jay Robertson
Route One
Washington
Connie Jane Carson
Ainsworth
IOOF
Oold Fellows Lodge
Francis McConnell
Sweet Adelines
Cedar Rhapsody
Sweet Adelines Inc
Cedar Rapids
Verne Eggleston
Coe College
Iowa Farm Outlook 1965 Net Farm Income Rises
Released through Jim Frier Iowa State University outlook specialist Gene Futrell reports 1965 gross national product near 667 billion with agriculture sharing the expansion. Farm income projected at 13.5 billion for 1965, per farm income near 3990, and a small 1966 drop in total net farm income with little change per farm.
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Jim Frier
Gene Futrell
Outlook
Iowa State University
Futrell
Greece recalls days of runaway inflation in 1940s
Athens recounts Greece's postwar currency chaos from 1940 to 1944 when inflation surged. Notes reached trillions and quintillions drachmae, with baskets of money common and barter returning before new drachmae were issued at 50 billion old per one new.
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Greece
Germany
Italy
Highland Pinochle results and local visits in Ainsworth
The Highland Pinochle Club met at the Warick home with Mrs. Bill Wulf winning high score, Mrs. Raymond Lasek low, Paul Beard taking the Pinochle prize and Elaine Zachs the travel prize. Local residents visited relatives in Sedalia Missouri and volunteers served at the Iowa City Veterans Hospital.
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Ainsworth
Highland
William Rarick
Bill Wulf
Raymond Lasek
Paul Beard
Elaine Zachs
Fred Beard
Sedalia
Missouri
Richard Havel
Dick Blanchard
Tom Stirling
Earl Schuerman
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Wayne Duwa
Kalona
Highway 1
Duwa
English River
Keith Yoder
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Duwas
Huck Finn
Leonard Hochstetler
Leonard
Henry Hochstetler
Department
Conklins
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Ernest Hinkle
Tressie Schreckengast
Walter Boggs
Minneapolis
Irene Cupp
Nelle Coffman
Jim Coffman
Michael Lillig
Boggs
Schreckengast
Kate Glover
Myrtle Bowen
Blitz Brothers
By Sakren
Iowa Farm Outlook
Athens
Raricks
Steve Conry
Scott McCracken
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