Space Agency names 19 new astronauts
The U S space agency named 19 new astronauts to boost the corps to 50, with training to begin in May at the Space Center. The group includes Vance Brand St John Bull Gerald Carr Charles Dukeee Joe Engle Ronald Evans Edward G Givens Fred Haise James Irwin Don Lind Jack Lousma Thomas Mattingly Bruce McCandless Edgar Mitchell William Pogue Stuart Roosa John Sigert Paul Weitz and Alfred Worden. The selections follow losses and resignations reducing the pool from earlier years.
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Space Agency
Mars
Vance D. Brand
Longmont
Colo
St. John
Bull
Navy
Memphis
Fred W. Haise Jr
Biloxi
Miss
NASA
Flight Research Center
James B. Irwin
Air Force
Pittsburgh
Headquarters
Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Don L. Lind
Murray
Utah
Goddard Spaceflight Center
Silver Spring
Jack R. Lousma
Marine
Grand Rapids
Mich
Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
N.C
Thomas K. Mattingly
Chicago, Ill
Aerospace Research Pilot School
Edwards Afb
Bruce McCandless II
Boston
Mass
Stanford University
Edgar D. Mittchell
Hereford
Tex
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William R. Pogue
Okemah, Okla
Stuart A. Roosa
Durango, Colo
Indira Gandhi Ill After World Tour Return
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is ill with flu and must rest for two days after a 10 day world tour visiting Paris Washington London and Moscow. Peter Townsend plans to return to Britain to live with his Belgian wife and three children and work for a London public relations firm starting April 13. Louise Katzman, 16, questioned Mayor Lindsay about dropout solutions during a high school editors conference. Singer Guy Mitchell marries 19 year old Kathryn Evensen in Las Vegas and plans a Paris honeymoon before an April Paris engagement.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
London
Peter Townsend
Margaret
Britain
Townsend
Royal Air Force
Buckingham Palace
John V. Lindsay
Louise E. Katzman
Lindsay
Bernard E. Donovan
Las Vegas
Nev
Guy Mitchell
Granada Hills
Calif
Kathryn Evensen
Miss Evensen
Mitchell
Paris
Man Kills Estranged Wife and Self in Trailer
AP report from Prince George says 35 year old Jack Roland Cleere shot and killed his estranged wife Mary in her trailer near here and then killed himself. Cleere's body, also shot with a .22 caliber pistol, was found about a mile and a half from the trailer. Mrs. Cleere's grandmother Bridget Johnson was present during the incident.
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Prince George
Jack Roland Cleere
Mary
Cleere
Bridget Johnson
Must Keep Talent Home Godwin Says
Gov. Godwin argues Virginia must educate and retain its bright students at home. He predicts the new community college system will meet the state’s need for skilled workers and prevent brain drain as he spoke at the dedication of a Georgia-Pacific plywood plant.
Traffic Patrol Helicopter Crashes in Virginia Beach
An AP report from WTAR notes WTAR Radio Station’s Traffic Patrol Helicopter crashed into a thicket off Shore Drive in Virginia Beach Monday. All three aboard escaped serious injury. identified injured are Bill Hale slot, Jim Oliver traffic reporter, and David Mession of Norfolk, 10.
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Virginia Beach
WTAR
Traffic Patrol
Rapine
Bill Hale
Jim Oliver
David Mession
Norfolk
Easter Seal funds aid two patients at Winchester Memorial
K. M. Smith, a physical therapist at Winchester Memorial Hospital, says the Easter Seal campaign helped two rehabilitation patients. One patient lost both legs after surgery due to circulatory problems and benefits from a $218 special chair. Another patient with spastic paralysis uses a $153 leg brace to walk with a walker at home.
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K. M. Smith
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lady Bird Back at Ranch After Texas Tour
Lady Bird Johnson returns to LBJ Ranch in Johnson City Texas after a four day Texas tour with Interior Secretary Udall and National Park Service Director Hartzog. The First Lady plans a tree planting in her hometown with her daughter Lynda ages 22.
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Lady Bird
Johnson City
Tex
Lady Bird Johnson
LBJ
Teneas
Big Bend
Texas
Art L. Udall
George B. Hartzog Jr
National Park Service
Mrs. Johnson
Lynda
Japanese Governors Cancel US Visit
AUGUSTA Maine AP Gov John H Reed says a Japanese governors delegation trip to the United States planned for May is canceled due to Japan’s economic depression. Reed notes the national government uses stimulants needing prefectural governors’ administration as the reason.
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Augusta
Maine
United States
John H. Reed
Reed
Governors’ Conference
Japan
U.S
Hong Kong
South Viet Nam
Two surveyors die in Virginia plane crash
POWHATAN Va AP two surveyors on a return trip to Pennsylvania from a Florida construction job were killed in a light plane crash near here State police identified the victims as W W Armstrong 42 and Bradley Jackson Morris Jr 28 both of Oxford Pa
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Powhatan, Va
Pennsylvania
Florida
Here
W. W. Armstrong
Bradley Jackson Morris Jr
Oxford
How's Your I Q How to score 100 questions daily results
A short quiz feature outlines a 10 day IQ test with daily scoring. It ranks memory ability from Memory Genius to Good and directs readers to page two for the correct answers. It lists ten sample questions about units, mail registration, elements, Bible insect, Darrow, a poetry line, infantry insignia, definition of a dance, UNC Tar Heels, and a zephyr.
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Clarrence S. Darrow
U.S. Army
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Houston
U.S. Space Agency
America
Mornday
Elliot M. Lee
Charles A. Bassett Jr
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John L. Sigert Jr
Devillian
Denver
North American Aviation Inc
Cmdr
Paul J. Weitz
Erie
Oak Harbor
Wash
Alfred M. Worden
Jackson, Mich
Mrs. Gandhi
Anthony Armstrong-Jones
Earl of Snowdon
New York
By Jorine Lalas
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
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Smith Dolll
Nitro
Bord
Chemical Company
Aden Center
Crookston
Minnesota
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Godwin
Copter
Virginia
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Perry
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Loudoun ST
Winchester
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