Gemini 5 mission reels toward eight day flight milestone
Astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr sleep briefly as ground control plots a mock Agena rendezvous. The exercise simulates piloted docking to a phantom target, a key step toward a possible moon mission this decade. Oxygen pressure and fuel cell readings improve while a duplicate satellite aids radar tracking.
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Houston
Tex
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charlies Conrad Jr
Mission Control
Egene Krantz
Cuan
Cape , Fla
James Wood High School to hold measurements for band uniforms
Rehearsal and fitting period set for tomorrow from 1 30 p.m. to 6 30 p.m. All members urged to attend. A separate discussion featured a nine year old asking why the President does not tell the Russians to live their way and we ours highlighting Cold War tensions. The child’s question echoes broader desire for simpler times.
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James Wood High School
U.S
Auto Workers Rush For 400 Month Pensions
Detroit AP reports a surge in retirement applications in the auto industry as a $400 monthly pension at age 60 looms with a deadline a week from Wednesday. General Motors Chrysler and Ford see requests 3 to 5 times normal as 1966 model production nears. Flint and Saginaw face tight labor markets with low unemployment and possible skilled trade shortages, while retirements at age 55 for $200 monthly are possible Sept 1 under 1964 UAW contracts.
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General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Dustry
Ket
Flint
Saginaw
Mich
United Auto Workers Union
Congress Heads Into Another Busy Week
Congress moves toward finishing business by mid September. The House and Senate rush a batch of bills including immigration reform and defense dollars while debating four point two to four point seven trillion in proposed spending. A new military construction authorization bill is sought to replace a vetoed one as President Johnson questions base closure rules.
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Viet Nam
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Job Corps Camp Returns to Normal After Rioting
Morganfield Kentucky AP reports Job Corps at Camp Breckinridge aims to resume standard classes after Friday disturbances. 13 injured as 546 students faced transfers and dismissals amid a probe by the FBI into a protection racket amid conflicting accounts of a race related incident.
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Camp Breckinridge
Jobs Corps
FBI
Base-Closing Restrictions To Be Revised
Washington AP The House Armed Services Committee led by L Mendel Rivers aims to move quickly to revise base closing limits as Johnson vetoes a large military construction bill. The dispute centers on a 120 day reporting requirement before base closures and possible executive power encroachments.
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House Armed Services Committee
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U S Planes Pound North Viet Nam Hydroelectric Plant
U S war planes bombed the Ban Thach hydroelectric plant and dam site for the third day, damaging a multi storage generator building and dam 80 miles southwest of Hanoi. Eight F4s and eight F104s plus support craft carried out the strike, with planes returning safely. Casualties were light for U S forces. A separate report notes the 18th battalion of the Big Red One wounded three Viet Cong and captured seven in northwest of Nha Trang.
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Hanoi
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Viet Nam
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Nha Trang
Growers in Frederick County Endorse Labor Recruitment Drive
Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn agrees to cooperate with a U. S. Labor Department program to recruit 2 500 domestic apple pickers. Executive secretary Charles B Toan says a federal coordinator will map routes from the Piccadilly Employment Office while another coordinator will be placed in Martinsburg. Growers doubt past efforts but hope the intensive recruitment across 46 points in Virginia, Mississippi, Kentucky and Florida will yield enough capable workers. surveys and contracts begin this week with positive recruitment starting next week and possible foreign labor applications if needed.
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Labor Department
Toan
Virginia
South Carolina
Kentucky
Florida
Secretary of Labor
Porsterta
Reins kept on Viet Optimism
Editor notes a cautious rise in optimism within Washington over the Viet Nam War due to events like the Chu Lai victory and growing U S strength. The piece cites Viet Cong manpower strains, rising South Vietnamese reserves, and strategic factors while warning that overall gloom remains tempered and uncertain.
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Elton C. Fay
Elton C. Fay Washington
Johnson Administration
Chu Lai
Sree
Cyrus R. Vance
Hanoi
Apple Growers Call For Bunk House Bedding
Apple growers advertise a contact number 667-2124 for bedding at the bunk house. The store announces air conditioning and mentions George in a brief readable notice.
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APPLE
Clarke County Victims in Two Separate Crashes Reported
A Clarke County man and four others died in a head on Route 51 collision near Inwood. John Franklin LaFollette, 22, from Swimley was named among the victims. A separate Route 55 crash west of Front Royal killed a Strasburg man Jackie LeRoy Bamber, 26, after a rear pass attempt.
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S Phve Peop
Clarke County
Inwood
John Franklin LaFollette
Swimley
Strasburg
Jackie LeRoy Bamber
Front Royal
West Virginia
David Leslie Nunz
Norman F. Housden
Shenandoah Junction
Florence Smoot
Halltown
Margaret Ann Painter
Bloomery
Benner Gets 5 Years for Voluntary Manslaughter in Winchester Shooting
Ralph Jackson Benner Jr was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for the April 3 shooting of Betty Birkett Boyd. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter on July 27 by an all male Corporation Court jury pending a first degree murder trial for John Garrett. The incidents followed a party at 5048 Loudoun St after visiting grills in Winchester and two West Virginia taverns. Judge Elliott D Marshall denied defense requests to set aside the verdict and delay the second trial pending appeal actions.
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Ralph Jackson Benner, Jr
State Penitentiary
Betty Birkett
Boyd
Benner
Corporation Court
John Garrett
Loudoun St
Winchester
West Virginia
Fhcing
Eliott D. Marshall
Peter K. McKee
McKee
Weather Update: State Sees Moist Air and Scattered Showers
A moist air mass covers the state bringing warm conditions and scattered showers across regions. Forecasters expect brief showers with periods of sun between bursts. Temperatures rise slightly as humidity remains elevated.
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