Viet Cong Ambush Kills Sixty in Central Vietnam
In central Viet Nam, Viet Cong ambushes killed about 60 government troops 215 miles northeast of Saigon. A U.S. adviser wounded, evacuated with two uninjured Americans. Two Marine fliers died in a Da Nang area crash. A second ambush hit a government convoy 150 miles northeast of Saigon, with at least 10 soldiers killed. Five American crewmen and several Vietnamese soldiers were involved in rescues. A Viet Cong assault near Binh Chanh left 30 defenders missing as six U.S. helicopters repelled the attack. U.S. warplanes conducted heavy raids over North Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Cefetral Viet Nam
U.S
Chee Reo
Phu Bon
da Nang
James M. Dilg
Casper
Wyo
Charles M. Curry
Watsonville
Calif
Curry
Binh Chanh
Bac Lieu
Mekong
Viet Nam
Ben Quang
June rainfall totals cited by Fruit Research Lab
Yesterday's thundershower yielded 0.86 inch, bringing June and year totals to 0.86 inches and 14.79 inches respectively. A Star reader notes coincidences in toll figures, comparing Vietnam casualties to Virginia highway deaths reported by the Associated Press.
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Fruit’ Research Laboratory
Gemini 4 reaches orbit after delay and catnap
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II nap during a 1 hour 16 minute delay and launch the Gemini 4 mission aboard a Titan rocket from Cape Kennedy. The craft achieved orbit at 10 16 a m EST with mission status reported as on the money.
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Houston, Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Titan
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Control Center
Hon
Mission Control
Ewe
Canary Islands
African
McDivitt
Comemand
Kano
Central Africa
Viscose Plant Covered Under New Pact
Workers at the Front Royal plant of the American Viscose Division FMC Corp are covered by a new three year agreement between the Textile Workers Union of America and the Viscose division. The pact covers 7 500 synthetic fiber workers in Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia with plants in Lewiston Marcus Hook Meadville Front Royal Parkersburg and Nitro. The agreement announced Wednesday provides wage and benefit improvements valued at 29.66.
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Front Royal
FMC Corp
Textile Workers Union of America
Pennesylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Lewiston
Marcus Hook
Meadville
Parkersburg and
Nitro
W. Va
Stephens City appoints interim mayor and council member
Town Council elects Thomas A. Ewing to serve temporarily as mayor while James W. Galladay is ill and names H. R. Mills to fill Charles E. Bass’s vacancy on the council. A public hearing on the next fiscal year's budget of 33 975 is set before June 30. Bass remains as sewage connections inspector and part of a study group.
Gemini 4 At a Glance
Gemini 4 mission details list launch from Cape Kennedy at 10 16 a m est duration 97 hours 50 minutes 62 orbits with Gemini 4 the second manned two man capsule. The Titan 2 booster stands 90 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter delivering 530000 pounds thrust. Astronauts James A McDivitt and Edward H White II aim to study weightlessness rendezvous EVA and outreach as part of testing for Apollo and related experiments.
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Associated Press
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
White
Tower trouble echoes Gemini 4 delay at Cape Kennedy
Cape Kennedy AP notes service tower issues delaying the Gemini 4 countdown as in 1963 May 14 Cooper launch. The Atlas tower failed to move and radar trouble at a Bermuda station postponed liftoff. Cooper finally launched the next day after repairs.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Cooper
Atlas
Thrilled to Death Says Astronauts Wife
Mrs Ed ward H White expressed joy as her husband Edward H White II launched aboard Gemini 4 from Cape Kennedy. Mrs James McDivitt watched her husband James McDivitt ascend with their children, after dawn phone calls and a Mass at St Pauls church.
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Houston
Tex
Edward H. White
James. McDivitt
Cape Kennedy
Mike
McDivitt
White
Bonnie Lynn
Edward II
Chhildren
St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
el Lago
4 State AAs Meeting Here
Four state Alcoholics Anonymous gathering expected to draw up to 500 people from Virginia West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia at the War Memorial Building Sat night and Sun sessions open to the public Speakers include representatives from Arlington and Baltimore with a Sunday talk on God As I Understand Him Pittsburgh and other figures on the program identified by initials. Local contact via Box 651 Winchester for information.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Alcoholics Anonymous
War Memorial Building
Arlington
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Winchester
Gemini 4 mission scrubbed rendezvous with booster
Cape Kennedy reports mission director Kraft halted the planned close approach of Gemini 4 to the burned out Titan 2 booster stage after McDivitt used half his fuel. McDivitt and White planned four day flight with White to exit the capsule and photograph the stage, a maneuver ultimately abandoned as the booster drifted away.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla. (A
Christopher Cy Kraft, Jr
Mission Control Center
Houston
McDivitt
Control Center
MccDivitt
Kraft
C&P approves funds for Winchester area telephone expansion
The C and P Telephone Co board authorizes 229 500 dollars to add 1 640 lines and 1 000 terminals at Winchester Central Office to meet future growth. About 50 projects totaling over 5 728 000 dollars cover cable, new buildings, central office gear, and outer plant upgrades along the Edinburg Strasburg stretch on the Winchester Staunton long distance route.
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Winchester
C &P Telephone Co
Donald F.caskie
Edinburg - Strasburg
Winchester — Staunton
Fryers Reduced in ACME Markets Ad Listing
ACME Markets advertises Lancaster fryers with whole birds 28 cents per pound and cutup fryers 30 cents per pound. The page 17 notice notes these prices as reduced in today’s sale.
Savings Insured by Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Ads note FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION insures savings at Winchester Savings & Loan. Earn 4 1/4 percent dividend by the 10th, starting from the 1st. Corner location at Boscawen and Washington.
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Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan
Boscawen & Washington
AF Officers Photograph Titan-2 Launch From Cape Kennedy
At Langley AFB five Air Force officers shot thousands of stills as the Gemini Titan-2 rocket passed the Q area above Cape Kennedy. Two F-4C Phantom II jets captured over 8 000 frames in 20 seconds to aid NASA in analyzing aerodynamic stress. Commander Capt. William R. Seal led the mission with Lt. Jack R. Perry piloting the first aircraft.
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Langley Afb
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
William R. Seal
Madison
Jack R. Perry
Springfield
Ohio
John D.musgrove
Sutherlin
Ore
Joseph E.fidler
West Milford
W. Va
Walter S. Vrablic
Sayreville
N.J
Titan
Weather Front Brings Showers Across Virginia
A frontal system moving into Virginia produced a band of showers and thundershowers overnight. ROUSS FIRE CO holds a meeting on Thursday June 3 at 7 30 p.m.
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Richmond
Virginia
Rouss Fire CO
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Gemini Twins
Associated Dispatch
East Africa
Carnarvon
Australia
McDivit
Ewing
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Gemini
James McDivitt
Edward White II
United States
Moon
Space Agency
Charles A. Berry
Mexico
Georgia
C&p
Sarah Zane Fire
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
International
B& M
IB & M Chevrollet-Cadilac Corp
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