NASA Resignation Highlights Space Program Slowdown
AP analysis notes deputy administrator Robert Seamans resigns effective Jan. 1 amid lunar goals slipping, budget cuts, and Apollo program delays. Fire at Apollo 1, personnel shifts, and contractor management questions compound NASA’s struggles with Saturn V and lunar module development and launch scheduling.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Robert C. Seamans Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
NASA
Seamans
Congress
RCA Missile and Electronics and Control Division
James &. Webb
Huntsville
Asla
Houston
Tex
Washington
Webb
North American
Rockwell Corp
Apollo
Lunrried
Space Agency
Mars
LBJ Launches New Attack on Poverty
President Johnson unveils a private‑industry driven plan to create jobs and housing in slums and rural poverty areas with $40 million in federal training funds. Pilot programs will start in five to six cities and a few rural areas, aiming to attract private firms to build plants in underdeveloped zones.
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Washington
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N Y
White House
Kennedy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
New York
Commerce
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Commerce Department
Wilson Faces Rebel Challenge Within Labor Party
In Scarborough England Harold Wilson confronts a Labor Party rebellion over deflation policies and wartime style economic controls. Chancellor Callaghan may seek party endorsement for wage and price freezes while unions threaten protests. Foreign Secretary George Brown faces renewed questions after a late night clash with photographers threatening his political future.
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Scarborough
England
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
James Callaghan
Wilson
Wison
Callaghan
George Brown
Brown
Square Dance Class Set Wednesday
The Blue Ridge Twirlers sponsor a 7:30 p.m. square dance at the War Memorial Building for couples. Instructor Albert Warrick of Front Royal will lead the stereo tape music with a repeat class planned for Oct. 11. For details contact club officers B J Lovett Jim Diehl Robert Pierce Lange Gordon Winston Baker Lynwood DeHaven or Joe Hulverall.
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Blue Ridge Twirlers
War Memorial Building
Albert Warrick
Front Royal
B.J. Lovett
Jim Diehl
Robert Pierce
Lange Gordon
Winston Baker
Lynwood DeHaven
Joe Hulver
New York Times Won’t Publish Afternoon Edition
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger announced The New York Times will not publish an afternoon newspaper in New York City. Daily News and Time Inc. are weighing afternoon ventures, while the Post remains the city’s sole afternoon paper.
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NEW York
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
The
New York Times
Times
New York City
Daily News
Time Inc
Andrew Heiskell
Sulzberger
Virginia General Assembly Acts on Alcoholic Treatment Program
In 1948 the Virginia General Assembly established a program aimed at treating and rehabilitating alcoholics, creating state support for sobriety services and public health efforts.
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Virginia General Assembly
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