Marine Astronaut Dies In Disintegrated Plane
Marine Corps Maj. Clifton C. Williams Jr., 35, a Space Age pioneer, died when his T38 trainer crashed near the Florida Georgia line while en route from Cape Kennedy to Houston. Williams, a Lunar Module specialist and Gemini 10 backup, was to join an Apollo mission.
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Williams
Moody Air Force Base
Valdosta
Miccosukee
Fla
Here
Air Force
Joe Johnson
Moody
Johnson
Navy
Alan B. Shepard
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space
Grumman
Bethpage
N.Y
The
Space Center
Cape Kennedy
Jane Elizabeth Lansche
New Bern
N.C
Catherine Ann
No Pilot Needed at Salt Lake Airport Wind Gusts Lift Plane
A plane at Salt Lake Municipal Airport lifted off without a pilot as winds gusting up to 70 mph drove the craft into the air and onto the roof of a hangar owned by Thompson Flying Service.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Municipal Airport
Thompson Flying Service
Christmas morning doll patterns and needlecraft sale
A Winchester Evening Star ad offers patterns for a dressable doll with moving limbs, pattern 7177, 50 cents plus 15 cents for first class mailing. It lists needlecraft catalogs, free patterns, and various craft books with prices around 50 cents each, urging readers to mail orders to Alice Brooks.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Picasso Likes It Chicago Snow Job Sculpture Debated
AP reports Picasso’s 50 foot steel sculpture unveiled Aug 15 in Civic Center Plaza sparks debate over its meaning with critics claiming a snow job while architect William Hartmann says Picasso is pleased with Chicago’s reception and may want a photo when snow covers it. The work is widely thought to depict a woman’s head.
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Chicago
Pablo Picasso
Picasso
Civic Center Plaza
William Hartmann
Caesar Returns Slimmer in New York Club Date
Sid Caesar appears at the Latin Quarter for his first New York club date in five years. The comedian shows a slimmer figure, shedding forty three pounds in a year and a half. He jokes about diets and his new look to the crowd.
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New York
Comedi
Sid Caesar
Latin Quarter
Five Brevard judges void Robbin appointment as court reporter
Five circuit judges in Brevard County overruled Gov. Claude Kirk by declaring Norman Robbin’s appointment as court reporter null and void. They also struck down the state law section allowing the court reporter to serve at the governor’s pleasure.
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Titusville, Fla
Brevard County
Claude Kirk
Norman Robbin
Gray Brewer
Robbin
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Clifton C, Williams, JR
By Ace Brookes
Caesar
Kirk
Stuart M. Perry
Winchester Rt
Winchester
Berryville Rt
Berryville
Gerald W. Smith
Rio
W. Va
McGraw-Edison Heating Equipment
Hagan Insulation
Mrs
Frank Cameron
Potomac Edison
F.L. Shanholtz
M.H. Levi
J.m.massie
Strasburg
J.A. Stickley
A.J. Vincent
Allegheny Power System
Potomac Edison Co
Cameron St
Winchester, Va
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