Russia lands Venus probe with instrument package and data
The Soviet Venus 4 mission released an instrument package that sent temperature readings from 104 to 536 degrees Fahrenheit and measured atmospheric pressure from Earth level to 15 times higher. The device parachuted to the surface, produced signals monitored at Jodrell Bank, and appeared to transmit from Venus’s surface for about 90 minutes before signals ceased.
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Moscow
Venus
Earth
Britain
Tass
Vitaly Bronshten
Semms
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Lovell
Communist Party
Americans Hartline Wald Grårnit Share Nobel Prize in Physiology
Two Americans and a Swede win the Nobel Prize in physiology for discovering key visual processes in the eye. Haldan Hartline of New York George Wald of Harvard and Ragnar Granit of Sweden share the prize worth 62000 dollars. Their work illuminates how the eye converts light into sight.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Haldan Keffer Hartline
New York
George Wald
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Ragnar Granit
Royal Caroline Institute Medical Faculty
Hartline
Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore
Rockefeller University of
Germany
Lasker
Rumford Medal
Rain totals and community blood drive report
Last night’s rain measured 0.56 inches, bringing October’s total to 1.75 inches. The Red Cross Bloodmobile, sponsored by Winchester Rotary Club, collected 154 pints from 166 donors with 12 deferred. A new traffic light at N Loudoun and Commercial Streets will go into operation today, activated by street pressure plates.
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THE
RED Cross
Winchester Rotary Club
N., Loudoun
Commercial Sts
Eisenhower Hospitalized With Prostate Enlargement
Doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has a benign enlargement of the prostate causing partial urinary obstruction. Despite the condition his spirits are good and he is up and around. He remains in hospital after his third illness in five months and a formal prognosis on stays is not yet determined.
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Washington
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Final Arguments Begin in 1964 Mississippi Slayings Case
An all white federal jury in Meridian hears final arguments in the conspiracy trial of 18 Mississippi defendants over the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers. Judge Cox rejects acquittal motions for 13. five remain under advisement as jurors weigh testimony from 155 witnesses.
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Meridian
Miss
U.S. Dist
Harold Cox
Cox
Mississippi
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Philadelphia, Miss
Richard Willis
Olen Burrage
Herman Tucker
E.G. Barnette
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Demonstrators Shift Tactics After Violent Oakland Protests
In Oakland antiwar demonstrators move to peaceful picketing at the induction center after a 24 hour violence spree. Police clashed with crowds earlier injuring and arresting hundreds as Baez and others faced court sentences.
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Oakland
Calif
Oakland Induction Center
Delmar Brobst
Joan Baez
University of California Berkeley
Arleigh Williams
Berkeley
Arson Suspected in California Brush Fires
Firefighters link arson to a third of 50 000 acres burned as 7 000 acre blaze near Los Padres National Forest grows. Simi area fires, two 16 year old girls arrested, and 42 homes plus 17 other structures destroyed in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
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Los Angeles
California
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Paula
Santa Paul
California Division of Forestry
Simi
San Fernando Valley
Santel Caula
Crossfield
Thousand Oaks
Simi Area
Simi Valley Community High School
Ventura County Sheriff’s
Ventura Counties
Rockefeller Rejects Presidential Run Amid 1968 GOP Talks
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller says he does not want to be president and would not run unless drafted as moderates press for his nomination. Spiro Agnew and Winthrop Rockefeller say his stance remains firm while Romney positions himself for a decision soon. John Connally anchors a Democratic show of support for Johnson's Vietnam policy.
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Independence
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Virgin Islands
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
GOP
New Yorker
Agnew
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Michigan
George Romney
New Hampshire
Romney
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Bellman
Ronald Reagan
California
John Connally
Texas
Johnson
Connally
U.S
Saigon
United States
Denny's Comm Auction Tonight At 7 Pm
Auction includes furniture appliances and tools with entries for a stolen Ford 8N tractor. Reward offered for recovery and conviction with contact 662 9453. Winchester Lions Club sale runs Oct 17 and 18 starting at 5 p.m.
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Denny’s
H. Long
Winchester Lions Club
County
One Student Critical After Crash at Fort Defiance
A Fort Defiance high school pupil was listed in critical condition and two others in serious condition after a pupil driven school bus swerved off Virginia 616 and struck a tree. Driver David Shifflett, 17, said he blacked out before the 3 25 p m crash. About 40 pupils were treated at area hospitals including University Hospital in Charlottesville for injuries.
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Harrisonburg
Fort Defiance
Virginia
Here
Tommy Lee Morris
University Hospital
Charlottesville
David Robert Shiflett
New Hope
Fort Defiance High School
Floods Leave 1 000 Homeless at Souf Refugee Camp
About 1,000 people were left homeless when floods struck the Souf refugee camp in Jordan on Tuesday. The camp houses about 13,000 residents.
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Amman
Jordan
Souf
Democrats Plan Campaign Rally For Largent in Virginia
Democratic leaders announce a public rally on November 1 at 7 30 p m at the Lee Jackson Restaurant to back F L Largent Jr for the House of Delegates with Sen Harry Byrd Jr Rep John Marsh former Rep Burr Harrison and Speaker E Blackburn Moore attending the event amid party unity.
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Democratic
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
John O. Marsh, Jr
Burr P. Harrison
House
E. Blackburn Moore
Lee-Jackson
Largent
House of Delegates
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Moore
Sen. Byrd
Rep
Marsh
Washington
Sen
Byrd
Battle inflicts heavy toll on officers in Saigon area clash
In jungled 41 miles north of Saigon, a veteran Communist regiment ambushed two U S 1st Infantry Division companies. After a day of fighting 58 Americans and at least 103 Communists were killed, 61 Americans wounded, and Maj Don W Holleder and Lt Col Terry Allen Jr among officers killed or wounded.
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Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S
Don W. Holleder
Army
Terry Allen Jr
Tunisia
Sicily
Holleder
Allen
Ene
North Vietnam
Red China
Lang Son
Lang Giai
Perth
Vietnam
Batangan
Chu Lai
U.S. 9Th Division
Rainy Cold Front Dampens Virginia Weather
A cold front moved through Virginia bringing widespread cloudiness and rain across the state today, with cooler air behind the front and unsettled conditions lingering.
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Richmond
Virginia
Erle W. Payne Returns to Office at 35 W Boscawen Dr
Erle W. Payne is reported to have returned to his office located at 35 West Boscawen Drive. No additional details are provided about the move or the reasons for the return.
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Boscawen
Erle W. Payne
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Ruth Hubbard
Prof. Granit
Helsinki
Finland
University of Helsinki
Gettysburg
Roger W. Heyns
Oakland City
Augusta County
Ft. Defiance
Frank Crossfield
Division
Women’s Auxiliary Salvation Army
Lynette Davis
Mt. Sidney
Roger Thornston
Democrats
F. L. Largent, Jr
Jim Largent
Harrison
Howard Johnson
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