Mountains of mail greet Apollo 7 astronauts
Space Center officials count and sort thousands of letters and dozens of telegrams sent in response to Apollo 7 crew members Walter Schirra Walter Cunningham and Donn Eisele pleas to keep cards and letters coming. More than 3 000 letters at Houston and Cape Kennedy and over 50 telegrams await reading as crowds express support.
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Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Apollo 7
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Walter Cunningham
Donn F. Eisele
Walt
Wally
Donn
Kenneth
Worth
Ill
Alan B. Sheppard Jr
McKeesport
Palm Bay
Streetsboro
Ohio
History daily date notes and world events 1968
The day’s brief list recalls events from 1962 Cuba missile crisis to 1968 world notes. Highlights include Kennedy’s quarantine order, Peter the Great’s rise, Princeton charter, Sam Houston’s Texas presidency, and other international moves and incidents.
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Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Cuba
Soviet Union
Peter the Great
All
Russia
Princeton University
Sam Houston
Republic of Texas
New York
France
Laos
John Foster Dulles
Formosa
China
Quemoy
United States
West Germany
Israel
Godwin Backs Bonds in Talk To Students
Governor Mills E. Godwin Jr. promotes an $81 million bond issue to support state colleges and mental health facilities. He cites Virginia’s low ranking in college-age enrollment but notes rapid growth and strain on institutions. He compares efforts with student government volunteers urging high school seniors toward higher education.
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Lynchburg
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia
Association of Student Governments
Godwin
Byrd and Spong Back McCutcheon in 8th District
Virginia politics report Byrd and Spong publicly back McCutcheon as he campaigns to unify the 8th District Democrats against Republican William L. Scott. The endorsement signals potential Wallace voters may drift toward McCutcheon, while other statewide races feature Glesen criticizing Marsh over spending.
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Associated Press
Andrew H. McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Reston
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Howard W. Smith
Byrd
William B. Spong Jr
William L. Scott
Spong
Democratic Party
Mc.Cutcheon
Edward C. Maedor
George C. Wallace
Washington
Fairfax County
Chesapeake Bay
Wallace
Smith
Scott
MrCutcheon
Del
A. R
Pete”’ Giesen Jr
Staunton
Glesen
John O. Marsh Jr
House Appropriations Committee
Fifth District
Dan
Daniel
Danville Fairgrounds
America
Supreme Court
Weldon Tuck
Collinsville
Tumble Into Cement Mixer Kills Workman
Clifton Station AP Lee Looney 45 of Triangle died after falling about 25 feet into a cement mixer at the Virginia Sand and Gravel Co plant in Clifton Station. He was welding near the top when he fell, struck interior mechanisms, and was freed by Clifton Rescue Squad before dying at Fairfax hospital.
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Clifton Station
Virginia Sand and Gravel Co
Here
Lee Looney
Triangle
Looney
Clifton
Fairfax
Arctic Trek Ends Across Soviet Arctic Coast
Two young men completed a six month trek retracing Arctic pioneers along the Soviet Union’s northern coast. They traveled 11,850 miles by dog sled deer sled horseback and on foot from Archangel to Cape Dezhnev Tass reported the finish.
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Moscow
Soviet Arctic
Soviet Union
Archangel
Dezhnev
Tass
Boy 12 to Appear on TV Urging Humphrey Vote
Syracuse AP report says 12 year old John Connelly will pay 74.95 for 10 seconds on station WHEN to urge voters to back Hubert Humphrey. He will speak at 4 50 pm saying Humphrey led the civil rights bill and created Peace Corps and Medicare. His father is a Democratic committeeman in Clay New York.
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Syracuse
N.Y
John Connelly
Hubert H. Humphrey
John
Clay
Hubert Humphrey
John W. Connelly
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
Indians Scare White Hunters Off Reservation
Shoshone Indians in war paint and rifles order white hunters from the Ruby Valley reservation near Elko Nevada. Leader John Pope aka Rolling Thunder says five groups have been run off and vows to close eastern Nevada lands to hunters for food.
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Winnemucca, Nev
John Pope
Pope
Frank Temoke
Smart
Nevada
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