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Imup linfM a nrm KENOSHA NEWS Monday January 16 1967 8 postage Jo make airlines pay for any overboolcings Pioneer spacempn have moon-flight chance WASHINGTON Dt UPI irate air lihe passenger who pSit! fofSs2ts to passengers for third month go up now with a 12 billion dollar annual deficit and President Johnson is known to be considering asking congress for a rate-increase particularly on users who have loaded the postal system to the breaking point Officially the post office department says no decision has been made Officials say privately a rate boost will be requested but it has hot been determined exactly how much the increases will total In the various categories If theyare affected at all first class letters are expected to get off with only a slight increase Most lkeily the biggest increases will come in second class newspapers and magazines and third class maiL Now you know By United Press International The largest political party in the world is estimated to be the Red Chinese Communist party with over 18 million members according to the Guinness Book of World Records The loses his seat on an overbooked flight may get up to $2p0 in cash to soothe his feelings if the government has its way The formula was proposed Friday by the civil aeronautics board (CAB) as a way to reduce the number of passengers left at the gate even though they had a seat reservation This happened to about 100000 in 1963 and 1964 The CAB said there was no single cause for the problem but that it felt it had to do everything possible to cut down on the number of overbookings Under CAB procedures the air lines have until Feb 16 to submit their view If the board Tgvrjnc Jqc id 6 sees no merit in the arguments 1 it can make the proposed or-der final any time after the February deadline However all CAB orders still are subject to appeal to the courts Under the plan the air lines would have to pay any passenger with a reservation who was left behind minimum $50 to a maximum It also said the air lines would were available on an overbooked flight and would also have report the number of wjio were left behind Food prices drop WASHINGTON (UPI) Wholesale food prices in December for the consecutive month according the Labor Department continued reduction in prices Lower prices for eggs and fresh vegetables advertising ALVIN Texas (UPI) Alvin State Bank put up sign Friday after it robbed last week for the time in its 67 year history The sign read: Alvin State Bank bank where the action program in generaL Slayton Slayton 42 was already assigned as pilot of a Mercury flight when doctors decided a heart condition would keep him out of space The condition an occasional irregularity or is not dangerous on earth Doctors were rfraid however of problems that it might cause in spaceflight' Though Slayton was about being grounded he remained with the Astronaut Office His first assignment was Coordinator of Astronaut Activities In November 1963 he resigned his commission as an Air Force major but continued his duel role at the Space Center as an astronaut and as director of flight crew operations His administrative duties in the latter office put him in charge of the Astronaut Office the Aircraft Operations Office and the flight Crew Support Division which trains astronauts for their missions dropped third to indicating retail poultry accounted pays -The a new was first the Overseas rate to WASHINGTON UPI -Postmaster General proposed Friday a 13 per cent average increase in postal rates for most regular overseas air and surface mail effective about May 1 His proporsal which can be put into effect without congressional action may be a prelude to a request later this year for congress to increase domestic postal rates said his proposal would be printed in the Federal Register Saturday Opponents will have 30 days to comment before the increase would become final The increase will offset a current operating deficit of about 16 million dollars annually in the post office international postal service said The deficit he explained is the result of recent pay increases and rapid growth of incoming mail Under terms of the Universal Post Union convention die United States post office department receives postage revenue only on outbound mail The post office is operating 10 STORES TO CJGrenees cOens florence's Town 'N' Country Hobbies Cameras Located in ACE Hardware tots to teens KENOSHA'S si Open Every Night Saturday HI 9 PM Jewel Thursday and Friday Only American to orbit the earth The oldest of the original seven Glenn resigned as an astronaut in 1964 to try his hand in politics an ambition that was cut short when he fell in his bathroom and suffered an inner ear problem similar to Later that year Glenn retired from the Marine Corps and became a soft drink executive He has also been retained by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters in Washington as a part-time consultant paid $100 per day for any work he is asked to do- Carpenter Astronaut explorations have ranged from the vacuum of space to the depths of the ocean Carpenter 41 was fourth Mercury astronaut After his 1962 spaceflight however he was injured in a motorbike accident in Bermuda He has not regained flight status since In 1065 Carpenter took a leave of absence from the Space Center to work with the Navy on another type of exploration-under the ocean As officer in charge of Sealab 2 the Navy commander remained 205 feet below the surface for 30 days studying effects of undersea life on man Carpenter returned to the Space Center in early 1966 and became Branch Chief for Advanced Programs in the Astronaut Office In this job which he still holds Carpenter is looking into the future -of man's exploration in space Schirra As recently as two months ago the most likely choice as commander of the first moon landing crew seemed to be Walter (Wally) Schirra the fifth Mercury astronaut The 43-year-old Navy captain is a veteran of both the Mercury and Gemini programs He commanded Gemini 6 In 1965 and made space history by performing the first rendezvous in space of two maneuverable vehicles meeting Gemini 7 and flying within one foot of it Schirra was scheduled to head the crew of the second manrted Apollo flight an Earth-orbiting checkout mission similar to Then the flight was -cancelled by NASA in a time and money saving maneuver In the rescheduling of flights Schirra and his crew were named to back up the Grissom crew for the first manned Apollo mission They are preparing for this now The original backup crew for flight became the prime crew for the more important second manned Apollo and Schirra was left without a scheduled Apollo flight Thus though Schirra has the rendezvous experience Grissom lacks he likely will not have any Apollo experience before the moon mission He might however be assigned to the moon crew Schirra is an avid sailor and recently acquired a new sailboat "Count Cooper The youngest of the Mercury astronauts is Cooper the third member of the original seven with a slight chance to make the moon flight Cooper 39 was the final Mercury pilot He also commanded Gemini 5 becoming the first man to make two orbital flights and breaking the Russian lead in man hours in space with a total of 225 hours 15 Although not assigned to a specific Apollo crew Cooper stays busy preparing for the Apollo program His technical Town 'n' Country Shopping Centar our drydeaning makes fabrics look new again Boys' DON'T MfSS THESE TODDLER SPORTSWEAR and Girls' Sizes T-2 3 4 OR CORDUROY 7 to 14 DRESSES SERVE YOU BIG SALE! 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