Fifty Years Ago Today, August 29, 1965

Flight Shortened By Single Orbit

Rough weather in the Atlantic caused space officials Saturday to curb the flight of the Gemini 5 by an orbit. Splashdown was reset to 7:55 a.m. (EST), 600 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. were reported in good health.

Education

Registration of pupils assigned to New High School will be held Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Clubview Elementary School auditorium. Nathan Patterson, assistant superintendent in charge of special services, today announced that the place of registration has been shifted, in view of the fact that New High School is not ready for use.

Viet Nam

To investigate one of many important aspects of the war in Viet Nam, the Gallup Poll assigned 164 of its nationwide staff of interviewer-reporters to talk to people about their expectations regarding the war in Southeast Asia.

This story was originally published August 28, 2015 at 12:18 PM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, August 29, 1965 ."