Fifty Years Ago Today, Augusts 30, 1965

Gemini Shows Moon

Flight Possible

Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, cosmic champions with 3.3 million orbital miles behind them, headed back today to where they started --living proof man can fly in space long enough to reach the moon and return.

Blankenship Trial

Mrs. Shirley Blankenship, accused of murder in the poison death of her employer, went on trial today in Dawson, "Peanut Capital of the World."

Pledge

A state welfare official says Alabama's refusal to sign a non-discrimination pledge is "no defiance" but merely a way to get the issue tested in court. The Health, Education and Welfare Department in Washington has threatened to cut off an estimated $91 million a year in funds to the state because of the failure to promise compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

This story was originally published August 30, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, Augusts 30, 1965 ."