Fifty Years Ago Today, October 25, 1965

New Division Not Coming To Benning

The Army's newly--activated 9th Infantry Division will be formed and trained at Ft. Riley, Kan., Sec. of the Army Stanley R. Resor said here today. There had been some speculation that the division would be activated at Fort Benning.

Flight Scrubbed

Launching of the Gemini 6 astronauts on man's first attempt to catch and join an orbiting satellite was postponed indefinitely today when their Agena spacecraft target was lost in space.

Dolls

A military spokesman Sunday denied a report that two members of the lst Cavalry Division were wounded by exploding booby trap dolls. The report came from Columbus, where the wives and relatives of members of the Air Cavalry said they had letters telling about the handmade death dolls.

This story was originally published October 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, October 25, 1965 ."