Nation, local items span crimes to space and law
A long list of brief items notes Roy Hendrickson discussing Indian wheat shipping issues at a grain producers event, a strike III training seminar at Amarillo AFB, an oil rig near Glazier, and a DC3 crash at Santa Cruz de Tenerife with 32 dead. Other items cover Selma murder trial witnesses, a German air force incident, a Wayland College student’s Cuba outlook, Elaine Ledbetter named state teacher of the year, a fatal Lockney crash, early 1970s budget moves, and church decrees on religious liberty.
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Elaine Ledbetter
Pampa
Texas
Monroe Smith
Lockney
Britain presses allies to tighten Rhodesia sanctions
London sources say Britain seeks a broader embargo on Rhodesia to topple Premier Ian Smith. In Salisbury Smith plans a nationwide broadcast as diplomats urge West Germany and Japan to ban Rhodesian imports. Japan and Germany are key buyers of Rhodesia metals and pig iron.
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London
UPI
Britain
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Salisbury
Smith
George Thompson
Foreign Office
Herbert Blackenhorn
Shigenobu Shima
Africa
West Germany
Japan
Harold Wilson
Europe
U N General Assembly sanctions call on South Africa
The UN special political committee condemned South Africa's racial policy as a threat to peace and urged binding economic penalties. The 78 to 1 vote with 16 abstentions included the United States France and Britain among abstainers.
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United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
South Africa
Portugal
United States
France
Britain
Security Council
Gemini 6 Rendezvous Delayed By Onboard Computer Issue
Gemini 6 faces a setback as its flight computer memory is altered requiring removal and reloading. Gemini 7, with Borman and Lovell, holds a two week mission in orbit while launch officials decide whether to attempt a Sunday or Monday rendezvous with the capricious twin craft.
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Kennedy
Mory
Schirra
Staffords
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Borman
Cape
William C. Schmeider
Lovell
Gemini
Wayward Starfighter Crashes Near Narvik After Fury Flight
A West German Luftwaffe Major piloting an unarmed FING Super Starfighter went missing during a night mission from Noervinich AFB and crashed four miles south of Narvik Ankenes hilltop after a 2000 mile blind flight. NATO jets scrambled over Denmark and Norway. The pilot died and authorities warned of a dangerous near miss before impact.
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Narvik
Norway
UPI
NATO
Denmark
Red Cross
Ankenes
West Germany
Noervinich Air Force Base
Luftwaffe
Space Space Proves Problem for Gemini
Space fare and equipment packed into the Gemini capsule tests the limits of two men for 14 days. Engineers compare cargo needs from Gemini 4 5 to Gemini 7, noting meals, weight, and volume constraints and the push for more in less space.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Gemini
Paul LaChance
Crew Systems Division
Infantry Engages Red Foe Near Saigon and Delta
U.S. infantrymen of the Big Red One clashed with Communist troops amid the Michelin plantation area 40 miles northwest of Saigon. Paratroopers, Marines, and local militiamen reported separate engagements with Viet Cong along routes near Saigon and Tuy Hoa, with casualties and aircraft support noted. A fire on the carrier Kitty Hawk in the Tonkin Gulf killed two sailors and injured 29 while a Navy board investigates.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Michelin Rubber Plantation
U.S. Army
1St Infantry Division
Big Red
a_ military
South China Sea
Tuy Hoa
U.S. Navy
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Soviet budget boosts defense amid industrial slowdown
In Moscow Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov announced a 600 million ruble boost in 1966 defense spending, a 5 percent rise, citing growing war menace and international tension. The budget also favors consumer goods, heavy industry, and increased investment in farms and factories despite slower industrial growth. A separate Tucson incident saw a motorcycle theft by 20-year-old Robert Lizak, seized after he borrowed the bike from an officer.
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Moscow
Union
Vasily Garbuzov
Washington
Garbuzov
Supreme Soviet
Viet Nam
Tucson
Ariz
Frank Cordier
Cordier
Robert Gerald Lizak
Lizak
Gressive
Imperial
Ajist
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Air Defense Cut Planned For U S Bomber Force By 1971
Washington officials indicate a reduction of the U S long range bomber fleet to about 250 aircraft by 1971 and a simultaneous squeeze on air defenses against Russian bombers. McNamara plans aim to close 149 bases and phase out older B52 and B58 models though a newer, extended range bomber may be pursued.
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U.S
Pentagon
Pagel
Wil DesCasictu
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
United States
Cincinnati Pays Out Mistake on 46 Year Subway Project
Cincinnati funds will pay 100000 Friday as the penultimate installment on a 46 year old 13 million Rapid Transit Subway Project. Final payment of 187312.50 will follow in 1967, totaling 13019982.45 including principal and interest on a 6.1 million original issue.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
City
Cincinnati
Congress to Probe Fed Rate Hike Hearings Ordered
A Senate House Economic Committee inquiry into the Federal Reserve Board rate increase was ordered, with all seven board members to testify starting Monday. FDIC urged banks cautious as state banks may raise time deposit rates to 5 percent while smaller banks face different conditions. The stock market recovered from earlier losses as rate actions were announced.
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FDIC
K. A. Randall
Federal Reserve Banks
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