Chicago to fete Gemini astronauts at grand welcome
More than a million Chicagoans, including thousands of schoolchildren, planned to greet Gemini 4 astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt with a downtown parade and ticker tape. Mayor Daley pledged a sensational reception as the pair arrive after a Texas flight and a nine-track flood story from Sanderson, Texas, looms in separate coverage.
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Gus) Grissom
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Rest stop robbery and parade plans headline tenacity and travel
A woman and her husband were robbed at a highway rest stop while their sleeping son slept in the car. Page 14 notes Chicago gala plans with a Flag Day parade along Michigan Avenue through the Loop and a Millennium year celebration. Page 1 reports China accusing the Soviet Union of seeking peace talks in Viet Nam as the Kremlin intensifies efforts to find an exit. Page 1 also notes the Sanderson flash flood killing at least 16 people and a missing body, while Page 1 covers President Johnson naming Edward A. Clark as ambassador to Australia, a vacancy since last year.
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Peking blasts Viet Nam war as Khrushchev era shifts
Soviet and Chinese leaders trade blunt charges over Vietnam and global strategy. Officials accuse Moscow of covert cooperation with the United States while Beijing criticizes Brezhnev regime as Khrushchevian revisionism. Goldwater calls for bombing Hanoi and China’s plants to curb aggression.
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Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade rushed to the Bien Hoa and Vung Tau area near Saigon for possible first active field support in Vietnam. They secured Phuoc Vinh airstrip and awaited orders as fighting intensified around Dong Xoai. Casualties cited include about 1,500.
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Clark Named Ambassador to Australia by Johnson
President Johnson nominated Austin banker-attorney Edward A. Clark as ambassador to Australia. A longtime personal and political ally, Clark is senior partner in Clark Thomas Harris Denius Winters and chairs Capital National Bank in Austin. He aided Johnson in key Texas and national political battles dating from 1948 and 1960 Senate campaigns.
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