Gemini 5 Sets Space Endurance Record in Orbit
Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad surpassed the Soviet single flight record of 119 hours six minutes, reaching 124 hours aboard Gemini 5. The milestone came as NASA expected to exceed Soviet totals in man hours in space, with ongoing routine experiments and planned sixth day in orbit.
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Valery Bykovsky
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Task Force to Probe LA Race Turmoil Causes
Presidentially directed Ramsey Clark leads a federal team flying to Los Angeles to assess federal roles in healing Watts riots aftermath. The delegation may include officials from health housing econ omic opportunity and labor agencies. In Elizabethport New Jersey police faced gasoline bombs as clashes flare. two officers treated for minor burns.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Reds warn Britain over U.S. forces in Hong Kong harbor
Hong Kong based Communist newspapers warned that Red China could take action if the British colony allows U S military ships and planes to use its harbor and airport.
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Hong Kong
Red China
U. S
Eleven Missing After Du Pont Blasts In Louisville
In Louisville the Du Pont Neoprene plant suffered a series of blasts and fires with eleven workers reported missing. Rescue efforts paused overnight as crews anticipate new attempts to recover bodies and assess the $5 to $10 million damage.
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du Pont
Johnson signs 3.3 billion public works act in White House
President Johnson, at a White House ceremony, signed a 3.3 billion Public Works and Economic Development Act. He warned the capital and big cities face rising tension as 80 percent of people will be concentrated by 2000 and urged action to prevent another Los Angeles incident. Vernon R. Alden and Martin L. Hecht attended.
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Johnson
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District of Columbia
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White House East Room
Vernon R. Alden
Martin L. Hecht
Alden
Southeastern
Ohio
Congress
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Dawson Ends Search for Brother in Vietnam Jungle
Don Dawson, a 28 year old Costa Mesa tuna fisherman, returns from a four month ordeal after his search for Lt. Daniel Dawe son, missing on a mission near Bien Hoa, ends with his own release and hope to reunite with Dan's family. Colette Emberger, the interpreter, was also imprisoned but released.
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U. S. Army
Zone D
Donald Charles Dawson
Costa Mesa
Calif
Government Territory
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Arlene
Dawson
Daniel Daweson
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Navy
Donald
Viet Nam
Colette Emberger
Immigration bill clears House but faces Senate hurdles
The Messenger reports the House passed an immigration bill, yet prospects dim in the Senate. Other pages note an Athens fire station bid above estimates and remarks from Hocking Antipoverty director about guidelines.
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Athens
Hocking Antipoverty
Bill Veeck
Profit totals hit record quarterly high in 1950s history
The President's Council of Economic Advisers reported the largest quarterly profit total on record with an annual rate of 73.8 billion dollars before taxes and 44.4 billion after taxes.
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President's Council of Economic Advisers
Mediator Opens Joint Session as Steel Pact Talks Continue
United Steelworkers Union rejects industry wage offer of 40.6 cents an hour over three years. Federal mediator William E. Simkin schedules a joint session after separate talks, warning a Sept. 1 deadline looms with 450,000 workers at risk of a nationwide strike that could shut 80 percent of steel output. President Johnson urged responsibility as Abel calls the plan a backward step.
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United Steelworkers Union
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Johnson
Elderly Civil Rights Critic Near Death in Alabama Attack
In Greensboro Alabama 87 year old Perry Smaw lay near death after his tongue was cut out and he was beaten. Two black men were held for questioning as deputies investigated a possible robbery motive. A shotgun iron skillet and butcher knife were found at the scene and a rifle missing. Governor Wallace offered a 1000 reward for information leading to arrests.
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David Holloway
Hale County
Perry Smaw
Smaw
Holloway
Rev. A. T. Days
Hale County Improvement Association
Here
George Wallace
Ohio Lags but Moving Up in War
Miles Stanley, special assistant to AFL-CIO President Meany, told an Ohio AFL-CIO institute that the war on poverty must win at state and local levels with labor involvement. He praised early Ohio antipoverty efforts but blamed Gov. Rhodes for delays in endorsing projects.
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Miles Stanley
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Ohio
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