Twins Now Quads May Score In Space Chase
Spacecraft Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 maneuver toward a four orbit rendezvous above the Atlantic. Schirra and Stafford pursue Borman Lovell in a planned 14 day mission, aiming to close to 100 feet in formation 185 miles above the Marianas.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fila
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Schirra
Gemini 7
Stafford
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Borman
Lovell
Mission Control
U. S
Mariana Islands
Pacific
Titan
Kraft
Marianas Islands
Western
Earth
Soviet Union
United States
De Gaulle leads in runoff poll with 59 percent
Paris polls show President Charles de Gaulle at 59 percent of decided voters in Sunday's runoff against Francois Mitterrand. In Ohio, Issue 1 aimed at boosting sales tax for school subsidies failed 2 to 1, with $257,335 spent and $238,825 from the Ohio Education Association. Israel bans Goldfinger after two months of business due to a Nazi actor.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Francois Mitterand
Columbus
Ted W. Brown
Ohio Council For Education
James O. Brennan
Ohio Education Association
Jerusalem
Israel
Public Opinion Shrinks Christmas as Religious Holiday
In West Germany a Wickert Institute poll finds 31 percent of men and 28 percent of women no longer view Christmas as religious observance, following a similar England poll showing two thirds dismissing it as religious. In France Somerset Maugham's condition worsens after a stroke. doctors report the 91 year old writer remains in a coma and near death.
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Tuebingen
Germany
West Germany
Wickert Public Opinion Institute
England
Nice
France
Somerset Maugham
George Rosanoff
Maugham
Rosanoff
Search Continues For Lovelace Plane Victims In Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo A search for the plane carrying Dr W Randolph Lovelace II director of space medicine his wife Mary and pilot Milton Brown 27 is ongoing Air Force Lt Col William A Ryan Jr directing the effort says chances are good they survived if forced down in high mountains Ryan notes the group had warm clothing aboard and Lovelace was an advocate of survival training
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force
William A. Ryan Jr
W. Randolph Lovelace II
Mary
Milton Brown
Ryan
Lovelace
Middleport Christmas Party For 100 Children
Middleport held its second annual Christmas party with 100 youngsters in attendance. The event brought together families and community volunteers for festive activities and gifts.
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Middleport
Rate Hike Reversal Doubted by Senate Committee
The Senate House Economic Committee questions external experts as it probes Federal Reserve actions. Chairman Wright Patman pushes to reverse moves toward higher loan rates and bank time-deposit yields, arguing it could hurt savings institutions. Martin cautions no near-term reversal expected.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
Federal Reserve System
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Federal Reserve
William McChesney Martin Jr
Jets strike Haiphong power plant in major North Viet Nam raid
U S Air Force F105s attacked the Uong Bi steam power plant 14 miles northeast of Haiphong, knocking out a facility supplying about 15 percent of North Viet Nam’s electricity. One F105 was shot down. Capt. Harry D. De Witt, wounded, was rescued. Additional air losses occurred over South Viet Nam and in fighting in Quang Ngai Province.
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South Viet Nam
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Red River Delta
Uong Bi
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
Harry D. de Witt
Moscow
Idaho
Enterprise
Can Tho
Mekong
Quang Ngai
McNamara Forecasts Chinese Nuclear Stockpile Growth
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told NATO ministers in Paris that Red China may hold a small nuclear weapons stockpile within two years and could deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles by 1975. He warned European allies to prepare for a broader Chinese threat within five years while confirming the U.S. will not redeploy major combat units from Western Europe.
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
China
McNamara
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Alliance
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Berlin
NATO
Dean Rusk
U. S
Viet Nam
Red China
United States
Western Europe
Europe
Southeast Asia
Milk Replaces Water As Fire Extinguisher
A milk man extinguished a car fire with five gallons of milk before firefighters arrived in Phoenix. The odd incident occurred as U S air attacks in Viet Nam continued with rising casualties and a Haiphong power plant strike noted as strategically important for the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Wilson's Visit Next For LBJI
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to the United States to meet President Johnson and address the United Nations General Assembly. He may announce tougher sanctions on Rhodesia including an oil embargo and discuss an airlift to landlocked Zambia. He plans talks with Johnson on Vietnam peace prospects and notes Labor party pressure over the U.S. bombing stance.
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London
Harold Wilson
United States
Johnson
U. N. General Assembly
Viet Nam
Rhodesia
Wilson
Assembly
Zambia
Washington
U. S
Britain
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Congress Opens Probe of Northeast Blackout
A House subcommittee begins a probe into the November Northeast power failure. It aims to determine the cause and scope while addressing federal versus state regulation of electric power, with FPC chair Swidler as the first witness. The panel also moves to exempt rural cooperatives and intrastate firms from FPC jurisdiction.
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Congress
Washington
Northeast
Walter E. Rogers
D-Tex
House Interstate Commerce Subcommitee
Rogers
U. S
Joseph C. Swidler
Federal Power Commission
The
Power Commission
GOP Wins Byrd Seat In Virginia
J Kenneth Robinson won a Virginia state Senate seat in a special election in the Shenandoah Valley 21st District, defeating Democrat Joseph A Massie Jr 10,293 to 4,949. The win positions Robinson 48 an orchardist businessman for potential future races including Congress or governor.
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GOP
Byrd
Virginia
Winchester
J. Kenneth Robinson
U.S
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Joseph A. Massie Jr
Shenandoah Valley
Robinson
Congress
Massie
Five Day Christmas Forecast From Cleveland to Cincinnati
The forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 4 degrees above normal with Cleveland highs near 26 and lows of 22, Cincinnati 42 and 27, Columbus 39 and 22. Colder Friday and Saturday, warmer Sunday and Monday with snow across the north and rain or snow south. Snow and rain totals average a half to three quarters of an inch, mainly Sunday or Monday.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Johnson offers medical team to Pakistan during white house talks
President Johnson proposed sending a team of medical teachers and scientists to Pakistan to help improve medical training and rural health. The mission would be led by Dr. Donald F. Hornig. Ayub Kan acknowledged friendship and discussed the Kashmir dispute and Viet Nam in a 35 minute White House meeting with Johnson and Humphrey.
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Johnson
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Kahn
White House
Ayub
Donald F. Hornig
United States
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kashmir
Viet Nam
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Swidler
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