Gemini 6 Lands After Historic Space Rendezvous
Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford return to Earth aboard Gemini 6 after a record breaking 105,000 mile chase and a nose to nose rendezvous with Gemini 7. The crew was examined in sick bay and praised worldwide as Borman and Lovell prepare for a 14 day mission.
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Wilson Pleads for Support as Rhodesia Crisis Deepens
At the United Nations Harold Wilson urges General Assembly backing for Britain's Rhodesia policy while African delegates walk out in protest. He vows to continue efforts until the Rhodesian white minority rebellion ends, receiving limited applause from remaining delegates.
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Bombing Strikes Hanoi Power Hub and Viet Cong Attacks
U S warplanes hit the Vong Bi power plant outside Haiphong cutting about 25 percent of Hanoi’s power. A second raid knocked out a third of Haiphong’s supply as Marines clashed with Viet Cong near Da Nang. Viet Cong bombed a Roman Catholic church in Nha Be near Saigon, killing eight. Navy airstrikes hit Bach Long Island radar site and targets near Vinh and along the Nam Nanh bridge area. Me Kong Delta troops returned near Long Thanh as fighting continued. A bomb damaged U S Army intelligence offices in Saigon. McNamara warned of further air raids.
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Rusk Says NATO Takes U S Warnings On China Seriously
At a Paris NATO mini sters meeting Secretary of State Dean Rusk said members had taken seriously the United States warning that Red China is a major threat. Defense Chief McNamara warned of China's nuclear buildup and potential ICBMs within 10 years.
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Farm Bureau urges continued foreign aid from surplus funds
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged the U S to keep food donations flowing to needy areas abroad funded by government surpluses used to pay farmers under federal crop programs. In Berkeley, bearded UC students report a Christmas rush to shave for holidays or work. In Columbus, a school bus collision with a sheriff s cruiser leaves Bonnie Justice injured. In Cleveland, five Negro Republicans announce 1966 legislative bids with multiple district goals. State Treasurer John D Herbert becomes near last GOP official to seek re election in 1966.
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SNCC backs Negro party in Alabama
SNCC plans to form a black panther style party in Alabama to elect Negro candidates, with Rufus Lewis of Montgomery warning a new party in Lowndes County could split Black votes, amid potential similar efforts in seven other majority Negro counties.
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W. Somerset Maugham Dies at 91 in Riviera
British author W. Somerset Maugham died at his Cap Farrar villa after a stroke. He was 91 and had ceased writing fiction in 1953, leaving a legacy of 30 plays 26 novels and 120 short stories including Of Human Bondage and Rain adapted for stage and film.
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Powell preserves chair status despite defamation loss
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faced a $575,000 judgment in a New York defamation case over alleged comments about Esther James. Colleagues said the ruling would not derail his chairmanship of the House Education and Labor Committee, with leaders avoiding public comment on the matter.
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