Astronauts OK on Gemini 4 orbital marathon
James McDivitt and Edward White press into day two of Gemini 4 with full flight plan on track for a 97 hour 50 minute mission. White recounted a 20 minute space walk vivid blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
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Edward White
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Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Houston Control Center
Virgil Grissom
Space
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean
Galveston Bay
Marines In Hottest Fighting Across South Viet Nam
Ground battles raged across South Viet Nam with at least 239 claimed killed, missing, or wounded today and Thursday. Ambushes near Lao Thien and Kontum left Vietnamese forces suffering multiple casualties as Mekong Delta fighting continued and Marines repelled a 50-strong guerrilla assault near Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Reds
Lao Thien
Mekong River Delta
Johnson tells Virgin Islands of equality in speech
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson told a racially mixed Virgin Islands audience that equality has been a congenial way of life for over a century. The crowd at the College of the Virgin Islands commencement applauded as she urged students to use their knowledge locally.
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St. Thomas, V
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virgin Islands
Pioneering
College of the
Humphrey declares ground victory needed in Viet Nam
In an Associated Press interview Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey argues air strikes alone won t end the war and South Vietnamese forces must win on the ground. He says patience and determination are key and that the United States should stay the course to prevail in South Viet Nam. He cautions against quick victories and notes periods of gloom as the inland pacification expands. Temperatures foretell cooler days after a single period of warmth. Ohio tax receipts top 300 million for first time since 1935 with July 1 1964 to June 3 1965 collections reaching 300 906 803, up 23.3 million from last year.
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Viet Nam
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South Viet Nam
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Ohio seeks united push for 280 million atom smasher site
An Ohio delegation met in Washington to press the Atomic Energy Commission for a Ravenna Arsenal 3000 acre site for a 280 million atom smasher. Gov Rhodes urges a single Ohio bid while others push alternatives at Columbus Ohio University Athens Portsmouth area and Pike County. Rep Stanton and Sen Lausche back Ravenna with Lausche weighing Scioto River Valley option.
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PBA Group
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Atomic Energy Commission
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J. William Stanton
Rohio
Frank J. Lausche
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Ravenna Arsenal
AEC
Last Troops Leave Dominican Republic
In Santo Domingo US Marines bid farewell as President Johnson ordered the remaining units out. He announced in Chicago that Brazilian Gen Hugo Panasco Alvim advised conditions permit further reduction, and ordered withdrawal of about 2100 Marines.
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Johnson
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Chicago
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Gemini space flight dominates world papers
West European papers lead with the Gemini space walk by Edward H. White and the extended space duration. London and Moscow papers note the failure to rendezvous with the booster rocket while praising American achievement and scientific openness to public scrutiny.
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Edward H. White
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Jodrell Bank Observatory
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New York
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Space landing test ends in trees during trial run
NASA engineers fail to simulate a land landing for returning capsules as a full-scale test ends with the craft settling among trees. In Florida, Miss USA finals name finalists seeking a $5000 prize and a $5000 appearance contract for Miss Universe.
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FT. Hood
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Miami Beach
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Senate DST bill would unify start and end dates nationwide
The Senate approved a daylight saving time bill by voice vote requiring all U S areas observing DST to start at 2 a m on the last Sunday in April and end at 2 a m on the last Sunday in October, pending House action.
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House
Senate
Soviet and China Resume Talks on Scientific Cooperation
The Soviet Union and Red China have resumed discussions on scientific cooperation, according to Tass. The Soviet news agency stated talks are under way but provided no details of topics or progress.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Red China
Tass
Tradition Dismissed By Southern Baptists
In Dallas the Southern Baptist Convention moved toward closer ties with other Baptist bodies and a firmer stand on racial equality. Leaders called this a progressive clarification of views with a 15,578 messengers attending. The body approved joining theNorth American Baptist Fellowship and backed inclusion while approving ecumenical ties despite protests.
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Tex
Emanuel Carlson
Baptist
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Carlson
J. T. Ford
Alexandria
President Johnson urges Soviets to join peaceful path
President Johnson told the Soviet people he seeks joint peace with the United States and urged withdrawal of aggression. He spoke before Cook County Democrats, saying there is no US interest in conflict with the Soviet Union and called for peace. He also announced the withdrawal of 2100 Marines from the Dominican Republic.
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Soviet Union
United States
Cook County
United States of America
Dominican Republic
Extradition Sought For Bogalusa Killing Suspect
Louisiana seeks extradition of Ernest Ray McElveen 41 of Bogalusa a paper mill employee held in Miss Tylertown for the terrorist murder of deputy sheriff O Neal Moore. Governor Paul Johnson announced permission for the extradition hearing the first step in the process no date set. Deputy Moore was shot in the head while with partner Creed Rogers on La 21 seven miles north of Bogalusa.
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Saigon
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Louisiana
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Tylertown
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Mississippi
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Jackson
O’neal Moore
Parner
Creed Rogers
La. 21
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Legislators Move Fast on Coins Silver Reduction
Washington Congress acts within a day of Johnson’s proposal to remove silver from U S coins. A House Banking Committee hearing with Henry Fowler and Robert Wallace was scheduled quickly. The plan would replace silver with nickel copper dimes and quarters and cut silver in half dollars. Many lawmakers support the idea due to dwindling silver supplies.
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