Luna 7 Lunar Landing Fails Soft Touch Mission
The Soviet Luna 7 crashed on the Moon during a supposed soft landing. Tass said most steps for a soft landing were complete but some actions did not follow the plan. The instrument package landed near Ocean of Storms west of Kepler Crater at 1:08 a.m. local time, after a delayed announcement.
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Moscow
Tass
Kepler Crater
Soviet Union
United States
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank
Johnson Gallbladder Removed In Two Hour Surgery
President Johnson underwent a complete gallbladder removal at 7:30 a.m. ending at 9:15 a.m. The operation also found a kidney stone in the ureter. Doctors from Mayo Clinic said the surgery went beautifully and the President is resting well. a prior history of kidney stones was noted.
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Washington
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
James Cain
Joseph Laitin
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Lady Bird
George A. Hellenbeck
Hellenbeck
Humphrey Takes Standby Role As Johnson Condition Updates
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, told he would be kept fully informed on President Johnson, leaves his Maryland home for the White House area to assume stand-by chief executive duties. He intends to stay close to the executive office and receives hospital updates from presidential staff as Nixon extends sympathy.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
Maryland
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Secret Service
Richard M. Nixon
Eishenhower
Beaudry and McCann Teens Captured in Connecticut Double Slaying
Two youths aged 15 and 14 were captured by a state trooper after being followed to a Chester roadside restaurant. They surrendered without resistance and were held for Connecticut authorities as suspects in the slayings of Ella Beaudry and her daughter Roberta in Cheshire. The case involved a .22 rifle a 30-30 rifle and two shotguns found in their car.
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Bellows Falls
Connecticut
Roger Beaudry Jr
James McCann
Chester
Gerald Lefevre
Beaudry
Ella Beaudry
Roberta
Chesire
Conn
Roger Beaudry Sr
King gains control of civil rights drive in Crawfordville
In Crawfordville Georgia Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference take over the Taliaferro County school integration effort after a power struggle. State troopers thwart protesters as about 150 Negro participants vote to place leadership with King and SCLC.
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Crawfordville
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
Taliaferro County
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Calvin Turner
SCLC
Dr. King
W. E. Watson
County Commission
Turner
Substitute Found In Court By Bailiff Shoes
In Phoenix a woman bailiff, Dorothy Smith, improvised a gavel by tapping her shoe as Judge Smith Gibbons stepped from his chambers to the bench in Superior Court. Court proceedings resumed with the shoe rapping the order.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Dorothy Smith
Smith Gibbons
Betty Grable and Harry James End Quiet 22 Year Marriage
Betty Grable and bandleader Harry James divorced in a sealed Las Vegas proceeding after 22 years of marriage. The couple cited extreme cruelty and mental cruelty as grounds. Attorney Carl J. Citizensen said the settlement was amicable and that the parties remain friends. They have two daughters, Vicki 22 and Jessica 18.
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Nev
Betty Grable
Clark County District Court
John Mowbray
Carl J. Christensen
Miss Grable
James
Betty
Vicki
Jessica
Courts Fine 21 of 67 Trespassers in Racial Demonstrations
In Cincinnati, Municipal Judge William Mathews convicted 21 of 67 arrested last summer for trespassing during civil rights protests against building trades unions. Eleven were fined five dollars plus about five dollars in court costs. others paid only costs. Several charges were dropped.
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Cincinnati
William §. Mathews
Armada to Cuba Planned Across the Florida Straits
Miami reports exiles discuss a freedom flotilla linking Cuba to Florida as boats may have already sailed from Miami toward Camarioca. Officials doubt U S approval for a large small-boat movement while Cuba accelerates port preparations and barriers to an uncontrolled exit. Bartolane Julian Rosales, who ferried the first group, described port barracks and deepening channels amid alarm over a possible Dun kirk parallel.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Florida Straits
Cuba
U. S
Camarioca
Florida
Bartolane Julian Rosales
AIP
Johnson
Indonesia swings against PKI as threats and fires erupt
Indonesian youths burn the PKI headquarters in Jakarta while troops seal streets nearby. A Jakarta radio report claims 500000 protesters rally at the main stadium in a tense scene with chants calling for dissolution of the PKI and fatal harm to its leaders.
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Jakarta
Indonesian Communist Party
PKI
Aidit
D. N. Aidit
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
War on poverty enters second year amid criticism
President Johnson’s antipoverty program marks its second year with Congress probes and calls for leadership changes. Shriver and top officials defend progress while warning the pace may level off, as Job Corps reports administrative fixes and VISTA expands.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Office of Economic Opportunity
Shriver
Camp Breckinridge
VISTA
Wage Bill Dead in House Amid Negotiation Breakup
In Washington a bill to raise the minimum wage and expand coverage died for the year. Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee balked after chairman Rep. Adam Clayton Powell could not secure agreement on a scaled down measure.
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Tee
Adam Clayton Powell
D—N. Y
Athens weighs long range street paving plan
Athens considers a comprehensive long range street paving plan as a potential city project, signaling future infrastructure focus. Logan mayor reacts to a large state highway fund request, noting expectations on funding. Dixielee Radcliff faces two first degree murder charges in Arizona. In the classifieds, sports and editorial notes appear with partial text and schedule hints.
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Athens
Logan
Dixie Lee Radcliff
Arizona
First Negro in Cleveland Gets SBA Franchise Loan
Leo Myers becomes Cleveland's first Black recipient to obtain a franchised business loan under Title IV of the 1964 Economic Opportunities Act. He received authorization Thursday for a $20,000 loan from the Small Business Administration office in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Leo Myers
Myers
Small Business Administration
Weather Outlook Fair and Cooler Tonight
The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions tonight with lows near 40 to 46 degrees. Saturday will be mostly fair and cool with daytime highs around 63 to 66 degrees.
U S Paratroopers Use Nonlethal Tear Gas In Viet Nam
U S paratroopers launched a large operation near Saigon using nonlethal tear gas to flush out Viet Cong forces in the D Zone. Thousands of American troops and Australian support pressed into the jungle while B 52s bombed the area, with moderate casualties reported. General Westmoreland authorized tear gas use to minimize civilian harm.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
S “D
U. S
178Rd Airborne Brigade
Highway 13
Ben Cat
173Rd
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
McNamara cautious on Viet Nam progress remains unsure
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara says the Viet Nam war has stabilized with heavy U S troop deployments but he stops short of proclaiming an outright turn of the tide. He notes gains by U S Army Air Force Marine and Navy units while Communist Viet Cong still hold territory and morale remains fragile. General Harold Johnson adds that U S forces are benefiting from progress but warn hard fighting lies ahead. U S troop levels rise from 23 000 at the start of 1965 toward 140 000 and still climbing.
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Washington
Robert 5
McNamara
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Air Force
Navy
South Viet Nam
U. S
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