Gemini 6 mission scrubbed as Agena crashes near launch
Gemini 6 astronauts Walter Schirra Jr and Thomas Stafford faced a scrub after the Agena target crashed in the Atlantic. Atlas booster launched the Agena on time but tracking stations reported no contact six minutes after separation. Mission control halted countdown and the two astronauts awaited next year’s attempt to rendezvous and dock with the orbiting satellite.
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Agena
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
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Atlas
Australia
Kraft
Schirra
Stafford
Mission Control Center
Mission Control
Paul Haney
Gemini
United States
Walter M. Schirra
Thomas Stafford
UNICEF Receives Nobel Peace Prize For 1950s Aid Work
Oslo officials announce UNICEF has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The five member Norwegian committee awards a gold medal and 282000 Swedish kroner to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund for aiding children in war zones and underdeveloped countries.
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Norway
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
Nobel Committee
Unicef
Europe
Asia
U.N. Assembly
United Nations Organization
United Nations Children’s Fund
Ouija Twins Tested in ESP Eye Study at Jefferson
Philadelphia doctors at Jefferson Medical College report two sets of identical twins showing synchronized brain wave responses suggestive of electronic ESP. Dr. Duane and Dr. Behrendt published the finding after testing twins in two rooms 20 feet apart with a brain wave device. They noted one set involved a 27-year-old orthopedic resident. they sought more twins via Philadelphia ads. Their stance: not ESP experts, simply recording an intriguing result.
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Jefferson Medical College
Thomas D. Duane
Jefferson
Thomas Behrendt
Science
Journal of the American Association For the Advancement of Science
Duane
Leo Durocher Named Cubs Manager for Three Years
The Chicago Cubs announce the hiring of Leo Durocher as manager on a three year contract with full on field authority. Vice President John Holland commented on the decision.
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Chicago Cubs
Leo Durocher
Durocher
John Holland
New Patrol Rookies Graduate From Old and New Academy
Thirty new Ohio Highway Patrol recruits graduate as the last class trained at the Hartman Farms site. The next class will use a $1.5 million new academy on 17th Avenue near the state fairgrounds with two classrooms a library gym pool and indoor pistol range. Training lasts 14 weeks with 600 hours of instruction plus physical conditioning. Recruits earn $420 monthly during training and start at $450 monthly as patrolmen rising to $550 after four years.
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Columbus
Highway Patrol
Patrol Academy
Hartman Farms
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17Th Avenue
Lumbus Police
Ohio State University
W. B. Lohr
Berea
Tiff Surs Far East Summit
India and Red China clashed at a preparatory committee meeting for the Afro Asian summit. China demanded postponement while India led opposition. Tseng Tao accused India of intr aying to pull the Soviet Union into the conference and said Algerian invitation of U Thant drew complaint. Algerian officials reported most Afro Asian nations ready to attend.
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India
Red China
Tseng Tao
Tseng
Soviet Union
China
Pakistan
U. N
U Thant
R. Gobhurdun
Itill
Vatican council revises religious liberty declaration
The Vatican Ecumenical Council revived its religious liberty declaration today after revisions to mollify conservative objections. The measure, still affirming freedom to worship according to conscience, drew strong support from progressive prelates in North America and Western Europe.
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Vatican Ecumenical Council
North America
Europe
Kansas House Reapportionment Case Referred to Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court declined to review a Kansas Supreme Court ruling ordering reapportionment of the Kansas House of Representatives on a population basis. The decision was appealed by Attorney General Robert C Sonderholm and other state officials.
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Supreme Court
Kansas House of Representatives
Kansas Supreme Court
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Robert C. Sonderholm
Kansas
Kennedy to Speak at Cape Town Multiracial Rally
Senator Robert F. Kennedy agreed to address a multiracial student rally in Cape Town next May but sponsors doubt whether the South African government will permit his entry.
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South Africa
Robert F. Kennedy
New York Democrat
By-Pass Committee In Athens Defiance Hopes
Gov Rhodes cannot attend the Athens by-pass committee meeting as reported on page 2. The note highlights political tension and expected debate surrounding regional road plans and state oversight.
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Athens
Ohio
Wilson Arrival Sparks Rhodesian Security Measures
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrives in Rhodesia amid security alerts as police brace for possible demonstrations. Thousands expected at Salisbury Airport after an overnight hop from Cyprus, with guards and tear gas reported. Wilson aims to deter unilateral independence by Ian Smith while seeking safeguards for black majority power and talks with African nationalist leaders.
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Rhodesia
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Commonwealth
London
Ian Smith
Smith
Britain
United Nations
2 Dominican Officials Die
Inter American Peace Force entered rebel Santo Domingo to restore order as Provisional President Hector Garcia Godoy sought patrols after violence and the assassination of Aquiles Leyva Mattos, sugar mill administrator and Revolutionary party member.
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Hector Garcia-Godoy
U.S
Garcia-Godoy
Aquiles Leyva Mattos
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Pakistan open to talks on troop withdrawal along Kashmir border
Rawalpindi reports Pakistan ready to begin discussions on withdrawal of Indian and Pakistani troops along the 1700 mile frontier. India did not respond. President Ayub Khan accepted UN Secretary General U Thant's offer to send Maj. Gen. Syseno Sarmen to mediate. He warned cease-fire and troop withdrawal address only symptoms, not the Kashmir problem.
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Pakistan
India
Ayub Khan
U Thani
Syseno Sarmen
Ayub
Kashmir
Siege at Plei Me Holds In South Vietnam
Besieged Plei Me camp endured mortar and machine gun fire as combat patrols operated around the perimeters. U S air strikes reportedly killed about 153 Viet Cong, with 100 more slain in ground actions, while a relief column neared within four miles after repelling an ambush near Pleiku.
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South Viet Nam
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Plei Me
Plei Ya Dran
U.S
Pleiku
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