Apollo 8 Astronauts Await Go on Moon Orbit Mission
NASA expects approval for Apollo 8 to launch on December 21 from Cape Kennedy. Col. Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders would ride Saturn 5 on a 250000 mile lunar orbit mission with a free return path and ten moon orbits before returning to Earth.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas 0. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Paine
Moon
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Earth
U.S. Moves 18 000 Troops to Cambodian Border Front
The United States reports moving the 1st Air Cavalry Division of about 18 000 troops to areas 50 to 70 miles northwest of Saigon along the Cambodian border. The unit aims to disrupt 15 000 to 20 000 enemy soldiers massing for an attack while engaging in operations across Tay Ninh Binh Long and Phuoc Long provinces.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Tay Ninh
Binh Long
Phuoce Long
Radio
Hanoi
North
Johnson
North Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
George S. Forsythe
South Vietnam
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Mekong Delta
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Can Tho
Police Seek Runaway Teen With Malignant Hand Tumor
Police nationwide hunt for 15 year old Linden youth William Kakstys after he and Cranford girl Jean Sahagan left home July 10. A letter from Dr. Wuester warns a low grade tumor in his left hand is malignant and life threatening if not treated.
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Linden
N.J
William P. Kakstys
Jean Sahagan
Cranford
William C. Wuester
Wuester
Elizabeth
Union County Prosecutor's Office
William
House Leaders to Be Chosen on Nov. 23
In St Paul Liberals and Conservatives will select leaders for the 1969 Minnesota House on November 23. Liberal minority leader Rep Fred Cina lost reelection, with Dr John Salbert of Minneapolis signaling interest in the post. Salbert has 12 years with the state DFL and aims to strengthen liberal liaison.
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ST. Paul
House of Representatives
Lowery
Minnesota Club
Fred A. Cina
Aurora
John Salbert
Minneapolis
DFL
Salbert
North Minneapolis
Sihanouk invites U S prisoners to Cambodia anniversary
Phnom Penh reports Prince Sihanouk invited 11 American prisoners to ceremonies marking Cambodia s 15th independence anniversary at the Monument to Independence. Ministers and diplomats attended as residents gathered for the principal event.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Okinawa Voters to Choose Chief Executive Sunday
Okinawa voters head to the polls on Sunday for their first direct choice of a chief executive. Previously the U.S. administered island’s legislature selected the leader. In a separate note, Lagos reports a third round of negotiations to end Nigeria’s civil war is expected within weeks. Prague students plan another anti-Soviet demonstration on November 17 despite threats of reprisals.
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Naha
Okinawa
U.S. Administered
Lagos
Nigeria
Prague
Nine War Protestors Sentenced In Catonsville Draft Raid
Nine Roman Catholic war protesters including two priests were given 2 to 3 years in prison for burning draft board records during the Catonsville raid last May. Judge Thomson ordered bail restrictions and concurrent sentences for two defendants, Father Philip Berrigan and artist Thomas Lewis, who received 32 years overall for related acts.
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Baltimore, Md
Draft Board
Roszel C. Thomson
Vietnam
Catonsville
Philip F. Berrigan
Baltimore
Thomas P. Lewis
Trudeau warns of U S unrest overshadowing Berlin Wall threat
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau told Queen's University students he fears U S internal strife and rebellion more than Soviet pressure at the Berlin Wall. He warned disorder and racial tensions in American cities could spill into Canada and Mexico and questioned Ottawa's NATO commitments amid North American cultural danger.
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Kingston
Ont
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
Chicago
New York
Canada
Queen’s University
Organization of American States
Washington
Trudeau
NATO
North America
U.S
Mexico
South America
Nixon Agnew meetings set four year course for nation
Nixon and Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew met at Key Biscayne as Humphrey offered limited help on national security. Humphrey, meeting Nixon earlier, pledged cooperation for a united administration. Speculation swirled over a possible foreign policy role for Humphrey, while Agnew's future was uncertain.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Miami
Republica
Agnew
Humphrey
HHH
Muskie
Mrs. Butler defeats $450,000 slander suit by Rosen
In St. Paul a District Court jury of 10 to 2 rejected former City Commissioner Milton Rosen's $450,000 slander suit against Mrs. Walter Butler after about six hours of deliberation. Butler had accused Rosen of malfeasance at a 1966 City Council meeting and Rosen countered with claims about city contracts and a price hike scheme.
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City Hall
Rosen
Butler
Karl Rolvaag
World
Thomas Byrne
University of Minnesota
Weaver Nears Exit From Johnson Cabinet
AP report notes Robert C. Weaver the first Negro Cabinet member may resign soon after Katzenbach and Fowler. Weaver seeks to lead Bernard Baruch School in New York, while others plan to stay until Nixon inauguration or beyond. Katzenbach will join IBM as VP and general counsel.
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Washington
Robert C. Weaver
Johnson
Nicholas Katzenbach
Secretary of Treasury
Henry B. Fowler
Katzenbach
Fowler
Weaver
Housing and Urban Development
Bernard Baruch School of Administration
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Ramsey Clark
Diplomat Sees Breakthrough in Viet Talks
In Paris Hanoi rejects Thieu plan for talks with Viet Cong independent NLF role. A Western diplomat predicted a breakthrough within days as four delegations debates persist. U S ambassador Bunker met Thieu in Saigon, Seoul mediates US Saigon differences.
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Viet
Paris
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Viet Cong
Thieu
National Liberation Front
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Johnson
Washingon
NLF
Washington
Xuan Thuy
Seoul
Choi Kyu-hah
North Vietnam
French Catholics Granted Birth Control Latitude
In Lourdes France the French Assembly approved a pastoral letter giving Catholic couples more choice in birth control while maintaining the ban on most methods. The document approved by 111 bishops after three days of debate allows the rhythm method but restricts others, aligning with Pope Paul VI.
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Lourdes
France
Paul VI
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