Marathon Astronaut L Gordon Cooper Profile
L Gordon Cooper, famed U S space veteran, emphasizes endurance over speed. The Houston Space Center piece notes his Mercury Faith 7 flight, Gemini eight day voyage goals with Pete Conrad, and a lifelong passion for flying starting in Shawnee Oklahoma.
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Charles
Pete
Shawnee, Okla
Faith- 7
Project Gemini
Cooper
Space Agency
Mercury
Gordon Cooper
Earth
Shawnee
Amelia Earhart
Southwest
Murray
Marine Corps
Naval Academy Preparatory School
Presidential Honor Guard
Washington
D.C
University of Hawaii
Honolulu
Trudy Olson
Seattle
Wash
Trudy
Camala K
Janita
Drought report from Udall reaches White House
The White House received an informal drought report from Interior Secretary Udall that could prompt emergency water conservation actions for the Northeast. Johnson had not yet seen the document, with no decisions announced. Udall’s trip covered Philadelphia New York and northern New Jersey as basis for potential measures.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
White House
Stewart L. Udall
Joseph Laitin
Udall
Johnson
Washington
Texas
Laitin
The Terror of Watts Riots Shocks Los Angeles
A five day riot in the Watts district of Los Angeles left at least 32 dead and hundreds injured, with over 100 million dollars in damage. National Guardsmen were deployed as looting and arson spread through a 50 square mile area. Police, community leaders, and residents describe the unrest as violence against authority, not racial strife, urging long term reforms and improved police relations.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Avalon Avenue
Watts
Washington
U.S. Senate
Department of Urban Affairs
Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Avalon
116Th
Lee Minikus
Bob Lewis
Long Beach
California
James Tolbert
Tolbert
Alabama
Mississippi
National Guardsmen
103Rd St
Nick Beck
Eric Silver
CBS
Robert Bennyhoff
William Colemaney
98Th St
Warren Wilson
Martin Luther King
King
Central Avenue
Whitney Young Jr
The
National Urban League
Young
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James Farmer
CORE
Parker
The Great Ben Bella Mystery Fates Unknown
Paris reports the fate of Algeria's ousted leader Ahmed Ben Bella remains unclear two months after the June 19 coup led by Col. Houari Boumedienne. Rumors place him in Algiers or remote camps, with no confirmation of health or trial. The revolutionaries maintain silence while a white book is promised to support treason charges.
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Paris
UPI
Ben Bella
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
Algiers
Tamanrasset
Sahara Desert
Joly
House Committee backs stepped wage hike to 1.75
In Washington the House Education and Labor Committee tentatively approved a bill raising the federal minimum wage from 1.25 to 1.75 in three steps over three years and extending coverage to an additional 7.1 million workers. The plan meets Johnson proposals and aims for fast House floor action. In New York fishers are warned about litter harming fisheries as Keep America Beautiful cites estimates of 50 million anglers causing potential 50 million pounds of rubbish in a season.
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Washington
UPI
House Education and Labor Committee
Johnson
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House
Senate
New York
C. R. Gutermuth
The
Wildlife Management Institute
Keep America Beautiul
National Advisory Council
United States
Gutermuth
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Beethoven
Brahms
By Charles M. Schulz
B.C
Blondie
Johnny Hart
Dagwood
Steve Canyon
Canyon
Heart of
Juliet Jones
Paul
By Chie Young
Milton Caniff
Madame Hooks
By Stan Drake
Uaa Uni
Grand Union Eve
Grand Union
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
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