Johnson Promotes Gemini 4 Crew in White House Visit
President Johnson met astronauts James McDivitt Edward White and Virgil Grissom Gordon Cooper at the Gemini 4 mission control center in Houston. He promoted McDivitt and White to lieutenant colonel in the Air Force and announced future honors while praising space achievements and urging peaceful progress. White described his space walk and noted the three symbolic tokens he carried a St Christopher medal a golden cross and a Star of David.
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White House
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Space
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Manned Spacecraft Center Auditorium
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Robert Seamans
Trustees Pick Worcester For Medical School Site
Massachusetts trustees reversed a consulting firm and chose Worcester as the site for a new UMass medical school by a 12 to 10 vote after five ballots. Amherst and Springfield were among other considered locations with Booz Allen Hamilton ranking Worcester near the bottom.
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Umass Medical School
Umass
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Springfield
Boston
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Gov. Volpe
Booz, Allen and Hamilton Inc
Medical School
University Hospital
Baseball Scores From Evening Major League Card
Baseball results list dozen games with teams including Baltimore over Boston 5 4 and Chicago split with Washington 5 2 then 5 4 plus Minnesota edging Detroit 5 4 and Philadelphia beating Houston 6 5. Other games include Pittsburg 3 San Francisco 3 Milwaukee 8 St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 4 Chicago 3 Los Angeles 2 New York 1 Elmira 2 Reading 0 York 1 Springfield 0 Pittsfield 5 Williamsport 3.
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Town votes to fund new sewer system in Lee
Lee townspeople approved 1.25 million dollars for a trunk sewer line and disposal plant ending over 50 years of failed attempts. The measure passed 180 to 19 as part of three-warrant articles. Sewage Commission chair F William Bell outlined project details during a one hour meeting.
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Taylor warns of hard fighting in South Vietnam
Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor told Washington that battlefield resolution is near and expects two hard months of fighting in South Vietnam. He noted new Viet Cong attacks in the delta and highlands after two months of quiet, while saying the bombing has slowed infiltration and boosted Vietnamese morale.
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Maxwell D.taylor
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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North
Viet Nam
Nanoi
Weekend Weather Forecast Warmth Spreads
Weekend weather looks fair with a warming trend today as highs near 60. Lows tonight around 0. Tomorrow remains fair but cooler, with noticeably less warmth than today.
Renewal in Pittsfield Sets Jubilee Plan Hearing
In Pittsfield a major urban renewal project named Jubilee would overhaul 60 acres of blight and slum housing along West and New West streets toward the Housatonic. A public hearing is scheduled Monday evening at Crosby Junior High auditorium for plan review and questions.
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New West
North Street
Housatonic
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Crosby Junior High Auditorium
Traces of Fog At The Crossroads Jubilee Decision Looms
The City Council faces a pivotal vote eight days hence to approve final Jubilee renewal plan and issue bonds for Pittsfield's share. If approved, execution begins with land clearance, relocation, and rebuilding under federal urban renewal. a retreat risks Uncle Sam footing over $140,000 already spent. The plan aims to revive a blighted area near the central business district, with net local cost projected at $496,000 plus interest but long term tax gains and nearby benefits likely to outweigh the expense.
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Columbus Avenue
Telecast of Raid Prejudicial in Providence Woman Cleared
Providence consulting district attorney dropped a bootlegging charge against Mary Hecaldarone after a film of a raid was deemed prejudicial The film was shot by federal agents and local detectives during the operation and criticized for influencing the case The defendant was 52 and the judge cited the broadcast as a factor in the dismissal
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Providence
Mary HE
Caldarone
Raymond J. Pettine
Tily
Cloudburst Claims 14 in Texas Town Flooding
SANDERSON Texas AP a cloudburst sent a 15 foot wall of water surging through the far West Texas town Friday drowning more than a dozen residents and leaving 450 homes devasted State police reported at least 14 deaths one missing and several injuries 30 to 75 houses destroyed and 250 to 400 people to be evacuated to Fort Stockton 64 miles northwest
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Fort Stockton
Government Turns Over Control in South Viet Nam
South Viet Nam leaders including Chief of State Phan Khac Suu and Prime Minister Phan Huy Quat resigned, handing power to the military. The move, signaled after midnight, ends civilian control and signals a return to military rule with a caretaker civilian setup possible. The dispute over cabinet dismissals and Catholic protests intensified, leaving mediators without progress as generals prepare to govern.
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Phan Huy Quat
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Council
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Chieu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Phan Khac Son
Tran van Huong
Interior
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