Gemini Test Reveals Leak In Booster
Cape Kennedy API Titan 2 rocket for America’s first two man Gemini mission leaked in the second stage nitrous oxide line during a mock launch test. Engineers defueled and planned to proceed as preparations target a March 23 launch, with astronauts Grissom and Young scheduled to suit up for the simulated countdown. A Space Agency spokesman called the leak non serious and not delaying the test. The drill aims to prove readiness for the three orbit five hour flight and checks aboard systems and tracking network before the March 17 simulated flight. The Sun day Observer reports China’s second atomic blast expected soon with hydrogen bomb capability by 1970 per Western intel chiefs.
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Queen Louise Mourned by Sweden in Six-Week Mourning
Sweden began a six week mourning period for Queen Louise a six hour operation failed to relieve heart pressure after a blood clot in her leg led to death at age 75. She was a six time descendant of Queen Victoria and sister to Earl Mountbatten. Queen Ingrid of Denmark, Prince Bertil, and Count Sigvard Bernadotte were among those beside her husband King Gustaf Adolf at her bedside.
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Qantas Jet Completes First Nonstop Pacific Crossing
Sydney based Qantas Airlines announced its Boeing 707 flew from San Francisco to Sydney in 14 hours 33 minutes. A spokesman said this set a record for any aircraft, including military planes.
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Cuban Exiles Smear Soviet Embassy in D.C. in Retaliation
Five anti-Castro Cubans from New York area hurled bottles filled with black liquid at the Soviet Embassy in Washington. Police arrested the five, charged with interfering with a foreign government’s property, and jailed them overnight as extra protection was posted around the embassy. Officials cited protests tied to a Moscow student demonstration and Soviet troops in Cuba.
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Kremlin Spurns Chinese Protest Over Students
Moscow rejects Beijing charges that Chinese students were expelled from a hospital after injuries from last Thursday's anti American demonstration. Foreign Ministry says medical aid was given and they were not hospitalized. The dispute strains Sino Soviet ties as China signals demand for policy overhaul to mend relations.
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Duke of Windsor Undergoes Second Eye Operation
The Duke of Windsor, 70, underwent a second burning glass operation to repair a detached retina in his left eye. A London clinic spokesman said the procedure was performed Tuesday, with the first surgery on February 26. The light coagulator welds the retina back to place.
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Statehouse Week Pushes Toward Early Adjournment
Boston reports the 1965 Massachusetts legislature nears final adjournment around Labor Day as four fronts push progress. The sales tax plan for education stalls amid local autonomy fears. Willis Education Report gains hope if Southeastern Massachusetts Institute plan is included. pay raises for lawmakers show movement with Republican caucus backing a raise and a potential budget maneuver. birth control moves to study per Cardinal Cushing.
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Baker Case A Cover Up Claims By Curtis
Senator Carl Curtis charged that the Baker investigation has been a cover up driven by the Great Society. He said the inquiry reveals government corruption while witnesses are suppressed and information withheld. Curtis and Senator Williams questioned a Justice Department FBI report on Dan Reynolds accusations in the Baker case.
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Auto Ban In Boston Predicted
Boston Finance Commission chair George Berkley predicts downtown Boston will become a large pedestrian paradise as cars are restricted. He argues car space wastes urban vitality and cites Manhattan garage pricing as a model, urging curb parking limits and citywide pedestrian zones to aid economic survival.
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GE Executive Named To Head Satellite Unit
Cambridge based GE executive John L. Hsia was named manager of the satellite tracking and data acquisition department at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Dr. Fred L. Whipple said Hsia will supervise the observatory’s field observing stations.
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Can Makers Reach Agreement With Machinists
SAN DIEGO Calif AP American and Continental can companies reach a contract with the Machinists union covering 5000 employees in 38 cities. The 13 month retroactive agreement was reached Sunday. Main provisions include a 10 cent hourly wage increase with 3 cents more distributed as increment adjustments. Both can companies remain in a strike with the United Steelworkers Union affecting about 92000 workers at 70 other plants.
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