Venus 2 space station launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union launched the Venus 2 uncrewed interplanetary station toward Venus, claiming the 2118 pound probe will reach the planet in about eight and a half months. Tass reported the craft is in a parking Earth orbit and functioning normally with power from chemical and solar batteries.
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Venus
Earth
Tass
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Labor Majority Returns to Two Votes in Commons
Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s Labour majority in the House of Commons stands at two after a special election in Erith District. Labour winner James Wellbe Jeved secured 21,835 votes, Conservative David Madel 11,763, Liberal Stanley Vince 2,823. former Labour MP Norman Dodds died last August.
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London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Labor Party
James Wellbe Jeved
Erith
Wellberoved
David Madel
Stanley Vince
Norman Dodds
Morale High Among U.S. Troops in Viet Nam, New England Leaders Say
Three New England politicians just back from Asia report American troops in Viet Nam retain high morale despite antiwar protests at home. Senators Edward M. Kennedy and governors John Reed and John Chafee cite initial worry over demonstrations, followed by renewed resolve as events unfold. Kennedy notes refugees and the longer war outlook, while Reed describes servicemen as concerned but not bitter.
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Boston
New England
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
John H. Reed
Maine
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Kennedy
Far East
Reed
New Uranium Mines Reported in China
A technician who defected from the Peking Institute of Chemical Industry told Sing Tao that three new uranium mines in southern China are producing about 2,500 tons of ore daily. The ore is shipped to Czechoslovakia for processing on a 50 50 basis.
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Hong Kong
Red China
China
Czechoslovakia
Sing Tao
Peking Institute of Chemical Industry
Two Missing Servicemen Deserters Amid Disappearance Probe
The Army probes the August and September disappearances of two servicemen with access to secret data. CWO Spencer D. Harris Jr vanished after a courier mission to Seneca Army Depot New York, and Sgt J C Glen Roy Rohrer has been missing since August from Heidelberg Germany. Both declared deserters after 30 days AWOL.
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Washington
UPI
Army
CWO
Spencer D. Harris Jr
New York State
J.C
Glen Roy Rohrer
Germany
UNICEF Prize To Honor First Executive Director
UNICEF will use its $51,788 Nobel Peace Prize money for a scholarship or fellowship in memory of its first executive director Maurice Pate. Pate, a former American financier, led UNICEF for 17 years until his death from a heart attack on January 19.
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U.N. Children’s Fund
Unicef
Maurice Pate
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Pate
Smoking Blamed For Auto Accidents
New York. Dr James L Malfetti of Columbia University warns if you smoke you should not drive. A study of 1100 cases links smoking with four times as many accidents as non smokers and cites distraction and eye irritation from smoke as key factors. The researchers report 48.6 percent of smokers fall in the highest accident group, 29.2 percent mid, 17.3 percent clear.
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New York
James L. Malfetti
Columbia University
Rhodesian Crisis Condemned Worldwide By Leaders
World leaders condemned Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence as a racial minority regime. Only South Africa and Portugal indicated possible recognition. Britain and the United States moved toward sanctions while other nations demanded action and warned of bloodshed. Canadian embargoes followed, with mixed regional reactions and border tensions reported from Zambia and neighboring states. Claude Rains, 76, recovering after abdominal surgery in Boston.
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Smith
Saife United Nations
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Tevestia
Izvestia
Harold Wilson
Geneva
International Commission of Jurists
World Council of Churches
Lusaka
Zambia
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambbesi
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Johannesburg
Hendrik Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Republic of South Africa
Mozambique
Lisbon
Ink Firm Set To Leave State Over Strike
Carter's Ink Co. of Cambridge, a 108 year old firm, plans to move a 250 worker manufacturing unit from Massachusetts if a strike posited eight weeks ago by Local 25 of the International Association of Teamsters ends. President Nathan C. Hubley Jr. says a final offer was presented but the workers' committee refuses it and threatens to keep the strike until Hell freezes over, endangering local production.
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Mass
UPI
Carter’s Ink Co
Massachusetts
Nathan C. Hubley Jr
International Association of Teamsters
Hubley
Johnsons troop増 sent to Viet Nam and base cuts planned
President Johnson authorized more U.S. troops for South Vietnam and asked Congress for immediate defense funding. Defense chief McNamara said no National Guard mobilization planned, but a sizeable increase is expected. The Air Force will upgrade B52 bomb bays to carry up to 84 conventional bombs, with an estimated $26.5 million cost and about $500 million annual savings from base closures.
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Tex
UPI
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Viet Nam
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Texas
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Tan Smith
Britain
Rusk
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Ludwig Erhard
Rio de Janeiro
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Washington
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South Viet Nam
Air Force
Guam
Bomb capacity of Bs2 jets to rise to twenty-one thousand seven hundred thirty
Washington AP report: The Air Force will modify select long range B52 bombers to enable dropping up to 21,730 pounds of ordnance, raising overall payload capability. The change affects fleet readiness and strategic targeting options.
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Washington
Air Force
High Price Paid For Painting by Winston Churchill
A New England buyer paid 500 guineas (27 990 dollars) for a painting by the late Winston Churchill. Richard W. Sampson, 39, of Auburn Maine, a supermarket owner, said he was surprised to get it so cheap and would have paid as high as 28 000 guineas (84 520 dollars).
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London
New England
Winston, Churchill
Richard W. Sampson
Auburn
Maine
Sampson
Britain Severs Rhodesia Ties After Independence Declaration
Britain acts under statutory powers to declare Rhodesia's independence illegal. Prime Minister Wilson dismisses Smith and his white settler government to enable intervention. Britain halts aid, expels Rhodesia from the sterling area, and bans Rhodesian tobacco sales in Britain, a major market for its crop.
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Wilson
Smith
Rhodesia
Sterling
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