Weather Satellite Nimbus A To Image Global Cloud Patterns
NASA plans next week to launch Nimbus A from Vandenberg to capture high resolution earthward pictures of clouds with infrared radiometers and a near polar 80 degree orbit. The GE fabricated craft promises five times the detail of Tiros, aims for daily global coverage, and may reframe Weather Bureau funding amid $140 million costs and prior delays.
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U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Moe I. Schneebaum
Nimbus
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Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Ranger 7
Moon
Tiros
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Weather Bureau
Schneebaum
Aerialist Falls To Death In Detroit Stadium Show
DETROIT AP Twenty two thousand fans watched as aerialist Edward Henry Knipschield 55 of New Britain Conn fell 65 feet to his death at Detroit’s flood lit Tiger Stadium during a closing field day performance There was no safety rope and witnesses doubted an ankle clutch existed The incident followed Detroit's 1962 Coliseum tragedy The Wallendas fell 136 feet in a prior display leaving three injured and one paralyzed while Knipschield’s fall prompted police to seize the high bar and rope loop for investigation.
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Edward Henry Knipschield
New Britain
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Eddie
William Sheedy
Tddie
Knipschield
Tiger Stadium
Sheedy
Tide Inn License Denied in Old Orchard Beach
The Maine State Liquor Commission refused a Tide Inn license and shut the Skylight Lounge at the Whitehall Hotel in Old Orchard Beach. The license request, filed in January, was rejected by the Town Council in a closely split vote, with a July 20 council approval later challenged by dissident taxpayers seeking an injunction.
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Maine State Liquor Commission
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Johnson orders expanded U S navy patrols in Tonkin Gulf
President Johnson announced heightened U S naval defense near Viet Nam after the Maddox was attacked by three North Vietnamese PT boats. He ordered continued Gulf patrols, a second destroyer on duty, and a combat air patrol to drive off or destroy any attacking force in international waters.
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Johnson
U.S
Tonkin Gulf
Viet Nam
M. Johnson
Maddox
Gulf of Tonkin
Navy
Ticonderoga
Cne
Dean Rusk
United States
Viet Nam Village Bombed by U S Fighter-Bombers
North Viet Nam accuses four U S fighter-bombers based in Laos of bombing a border post and village near Plaine des Jarres. Hanoi says the attack violated sovereignty. U S officials deny evidence. Casualties reported among villagers. Laotian operations linked to Premier Souvanna Phouma.
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Laos
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Democratic Republic of
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Viet Nam
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Pathet Lao
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Rebel Band Routed By Congolese Army
The Congolese army says it routed a rebel band 150 miles northeast of Leopoldville scattering armed fighters across the Congo River. Despite the victory, remaining rebels, many Communist-backed, control about a sixth of the country as Tshombe tours the east urging support for his regime.
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Tshombe
Kolo
Bolobo
French Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
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Golf and bridge as games for the well adjusted
The quip notes if you can treat golf and bridge as games, you are as well adjusted as you’ll ever be. It follows a light, humorous line about leisure pursuits and personal balance.
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Fea, Corp
Johnson shifts to brand strategy over Kennedy label
AP News Analysis by Jack Bell reports President Johnson moving to establish his own political brand by sidelining Robert F. Kennedy from the vice presidential consideration. The piece traces seven months of steps, noting civil rights support and labor endorsements as Johnson aims to solidify support in northern states while avoiding Southern drag from Kennedy. It discusses convention dynamics, potential nominees, and the Kennedy influence lingering after 1968.
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Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
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Carl Sanders
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Atlantic City
N.J
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Texas
Edmund G. Brown
California
Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
Midwest
John N. Garner
Fraklin D. Roosevelt
U S Officials Cite Navy Response in Vietnam Chase
U S officials say a decisive gun line by Navy forces after a North Vietnamese PT boat attack underscored U S resolve to curb communism in Southeast Asia. Foreign aid aides note Johnson may have shifted public branding from Kennedy to bolster the Democratic administration.
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Southeast Asia
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Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Edward Knipschield
Tiger Stadium
Detroit
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