Gemini 6 Launch Set For Sunday
Space Center Houston reports preparations 24 hours ahead for a Sunday Titan 2 launch to propel Gemini 6 in pursuit of Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell in a bid for the first U.S. space rendezvous. The two craft aim to meet in orbit 185 miles above Earth with three to six hours of formation flight.
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Christopher C. Kraft Jr
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Thomas P. Stafford
United States
Germini 6
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Mission Control Center
Big Viet Cong battle rages near Tam Ky coast
South Vietnamese troops clash with a hard core Viet Cong unit 15 miles north of Tam Ky in a central coast battle as U S air power and artillery strike suspected hideouts. Two U S advisers killed, four missing amid ferocious, shifting ground fighting between Chu Lai and Da Nang.
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Vatican Council observers praise unity yet urge caution
Non Catholic observers at the Vatican Ecumenical Council praise efforts to overcome Christian divisions but warn it is too early to judge outcomes. Protestant scholar Oscar Cullmann and Dr. Robert McAfee Brown note both progress and disappointments, especially on Marian doctrines.
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Vatican Ecumenical Council
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Stanford University
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Oscar Cullman
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United States
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Vatican Council
Russia Moves to Use Propaganda in West Says Kosygin
AP analysis notes Kosygin interview in New York Times and a Soviet finance minister claim tying U S budget to military expansion. Officials warn of rising East West tensions and a potential impact on Vietnam policy, NATO plans, and world opinion.
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Britain proposes 12 nation appeal to end Viet Nam war
Britain drafts a peace appeal to North Vietnam and nine Geneva attendees urging negotiation. The message accuses North Vietnam of expanding aid to Viet Cong and violating Laos neutrality, sent to the Soviet Union as part of a counter move amid Moscow’s anti US protest surge.
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Soviet Leader Shuffle Elevates Podgorny to Presidency
In Moscow, Nikolai Podgorny, aged 62, is named to the presidency replacing Anastas Mikoyan who retires after decades in the top command due to age and health. Alexander Shelepin, 47, is moved to a top party post, while Brezhnev remains first secretary and Kosygin premier. The Supreme Soviet approved the changes, Mikoyan joins the parliament as a vice-presiding figure, and Pavel Kovonov becomes head of the new People’s Control Committee.
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Nikolai V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Anastas I. Mikoyan
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Shelepin
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Supreme Soviet
Caucasus
Nikita
Khrushchev
Ukraine
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Pavel Kovanov
Sneiders Move to Elm Street Site for New Discount Grocery
Joseph Sneider and Sons Inc announces purchase of the former Edman and Frank Chevrolet land at 464 Elm St Biddeford from Louis Bernstein Portland. Philip Sneider says a new discount grocery will open Feb 15 at the site with 35 parking spaces and hard topped surfaces. The firm will move from the Saco Lowell Shops, Smith Street, to U S 1 site after remodeling.
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Smith Street
U.S. 1
Sneider
Allen and
Philip Sneiider
News At A Glance: Vietnam, Vatican, Gemini, and Trials
Fighting continues south of Da Nang as a South Vietnamese battalion is battered. Johnson faces over 100000 letters on Viet Nam policy while officials attend the AFL-CIO convention. Gemini 7 astronauts report space life woes as a launch decision nears for Gemini 6 and a murder trial proceeds in federal court.
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Johnson
Washington
James J. Reed
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
Stephanie Smith
Fire Destroys Boyd Home With $8000 Losses
The Boyd residence was razed by a Wednesday night fire causing about 8000 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. This marks a third loss of their home in recent years and the fire’s cause is not yet determined.
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Fred Boyd
Boydsave
Hyde Division names new Bath Iron Works general manager
C Richard Fairlamb former president of New Era Mfg Co New Jersey was named Wednesday to lead the Hyde division of Bath Iron Works succeeding John F Cooke who retires after 25 years with the company.
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C. Richard Fairlamb
New Era Mfg. Co
New Jersey
John F. Cooke
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