Gemini 6 Returns Safely After Historic Rendezvous
Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford landed the Gemini 6 capsule in the Atlantic aboard the carrier Wasp after a dramatic, fuel rich rendezvous with Gemini 7. The two spacecraft flew nose to nose at 185 miles up and completed a five hour, 26 minute mission before splashdown 630 miles southwest of Bermuda.
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Planes Return To Action In North Vietnam Raid
U S warplanes struck the Vongi power plant near Haiphong and radar sites 80 miles southeast of the city as Operation Harvest Moon continues. Marines in Death Valley fought 40 to 50 Viet Cong while a church near Saigon was attacked, eight killed, including children.
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Somerset Maugham Dies at Beloved Riviera Villa
British author W. Somerset Maugham died at La Mauresque in Nice after a stroke. He was 91, famed for 20 plays and 26 novels, with memoir Looking Back published in 1962, and he had ceased writing fiction in 1953.
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The Trouble With Telling A Good Story Quote
A short humorous note reflects on storytelling and memory, credited to I M WRR General Feature Corp. The line contrasts lively tales with dull ones, implying storytelling quality affects how stories are remembered.
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Abductor Releases Caribou Housewife After Chase
Harold MelIntire 25 allegedly abducted Mrs. Gary Cook from Caribou, released her between Caribou and Fort Kent, then commandeered a Fort Kent taxi, firing into the air and at a trooper. The cab was stopped near Eagle Lake after a chase. MelIntire was booked on several charges.
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