Gemini 8 mission postponed for 24 hours
NASA postponed the Gemini 8 rendezvous and space walk to Wednesday due to leaks found in an Atlas rocket and in the space suit cooling system. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott will review flight plans as technicians fix the issues before the scheduled 9 a.m. Atlas Agena launch and 185 mile high orbit target.
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Peace Corps Defends Aid During Dominican Republic Crisis
The Peace Corps defended its volunteers role in the Dominican Republic rebellion to Congress saying they helped where needed. The corps noted volunteers assisted hospitals and food aid without partisan involvement despite editorials accusing them of aiding enemies versus U. S. servicemen in Santo Domingo.
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Peace Corps
Dominican Republic
Congress
U. S
Caribbean
Johnson
The
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
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U. S. Peace Corps
Richmond
Santo Domingo
Asks Boost in Rehabilitation Program
President Johnson urged expanding federal state vocational rehabilitation to include more on public relief rolls. He noted welfare training fell from 15 to 13 percent over years and asked Welfare Secretary Gardner to propose actions by July 1 to reduce relief rolls through training.
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Washington
Johnson
Gardner
Largest Commercial Jet In Maiden Flight
The world's largest commercial jetliner the Douglas DC 8 Super 61 flew for the first time from Long Beach California municipal airport.
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Long Beach
Calif
Upi
Municipal
Canadian Rail President Dies
Canadian Pacific Railway president R. A. Emmerson, 54, died yesterday in Montreal. He had led the company since October 1964.
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Montreal
R. A. Emmerson
Canadian Pacific Railway
Asia aid request nears vote in Congress
Foreign Aid Administrator David Bell urged Congress to approve 13.1 billion dollars for Southeast Asia to fund military and economic costs. He testified the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces escalated attacks while Saigon seeks inflation relief through expanded imports and social projects. The package also includes 275 million for Saigon and a broad import program. The measure faces House action next and Senate scrutiny this week.
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David E. Bell
Southeast Asia
Bell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Vietnam
House
Senate Committee
Saigon
United States
White Man Charged in Bogalusa Free on Bond
In Bogalusa Louisiana a 43 year old sheet metal worker Thomas Bennett is free on $10 000 bond after being charged with attempted murder for shooting 29 year old Army Captain Donald Ray Sims. Police say Bennett said Sims talked too long on a public telephone. Bennett was booked Saturday.
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Thomas Bennett
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Bennett
French Foreign Minister Plans Visits to Bucharest and Sofia
Paris reports Foreign Minister Couve de Murville will travel to Bucharest from April 25 to 28 and to Sofia from April 28 to 30 for official discussions with Romanian and Bulgarian leaders.
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Couve de Murville
Bucharest
Romania
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Bulgaria
Sunshine vanishes dense fog in eastern Iowa
Dense morning fog in Cedar Rapids Waterloo Davenport Ottumwa Dubuque and Mason City reduced visibility to zero to three quarters of a mile. Airports and roads were shut or slowed. several area schools delayed bus routes as United and Ozark Air Lines canceled or delayed multiple flights.
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Ozark Air Lines
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Maryland Lawmakers Take Up Running For Health
Maryland legislators mix fitness with politics as they start a DIY program at the Naval Academy field house. Leaders like Byron and Hess joined in, shedding pounds and easing stress while juggling sessions, runs, and morning debates.
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Viet Embezzler Shot and Second Condemned in Saigon
In Saigon, Ta Vinh, 34, a wealthy Chinese descent businessman, was executed at dawn by being tied to an execution stake in the market after troops sealed the area. Earlier, Dang Cao Sach, 52, a former treasury servant, received a death sentence from Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's anti corruption tribunal for embezzling $104,000 in public funds.
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Dang Cao Sach
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White blood cell exchange aims to fight cancer
Two men, Robert F. Allen of Tucson and Harry T. Griffith of Flourtown, began a rare white blood cell exchange at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo to induce cancer resistance. The procedure, part of an experimental three week cycle, involves spin separating blood components and reinfusing cells.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Robert F. Allen
Tucson
Ariz
Harry T. Griffith
Flourtown
Griffith
Nadler
Scene of Reds Win Last Week
US air force and marine fighter bombers attacked the Ashan special forces camp on the Laos border as air strikes aimed at the Viet Cong regiment continued. Jets faced heavy anti aircraft fire but destroyed a building and five mortar positions while neutralizing camp defenses. A L-19 spotter aircraft was shot down with the observer killed and pilot injured.
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Dien Bien Phu
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Quang Ngai City
Thach Tru
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Pearson Proposes Judicial Inquiry Into Scandal
Prime Minister Pearson announced a judicial inquiry into a sex and security scandal involving the previous Conservative government. He named Justice W. F. Spence of the Supreme Court to conduct the inquiry after a 22 hour emergency cabinet meeting in Ottawa.
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House of Commons
W. F. Spence
Canada
Supreme Court
McClellan Seeks Fifth Term in Congress
Veteran Senator John McClellan of Arkansas announces a bid for his fifth term in the U S Congress. The move sets the stage for a rerun of his long service amid a crowded 1950s political landscape.
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Sen
John McClellan
Dark
Old Farmer Explains Why He Never Married
An old farmer quips he chooses lifelong want over obtaining something unwanted. The joke reflects a dry wit about marriage and desire, preferring absence over unwanted possession.
New York Hosts First Neurotics Anonymous Meeting
Grover B. founded Neurotics Anonymous two years ago and spoke to over 350 attendees at the Church of the Covenant in Manhattan. The non profit group offers emotionally troubled individuals peer support, citing Alcoholics Anonymous as a model and noting NA chapters exist in California Oregon Little Rock London and Toronto with headquarters in Washington DC.
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