Surveyor and Astrobug Spacecrafts Land Safely After Troubles
Pasadena AP report details two space probes, Surveyor 5 and Biosatellite 2, landing safely on the moon and returning to Earth after issues with helium pressure and experiments in space. Engineers credited rapid problem solving for saving Surveyor 5, while Biosatellite 2 carried wheat seeds and plants, with early findings on gravity effects and plant orientation.
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Samuel Johnson
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Soviet Union
Stowaways Flee In Fruit Wagon
In a West German police report two Hungarian youths fled by stowing away in a fruit wagon traveling through Czechoslovakia and East Germany to reach West Germany and seek political asylum.
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Vacant House Bugs Policeman Chronicle
Baltimore patrolman Joseph Scheach investigating a vacant house was swarmed by hundreds of small brown fleas. He was treated at a hospital and released, while officials speculated on the nature of the pests and the hazards of the assignment.
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Pals Separated By 2 Assailants
DETROIT AP reports Dusan Djordjevic and Svetomir Tanasijevic were childhood friends from Grinac Serbia. Dusan is dead after an incident with two assailants while Svetomir survived. The city council set a Thursday date for a 161,000 bond issue to fund a new municipal building.
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John Svenson Drebenstedt
Waverly
Ana Svelomar
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Svetomir Tanasijevic
Grinac
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Svetomir
White House to display Eisenhower portrait in east foyer
An oil portrait of former President Eisenhower by J Anthony Wills will be shown in the White House east foyer starting Tuesday. The 76 year old is depicted in a three quarter pose with eyeglasses in hand, a gift from former Senator Harry Darby. A second Eisenhower portrait is in the Green Room and Mamie’s portrait in a ground floor corridor.
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J. Anthony Wills
Houston
Harry Darby
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Kan
Mamie
Pope Paul VI Spends Peaceful Night Amid Illness
Vatican says Pope Paul VI, 69, rested well with normal temperature after suffering acute cystopyelitis and exhaustion. He celebrated Mass in private chapel, met Deputy Secretary of State Giovanni Benelli, and appeared at St Peter's Square, lifting hopes Vatican: doctors foresee several weeks of slower pace before full return.
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Giovanni Benelli
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Frogman nabbed fleeing to West across Spree river
East German border patrol boats captured a frogman Monday as he attempted to swim underwater from East to West Berlin. Officers on the western bank said the swimmer, described as a man, was taken aboard an East German boat apparently unharmed. He wore a strongman suit and used two snorkel devices as guards probed the water with poles to surface him.
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De Gaulle Urges Poland to Join United Europe
President de Gaulle urged Poland to join France in a Europe spanning from the Atlantic to the Urals. Speaking before Polish lawmakers during his six day visit he pressed for a relaxation of bloc tensions and a new era of cooperation. Gomulka endorsed closer ties while stressing a two Germany solution remains.
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