Gemini 7 astronauts say unlimited time in space possible
Lovell and Borman say humans can exist indefinitely in weightlessness though future craft should prioritize crew comfort. Schirra and Stafford describe the Dec 15 Gemini 6 7 rendezvous as nearly flawless, within a foot, proving close proximity without contact.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Schirra
Stafford
Earth
Marcos Sworn In as Philippines President After Election Victory
Ferdinand Marcos was sworn in as president of the Philippines in Luneta Park. He pledged price cuts and a crackdown on smuggling and corruption, and urged Asian orienta tion with Malaysia and Vietnam policy shifts. The 48 year old lawyer and war hero defeated Diosdado Macapagal by over 650000 votes.
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Manila
P. I
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Malaysia
Viet Nam
Marcos
Diosdado Macapagala
United States
Hubert Humphrey
Luneta Park
Manila Bay
Asia
Sabah
North Borneo
Senate
Liberal Party
Nacionalista Party
Emmanuel Perez
Julio Nalundasan
U.S
Weather Outlook for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Partly cloudy with scattered showers possible today through Saturday. Mild today with highs in the 60s. Cooler tonight with lows from the 30s to around 50 in the far south. Saturday cooler. Historical notes include yesterday's high 72 and low 48, with 1.92 inches precipitation this month so far and 37.47 inches year to date. Weather figures from the Weather Bureau and Memorial Airport report wind 24 mph and barometer 29.81 inches.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Memorial Airport
Sellerson City
Rough Weather Hits Holiday Travel Across Nation
The Associated Press reports rough weather over the New Year weekend raised travel hazards across the western half of the United States. National Safety Council estimates 360 to 440 deaths may occur from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, in line with the prior holiday period’s toll.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Peace Moves Punctuated By Atrocities In Vietnam
U S announcements cite the Communist slaughter of 11 prisoners three Americans and eight Vietnamese in South Viet Nam as peace talks continue. Viet Cong attacks press hard near Da Nang and Chau Doc while a helicopter gunship action sinks a barge and five sampans. A Vietnamese journalist is killed by gunmen in Saigon as patrols uncover the Ba To massacre of 14 missing and dead after an ambush by North Vietnamese forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
da Nang
Chau Doc
Chinh Luan
Tu Chong
Ba To
Ho Chi Minh
North
Viet Nam
Red China
Russia
Associated Press
U S urged to push peaceful nuclear trade at Basel fair
Washington officials urge American manufacturers to join NUCLEX 66 in Basel Switzerland September 8 14 to showcase peaceful nuclear energy products. The Commerce Department and Atomic Energy Commission promote US exhibits as Europe’s demand for nuclear power grows with an estimated two billion dollar reactor generator market over 20 years.
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Chicago Tribune Press Service
Washington
Department
Commerce
LeRoy Collins
Collins
United States
Basle
Switzerland
Europe
U.S
Bureau of International Commerce
Cost of Living Index Boosted in November
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose two tenths of a percent in November led by a higher index of 110.6 for the CPI. Deputy Commissioner Robert J. Myers of the Bureau of Labor Statistics cautioned on price expectations while noting prices as of 1957 59 base rose 10.6 cents per dollar. All major items except food advanced and a December rise was anticipated. Myers attributed limited Viet Nam influence and called the current increase real with potential moderating future levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
Viet Nam
Court Reduces Doctor's Term for Carter County
U S District Judge James H Meredith suspended six months in jail for Dr Frank J Rucinsky 61 after he pleaded guilty to dispensing amphetamine without a prescription The judge placed him on three years probation and the doctor paid a 1500 fine The reduction was sought by state Senator Albert Spradling noting hardship on about 3900 Carter County residents who must travel at least 46 miles to obtain a doctor
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ST. Louis
U.S. Dist
James H. Meredith
Carter County
Missouri
Frank J. Rucinsky
Meredith
Rucinsky
Albert Spradling
Cape Girardeau
Spradling
Post Office and Mistress Retire in Ashley Missouri
Mrs. Rose Lemich retired after 25 years as Ashley post office post mistress. The Ashley post office, in operation 130 years, closes as the postal department ends its service. The town’s population has dwindled to 22 residents.
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Ashley, Mo
Rose Lemich
GOP Senators Charge Johnson Admin Delays on Housing Equity
Three Republican senators Javits Case and Scott accused the Johnson administration of stalling action to end racial discrimination in federally assisted housing. They argued the president can expand the 1962 executive order by decree and warned that seeking new legislation would delay an effective nationwide policy.
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Chicago Tribune Press Service
Washington
Johnson Administration
Jacob K. Javits
N. Y
Clifford P. Case
N.J
Hugh Scott
Congress
House
Ing
Fed
Feral Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Sena
Nicholas Katzenbach
Johnson
Tors
United States
Humphrey Visits Wounded GIs During Asia Tour
Vice President Hubert Humphrey continued his Far East trip with a stop at Clark Air Base in the Philippines to see American troops wounded in Vietnam. He attended the inauguration of President Ferdinand Marcos and later joined a dinner at the U.S. Embassy.
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Manila
P.I
Hubert Humphrey
Far East
United States Air Force
Clark Air Base
Viet Nam
Humphrey
New Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Luneta Grandstand
U.S. Air Force
Clark Base
U.S
Moyers
White House
Harriman
Goldberg
Bundy
W. Averell Harriman
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Europe
Hubert H. Humphrey
Asia
Austin
Pentagon presses voluntary censorship of troop movements in Vietnam
The Defense Department urged U S news media to refrain from publishing or broadcasting details of troop deployments to Vietnam until official announcements are made. Arthur Sylvester said cooperation preserves operational security and praised reporters who delay stories on movements of units ships and planes.
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Chicago Tribunes Service
Asia
Washington
Viet Department
Dia
Arthur Sylvester
Secretary of Defense
Defense Department
Viet Nam
United States
Spem
Sylvester
Department of Defense
U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mail volume up eight percent in December says Postmaster General
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien reports December 1 to 24 mail volume rose eight percent from last year. He notes a record Christmas season with expected eight billion pieces for the month and credits ZIP code routing and 552 distribution centers for easing congestion. Five million pounds of mail moved by air in six weeks before Christmas, including three million to Vietnam and one million for servicemen.
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Chicago Tribune Press Service
Washington
Lawrence F. O'Brien
O'Brien
O’brien
San
High Officials Hunt Peace Paths in Southeast Asia
The White House confirmed President Johnson has launched broad peace-seeking missions and aims to extend talks toward a negotiated settlement. Officials have quietly pursued peace hopes in several capitals amid a temporary bombing lull in North Vietnam, with Moyers noting the talks connect to the American position in Southeast Asia.
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Austin, Tex
White House
Johnson
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyers
Southeast Asia
Peking Blasts Soviet Effort In Viet Talks
China’s People’s Daily accuses Soviet leaders of betraying communism and plotting to split the world socialist camp over Vietnam policy. The article ties Moscow to U S collaboration and calls for repudiation of the Soviet line as U S envoy Moyers outlines further peace efforts.
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Peking
Viet
China
United States
Viet Nam
Moscow
Russia
Peking People’s Daily
Communist Party
The
People’s Daily
International Communist Movement and
Socialist Camp
Kansas City Food Price Index Rises 1.2 Percent
The Kansas City food price index climbed 1.2 percent from October to November, reaching 114.3 percent of the 1957-59 base. The gain indicates continued inflation pressure in the city’s grocery sector.
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Kansas City
Harriman Arrives in Belgrade for Tito Talks
American envoy W Averell Harriman arrived in Belgrade for a one day visit to meet Yugoslav leader Josip Tito. He flew from Warsaw after conferring with Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka and was to travel to Brdo near Kranj for the talks. Harriman is one of several Johnson emissaries seeking possible peace talks with North Viet Nam.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
W. Averell Harriman
Josip Tito
Harriman
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Tito
Brdo
Kranj
Johnson
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Peking
Gomulka
John Gront Lee Harriman
Stewart Healey to Visit United States for Talks
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart and Defense Secretary Denis Healey will travel to Washington in the second half of January for talks with U S leaders. They will discuss Britain's defense problems and Viet Nam developments with U S officials. Healey will join a NATO working group on policy planning for greater nuclear sharing. The group includes the United States Britain West Germany Italy and Turkey.
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London
Michael Stewart
Denis Healey
Washington
United States
Britain
Stewart
Dean Rusk
Healey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Come Jposed
U.S
West Germany
Italy
Turkey
NATO
McNamere
U. S&s. iDefense
Robert McDemand
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Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Manned Spacecraft Center
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Lovell
Space Agency
Reuters
GOP
Pentagon
Nikita Khrushchev
McGeorge Bundy
Ottawa
Lester B.pearson
Pearson
Baltimore
Srdja Prica
Radomir Raidovic
Foreign Ministry
Burke Albrick
Stewart, Healey
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