Marine Corps C130 Crashes Near Hong Kong Bay
A US Marine Corps C130 with 71 aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Kaitak Airport, Hong Kong, en route to Da Nang. Thirteen survivors reached Queen Elizabeth Hospital after two and a half hours. one body recovered. Divers reported others trapped inside the submerged cabin as debris and oil formed a slick.
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Hong Kong
Marine Corps
Hong Kong Bay
South Viet Nam
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon
Big da Nang Air Base
Gemini 5 Hums Toward 9th Orbit As Ghost Satellite Probed
Gemini 5 astronauts Cooper and Conrad chase a ghost satellite in a 40,000 mile sky hunt over Houston. They report two minor failures, fix sleep and appetite, and push toward a record eight days in space with 121 orbits.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
America
Conrad Jr
Conrad
Outer Space
Space rendezvous attempt in Gemini 5 mission
Houston AP reports L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. navigated the Gemini 5 craft in a pioneering rendezvous test. They sought to match orbits with a beeping satellite ejected earlier, but a power problem delayed the maneuver and the satellite faded as batteries died.
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Manned Space Center
Houston, Tex
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Eye Chart Tests For Space Seeing Power
Houston based astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. tested eye chart patterns from space near Laredo Texas as part of a sight test. Cooper reported spotting dark squares while Conrad found the lack of contrast made targets hard to discern.
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Laredo
Tex
Texas
Conrad
Cooper
Himalayas
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Cape Kennedy
Fla
South America
Australia
White Sands
N.M
Senate Approves 4.3 Billion Public Works Bill
The Senate passed a 4.327 billion public works appropriation for the Atomic Energy Commission and water projects nationwide. It moves to a Senate House conference to resolve differences while foreign aid authorization faced a one-year delay. Major item: 2.423 billion for the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
House
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Boy, 11, Killed and Father Hurt by Lightning Strike
An 11 year old Chesterfield County boy was killed and his father Homer Harris and Kermit Johnson Jr. were injured when lightning struck a metal clothesline wire near Birchett's Hatchery Winterpock. The boy was barefoot while the men wore shoes. Harris died at Medical College of Virginia Hospital. Johnson and Homer Harris were in satisfactory condition.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Birchett’s Hatchery
Winterpock
Kenneth Harris
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Homer Harris
Kermit Johnson Jr
Midlothian
Sel. R. C. Phillips
Chesterfield County Police
Harris
Johnson
Phillips
White Minister Wounded Seriously By Gun Blast
Rev. Donald Thompson a 59 year old white minister was seriously wounded in a shotgun ambush outside his Jackson apartment. Police and federal agents led the investigation with state officials assisting. Authorities said racism likely motivated the civil rights related shooting and described it as a cowardly nighttime ambush. Thompson reported seeing a white male driver in a car with two whites aboard. He was hit by buckshot from behind at about 25 feet as he walked from the parking lot to his building’s rear door.
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Thompson
South Border States Face Fed Aid Loss Over Desegregation
One fourth of the 5,135 districts in the South and border states faced potential loss of federal school aid if desegregation plans were not accepted before the new school year. Of 1,278 districts with no accepted plans, 930 plans were still being processed, mostly from the South and border states, as officials urged faster processing and compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Washington
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
John W. Gardner
Office of Education
Gardner
Moyers
Johnson Consid
South Border
Texas
Oklahoma
Quake Rattles Central Mexico Across Wide Area
A powerful earthquake jolted central Mexico, rocking Mexico City and towns like Jalapa Oaxaca Veracruz Juarez and Puebla. Seismologists placed the epicenter in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec with magnitude between 6 and 7. Minor structural damage occurred but no casualties were reported. Caltech measured 6.8 in Pasadena. Acapulco avoided damage as lights flickered and services fluctuated.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Jalapa
Gulf Coast
Veracruz
Oaxaca
Juarez
Puebla
Tehuantepec
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Seismological Laboratory
Charles Richter
Acapulco
Pacific Coast
Soviet Expert Sees Moon Race Overhyped
Moscow based Dr. Mstislav Keldysh, head of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, criticized the exaggerated global focus on landing a man on the moon. He warned it is premature to set a realistic date, noting the Moon landing site is not yet chosen and instruments will be softly landed instead.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Mstislav Keldysh
Keldysh
Moon
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Johnson telegram comforts mother of slain student
President Johnson sent a telegram to Mrs. Phillip Daniels of Keene New Hampshire expressing condolences over the death of her son Jonathan Daniels a 27 year old Episcopal divinity student killed in Hayneville Alabama while doing civil rights work The message voiced grief and a wish that the cause of brotherhood prevail A Catholic priest Richard Moorisree 26 of Chicago was wounded in the same incident White House staff conferred with the priest’s family
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Washington
Johnsen
Jonathan Daniels
Episcopal Divinity
Hayneville
Ala
Phillip Daniels
Keene, N.H
America
Daniels
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Mass
Richard Moorisree
Chicago
White House
Bill D. Movers
Protesters Clash With Police in Seoul Over Japan Treaty
Police used tear gas and clubs to disperse about 7000 demonstrators in eight Seoul groups. 202 students were arrested and many injured, with nine officers hurt. The protests target the June 22 Japan Korea amity treaty and demand nullification by the National Assembly. Opponents accuse Park's government of selling out to Japan and ceding fishing and property rights. A show of force with 20 military vehicles followed the march amid talk of possible army involvement.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Chung Hee Park
Park
South Korean
National Assembly
South Korea
Assembly
Parks
Viet Cong mortars attack Bien Hoa base in Saigon area
Viet Cong guerrillas fired a long range mortar assault on Bien Hoa air base near Saigon early Tuesday, hitting a ramp and barracks area. U S military spokesmen said casualties and damage were light with 30 to 50 rounds in a 15 minute attack. Minor aircraft and building damage reported. no serious casualties. Vietnamese units reportedly captured two Viet Cong suspects as sweeps continued. The attack ended after about 15 minutes as Vietnamese planes and U S helicopters searched the area.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
U. S
Air Force
Ihe
U.S
Ban Thach
Song Chu River
Hanoi
Red Capital
Officers Kill N Y Man After Attack
In New York a 21 year old man named Carson Calloway was shot to death after slashing a motorist, grabbing an officer's gun, commandeering a car and firing at police near 41st Street and Eighth Avenue by the Port Authority. A bystander was struck by a stray bullet in the crowded pursuit.
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New York
41 Street
Eighth Avenue
Port Authority
Carson Calloway
Brooklyn
Calloway
Thomas Gray
Gray
Mother shoots three children in Decatur tragedy
Decatur Georgia police say 25 year old Judith Ann Huddleston killed her three daughters Denise six Frank two with a .22 pistol and then wounded herself twice in an apparent suicide attempt. She told a county detective she killed the children because she and her husband were separated and could not reconcile. The victims were Denise six Frank and Roxanne two. Huddleston was hospitalized in fair condition with two abdominal wounds.
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Decatur
Poelice
Judith Ann Huddleston
Denise
Frank
Roxanne
Huddleston
Humphrey Defends Right to Be Heard at Student Congress
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told 800 delegates at the 18th National Student Congress in Madison that the right to be heard does not guarantee being taken seriously. He urged distinguishing peaceful demonstration from vandalism, warning that property destruction and violence threaten justice and law, while noting protesters outside with signs.
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Humphrey
University of Wisconsin
Sally
Viet; Nam
Wisconsin Union Theater
Los Angeles
Weather report for Virginia and North Carolina
The forecast covers Virginia and North Carolina with cloudiness and showers likely in Virginia south, cooler southeast, highs around 78, lows in the 60s. North Carolina shows variable clouds, showers or thundershowers possible, highs in the 80s, warmer by afternoon, with partly cloudy conditions expected Wednesday. Temperature notes from yesterday and today indicate 69 at 7 am, 92 at 3 pm, and 81 at 7 pm.
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Virginia
North Carolina
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Jackson
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