Gemini 5 Ends Day With Endurance Record For Cooper
Gemini 5 crews Cooper and Conrad report smooth flight over the Atlantic with 54 orbits completed by 9:20 p.m. EST. Cooper sets endurance record at 9:47 p.m. EST as the pair continue experiments with no major problems, and sight a Minuteman missile from California during the mission.
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Senate OKs 3.36 Billion Foreign Aid Authorization
The Senate passed a 3.36 billion dollar foreign aid authorization bill by a 67 to 27 vote and sent it to the White House. Senators Fulbright and Morse condemned the compromise while noting the measure would fund military and economic aid with an 89 million earmark for Southeast Asia development. The action ends one phase of the fight as Congress delays full funding until separate appropriations.
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Southeast Asia
Nasser and Faisal agree to armistice in Yemen
Cairo and Riyadh announce an immediate armistice in Yemen and a gradual withdrawal of Egypt's 50,000 troops. A nine point pact calls for free elections by November 1966 to choose between monarchy and Nasser backed republic. US welcomes settlement. UN diplomats skeptical about quick peace.
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New York
Leaks Delay Sealab 2 Lowering Off La Jolla
New technical problems slowed the Navy Sealab 2 lowering near La Jolla delaying the start of a 45 day sea floor residence. Tests revealed leaks in a diving bell while a trained Atlantic bottlenose porpoise named Tuffy aids divers by carrying tools and rescue lines improving overall underwater operations.
Fumes Force Evacuation as 3000 Flee town
In East Brunswick New Jersey a chemical odor blanketed a four square mile area prompting evacuation of about 3000 people. Fire Chief Vincent Crande said oxygen was given to many who inhaled fumes but no serious injuries were reported. The source of the blaze appeared to be a storage trailer containing organic peroxide used in plastics.
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East Brunswick
N. J
Vincent Crande
Goldberg Seeks King's Peace Talks on Viet Nam
United Nations ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg invited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr to discuss peace in Viet Nam. He also scheduled peace interviews for Norman Thomas and a National Council of Churches delegation, aligning with critics of U S Viet Nam policy.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Martin Luther King Jr
Viet Nam
Goldberg
U.N
Norman Thomas
New York City
National Council of Churches
King Thomas
U.S
Air Activity In Viet Nam Planes Strike In North South
U S B52 bombers hammered a Viet Cong installation 155 miles south of Da Nang. Other U S planes hit targets in both North and South Viet Nam. one plane was shot down but the pilot rescued. New security rules hide plane numbers and bomb details.
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Severe storms threaten parts of Midwest and plains
The Associated Press reports severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds risked portions of southern and central Minnesota, southeastern and east central South Dakota, and the northwestern tip of Iowa. Showers soaked western Minnesota, eastern Dakotas, Missouri, and eastern Kansas, with over an inch of rain east of Columbia, Missouri in an hour.
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Rusk Says WWII Lessons Key to Survival for Veterans
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the American Legion that World War II offers the last lessons the world can learn from. He warned against World War III and urged vets to cherish and internalize those lessons for survival. Heightened protests outside Memorial Coliseum accompanied the talk as Gen Maxwell D. Taylor addressed the session, asserting North Viet Nam aims to control South Viet Nam. He noted the U.S. will withdraw military forces when not needed, defending aid levels amid critique.
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Southeast Asia
Motel Owner Battles Federal Seizure Of Units
In Prentiss Mississippi motel owner Alagene Allen challenges a federal court order allowing four motel units to be used by federal voting registrars for 60 days with $3,000 payment, plus possible 30 day renewals on 24 hour notice. She alleges interference and seeks emergency relief. Federal registrar operations underway in Jefferson Davis County as Mississippi voters face new registration procedures.
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Alagene Allen
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Magnolia Courts
Mississippi
U.S. Dist
Harold Cox
U.S
Honest Farmers Mean Saving on Farm Checks
Three federal agriculture officials in Richmond were rewarded with 1400 dollars for proving that annual farm visits to verify plantings under federal programs were unnecessary. By eliminating unnecessary farm revisits, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service now saves about 350000 dollars yearly, checking only 25 percent of farms.
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ASCS
W. T. Powers
Richmond
Samuel T. Ford
H. Lewis Vines
Hong Kong Crash Hero Ng Kam-Shing Saves Survivors
A U S marine transport plane crash in Hong Kong harbor killed fifty eight servicemen while survivors were saved by Ng Kam-Shing a 29 year old Chinese barge foreman witnesses said He leaped into burning oil and ferried survivors to safety guiding four men from the water to shore and then returning for three more as cranes lifted the wreckage offshore
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Hong Kong
U.S
Viet Nam
North Vietnam demands U S troop withdrawal before talks
Moscow dispatches quote the North Vietnamese Embassy calling for a U S withdrawal from Viet Nam as a precondition for any negotiations. The statement also demands the United States abandon the Saigon government, a demand Washington has rejected. The note follows reports of a meeting between Vietnam's envoy and Lord Brockway in London, who suggested talks might begin without a full withdrawal.
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Viet Nam
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U.S
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Nguyen van Kinh
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Two Gunmen Surrender After 13-Hour Kidnap Drama
Two gunmen fleeing California robbery charges abducted hosts in San Jose and held 11 people for three hours before surrendering near Reno, after a 250 mile chase. Army Spec. 4 James Gourlay and John Colvan, both soldiers, were arrested on kidnapping charges. no one hurt.
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FBI
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Detroit
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Viet Nam
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Hudson Falls
U.S
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Omar D. Pender
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Weather outlook for Virginia and North Carolina
Considerable cloudiness and showers with scattered thunder in Virginia on Wednesday and night, high 77 to 82. Thursday brings partly cloudy, warmer conditions with scattered thundershowers. In North Carolina, cloudy and warmer with showers or thundershowers mainly after noon or evening, about 40 percent area affected Wednesday, increasing Thursday. Mountain highs around 8? Wednesday, others in the 80s. Recent observations: 7 am yesterday 72 clear, 1 pm yesterday 83 clear, 7 pm yesterday 76 rain, 1 am today 74 clear.
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