Pegasus 3 Satellite Soars From Cape Kennedy in Orbit
Pegasus 3, the first of Americas large micrometeorite detectors, launched from Cape Kennedy atop Saturn 1. The 96 foot wings are covered by 208 panels to record meteoroid size, speed and direction. A detachable panel concept could allow future retrieval by astronauts for Earth analysis.
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Coed Slain In UNC Arboretum. Police Hunt Suspect
Suellen Evans a 21 year old home economics major from Mooresville was stabbed to death in a periwinkle bed between two gravel paths in UNC Chapel Hill arboretum. Police seek a dark arm suspect described as foreigner or Negro seen fleeing toward Davie Hall. Bloodhounds traced to a nearby church with no results. Two coeds and two nuns heard screams. The victim was to depart for a weekend home at 4:30 PM.
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N.C
University of North Carolina
Treacher
W.D. Blake
Arboretum
Blake
Davie Hall
Two Are Given 25 Years For Assisting Moscow
Alexandria sentence report on Army sergeant Robert Lee Johnson and real estate salesman James A. Mintkenbaugh each receiving 25 years for conspiring to obtain defense secrets and acting as Soviet agents. The men pleaded guilty to lesser charges, with espionage counts dropped, and were described by the judge as selling their country for a mess of pottage.
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Moscow
Robert Lee Johnson
Pentagon
James A. Mintkenbaugh
Alameda
Calif
U.S
Mintkenbaugh
Johnson
Paris
Children Safe In Crash Near Appalachia Headstart Bus Collision
Fifty-one Headstart children aged four to six and four teachers from Appalachia Va escaped injury from a bus crash on U S 23 ten miles south of Big Stone Gap. A boy in the truck was pinned and seriously hurt. The group was bound for Hungry Mother State Park near Marion when the collision occurred while the bus passed the truck.
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Hungry Mother State Park
Marion
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Medicare signing at Truman Library with Johnson
President Johnson signed the 6.5 billion Medicare bill in Independence after traveling over 1,000 miles to share the moment with former President Harry S. Truman. The ceremony at the Truman Library featured pens given to Truman and other lawmakers as Johnson praised the program bringing dignity and hope to elderly Americans.
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Harry S. Truman
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White House
Kansas City
Independence
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bodies Of Two Missing Texas Girls Are Found
A survey crew found two bodies near a new Austin housing development after a long missing persons case. Identifications were pending but police and an uncle said the victims were Susan Rigsby and Shirley Ann Stark, UT sorority sisters aged 21. The case is described as homicide with autopsy and fingerprint checks planned.
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Austin
Tex
Niels Kinard
Kinard
Dallas
Bob Miles
Susan Rigsby
Shirley ‘Ann Stark
University of Texas
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
Dellana
Sailor Charged In Drowning at Folly Beach
John Paul Anderson, 24, a sailor aboard the Polaris submarine Sam Rayburn, was charged with murder in the drowning death of his wife Brenda Lee Anderson 20 at Folly Beach. He was arrested at the Charleston Naval Base and booked at Charleston County jail after finger printing and photographs.
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Polaris
Sam Rayburn
Folly Beach
John Paul Anderson
Worchester
Mass
Charleston Naval Base
Julian Bunch
Frank West
Charleston County
Anderson
Brenda Lee Anderson
Newport News
Steel Union Threatens Strike Over 18-Cent Demands
The United Steelworkers warned mills will strike September 1 if no new contract is reached. Negotiations showed an 18 cent demand vs 9 cent offer, with union officials calling industry inflexible. The Wage Policy Committee voted to issue 30 day strike notice effective August 1.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
United Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel Industry
Conrad Cooper
Steelworkers
I. W. Abel
Abel
Senate panel backs Cabinet for cities plan
The Senate Government Operations Committee approved a bill to create a Department of Housing and Urban Development by merging the Housing and Home Finance Agency and related bodies. Amended to protect the Federal Housing Administration, the measure aims to boost urban affairs. Chief sponsor Sen. Abraham Ribicoff expects Senate approval. Robert C. Weaver named as potential first Cabinet head.
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Senate Government Operations Committee
House
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Housing Administration
John L. McClellan
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Robert C. Weaver
New York
Johnson
Negro Mothers Urged to Bar Sons From Draft
In Mississippi the Freedom Democratic party urges Black mothers to keep their sons from honoring the draft and to consider hunger strikes by Black service members. The plea appears in a party leaflet and in a FDP newsletter distributed across Negro communities, with Jackson party headquarters displaying copies.
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Miss
Freedom Democratic Party
The
Freedom Democrats
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Johares Horwitz
McComb Freedom Democratic Party
FDP
Viet Cong Attack Hits Tan An Militia Center
Viet Cong guerrillas renewed their monsoon offensive with a raid on a militia training center at Tan An, 75 miles southwest of Saigon, causing heavy government losses and damaging a key bridge between Tan An and Cao Lanh. A separate strike hit Nghia Hanh district headquarters, labeled very light in losses, as U.S. and South Vietnamese planes continue daily operations against suspected Viet Cong sites.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tan An
U.S
Nghia Hanh
da Nang
Cao Lanh
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
General Sees Long Bloodied Road to Viet Nam Victory
Maj. Gen. Lewis W. Walt, commander of 23,000 Marines in Viet Nam, says victory must be achieved by Vietnamese forces, not Americans, as he warns the conflict will be long and bloody. He argues guerrillas rely on the people for support and that U.S. troops deter major Viet Cong moves while Vietnamese government control must be established with American aid.
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Viet Nam
DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Lewis W. Walt
Walt
U.S
Bis Marines
Marines Killed By Lightning Near Da Nang Air Base
A bolt of lightning killed three U S Marines near Da Nang on Friday night. They were part of the defense network around the large U S Vietnamese air base according to a spokesman.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U. S
Greek Parliament breaks up in shouting match
An extraordinary Greek Parliament session broke up in a shouting match Friday night amid doubts over Premier George Athanasiadis Novas winning a confidence vote. With only a fraction of deputies present, Speaker Emmanuel Baklatizis suspended the session for lack of a quorum, signaling possible government disfavor. The cabinet condemned the speaker and urged cooperation as the political standoff with Papandreou’s camp deepens. See GREECE, Page Two.
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Athens
Greece
George Anthanasiadis Novas
Piament
Anthanasiadis Novas
Constantine
George Papandreou
Athanasiadis
Novas
Emmanuel Baklatizis
Baklatzis
Center Union Party
Papandreou
Athanasiadis Novas
Weather outlook for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia shows partly cloudy Saturday with highs mostly in the 80s and a fair Saturday night with lows around 60s to mid 70s. Sunday brings variable clouds and scattered afternoon thundershowers. North Carolina has variable clouds with shower chances in the east, hotter in the mountains, and thundershowers likely Sunday especially in mountains and near the coast. Temperature readings were 66 at 7 a.m., 79 at 1 p.m., 78 at 7 p.m., and 68 at 1 a.m.
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