Self immolations surge in Saigon Buddhist crisis
Two more Buddhist nuns burned themselves to death marking the seventh and eighth personal crisis this week as militants threaten to wreck the tentative truce with South Vietnam's government. The deaths at Nha Trang and Da Nang come amid warnings to boycott elections and a government reshuffle.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nha ‘Trang
Capital
Thich
No Bao Luan
Nu Bao
Luan
Hue
Nha Trang
United States eyes no first strike pact with China
U S officials disclosed Washington has asked Red China about halting first strike nuclear clauses and about ending bombing of North Viet Nam if the other side reciprocates. The inquiries followed the Warsaw talks on May 25 and reflect past fruitless soundings. State Department spokesman McCloskey said Hanoi shows no interest in a deal as Washington weighs reciprocal actions.
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United States
Red China
Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Warsaw
Poland
Peking
State Department
France
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Robert J. McCloskey
Jail Scene Of Shooting Two Brothers Charged In N C Officer Death
Two Heath brothers from Surry County are jailed without bond on a first degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Pilot Mountain police officer James Thomas. Thomas, 32, was shot with a .38 service revolver in the Pilot Mountain town jail. Preliminary hearing set for Tuesday before Judge Richard Reid. Burial for Thomas at Capella Church of Christ after funeral Saturday. Survivors include wife Effie Bennett Thomas and three children with a fourth on the way. The brothers were earlier arrested for affray at a nearby dance.
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Dobson
N.C
Surry County
Pilot Mountain
Donald Ray Heath
Jimmy Heath
Westerfield
James Thomas
Dallas Coe
Richard Reid
Thomas
Pinnacle
Stokes County
Capella Church
Dancer dies in fiery monkey costume blaze near Calcutta
Bhikhari Kiari a folk dancer in a tribal village staged a flaming monkey god dance. The costume's tail caught fire and scenery viewers cheered believing it was part of the act. Kiari died en route to a hospital after the blaze spread.
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Calcutta
India
Bhikhari Kiari
Khairi
Gemini 9 spacewalk blocked by shroud on target ship
Gemini 9 pilots Cernan and Stafford closed in on the ATDA target but the shroud held the docking collar, described as a clamshell glass shell, blocking linkup. They debated cutting it away with the docking bar, but experts doubted success and chose caution as sleep and recovery planned for later.
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Cernan
Stafford
Idea Mission Control
Cape
Houston
ATDA
Third time go for Gemini 9 mission with Stafford
Space talk reports Gemini 9 mission as Thom Stafford and Eugene Cernecki prepare for a long awaited space flight. Stafford declares go and great day before launch. He notes a rendezvous attempt with a target satellite and comments on the spacecraft’s open shell appearance during flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Space
Stafford
Oklahoma
Hawaii
Gemini 9 Mission Faces Shroud Separation Crisis
Astronauts describe a damaged protective fiber glass shroud hanging in two pieces from one end during docking and attempted shroud separation. Explosive bolts fired, springs released, and the mass clings by pyro wires as ground teams debate extended docking bar taps to release the stuck shroud.
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Stafford
Cernan
Mission Control
Cape
Houston
Roger
Tom
Johnson to push across the board Social Security boost
President Johnson told 400 elderly delegates at the National Council for Senior Citizens that he will seek a broad increase in Social Security benefits in the next Congress with high priority. He urged action for all current and future beneficiaries, directing a program readiness for January 1967 and scheduling a June 15 meeting to advance the drive.
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Washington
Johnson
National Council For Senior Citizens
San Antonio
Tex
White House Rose Garden
John W. Gardner
Congress
If It Is Not Panther It Is An Awfully Big Pussycat
Baltimore AP report describes a large black feline seen near Baltimore with a two foot tall stance on hind legs, long tail and whiskers. Walter Eggers organizes a tracking party after missing three shot attempts with a 30 30 rifle near the Baltimore Washington Expressway. Naomi Keyser also sighted a similar animal nearby, prompting further witnesses and curiosity about a possible panther in the area.
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Baltimore Area
Baltimore
Walter Eggers
Eggers
Baltimore-Washington Expressway
Friendship International Airport
Naomi Keyser
Camel
Cernan Plans Orbital Walk With AMU On Gemini 9
NASA astronaut Eugene Cernan will ride outside Gemini 9 in an Astronaut Maneuvering Unit a backpack with 12 rockets and bat wing stabilizers. He will orbit Earth at 17500 miles per hour for about an hour of his two hour and twenty five minute excursion while Lt. Col. Thomas Stafford from the Air Force pilots the capsule and maintains radio contact. The AMU unit costs exceed ten million dollars and aims to test in space rescue vehicle exchange and movement beyond the spacecraft.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Eugene A. Cernan
Gemini 9
Cernan
Earth
AMU
Air Force
Thomas P Stafford
Stafford
Surveyor 1 sends more lunar pictures from Sea of Storms
More than a thousand photographs have been sent from Surveyor 1 as it rests in the Sea of Storms. The 620-pound craft, after a soft landing early Thursday, is expected to transmit about 2 000 pictures with a third broadcast planned. Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports 5,827 commands and shows the landing site terrain, lunar dust, and horizon through a TV camera. The mission runs on solar power, will end with the two-week lunar day, and color filtering is not planned for now.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Civilians Hoard Ammunition Amid Vietnam War Fears
American civilians are reported buying rifle and pistol ammunition to head off a potential shortage due to Vietnam war fears. Dealers note rising demand, with shortages already in several states. Manufacturers insist supplies remain adequate, while some stores fear tighter controls may worsen access this fall.
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New York
Viet Nam
Winchester-Western
Remington
Los Angeles
Canton
Boston
Arkansas
Paragould
Ft. Smith
Dallas
Atlanta
Bismarck
N.C
Weather Snapshot Virginia and North Carolina Weekend Forecast
Virginia expect mostly sunny skies Saturday with highs in the 80s and 76 to 82 in the mountains. Saturday night and Sunday look fair and warmer. North Carolina sees cloudiness then fair and warmer Saturday with highs around 80 to 86. Sunday becomes partly cloudy with rising humidity.
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