Gemini 12 Launch Set for November 9 in Final Series Flight
CAPE KENNEDY AP The NASA announced Gemini 12 is scheduled to launch on November 9, ending the two-man Gemini program. Command pilot James Lovell and copilot Edwin Aldrin plan up to three spacewalks and several experiments including a rendezvous with the Agena target satellite. The flight will also test space tethering and formation flying as preparation for Apollo missions to the Moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
James A. Lovell Jr
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Algeria
Lovell
Aldrin
McNamara pushes Viet Nam policy amid Senate debate
In a packed session the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the home rule bill for Washington, keeping debate open as Morse withdrew his amendment. Mansfield and Dirksen signaled plans to resume next year, while Johnson's administration sees no leap in federal control. McNamara arrived in Vietnam amid rising troop levels and reaffirmed U.S. aims of allowing South Vietnam to determine its future and ensuring access for the International Control Commission in the demilitarized zone.
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Mansfield
Morse
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Finais
Washington
House
Johnson
Congress
Russell
Capital
Sen
Bourke
B. Hickenlooper
Biowa
North Carolina State Fair Opens With Military Respect Day
The fair opened with Gov. Dan Moore and Lt. Gov. Robert Scott welcoming crowds of about 50 000. Buses brought many Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune children who enjoyed hot dogs rides and exhibits. An “Operation Appreciation” telegram program let youths send messages to fathers in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Senior Citizens Day drew hundreds as officials highlighted support for servicemen and their families.
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North Carolina
Southeast Asia
Vietnm
Southeast
Asia
Mortgage squeeze hits Virginia lenders and builders
Interest and some companies report sales volume down by as much as 50 percent as contractors subcontractors and suppliers lay off workers due to mortgage money shortages. John B. Siegel Jr. of Life Insurance Company of Virginia says loans to individuals are unattractive and the insurer has left the residential mortgage field. Kenneth Diran and S. S. Flythe again urge an interest rate increase.
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Crowell
John B. Siegel Jr
The
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Life of Virginia
Kenneth I. Diran
Virginia Mortgage Bankers Association
S. S. Flythe
Martinsville
Virginia Bankers Association
Gulf Hurricane Impacts Texas Coast and Tama pact Towns
Inez Padre Island Texas residents evacuate as about 1 500 leave a 100 mile sand spit while 10 Coast Guard personnel remain. Citrus growers in the Rio Grande Valley breathe easier as the storm’s final path spares the multimillion dollar orange grapefruit and lemon crop after a 1933 hurricane previously destroyed 90 percent. Tampico faces packed evacuees and 90 mile per hour winds buffeting the city of 200 000 as the storm moves ashore Monday morning.
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Padre Island
Texas
Coast Guard
Rio Grande Valley
Tampico
Supreme Court clears pay TV in California exemptions for church property
The Supreme Court clears pay television in California and preserves tax exemptions for church-owned property. The term’s first day covers jury selection, private-property inspections, and the Eastland case. Also reaches two libel cases involving Edwin Walker and Wallace Butts against The Associated Press and Curtis Publishing Co.
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Way
California
Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
South
James O. Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
California Supreme Court
Madalyn &, Murray
O‘hair
Maryland Court of Appeals
U.S
Maryland
O'Hair
Fort Worth
Tex
Edwin A. Walker
Associated Press
The
Walker
Uni
Mississippi
University of James Meredith
United States
University of Mississippi
Curtis Publishing Co
Wallace Butts
University of Georgia
Butts
Curtis
Saturday Evening Post
Paul Bryant
University of Alabama
Atlanta
Eisenhower Comments on Viet Nam Strategy and Nuclear Question
In remarks about the Viet Nam problem Eisenhower says he would not automatically preclude any action, including nuclear weapons, if he were president. He cautions against interpretation and stresses focusing on a strategy to end the war quickly to limit costs in money and lives and protect national morale.
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Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Congress
Sweden Urges US to End Bombing for Viet Nam Talks
Swedish Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson urged an immediate halt to bombing North Viet Nam to enable negotiations. He backed Thant's plan for de escalation and a role for the National Liberation Front in talks with the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, noting US conditions would block genuine talks. He implied a supervised military withdrawal could be part of peace proposals.
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National ‘Liberation Front
Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
Hanoi
Torsten Nilsson
United States
Vietta Nam
A.thant
U.S
National Liberation Front
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko Sees U S Visit
The article notes that Gromyko arrived at the White House via a back door during a late dinner with Rusk and departed before reporters could see him. He entered through the State Department basement, while reporters waited outside the main entrance. Johnson and Gromyko met at the White House in the afternoon after the president's Texas weekend.
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Viet Nam
Johnson
Europe
Gromyko
White House
State Department
Rusk
Texas
Space collision risk reassessed by NASA chief
James E Webb, director of NASA, said satellite near misses in New York show collision danger exists mainly when two satellites share the same booster and fail to separate. He stressed vast space and minimal risk to manned flights, noting no current danger evident.
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New York
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jobs in the civilian labor force in August
The bureau reported continued demand for qualified workers and large numbers of women returning to the labor force to fill skilled jobs. Blacks faced a poor share of expanding professional roles, with unemployment for non-whites rising to 7.8 percent from 3.2, while whites stood at 3.3. Total employment fell from 76.3 to 74.2 million as teens returned to school and the labor force shrank. Adult women in the labor force rose by about one million.
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Ross
U.S
Powell Defies Subpoenas in Civil Contempt Trial
State Supreme Justice Irving Saypol ordered a jury trial to measure Powell's willfulness for ignoring five subpoenas in 1963 1964 and last year during financial examinations. Powell, claiming congressional immunity, failed to appear as his lawyers sought jurisdiction delays. Robins argued he thumbed his nose at the courts while Levy warned the jury Powell is not on trial for his public role.
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Powell
Irving Saypol
Levy
Afr. James
Raymond Rubin
Woman Ruled Sole Heir To Big Estate
GRAND HAVEN MI AP A woman who learned she was adopted was ruled the sole heir to Arthur S. Kruse estate worth 1.6 million dollars. Rosemary Jelneck 42 of Swartz Creek proved Kruse was her uncle by court order after executors found her adoption and lack of a will. The 40 minute hearing declared six cousins in line before discovery.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Ottawa County
Fred Niles
Rosemary Jelneck
Swartz Creek
Chicago
Arthur S. Kruse
William Lindeboom
Grand Rapids
Jelneck
Kruse
Viet Nam War Briefs Highlight Westmoreland Visit Plans
McNamara met with General Westmoreland to review the border situation and allied needs as he planned a tour of U.S. installations. He aimed to visit Premier Ky and Chief of State Thieu in Saigon before returning to Washington. In the Phu Cat area, U.S. air cavalry and allied troops reported 809 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed, 669 captured. Five U.S. planes were downed by MIGs, while 23 enemy aircraft were shot down by U.S. forces. Australian troops in Operation Canberra killed six Viet Cong and located an administrative HQ including a hospital.
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Lodge
U.S
Viet Nam
Mc. Namara
McNamara
United States
South Viet Nam
International Control Commission
Highway 1
Military Airlift Command
Clark Field
Philip Pimes
Honolulu-Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Hastings
William C. Westmoreland
Washington
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Phu Cat
Thu Duc
Saigon
North Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
State Departments
Soviet Union
Red China
North Viet. Nam
Coral Sea
Phu Ly
Hanoi
Sioux City
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Canberra
Aussis
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