Britain Prime Minister arrives in Rhodesia to avert tragedy
Prime Minister Harold Wilson landed in Salisbury to confront Ian Smith over Rhodesia’s push for independence. He told reporters he came from London to avert a tragedy and would take countermeasures if the Rhodesian government acted, as about 6000 Africans cheered.
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Britain
Rhodesia
Salisbury
Harold Wilson
Ian Smith
London
Smith
Wilson
Clifford Walter Dupont
Commonwealth Relations
Arthur Bottomley
Gemini 1962 Mission Scrub and Docking Efforts
The Gemini mission faced a scrub after radar showed trouble with the Agena rendezvous system. Schirra and Stafford trained for a historic join in space, while officials assess the fault and plan further testing.
Gemini Agena 5002 upgrades eyed for rendezvous test
The Agena 5002 was described as "considerably different" from earlier models with a redesigned main engine that could restart five times in space, a secondary propulsion system for Atlas separation, new control systems, improved radio channels, and a docking collar. The Monday launch ended catastrophically after 6 minutes 10 seconds. NASA and Air Force officials noted 5002 had not been ground tested despite previous Agena 5001 being tested before shipment.
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Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Carnarvon
Australia
Agena
Schirra
Wally
Atlas
Ranger
Moon
Mariner
Mars
Venus
NASA
U.S
The
Space Agency
Stafford
Astro Nauts
George Mueller
Manned Flight Programs
Air Force
Mercyry
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Funk
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Bell Aerospace Systems
Ageha
Seven Lynchburg hikers find lost children on Sharp Top
Wayne Dunford of Lynchburg led seven hikers in a night search that found the children near the summit of Sharp Top mountain after they had been lost along a Blue Ridge foot trail. The group used yelling to locate them as rescuers with state police park rangers and volunteers joined the rugged search. The children had eaten only a five cent pack of candy mints and endured cold, rocks, ice, and darkness.
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Wayne Dunford
Lynchburg
Dunford
Rhonda
Jones Boys
Norman Jones
Greensboro
N. C
Spivey
Richard Spivey
Bassett
Sharp Top
Blue Ridge
Sharp Top Mountain
Buzzard’s Roost
Robert Ballou
Sherwood Young
Bobby Deener
George Gillette
Glen Brooks
Tommy Hawkins
Bit Hawkins
Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Team
REACT
Klan Leader Denies Ring Linked to Klan Funds
Imperial Wizard Robert M. Shelton denied the claim that a diamond ring shown to investigators was bought with Klan money. He said the ring was a 1962 birthday gift from his wife, paid off at $29 monthly, as scrutiny into Klan leaders continued.
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Salisbury
N.C
Black Shirts
Appell
North Carolina
Robert M. Shelton
Shelton
Burglars Use Cannon in Vault Theft near Syracuse
Police questioned area residents about a vault burglary half a mile north of downtown Syracuse. Thieves used a long cannon in their escape, left behind much of the loot, and the loot included Brink’s bags with cash and checks. FBI noted potential links to prior Plattsburgh cannons and planned lab analysis in Washington.
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Syracuse
Steier
Brink
Air Force
Albany
FBI
Plattsburgh
Alexandria
Washington, D.C
FBI Crime Laboratory
Court disputes over voting strength and districting in Virginia
The piece discusses arguments that a Richmond area district should be split to boost Negro representation in Virginia's state legislature, citing the 14th Amendment and racial integration concerns. It notes the Virginia Attorney General contends the districting may echo separate but equal ideas, and that a District Court found no violation of one-man one-vote in Virginia. It also references a Kansas case where the Supreme Court found the House apportionment unconstitutional, contrasting House and Senate districting mechanisms.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Supreme Court
District Court
Virginia
Robert Y. Button
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Senate
Johnson Seeks Pause in Bombing Critique on Meet the Press
Moyers said Johnson read and nap during a river trip as Johnson considers Fulbright's proposal for another bombing halt. Fulbright defended free criticism of foreign policy including U.S. actions in the Dominican Republic, noting backlash when outspoken.
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Pagene
Pedernales
Moyers
Johnson
Fulbright
White House
NBC
Meet the Press
U.S
Dominican Republic
Sixty Cuban Refugees Arrive In Florida
Sixty Cuban refugees including 17 children arrived in Key West on Monday night aboard the 52-foot A Bell, the first boat to reach Florida since the prior Friday. Coast Guard rescued 27 more refugees from seas about 10 vessels. a pregnant woman, Daisy Gutierrez, and 26 men were moved to safety.
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Florida
Coast Guard
Key West
Fla
Abell
Cuba
Camarioca
Reliance
Daisy Gutierrez
Galey Memorial Hospital
Dona Belle
Naples
Ignacio Silveiro
Miami
Elbow Key
Bahamas
Terrez
Madam X
Donald Mclcod
U S Seeks To Enter Rights Suit In Alabama Jury Bias
The U S Justice Department seeks to intervene in a civil suit brought by five Black plaintiffs and four Episcopal ministers in Lowndes County Alabama alleging racial exclusion from juries. The move follows 50 years of alleged pattern barring Black jurors and ties to recent civil rights trials.
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Nicholas Katzenbach
Lowndes County
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Detroit
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
State Supreme Court
Racial tensions flare as SCLC clash with Westside High over desegregation
Principal Welcome Mason of Westside High says SCLC activities were uninvited and disrupted plans with white leaders. Only 286 of 800 Black pupils were in class amid a boycott and violence last week. In Taliaferro County, a mass meeting planned transfers of 88 Black pupils to desegregated schools under Dr Claude Purcell plan.
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Welcome Mason
Westside High
SCLC
Mason
Claude Purcell
Taliaferro
Viet Cong ambush repulsed by relief force in Viet Nam
A Viet Nam ambush on a road was met by a prepared relief force with air support. The 600 strong Viet Cong unit suffered about 250 casualties as the outpost at Plei Me faced renewed attacks. Vietnamese defenders staged patrols and repelled waves, leaving bodies on the perimeter.
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Plei Me
Drive For Constitutional Conclave To Reverse Districting Ruling Fails
Washington report on a movement for a constitutional convention to overturn the one person, one vote ruling.18 states rejected or refused to pass the call while Dirksen?s amendment lingers. Congress faces time pressure as reapportionments proceed and court challenges unfold in several states. Whitaker Baxter leads a publicity push for the proposal amid partisan debate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Dirksen
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Library of Congress
Legislative Reference Service
Louisiana
Misssissippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Fatal Oct. 16 shooting sparks clashes in Dominican capital
After the murder of conservative political leader Angel Severo Cabral, rival leftist and rightist factions clashed as U S forces escorted ex President Juan Bosch. Bosch faced uncertain custody while American paratroopers guarded his home and police guards briefly fled and were later armed again.
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Angel Severo Cabral
U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
Juan Bosch
Bosch
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