Space heroes elevated to colonel in national space celebration
Houston and Washington marked a Capitol wave of praise as Gemini flight heroes James McDivitt and Edward White received promotions to lieutenant colonel. The pair described the near miss of danger, the ride home, and the mission lessons while White reflected on faith and the emotional moments of the days ahead. Johnson announced promotions, with White and McDivitt planning parades in Chicago and Michigan and homecomings in Jackson and San Antonio.
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James A. McKivitt
Edward H. White
Manned Space Center
Houston
Chicago
University of Michigan
Jackson
Mich
McDivitt
San Antonio
Tex
White McDivitt
White
Johnson
Eearth
Manned Spacecraft Center
LBJ Ranch
Houstons
Space Center
Texas
L. Gordon Cooper
Florida
Puerto Rico
Sears
Associated Press
Bue
Winte
Charles Berry
Berry
United States
America
Australian visit honors US era of hope and aid
The Senate approved a 200 million dollar foreign aid bill with changes to fund Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos programs. Senator Morse criticized waste while others favored the broader aid package, and Miss Sutherland received an honorary doctorate from the University of California. Questions about transfers to international agencies and country programs influenced the final vote.
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Los Angeles
Marian Anderson
Australia
Feigal
Yemen
California
Los Ane Jinsier
Anderson
Vounior
United
Viet Nam
Washington
Thelters
New
York
Joan
Battal Senate
Sutherland
Star
Kennedy Ait
Dent Johnson
London
Sen
Wayne Morse
Dore
Kuwait
Suther
Saudi Arabia
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Morse
Frey
Day
Johnson
South
Thailand
Laos
Gold Bars Stolen in Masked Larder Lake Heist
Four armed masked men raided the Larder Lake Ontario railway station and stole five gold bars worth about 164000 dollars from a shipment due to the Canadian mint. They tied the station agent Thomas Tomkin, 35, to a handcar, but he freed himself and obtained the getaway car’s license number before the bandits fled in a boat across the lake.
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Larder Lake
Ont
Ontario
Lardern Lake
Ontario Northland Railway
Canadian Mint
Otawa
S.C
Yale
Nerr-Addison Mines Ltd
Viriatown
Virginiatown
Arder Lake
Thomas Tomkin
Tomkin
Wall Sealed At Girard College Picket Entry Sparks Arrests
In Philadelphia five pickets overran Girard College's wall, entering grounds at about 1:15 a.m. Police arrested seven protesters, all Negroes, on charges of inciting to riot and breach of the peace. the five over-wall entrants were also charged with trespassing. The protests target the all-white policy upheld by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, ongoing since May 1. The school, founded by Sir William Penn Girard's endowment, restricts admission to white male orphans.
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Philadelphia
Girard College
Boys’ School
National Association For’ the Advancement of Colored People
Sir Pit Girard
Schowl
Test Pilot Is Killed In Jet Fighter Explosion
An Air Force investigation seeks the cause of an explosion that wrecked a jet interceptor near Buford Ohio, killing Maj. Alexander K. Rupp, 34, during a routine test flight. Rupp was a native of Bellefonte Pennsylvania, assigned to Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
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Hillsboro, Ohio
API
Alexander K. Rupp
Rupp
Bellefonte
Wright ~ Patterson Air Farce Base
Buford
Ohio
One Hurdle Left for Mariner 4 Flight to Mars
PASADENA Calif AP Mariner 4 the spacecraft bound for Mars has only one technical hurdle left before its July 14 photographic fly by The 325 million mile journey is guided by Canopus the star An electronic memory box aboard the 75 pound vehicle will issue commands to improve Canopus based navigation All major systems are working fine so far says a Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Canopus
Mariner
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Freiehter Is Sinept By Blaze
A flash fire in the engine room of the Colombian freighter Ciudad de Nicva raced through the vessel on Chesapeake Bay forcing the crew to seek refuge aboard Coast Guard cutters. The ship listed as heat cracked its hull and flames burned for hours, with one oiler from Cartagena, Ramon Straso, rushed ashore for treatment. About $25,001 in cash was taken ashore by a ship officer as immigration officials and a Baltimore detective met him. firefighting included carbon dioxide foam efforts and later use of a commercial supply.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Chesapeake Bay
Ciudad de Nic~va
Colombia
Ramon Straso
Cartagena
U.S. Public Health Service
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Frida
Pakistan
India
Turkey
Greece
Girard
Manor Shopping Center
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Weinbers
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Manco
Dacron
Willy Barncuta Cole
Weinberg
Freiehter
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