Gemini 7 mission nears launch on longest space flight
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell prep for a 14 day mission from Cape Kennedy. Weather officials say a trough likely will pass offshore before the 2:30 p.m. blastoff, with clouds in the launch area but acceptable conditions.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Space
United States
Florida
NASA
Borman
Houston
Charles Mathews
Gemini
Air Force
Lovell
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Christopher Kraft
British Planes Land In Zambia Amid Rhodesia Tension
In Zambia, Royal Air Force planes began arriving with a Britannia freighter and a Javelin squadron expected to land in Ndola. Britain to send four engine transports to boost air defenses as Kaunda negotiates condition terms for possible ground troops to protect the Kariba Dam.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Royal Air Force
Rhodesia
Bian Lees
Adate
Aiaseee
Kenya
Ndola
Kenneth Kaunda
Britain
RAF
London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Commonwealth
Arthur Bottomley
Kaunda
Kariba
Norton Resigns Health Post in North Carolina
Gov. Dan Moore accepted the resignation of Dr. J. W. R. Norton as North Carolina health director effective January 1. Acting state health director is Dr. Jacob Koomen. Dr. William Burns Jones becomes acting assistant director for the remaining 18 months. Norton, a Scotland County native, has led the department since July 1948 after a career as a principal, coach, physician, and wartime medical inspector with battle stars for Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
J. W. R. Norton
North Carolina
Jacob Koomen
Norton
William Burns Jones
Koomen
Scotland County
University of North Carolina
Ft. Bragg
Seventh Army
Ninth Service Command
State Board of Health
Jones
Lenox Baker
Possibility Of Multination Peace Offensive Doubtful
The article reports that prospects for a multinational peace offensive in Viet Nam faded. British Foreign Secretary Stewart suggested a joint Britain Soviet initiative for a cease fire, but he later said Moscow saw no door to settlement. Johnson and Rusk reaffirmed readiness to attend Southeast Asia talks, while Hanoi and Beijing favored Geneva machinery.
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Johnson City
Tex
Viet Nam
Michael Stewart
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Johnson
United States
Southeast Asia
Stewart
Moscow
Britain
United Nations
Rusk
Hanoi
Peking
Viet Nam War Update Shows Lulls, Air Strikes Continue
U S and Vietnamese troops advance in jungles near Da Nang while ground fighting remains light for a third straight day. Air power intensifies with Enterprise and other carriers dropping hundreds of tons on Viet Cong targets as patrols and naval bombardments continue.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
17Th Parallel Frontier
Enterprise
Big E
Hanoi
7Th Fleet
Ernest C. Small
North Viet
Southwest blackout prompts federal probe under Johnson order
A power failure in El Paso and nearby bases left civilians in darkness for hours, triggering a federal investigation led by a Federal Power Commission engineer. The outage affected White Sands and bases like Holloman and Biggs, with light loss extending into Juarez and surrounding New Mexico towns.
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EL Paso
Tex
New Texas
Mexico
Johnson
United States
Canada
el Paso Electric Co
J.R. Johnson
Federal Power Commission
Ft. Worth
Joseph
White Sands
New Mexico
Air Force
Ce 8
Bese
Socorro
N.M
van Horn
Juarez
Public Service Co. of
Buquerque
Bureau of Reclamation
Midnight woodcutters strike California freeways
Los Angeles AP reports stealthy workers using power saws felled trees along Southern California freeways. State officials blame billboard interests for a rising rash of incidents since May 17, with four of five cases benefiting the billboard industry, while a billboard executive denies involvement and cites garden clubs and others as possible culprits.
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Los Angeles
Paul Bunyan
California
Edward T. Telford
State Division of Highways
Thursty
Telford
Billboard
Soviet Union Accuses U S of Aggression in Viet Nam
Soviet Ambassador Fedorenko at the United Nations accuses the United States of aggression in Viet Nam and Laos, pledging continued support to North Viet Nam and criticizing U S military expansion. He denounces U S action as escalating tensions and violating Geneva accords with Cambodia.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
Viet Nam
Nikolai
Hestiine
U.N. Loeal Assembly
Creeree
Felina
North
U.S
South
Southeast Asia
Fedorenko
Laos
Stooges
Cambodia
National Council of Churches backs phased Vietnam troop withdrawal
The NCCC general board votes 93 to 10 with six abstentions to urge phased US troop withdrawal from Vietnam if an international peace keeping force can replace them. Final action followed debate on Viet Moc peel proposals and was delayed for a clean amended copy.
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Madison
Wis
National Council of Churches’ General Board
Viet Nam
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Reds
Flst
Ogmeeyt Martin
Detroit
Mich
J.g
Robert Miller
Wells
Maine
Sick Bay
Miller
Martin
South China Sea
Laitin
Holloman Air Force Base
Biggs Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Army
Ft. Bliss
Albuquerque
Santa Rosa
Zel Paso
Carlsbad
Texas
Ven Horn
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