Titan 2 Success Boosts Space Plans Setback for Saturn 1
Cape Kennedy reports a Titan 2 test flight successful boosting the Gemini two man mission. Saturn 1 two stage launch postponed due to cracks in pneumatic line fittings delaying the schedule. NASA aims TIROS 8 weather satellite orbit next Tuesday for instant cloud imagery to over 50 stations.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
U.S
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Man Confesses to Dozens of Crimes in Sweden
A 31 year old man walked into Almhult police station with plans to marry and start anew. He confessed to about fifty frauds and burglaries, describing his long sequence of crimes while an officer noted the volume of his tale.
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Almhult
Sweden
Eight U S Servicemen Presumed Killed in Vietnam Crashes
In the Mekong Delta a twin engine H37 helicopter crashed while lifting a downed aircraft and five Americans on board. three bodies recovered and a survivor in serious condition. Hours later a Otter plane carrying four U S advisers and three Vietnamese crashed in the central highlands with no survivors reported. No names released.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong
Kien Phong
Central Highlands
Nha Trang
Ban Me Thuot
Belmont man Boldin jailed after escape and gambling claim
Alex Boldin escaped from a farm gang after serving half of a six month drunken driving sentence. In Recorder's Court Judge Mason questioned his motive for fleeing. Boldin said he planned to collect eleven thousand dollars from a man about to leave town and that he got the money through gambling. The judge sentenced him to three more months.
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Belmont
N. C
Alex
Boldin
W. A. Mason
Recorder's Court
Mason
More U.S. Bases May Be Closed
The Pentagon advances studies under Thomas Morris to shutter and cut back more bases. McNamara cites 33 closures, with 8 500 civilian jobs and 7 800 military personnel to be cut over three years, aiming for 600 million dollars yearly savings.
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Thomas D. Morris
Defense
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Morris
McNamara
Defense Secretary
Navy
Associated Press
Defense Department
Loverseas
Pentagon
Priest Works to Free Americans From Bolivian Miners
Msgr. Andrew A Kennedy arrives in Oruro to press a mediation effort for the four Americans and other hostages held by Bolivian tin miners. Dissident Vice President Juan Lechin says Kennedy can enter the Catavi-Siglo Veinte area safely. Demonstrations in La Paz denounce government and American militarism while two jailed union leaders face charges of murder and embezzlement.
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Jorge Canelas
Associated Press
Oruro
Bolivia
Andrew A. Kennedy
St. Louis
Juan Lechin
la Paz
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Msgr. Kennedy
Miners’ Union
Irinco Pimental
FBI distributes ransom bill numbers in Sinatra Jr case
FBI began distributing serial numbers of the ransom in Washington for the Frank Sinatra Jr kidnapping. Bills from five to one hundred dollars were photographed at the bank preparing the package and the list goes nationwide. FBI agents ransacked a Canoga Park home removing boxes as part of the investigation. An unidentified informant told the Oakland Tribune that Sinatra Sr. identified suspects from movies, while a film camera reportedly tracked the ransom pickup.
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Hollywood
FBI
Frank Sinatra
Washington
San Fernando Valley
Canoga Park
Oakland
Frank
Sinatra Sr
Oakland Tribune
Calif
FBI seizes ramshackle Canoga Park house linked to Sinatra case
FBI raided a ramshackle Canoga Park home amid questions about the Sinatra kidnapping. Neighbors and a Bay Area liquor distributor official tie the raid to the Sinatra case though no arrests were announced. Residents described the occupant as a well dressed man who rented in November and kept a quiet profile.
NATO Ministers Meet as Red Bloc Changes Loom
Washington AP reports Secretary of State Dean Rusk departs for Paris to join an NATO foreign ministers meeting. The three day talks will review changes in the Communist bloc and East West relations while U S and France seek common ground on alliance strategy.
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Endre Marton Washington
Dean Rusk
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Minsters
Rusk
NATO
Robert S. Mc
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
Europe
Alliance
Permanent Council
Permanent i
United States
France
Moscow - Peking
Premature Death Verdict Probed
Elsie War ing, 50, was found unconscious and pronounced dead at Willesden General Hospital. An investigation into the premature death certificate is started while a coroner will decide if an inquest is needed.
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London
Elsie Waring
Willesden General Hospital
Coroiner
Cambodian leader vows to break relations with United States
Prince Norodom Sihanouk said he would be happy to sever ties after Cambodian radio accused the U.S. of hostility. Washington denied delivering a protest and said Ambassador Sprouse sought clarification of a broadcast deemed derogatory to President Kennedy.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
United States
Sihanouk
U.S
Philip D. Sprouse
Takeo
Washington
State Department
Sprouse
Kennedy
Johnson plans major reshuffle of the Alliance for Progress
President Johnson is reported to plan a sweeping reorganization of the Alliance for Progress to sharpen U S relations with Latin America. A congressional source predicts a complete shake up at the top and in how the alliance operates with oversight of government operations by the White House.
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John M. Hightower
A.P
Washington (Ap
Johnson
Alliance For Progress
U.S
Latin America
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger Says Alliance Reform Not Yet Decided
Salinger declined to discuss alliance problems and said Johnson has not yet decided on Moscoso’s fate as alliance coordinator. Speculation centers on Thomas C. Mann potentially taking a new high level Latin America role as Johnson weighs reorganizing policies and operations.
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Salinger
Teodoro Moscoso
Johnson
Moscoso
Thomas C. Mann
U.S
Mexico
Latin America
Mann
Alliance For Progress
John F. Kennedy
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Lake Tahoe
California - Nevada
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Nelson
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