Gemini 5 completes dramatic rendezvous over Atlantic
Space mission climax as astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford return Gemini 5 to Earth aboard the Atlantic splashdown near the carrier Wasp. The crew receives medical checks after a high profile reentry and recovery, while Gemini 6 returns soon after with Borman and Lovell. The mission, linked to the Moon program, confirms U S progress and features radar tracking, deck cheers, and prized space film footage.
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Schirra
Stafford
Wasp
Gemini
Sick Bay
United States
Moon
Borman
Lovell
Planes Strike North Vietnam but Avoid Industrial Heart
US warplanes returned to the skies over North Vietnam focusing on targets near Haiphong and Vinh rather than the industrial core. The Vong Bi power plant raid knocked out about a quarter of Hanoi’s power, with 15 tons of bombs and 300 rockets used. Navy aircraft hit the Bac Long Island radar site, while Marines battled Viet Cong in Death Valley and Long Thanh near Saigon as Harvest Moon operations continue.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Air Force
Vong Bi
Hanoi
Vinh
U.S
Death Valley
da Nang
Rice Valley
Nan Be
Inter- Teath
Bon Homme Richard
Kitty Hawk
South China Sea
Bac
Threeamlet
Vung Tau
Mekong River
Long Thanh
Gemini 7 and 6 astronauts trade quips over traffic in space
Gemini 7 crew tours Gemini 6 in orbit over Texas with playful jabs about the busy traffic up there. Schirra teases Borman about beards and hair, Stafford handles the onboard computers as the two capsules exchange close-up photos and banter. A stray tape fragment sparks notes of inspection, while mission control watches from the Rose Knot.
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Lovell
Schirra
Frank
Wally
Bluebeard
Stafford
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Borman
North Carolina Lt. Gov. foresees county mergers prompt reform
Lt. Gov. Bob Scott says legislative reapportionment may push small counties to merge or diversify their economies to balance political and economic power. He spoke at NC State University as a federal court orders the legislature to redraw districts to comply with the Supreme Court. The Piedmont region is described as the wealthier, more populous area.
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Scott
Piedmont Area
Raleigh
Bob Scott
North Carolina
North Carolina State University
House
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Civil rights groups urge HEW to cut funds from discriminatory hospitals
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund urged HEW to deny federal funds to hospitals and state agencies that fail to end discriminatory practices under Title VI. It cited 235 complaints and said only four Mississippi hospitals faced cuts, noting the department has not pursued fund withdrawals or legal actions to enforce compliance.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Department
Mississippi
Africans Walk Out of U N During Rhodesia Debate
At the United Nations General Assembly most African delegations walked out in protest of Britain's Rhodesia policy as Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged support for constitutional rule and a peaceful settlement. Wilson ruled out force and planned talks with President Johnson on Rhodesia and Vietnam, calling for negotiated peace.
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United Nations, WY
General Assembly
Harold Wilson
Suip
Britain
Nnions
London
Wilson
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Assembly
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Viet Nam
Red China
Meeting Ends NATO Watch Red China Closely
In Paris NATO ministers pledged to stay in close contact over Communist China's growing nuclear military capability. A communique noted concerns over PRC policies and ongoing consultations on South Vietnam, Rhodesia, and British Rhodesia policy. McNamara warned of a nuclear threat within five years with missiles and submarines under development. Rusk said members took the U.S. warning seriously.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
China
Ministeria Council
People's Republic of China
United States
Viet Nam
Rhodesia
Robert 5. McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Red China
Dean Rusk
NATO
U.S
Europe
Liberal Uprising Of Soviet Writers Can't Be Reversed
Paris report says liberal writers and artists in the Soviet Union have achieved a growing freedom and act as a vanguard toward change. Despite setbacks, the trend questions old communist strictures and signals a shift away from party discipline while a crackdown on foreign material looms. Two distinguished writers face trial on charges of publishing abroad material.
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Paris
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Third Party Backing Negroes Sparks Alabama Debate
In Montgomery Alabama a plan to form a black panther party worries Rufus Lewis as SNCC eyes a Lowndes County bid to elect Negro candidates under a panther emblem in next year’s general election. Leaders say similar efforts may spread to other majority Negro counties while Lewis questions the third party tactic. The Macon County experience looms as a cautionary tale.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Rufus Lewis
Lowndess County
Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Lowndes County
Black Panther
SNCC
Atlanta
Montgomery Improvement Association
Statewide Association For Registration and Voting
Macon
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James A. Lovell Jr
Pacific
Mexico
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Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico
St.thomas
Caribbean
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Martinique
Earth
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Barman
BY Scott
U.N
Max Harrelson
Wrec
MacDill Air Force Base
Nebraska Air National Guard
Kage
Oniddohs
Svwiskas
Chris
Rex Thomas
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