Apollo astronauts report fire during countdown three times
Investigators say the crew died from smoke inhalation rather than fire after a test countdown at Cape Kennedy. The preliminary NASA report notes three fire calls in nine seconds, normal suit and cabin conditions until loss of communications, and outlines crew procedures during the emergency.
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Washington
Apollo
Cape Kennedy
Robert C. Seamans Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James E. Webb
Seamans
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
George E. Mueller
Webb
White
Reuther Eyes UAW Exit From AFL-CIO Pressure Mounts
Walter Reuther signals intent to pull the United Auto Workers from AFL-CIO with a resignation from the federation’s vice presidency and a pending plan to replace him. The move could trigger a historic split affecting the labor federation and auto workers, though the UAW may still remain within the AFL-CIO.
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Washington
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Reuther
George Meany
Aflcio
High Point drafts and barbecue tales head Sunday features
A High Point youth reaches 18 and must register for the draft at the Post Office on the second floor. Roger Boles runs a large barbecue operation in North Carolina. A former pastor returns to his High Point church after years as a missionary in Barbados and Panama. the Enterprise will cover his story tomorrow.
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High Point
The
Sunday Enterprise
Roger Boles
North Carolina
Barbados
Panama
Sabotage Blasts Damage U.S. Ammo Dump Near Saigon
Explosions and fire heavily damaged a large U.S. Army ammunition dump at Long Binh, 14 miles north of Saigon, in what is believed to be Viet Cong sabotage. The attack marked the fourth strike in just over three months, with 3:25 a.m. blasts still hot 14 hours later and demolitions crews unable to enter.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
Long Binh
Hanoi
Reds Release Travel Agent From Czech Prison
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek an American travel agent was released by the Czech government after an eight year espionage sentence. He left Prague airport before 4 am on a commercial airliner and was due to land in New York midafternoon. State Department officials praised the release as easing East West tensions. Kazan-Komarek who faced charges of attempted overthrow and espionage had been arrested Oct 31 at Prague airport during a Soviet airliner stopover. His wife in Massachusetts expressed relief and anticipation of his return.
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Meany
Afl-Cio
Reuther
UAW
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
AFL - Cio
Aflcio
International Labor Organization
United Nations
Geneva
Johnson
Mee
Washington
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
State Department
Prague
Kazan-Komarek
New York
State de
United States
Wellesley
Mass
Kazan- Komarek
Dorothy
Kazan Komarek
Cambridge
Moscow
Paris
U.S
Soviet Union
Barthh
Edward Kennedy
Edward Brooke
Margaret Heckler
Kennedy
Oesa Votny
Nan Brooke
Cour
Czechoslovakia
Mao's Followers Fight Within Ranks Across China
A AP dispatch reports Mao Zedong loyalists quarrelling amid signs of shaky control in Shanghai and Taiyuan. Red Flag warns of ultra democracy and calls for a great alliance while purging leaders. Radio Moscow cites Wang En-mao forces in Sinkiang after Urumchi occupation. Nationalist observers see Sinkiang as pivotal.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
Red Flag
Mao
Chen Po-ta
Liu Shao-chi
Radio Moscow
Wang En-mao
Sinkiang Province
Urumchi
Belk predicts whisky ban if North Carolinians vote
Henderson Belk of Belk Stores told Mecklenburg legislators that North Carolinians would outlaw whisky if they could vote on it. He and Rev H L Ferguson of the Christian Action League spoke at the delegation meeting, warning against liquor by the drink and mass campaigns by liquor interests.
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Charlotte
Henderson Belk
Belk
Mecklenburg
General Assembly
North Carolina
Billy Graham
North Carolina Christian Action League
H. L. Ferguson
Ferguson
Secret Krewe Captain to Lead Mardi Gras Parade
The parade party will crown its Krewe Captain in secrecy during the annual carnival finale approaching Mardi Gras Day next Tuesday. The event is captured in an AP Wirephoto.
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Mao Tze-tung
Red China
Beqir Balluku
Left
Eastfote
By Neil Gilbride
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Old American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Tonkin Gulf
South Vietnamese
173Rd Airborne Brigade
9Th Infantry Division
Phan Rang
South China Seacoast
Reds
Czech
Partment
Carl Ritch
William C. Bullitt
By Rene Georges Inagaki
Peking Wall
China
Shanghai
Taiyuan
Shansi
Radio Peking
Wen Hui Pao
Sinkiang
Marilyn Ann Springer
Hermes
King Hermes
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