Cape Kennedy bids farewell to Apollo 1 crew
Cape Kennedy honors three Apollo astronauts Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee as their flag draped coffins depart for burial Arlington National Cemetery and West Point while NASA investigators probe the January 27 fire and seek the cause and sequence of events.
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Cape Kennedy
Apollo
Fla
America
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Cdr
Roger Chaffee
Board of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Grissom
Chaffee
Arlington National Cemetery
U.S
White
Highland Falls
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Webster
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Johnson seeks federal power to curb air pollution
President Johnson urged Congress to grant federal authority to control air pollution and urged shared responsibility among states cities and industry. He called for emission limits on major polluting industries regional air quality commissions and federal matching grants for vehicle inspection programs plus further research on fuel additives and other pollution factors. He noted a proposed national water commission and cited a $3.51 billion conservation budget with a $228 million increase.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Congress
Secre of Health, Education and Welfare
National Water Commission
Apollo 1 damage shows extensive interior and exterior effects
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP an inspection of Apollo 1 found extensive damage inside and out. George Alexander aviation writer noted the cockpit looked like after a World War II air hit and said fire penetrated the ship from the inside via access panels.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Roger B. Chaffee
George Alexander
Aviation Week Magazine
Apollo 1 Inspection Details Evidence of Damaged Wiring
Technicians accessed components with hatches open as NASA prepared for the February 21 launch date. Alexander, representing all news media, noted the moonship panels were slate gray with unviewable dials and scorched insulation on wires, with NASA permitting one reporter to inspect the spacecraft.
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Alexander
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Every Flight Is New Challenge
Ten days before their deaths the Apollo 204 simulators showed bugs. Gus Grissom Ed White and Roger Chaffee flew to California to use North American Aviation simulators where the craft was built. Grissom remarked on the spacecraft with Jim Chamberlin noted as Gemini designer. The Mercury era pilot critics of NASA machines and their friendship with Gordon Cooper is recalled. The Coop ers and Grissoms own ski lodge in Crested Butte Colorado and raced Miss Firebird at Salton Sea.
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Grissom
White
Spacewalker
Chaffee
Blockhouse
William J. Cromiec
World Book Encyclopedia
Science Service Inc
Gus Grissom
Ed White
Roger Chaffee
Cape Kennedy
California
North American Aviation
Jim Chamberlin
Coopers
Grissoms
Crested Butte
Colo
Gordo
Gus
Salton Sea
Baker Plans Appeal After Guilty Verdict
Former Senate aide Baker, 38, found guilty on seven counts including tax evasion and conspiracy. He can appeal to the U S Supreme Court. sentencing due in about two weeks with potential penalties up to 48 years and 47 000 dollars in fines.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Supreme Court
Senate Democrats
Capitol Hill
Baker
Senate
U.S
Treasury asks $7 billion debt limit rise to $337 billion
Secretary Fowler urged Congress to raise the national debt ceiling by seven billion to 337 billion, warning payments including Social Security benefits pensions and military retirement would be jeopardized by March 1 without action. He spoke bluntly to the Ways and Means Committee alongside Charles Schultze and budget aides defending President Johnson's budget forecasting a 9.7 billion deficit.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Congress
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fowler
Ardy
Ways and Means
Charles L. Schultze
Johnson
Maoist gains claimed in Sinkiang amid ongoing unrest
Tokyo reports say Mao loyalist units completely surround rebel forces in Sinkiang as public safety incidents continue in the vast western region near the Soviet border. China’s army factions clash with Premier Chou En Lai’s orders amid suspicions of Soviet involvement and reports of fatalities from atomic accidents in Sinkiang.
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Tokyo
Red China
Mao Tsetung
Sinkiang
Far West
Peking Wall
Soviet Union
Chou ‘ En-lai
Mao
Liu Shao-chi
Mao Books Burned in Canton Bonfires
Refugees report thousands of copies of Mao Tse-Tung's Thoughts burned in Canton bonfires as Red Guards defect and protest posters multiply. An eye-witness says Mao effigy was burned in front of the Chung On factory. crowds roved streets seeking book carriers to burn.
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Alliance
Hong Kong
China
Mao Tse- Tung
Canton
Mao Tse-Tung
Chung On Metal Factory
Red
Red Guards
Mao
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