Gemini 9 Rendezvous Amid Shrouded Target Satellite
Gemini 9 reaches the target satellite after a 75 000 mile chase but the craft remains trapped by a shroud that should have dropped away. Commander Stafford reports a "weird-looking machine" as they close in, with explosive bolts failing to release the protective hull. The mission aims for a 2 1/2 hour space walk by Eugene Cernan on Saturday.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Cape Kennedy
Gemini
Thomas P. Stafford
Hawaii
Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
U.S
Cernan
Surveyor 1 sends second long stream of moon pictures
Surveyor 1 radioed a second long set of pictures from the Sea of Storms showing spacecraft and lunar terrain. Some frames were out of focus, others highly detailed, with objects as small as one eighth of an inch. The 620-pound lander touched down after 63 hours and a voyage over a quarter million miles, marking a historic soft landing and advancing plans for seven Surveyor missions at 725 million dollars.
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Pasadena
Calif
U. S
Moon
Latory
United States
Russia
Surveyor
Apollo
Johnson vows broad Social Security raise for all beneficiaries
President Johnson proposes a blanket increase in Social Security benefits for current and future beneficiaries. He directs Secretary Gardner to prepare a funded plan for the next Congress and pledges high priority, while also convening June 15 talks on Medicare to launch July 1 with 200 doctors and hospital administrators invited.
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Johnson
Russia
United Nations
U Thant
Washington
Strict Car Standards Called For
President Johnson told a White House meeting of six governors that nationwide uniform auto safety standards are essential to avoid chaos. He urged preserving final state responsibility while the federal government sets new car rules and states handle used cars licensing and safer highways.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Pilot Mountain Officer Slain Brothers Held
Two brothers Donnie Heath 21 and Jimmy Heath 17 were charged with murder in the shooting death of Pilot Mountain Policeman James Thomas 32 as he jailed them on drunkenness charges. Deputy Charlie Montgomery said Thomas was shot with a .38 revolver while escorting the suspects into the jail. The officer later died at Mount Airy Hospital.
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Dobson
N.C
Pilot Mountain
Donnie Heath
Jimmy Heath
Westfield
James Thomas
Charlie Montgomery
Thomas
Montgomery
Mount Airy Hospital
Freeman warns of higher food costs if farmers lack fair prices
Secretary Freeman told a news conference that without fair and adequate farm prices the nation could see higher food costs later. He noted Americans spend about 18.3 percent of take home pay on food, while farm income lags urban wages, risking declines in food supply if farming declines.
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Washington (Ap
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Nun Burns Herself to Death in Da Nang Courtyard
A 26 year old Buddhist nun Thich Na Dieu Dinh self immolated in Da Nang courtyard amid anti government Buddhist protests. The act follows a wave of self immolations challenging Premier Ky's regime and coincides with the resignation of Tam Chau head of the Buddhist Institute.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
da Nang
Thich Na Dieu Dinh
Johnson
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Buddhist Institute
Thich
Tam Chau
Unified
Buddhist Church
Buddha
Institute
Hai Lao
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