U S Space Men Splash Down Safely After 4 Day Flight
Astronauts James A McDivitt and Edward H White II landed in the Atlantic aboard the USS Wasp after a 97 hour mission covering 1 609 684 miles with 62 orbits. Recovery reported them in good spirits and ready for medical checks.
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U.S
Wasp
Houston, Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Earth
Mission Control Center
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Kennedy
Houston
White
McDivitt
Clarence 0. Fiske
Roger
Edward H. White
Reds Restore Bridges Across Vietnam Front Lines
Washington report says Communist North Vietnam rebuilt several key bridges within weeks of Allied bombing using temporary wooden spans. The Pentagon notes repairs allow limited movement of troops and supplies while denying any long term strategic advantage.
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Defense Department
Associated Press
Air Force
Pentagon
U.S
Five Die in Wreck Near Newberry South Carolina
Five people including a family of three died in a two car crash on Highway 121 three miles west of Newberry. John D. Nicholson 43 his wife Helen 38 and son Marshall 11 died. Eugene Faulk 20 and Wilhemina Baxter 14 died at hospital. Clarence Mangnum Jr was hospitalized. Mangnum, Faulk and Baxter rode in one car while the Nicholsons were in the other.
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Newberry
S.C
Newber
Eugene Faulk
Wilhemina Baxter
Faulk
Miss Baxter
Clarence Mangnum Jr
Highway Patrol
Mangnum
Nicholson
Highway 121
Mangnam
Judy Holliday Actress Dies After Cancer Battle
New York AP reports Judy Holliday age 42 died of cancer after years of illness. She entered Mt Sinai Hospital May 26 and had surgery in 1961. Holliday won the 1951 Oscar for Best Actress for Born Yesterday and starred as Billie Dawn on stage and screen. She was married to David Oppenheim in 1948, divorced Mexico in 1957, and they had a son Jonathan.
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Babe
Miss Holliday
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Billie Dawn
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci
Aca
David Oppenheim
Jonathan
Astronauts Wives React to Gemini 4 Victory
Houston AP reports Ed White and Jim McDivitt completed a record four day Gemini 4 mission. Their wives Pat White and Pat McDivitt shared relief and pride as they watched the final hours from home, balancing calm routines with hidden fears.
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McDivitt
Earth
Space
Mission Control
Houston
Roger Chaffee
Jim Mangan
Tex
Pat White
Pat McDivitt
Jim
Supreme Court strikes down Connecticut anti birth control law
The Supreme Court ruling voids Connecticut statutes restricting contraceptives and advising on birth control devices. Justice William C. delivers a 7 to 2 decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Connecticut
Supreme Court rules televised trials violate due process
The Supreme Court voided promoter Billie Sol Estes swindling conviction in a Texas state case after a televised trial. Justice Clark wrote that televised criminal trials undermine due process and public sentiment can warp fair trials, while Justices Harlan Brennan and others offered varied views on the ruling and its broader impact. Estes had been sentenced to eight years in prison in Tyler, Texas.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Congress
John M. Har
William J. Brennan
Harlan
Brennan
Potter Stewart
Hugo L. Black
Byron R. White
Estes
Tyler
Tex
College Graduate Is Hunted
A 22 year old Kansas farm youth, fresh from college, is sought in a federal chase for robbing the Farmers State Bank of Big Springs Nebraska. Three bank workers were killed and a fourth injured as about $1500 was taken. FBI charges include robbery and first degree murder. The suspect, Duane Pope, is described as well dressed with crew cut.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Duane Pope
Here
Roxbury
FBI
Farmers State Bank of
Big Springs
Neb
Franklin Kjeldgaard
Pope
Kjeldgaard
Richards
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Christopher Kraft
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South Viet Nam
Judy Holliday
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Judy Holing
Meg
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