Apollo's Woes Claimed Three Lives
Apollo 1 tragedy highlights early NASA budget pressures and engineering flaws. Grissom and fellow crew members White and Chaffee faced training shortages and lingering test problems as delays mounted from December to February, with a lethal January fire ending their Mars plans.
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Mexico City octuplets all die after long labor
In a Mexico City clinic a 21 year old mother Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda and her octuplets ended in tragedy with four of the infants dying within hours of birth and the remaining four perishing by morning despite a six doctor team’s efforts. The father Genaro Sepulvada Boone was sedated after an all night vigil.
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Pablo Rodriguez Medina
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Rodriguez Medina
Daniel Boone
Social Security Organization
Enrique Estrada Sahagun
Dr. Estrada
Carmichael backs Powell in Harlem special election
Stokely Carmichael, head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, endorsed Adam Clayton Powell’s bid to reclaim his congressional seat in Harlem. He stated he would use black power as the campaign’s main theme and pledged to do all in his power to help Powell win the April 11 vote.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Beatle Gets Red Haircut at East German Border
Communist border guards in BEBRA, Germany, stopped a Beatle maned West German traveler wearing floral trousers and buckled high heels. He was told to get a decent haircut before crossing from East Germany to West Berlin, according to customs officials.
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Suharto Named Acting President of Indonesia
Congress stripped President Sukarno of power and named Gen. Suharto to serve as acting president. Security was doubled in Jakarta as Suharto prepared to be sworn in, amid protests from Sukarno supporters and calls for accountability over the 1965 coup.
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Java
U S Bomber Attacks Thai Nguyen Steel Plant Again
U S Air Force Thunderchiefs mounted a follow up strike on the Thai Nguyen steel plant 38 miles north of Hanoi. Bombs were said to hit targets with reports of two large white explosions seen through smoke. A second day of air action enveloped several provinces while Hanoi and Moscow criticized the raids. A helicopter clash near Saigon involved about 500 Viet Cong.
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Johnson to visit Guam for Viet Nam talks
Vice President Humphrey announced at the Gridiron Club dinner that President Johnson will fly to Guam next weekend with senior advisers and military and diplomatic leaders from Saigon. The trip aims to discuss the struggle against aggression and pursue an honorable peace.
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