Deke Slayton Undergoes Benign Lung Tumor Surgery
Donald Deke Slayton, 51, the last active Mercury astronaut, had a pencil eraser sized benign tumor removed from his left lung. Doctors reported no cancer, expect a 10 to 12 day hospital stay, and a quick return to flight status as fellow astronaut Thomas Stafford plans to leave NASA for the Air Force.
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Brown recalls Alabama branding scar during WWII
Lt. Gov. George L. Brown of Colorado, one of two black lieutenant governors, recounts a 1943 Alabama crash where a farmer burned the letter K into his chest after he crashed near Talladega while flying from Tuskegee. He says civil rights protests in the 1960s also affected him, but grateful reception at a conference eased memories.
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Burtons End Second Honeymoon to Fly to Israel
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor will leave Switzerland for Israel today after a brief second honeymoon. Their friend Maurice Solowicz says they will hold a news conference upon arrival in Tel Aviv.
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Library Lady Bird Johnson previews presidential manuscript exhibit
On Tuesday Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson previewed an exhibit of 33 original manuscripts spanning presidents from Johnson to Washington at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library in Austin Texas. The exhibit titled The Presidents on the Presidency opens today with items including Calvin Coolidge's I do not choose to run and Woodrow Wilson's 1913 message to Congress.
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Meir Demands Deletion Over Book Allegations
Meir's lawyers say Golda Meir seeks removal of portions of The Education of Lev Navrozov alleging Stalin duped her into naming Russian Jews for Israel defense. Harper and Row received a letter from Mrs. Meir’s counsel accusing the autobiography of defaming her.
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Finch Wins Democratic Primary In Mississippi Race
Wealthy attorney Charles C. Finch defeats Lt. Gov. William F. Winter 56.5 to 43.5 in Mississippi Democratic runoff. Finch plans to face Il Carmichael and Henry J. Kirksey in November. Ford to meet governors over looming nat gas shortage with 17 state leaders invited. In Brooklyn, a 17-year-old fired on a street crowd injuring ten, with two serious. a girlfriend's house was later firebombed.
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Symphonie satellite launched toward distant stationary orbit
A Symphonic experimental communications satellite weighing 886 pounds was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Delta rocket at 9 42 p.m. The second in the 185 million Symphonie series from France and West Germany will reach a stationary orbit 22 300 miles above the Atlantic off Africa and will relay transmissions between ground stations in parts of South America Europe and Africa.
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Coal dust blast kills five in Calonne-Ricouart France
A coal dust explosion collapsed a 200 foot slag heap in Calonne-Ricouart killing five and injuring two as burning cinders blanketed the town. Witnesses described a searing, chaotic scene with residents unable to reach the injured.
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