U Thant seeks 7.7 percent rise in UN budget for 1966
UN Secretary General U Thant urges the General Assembly to approve a record regular-budget of 116.7 million dollars with a possible rise to 120 million, to fund expanded economic and social programs and a larger staff, amid a precarious finances picture and a 50 million dollar peacekeeping debt.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Treasury
U Thant
U.N
General Assembly
Thant
Special Fund
Children’s Fund
Rescued From Milwaukee River Bystander Helps Three Children
An 11 year old girl Nancy Schwocert and her brothers Billy 10 and Darryl 8 were swept over a small waterfall in the Milwaukee River. Stanley Kochanski saved Nancy and a park worker and a patrolman rescued the brothers. All three were unharmed.
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Milwaukee
Stanley Kochanski
Nancy Schwocert
Nancy
Billy
Darryl
Kochanski
James Bejma
Dale Laine
Space Chase To Be Highlight Of Second Orbit
Gemini 5 launched from Cape Kennedy on an eight day flight with astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. aiming to rendezvous with their own satellite REP called Radar Evaluation Pod and to circle the Earth 121 times in a record voyage. The mission includes launching the Little Rascal electronic package and performing a precise 20 foot rendezvous in orbit four.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
United States
REP
Valery Bykovsky
Cooper
Conrad
U.S
Racket blamed for riot at Job Corps center
A riot at the Camp Breckinridge Job Corps center in Morganfield Kentucky involved about 80 trainees and 75 locals. Fireman Stuart Lovell was injured and hospitalised as rioters attacked a firetruck. FBI agents and state police examine a two week protection racket linked to burglaries as officials from Washington assess the incident.
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Job Corps Center
Morganfield
James Bassett
Job Corps
Camp Breckin
U.S
William Rivridge
Aers
Ees
Charles Preston
FBI
Seymour Bryson
Stuart Lovell
Evansville
Ind
Job
Washington
Edward T. Breathitt
Marines Light Casualties In Van Tuong Offensive
Lt Gen Victor Krulak reported about one percent of Marines were killed and about three percent wounded in the Van Tuong Peninsula operation. He cited 500 plus Viet Cong killed, with the attack involving 5 000 to 6 000 Marines and the area previously a Viet Cong stronghold. The 1st Cavalry Division arrival was anticipated as Maj Gen Harry Kinnard and staff left Washington.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
van Tuong
Victor Krulak
Pacific
Krulak
Saigon
Harry Kinnard
Washington
Viet Nam
1St Cavalry Division
State Auditor Charged With Bribe Offer in Milwaukee
Milwaukee AP report states Irvin A. Schultz a 41 year old state tax auditor was charged with offering to take a 500 bribe in exchange for altering a Milwaukee man tax records. Schultz released without bond and case recessed to Sept 12. He faces dismissal after 14 years service.
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Milwaukee
State Tax Department
Irvin A. Schultz
Wauwatosa
Thaddeus J. Pruss
Dist
Hugh R. O’connell
James R. Morgan
Schultz
Morgan
Department
Princess Margaret Celebrates 35th Birthday Abroad
Princess Margaret marked her 35th birthday in Brindisi Italy while on vacation with Lord Snowden. Their children Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones stayed with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
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London
Margaret
Brindisi
Italy
Lord Snowdon
Viscount Linley
Sarah Armstrong-Jones
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Queen Elizabeth I
Alabama deputy charged with murder in civil rights shootings
Tom Coleman, 55, a part time deputy, surrendered on first degree murder charges for the slayings of Jonathan Daniels a 27 year old theology student and Father Richard Morrisroe 26 during a civil rights protest in Hayneville Alabama. The priest was critically injured. The victims were shot near a grocery store after Coleman returned with a shotgun. The case prompted federal and state investigations and a grand jury review in September. Coleman is jailed without bond. Daniels studied at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Hayneville
Ala
Tom Coleman
Lowndess
Fort Deposit
Jonathan Daniels
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Cambridge
Mass
Richard Morrisree
St. Columbanus Church
Chicago
Montgomery
Frank Ryals
Coleman
Ryals
Ruby Sales
Columbus
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
Johnson
Weekend Weather Outlook With Showers and Cooler Nights
Forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional rain and thundershowers ending Saturday night. Cooler nights with a low in the upper 50s. Sunday turns partly cloudy with highs around the mid 70s. Monday shows little temperature change and a morning low near mid-50s.
Gemini 5 reaches orbit after Cape Kennedy launch
Tass reports the Gemini 5 mission achieved an Earth orbit today five minutes after liftoff from Cape Kennedy. The two seat spacecraft was piloted by astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad.
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Moscow
Tass
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Cape Kennedy
United States
Riots Strain Greece After Papandreou Victory
Nightlong clashes in Athens between rioters and police ended at dawn with fires still burning in parts of the city. About 340 people were detained amid reports of injuries and property damage as crowds insulted the royal family and Tsirimakos.
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Chris Eliou
Athens
Greece
Revolutionary Action
George Papandreou
Constantine
Elias Tsirimakos
Papandreou
Central
Tsirimokkingos
Tsirimokos
Center Union Party
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U.N. Post Office
U.N. Secretariat
Conference On Trade and Development
Geneva
Pete Conrad
Gemini
UPI
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
North American
Mission Control Center
Houston
George Esper
Korea
Princess Margaret
Grandad Bluff
la Crosse Country Club
Tribune
Harry Larsson
Jennifer Engstad
Loomis St
la Crosse
Wayne Engstad
King
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