Unmanned Apollo 1 Test Signals Space Milestones Near
NASA reports the Saturn 1 launched an unmanned Apollo moonship on a blistering suborbital flight reaching three quarters around the world before a Pacific splashdown. Grissom White and Chaffee anticipate December 14 day orbital duty and a Christmas launch target.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Globe
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
America
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
U.S
Pacific Ocean
Grissom, White and Chaffee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E. Mueller
NASA
Manned Space Flight
Grissom, White and
Chaffee
House Rejects Senate Change on Reserve Callups
The House Armed Services Committee plans a measure to authorize calling up about 60,000 Reservists and National Guardsmen not attached to units. It rejects a Senate amendment for calling individuals with less than 24 months active duty, voting 378 to 3 against the Senate proposal.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
House
Senate
Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Appropriations Committee
United States
Wake Island
Pacific
Unc
Peonpe Ane
Johnson asks Russia to help prevent nuclear war
President Johnson urges U S and Soviet Union to seek all areas of agreement to reduce nuclear war risk. He warns a full scale exchange could kill nearly 300 million and stresses restraint, cooperation, and peaceful uses of atomic energy. He cites Viet Nam ties and the need for gradual common interests to avert catastrophe.
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LBJ
Russia
Arco
Idaho
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
East
West
U.S
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Denver
Colo
Pryor
Okla
White House
1st Division Fights Savage Jungle Battle Near Saigon
U S 1st Infantry Division clashes with Viet Cong near Lai Khe on Highway 16 as napalm accidentally falls on own troops. Maj. Gen. De Puy reports 53 Viet Cong dead, seven American fatalities, and heavy exchanges with air and artillery support intensifying.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
William E. de Puy
de Puy
Air Force
Lai Khe
U.S
Wallace
Worker Shot At Viroqua in Pipeline Project
Buddey Jackson a 34 year old pipeline worker from Texas was wounded by a .22 caliber pistol at a rooming house in Viroqua Wisconsin. He underwent surgery and was listed in fair condition at Lutheran Hospital La Crosse. A second pipeline worker is jailed in connection with the shooting.
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Viroqua
Wis
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Buddey Jackson
Texas
Vilas Green
Morris Moon
Jackson
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Medicare Red Tape Maze But Admissions Up 3 Percent
AP survey finds Medicare in early rollout with fewer bugs than feared. Admissions rose about 3 percent to around 700000 nationwide while occupancy remained often below capacity, though New York's Mt Sinai hired 42 extra clerks to handle forms.
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Washington
Associated Press
New York
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Social Security Administration
AAA Leases New Office on 5th Ave in La Crosse
The American Automobile Association La Crosse office moves to a 50 by 30 foot one story building at 601 5th Ave S from Russell E. Hart Dresbach Minn after about 14 years at 711 State St. The new quarters aim to improve service and parking with travel tickets reservations and tour cruises info. Thomas Golden heads Worldwide travel. Kenneth Luecke Eco district Manager. Louise Brieske senior travel counselor. Isabelle Frieske and Mary Smith part time travel counselors.
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la Crosse
American Automobile Association
The
AAA
5Th Ave. S
Russell E. Hart
Dresbach, Minn
State St
A. F. Ritchie
Ritchie
Worldwide Travel
Thomas Golden
la Crosse Aaa
Kenneth Luecke
Louise Brieske
Isabelle Frieske
Mary Smith
Faith Storm Teams Move Toward Hurricane Seeding
Hurricane Faith neared the target area for Project Stormfury as scientists prepared to bombard the storm with silver iodide. Forecasters warned the plan depended on Faith’s path, with crews assembled in Florida and Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico for potential sustained seeding.
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Ben Funk
Miami, Fla
Faith
Leeward Islands
Tropics
Miami Weather Bureau
Gordon Dunn
Cecil Gentry
U.S
Stormfury
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
St. Martin
Leewards
San Juan
U.S. Virgin Islands
Puerto
Rico
Miami
Florida
Project Stormfury
U.S. Navy
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Spain
Antarctica
South America
Europe
UPI
AP Aerospace
By Seymour M. Hersh
Rivers
Reserve Forces
Reserves
National Guard
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
Karl R. Bauman
Pocatello
North
U.S. Military Command
Constellation
Vinh
Highway 16
Yanks
5Th Ave
Itt
California
Anguilla
Pat Morris
Plywood Lumber and Sawmill Workers, Carpenters’ and Joiners’ International Union
Gardiner
Ore
UPI Telephoto
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