Schirra and Stafford Welcome Home at Cape Kennedy
Gemini 6 astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford returned to Cape Kennedy aboard a C140 Jet Star from Bermuda. They thanked the launch team for the mission’s success and were greeted by NASA, Air Force dignitaries, and Florida officials.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walter Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Bermuda
Wally
Tom
Alan ‘Shepard
United States
Schirra
Stafford
Florida
Earl Faircloth
NASA
Air Force
Wasp
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Space
Lovell
Gemini 7 Nearing 14 Day Space Marathon
Gemini 7 received clearance to complete a 14 day mission as Frank Borman and James Lovell push toward a 5,149,400 mile flight with a planned 8:05 a.m. Saturday Atlantic splashdown near a carrier. The crew faced a power cell scare but ground teams confirmed reliability and maintained plans for a Bermuda approach.
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Atlantic Ocean
Sick Bay
Bill Carpentier
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Stafford
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
NASA
James E. Webb
Wasp
Schirra
Howard Minners
Gemini 7
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Borman and Lovell
Bermuda
John D. Hodge
Hodge
Borman
Air Force
Col
Navy
Lovell
Ladysmith Boy Drowns After River Incident
A 5 year old boy drowned Thursday in the Flambeau River near his home in Ladysmith. Authorities began dragging the river after a cap belonging to Norman Paul Jr was found near a hole in the skim.
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Ladysmith
Flambeau River
Norman Paul Jr
Kohler and UAW Reach Settlement After 11 Years
Kohler Co and the United Auto Workers announce an out of court settlement ending an 11 year dispute. Back wages totaling 3 million dollars and 1.5 million for reinstated pensions will be paid. About 1,400 former strikers share the awards in a deal awaiting NLRB and appeals court approval.
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Milwaukee
Kohler Co
United Auto Union Today
Emil Mazey
UAW
National Labor Relations Board
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
Mazey
Kohler
Lyman Conger
Sheboygan Falls
Conger
Harvey Kitzman
International Uaw
Local 833
Madison May Acquire Truax Base Property
Madison representative Robert Kastenmeier says reduced operations at Truax Air Force base could allow earlier release of the property. He asked the Defense Department official Don Bradford to meet Madison officials again to develop concrete conversion proposals and ease local impacts of facility reductions.
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Washington
Truax Air Force Base
Madison
Wis
Robert Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Air Force
Don Bradford
Defense Department
Office of Economic Adjustment
Bradford
Three Killed In State Traffic Toll Rises
Three people died in separate accidents over two days. Harold Dickman 48 of Racine died from burns after a two truck crash on Highway 100 in Oak Creek. Helen Bartel 22 of Kenosha died when her car crashed on Highway 43 in Brighton. Eric Jones 18 of Antigo died in a car truck collision on Highway 45 near Antigo.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Harold Dickman
Racine
Milwaukee
Oak Creek
Hubert Potter
Caledonia
Helen Bartel
Kenosha
Brighton
Edward Wavro
Eric Jones
Antigo
Langlade County
Jones
Wilson LBJ Confer On Four Major Issues
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson meet amid four key topics. Debated were Rhodesia’s independence from Britain, nuclear arms sharing with the Atlantic Alliance, and British defense cuts and disarmament. Attendees included Bundy Ball Bruce Bator and Wilson’s aides. Moyers offered few specifics after the session. Wilson spoke in New York before traveling to Washington.
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Washington
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Britain
Atlantic Alliance
McGeorge Bundy
George W. Ball
David K.E. Bruce
U.S
London
Francis Bator
Wilson
Sir Patrick Dean
Burke Trend
Derek J. Mitchell
White House
Bill D. Moyers
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Ford Heiress Weds Greek Ship Magnate in Juarez Secret Ceremony
Charlotte McDonnell Ford, 24, daughter of Henry Ford II, wed Stavros Niarchos in a clandestine civil ceremony in Juarez, Mexico. The couple, Roman Catholic, announced to live in Europe and honeymooned at a St. Moritz resort once used by Ford on a prior honeymoon. Niarchos, a top shipowner, has homes in several countries.
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ST. Moritz
Switzerland
Charlotte McDonnell Ford
Stavros Spyros Niarchos
Miss Ford
Henry Ford II
Juarez
Mexico
Niarchos
Maria Austin
New York
Ford
Anne McDonnell Ford
Europe
France
England
Bermuda
Greece
U A R Breaks Ties With Britain Over Rhodesia
The United Arab Republic announced the severing of diplomatic relations with Britain effective at sunset, joining Ghana Tanzania Guinea and Mali in the move in protest of the Rhodesia policy. Other OAU members Nigeria Mauritania Senegal and Congo Republic Brazzaville were reported to follow. The action comes after Rhodesia's white minority declared independence and Britain refused to use force to topple Smith's government. Ghana Nkrumah raised the possibility of leaving the Commonwealth while stressing existing British investments and expertise would remain unaffected.
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Cairo
United Arab Republic
Britain
Rhodesia
Mohammed Hassan el Zayat
George Middleton
Ghana
Tanzania
Guinea
Mali
Organization of African Unity
London
Ian Smith
Tass
OAU
Nigeria
Mauritania
Senegal
Congo Republic -Brazzaville
Smith
U.A.R
Haile Selassie
British Commonwealth
Kwame Nkrumah
Commonwealth
Grenade injures 12 U.S. troops in Saigon attack
A teenage terrorist tossed a grenade into a truckload of U.S. soldiers in Saigon injuring 12 GIs, as Saigon marked five years of Viet Cong activity. Reports describe heightened security and ongoing air and ground battles across North and South Vietnam with several aircraft losses and a 12 hour Christmas truce possibility discussed in Washington.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
National Liberation Front
North
Viet Nam
Mekong River
U.S. Army
101St Airborne Brigade
Ben Cat
Viet Cong
Washington
Johnson
Devastating Cyclone Rages East Pakistan Coast
Thousands dead or missing as cyclone strikes Coxs Bazar and Chittagong. About 6,000 bodies recovered in one area and 20,000 believed missing, with 5,000 fishermen swept to sea. Government rushing relief to the coast and islands amid widespread destruction.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Pakistan
Deputy Commission
Chittagong
Bay of Bengal
India
Burma
Cox’s Bazar
Calcutta
Sonadia
Star Pink
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Cape
UPI
AP Aerospace
Elliot Lee
Mission Control
Sk Mle
Truax
By Endre Marton
Telephoto
Mariies
Garven Hudgins
Pres. Johnson
By Thomas A. Reedy
North Viet Nam
Ify
Dien Bien Phu
Vinh
Hanoi
Hanoi-Haiphong
Haiphong
Cox’s Bazaar
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