Gemini 9 completes rapid rendezvous with satellite
Gemini 9 and crew led by Thomas P. Stafford achieved the fastest orbital rendezvous of the era after a 75 000 mile chase. The mission faced a guidance problem but proceeded, and Stafford maneuvered the craft to close in on the tiny target satellite amid a shroud and docking challenges.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Cape Kennedy
Stafford
Gemini
Thomas P. Stafford
Hawaii
Eugene A. Cernan
U.S
Cernan
Mission Control
Surveyor
Titan
Peng Chen Purged as Chinese Party Tightens Crackdown
Peking mayor Peng Chen, a top CCP leader, appears stripped of his post amid a wide purge of dissent. Li Hsueh-feng named first secretary of the Peking central committee as editors warn of a stubborn bourgeois influence and vow relentless struggle under Mao Tze tung’s thought.
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Tokyo
Peng Chen
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Peking Radio
Li Hsueh-feng
Peking People’s Daily
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Wu Han
Liao Mo-sha
Peking Party Central Committee
Teng To
People’s Daily
Mao Tzetung
New China News Agency
Mao
Water bill deadlock with interim agency plan discussed
Democrats and Republicans in Madison clash over a water quality bill while considering a temporary water resource agency. Senate and Assembly disagree on agency structure, with a plan to fund sewage facilities and an accelerated highway program moving forward on bonding and a gasoline tax increase.
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Associated Press
Madison
Senate
Assembly
Department of Natural Resources
Natural Resources Agency
Democratic Committee
State Department of Resource Development
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee
State Motor Vehicle Department
Senators Debate UW Pay Hike Faces Legislature Challenge
Madison Wisconsin Senators clash over a 1.5 million dollar yearly faculty pay increase for the University of Wisconsin and state universities. Critics demand a full accounting of faculty work and spending while supporters say the raise is needed to keep state schools competitive in attracting professors.
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Casimir Kendzierski
Dmilwaukee
McParland
University of Wisconsin
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Hokah Man Makes Second Escape Bid
Everett Allen Johnson a 22 year old Hokah Minnesota inmate from St. Cloud Reformatory fled custody at Olmsted County Court House by leaping from a window. He had been moved to Rochester for charges and fled again after a planned guilty plea. A sheriff's posse searched a wooded area on Rochester's south edge as authorities sought the escapee.
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Rochester, Minn
Rochester
St. Cloud Reformatory
Everett Allen Johnson
Hokah
Minn
Olmsted County
Johnson
Reformatory
Houston County
Rochester State Hospital
Planes Pound North Viet Nam as Casualties Rise
U S war planes delivered heavy raids for a fourth straight day targeting antiaircraft sites oil depots and river traffic. An F105 was shot down and pilot Capt. Robert B Pielin was rescued within minutes under heavy fire. Ground fighting near An Khe involved South Korean Tiger Division forces with 32 Viet Cong killed in two actions during Operation Crazy Horse.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Navy
Air Force
U.S
Robert B. Pielin
Chicago
Dong Hoi
Pielin
da Nang
Viet Nam
Tiger Division
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
An Khe
Strategic Air Command
Quang Ngai City
Recovery Fleet Eyes Moon Mission Rescue Plans
The 6000 man worldwide recovery fleet prepares to locate Apollo astronauts after lunar return. Up to five HC130 aircraft will search a large target zone while ships and helicopters await the Gemini 9 splashdown near the Atlantic, with bases from Bermuda to Azores and additional zones in the Atlantic and Pacific. Major players include Navy Lt Cmdr Eugene Cernan and Air Force Lt Col Thomas Stafford.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Defense Department
Bermuda
Azores
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Atlantic Ocean
Wasp
Wilson
Africa
Hawaii
Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Buddhist Self Immolation Sways South Viet Nam Accord Talks
A 26 year old Buddhist nun burned herself to death in Da Nang in a wave of self immolations shaking Vietnamese politics. The act followed a letter blaming U S policies for Buddhist oppression and threatened the shaky truce with Premier Ky's regime. Mounting militant pressure prompted resignation of Tam Chau head of the Buddhist Institute as moderates seek to keep talks alive.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Thich Na Dieu Dinh
Johnson
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao
Buddhist Institute
Thich
Tam Chau
Unified
Buddhist Church
Buddha
Hai Lac
Hue
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Eau Claire
la Crosse
Hudson
Hokah Man
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Knoxville
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