Astronaut Flight Delayed As Agena Telemetry Fails
Launch of Gemini 6 crew Walter M. Schirra Jr and Thomas P. Stafford was postponed after Agena target spacecraft failed and reportedly crashed into the Atlantic following a 10 a.m. CDT Atlas launch. Flight Director Kraft scrubs the attempt as tracking stations report no recovery.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Agena
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Atlantic
Australia
Schirra
Stafford
Robert Seamans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Mission Control Center
Paul Haney
Gemini
Kraft
Wisconsin to train 26 National Guard units for possible mobilization
Wisconsin officials announce 26 National Guard units totaling about 4,450 personnel will enter intensive training as the state reorganizes into the 1st Brigade to potentially merge with Minnesota’s 47th Division. Governor Knowles notes no mobilization, citing improved training for employers and families.
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Milwaukee
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
$400000 Missing After Vault Blown Open
A 20 mm cannon blast opened a foot-thick vault at the Brink's Co branch in Syracuse, yielding an estimated $400000 in cash checks and securities missing. Police and FBI agents investigated while noting most loot was non negotiable and that the alarm was silenced. A tripod light cannon and shell casings were found near the vault.
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Syracuse
N.Y
FBI
Brink’s Co
Frank Steier
India and Red China Clash at Afro-Asian Summit Prep Meet
In Algiers the 15 nation Afro-Asian committee clashed as China demanded postponement of the summit opening Nov 5. India opposed, accusing China of probing Soviet involvement and fomenting discord. The gathering adjourned with ministers to decide at Thursday talks.
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Algiers
India
Red China
Tseng
Soviet Union
Kashmir
Indonesia
Two Hunters Injured by 90 mm Shell at Camp McCoy
In Sparta Wisconsin two squirrel hunters including a woman were hospitalized after firing at a blue object near a tree at Camp McCoy. A 90 mm shell exploded. Jack Garfield 29 of Sparta suffered groin and abdominal wounds and Mrs. John Wiseman of Tomah internal injuries. Garfield remained in fair condition at Sparta hospital, Wiseman transferred to Marshfield hospital. Undersheriff Copperfield reported. Camp McCoy authorities and FBI now investigating.
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Sparta
Wis
Camp McCoy
Jack Garfield
Marshfield
John Wiseman
Tomah
McCoy Reservation
Garfield
Mrs. Wiseman
Kenneth Thurston
St. Mary’s Hospital
Richard Laxton
Torah
David Copperfield
FBI
James McArdle
la Crosse
Green Bay Marine Among Four Killed in Crash
Four Camp LeJeune Marines died in a head on crash eight miles east of Jacksonville North Carolina. The victims were Cpl John W Niemi 22 Fitchburg Massachusetts Lance Cpl Edward D Kober 20 Green Bay Wisconsin Cpl Cirden W Puckett 26 Clay City Kentucky and Lance Cpl Brian R Wood 21 Lawrence Massachusetts. Frederick R Wood 21 was injured and hospitalized at Camp Lejeune. The crash occurred as Niemi driving attempted to pass another vehicle.
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Jacksonville
N.C
Camp LeJeune
John W. Niemi
Fitchburg
Mass
Edward D. Kober
Green Bay
Wis
Cirden W. Puckett
Clay City
Brian R. Wood
Lawrence
Frederick R. Wood
C. F. Futrelle
Niemi
M.C
Kober
Futrelle
Puckett
Paul Kober
Rte 4
Troops Move Into Santo Domingo to Restore Peace
Inter-American Peace Force units and tanks entered rebel sections of Santo Domingo to quell violence after nine deaths in a week. Provisional President Hector Garcia-Godoy requested patrols citing a grave situation as gunmen killed Aquiles Leyva Mattos and other officials in separate incidents.
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Robert Berrellez
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Inter-American Peace Force
Hector Garcia-Godoy
U.S
Relief Column Reaches Pleime Camp With Little Opposition
A Vietnamese regiment led by armor reached the besieged Pleime outpost near Pleiku with minimal resistance from the Viet Cong. Officials reported light U.S. and Montagnard casualties, a high rate of air and ground attacks preceding the relief, and ongoing operations to clear the countryside of guerrillas.
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Viet Nam
Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Plei Me
U.S
Pleiku
North Viet Nam
Pleika Dran
Seige
UPI
Pakistan Ready To Discuss Troop Withdrawal
Rawalpindi report states Pakistan will begin talks on withdrawal of Indian and Pakistani troops along the 1700 mile border. No Indian response yet. Ayub Khan accepted U Thant proposed envoy Gen Syseno Sarmen to mediate. He warned cease-fire and withdrawal would only treat symptoms, not the disease. Both sides accused each other of border violations. India claimed 17 incidents, Pakistan 7.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
India
Ayub Khan
U.N
U Thant
Syseno Sarmen
Ayub
Kashmir
Thant
New Delhi
Wilson on Way to Rhodesian Mission Ends in Tense Talks
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson travels to Salisbury Rhodesia with Commonwealth Secretary Bottomley amid heavy security to urge restraint from Ian Smith and avert unilateral independence. Nkomo and Sithole are held in camps. protests and arrests rise as talks focus on a treaty safeguarding black majority power.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Salisbury
Wilson
Commonwealth
Arthur Bottomley
Cyprus
London
Ian Smith
Smith
Britain
United Nations
Joshua Nkomo
Ndabangingi
Boy 2 Strangles In Car Window In OOSTBURG
Edward Floryance, 2, the Milwaukee policeman's son, accidentally strangled when his neck caught in a partially open car window. He was playing alone in the family auto inside a parked vehicle while his parents visited friends in Sheboygan County.
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Oostburg
Milwaukee
Edward Floryance
Sheboygan
Coin Toss Sets GOP Assembly Candidate in Marinette
A coin flip on the Marinette County Courthouse steps will pick the Republican nominee for assemblyman between Robert Angwall of Marinette and District Attorney Dan Miron of Peshtigo after a tie in the last Tuesday’s primary. Leslie Stevenson won the Democratic nomination. election is November 16 to fill the resigned Robert Haase’s seat.
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Marinette
Marinette County
Robert Angwall
Dist
Dan Miron
Peshtigo
Angwall
Miron
Leslie Stevenson
Marinette Board of Public Works
Robert Haase
Viet Dolls Checked For Booby Traps
Black River Falls tale of Penny Noble whose Viet Nam gift doll was checked for traps by local authorities. Demolition specialists from Ft. Sheridan examined the 12 inch doll after a safety call by Penny’s parents. In Prairie du Chien, three Viet Nam dolls were turned over to the sheriff for examination amid reports of possible explosives.
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J.C. Admiral Kinnan Jr
Ft. Sheridan
Milwaukee
Viet Nam
Black River Falls
Wis
Penny Noble
U.S. Army
Penny
James Noble
Donald Gorski
1St Cavalry
Sheriff's Office
Naire Waller
National Guard
Camp McCoy
Ft. Sheridan, Ill
Prairie DU Chien
Crawford County
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Conrad W. Baars
Rochester
Minn
Demulling
RHSJ
Antigo
National Council of Catholic Nurses
Howard Benedict
173Rd
724Th Engineer
Superior
173Rd Engineer
Onalaska
Wisconsin National Guard
Mission Control
China
Tseng Tao
Ennee
Aes
Mario Dujarric
Santiago
Miguel de Jesus Haddad
Valverede
Revolutionary Party
Mao
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
An Khe
Phu Yen
Guam
By David Paine
Sithole
Nkomo
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