Gemini 11 Mission Sets Record to 852 Miles Upward
Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon plan a Sept 9 launch from Cape Kennedy aboard Gemini 11 to reach 852 miles altitude and rendezvous with an Agena target rocket. Gordon will perform two EVAs including a 55 minute jet gun sortie and a 21 percent hour stand up, as the crew conducts 11 experiments and aims for a 71 hour mission with splashdown east of Cape Kennedy.
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Richard Gordon
Agena
Gordon
Navy
Michael Collins
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Earth
Gemini
Cape Kennedy
Wrong Bombing Continues Veteran Accounts in Viet War Coverage
UPI report describes U S air attacks on Truong village in the Mekong Delta killing 26 civilians and wounding 114, with villagers saying Viet Cong were gone when jets struck. Marines battle Viet Cong near Saigon as Air Cavalry and Navy planes support operations across North and South Viet Nam.
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Elizabeth Halstead
Gan Tho
U.S
Saigon
Halstead
Leon Daniel
Marine Corps
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Tonkin Gulf
North Viet Nam
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Roosevelt
Oriskany
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Constellation
Yankee Station
North Vietnamese
Navy
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Skimming Probe Yields Limited Conclusions Amid National Attention
The investigation drew national focus as officials avoided naming witnesses and clamped down on specifics. Nevada gaming laws were reviewed in detail while Maryland gambling issues were cited as widespread. NBC reporters prepared a white paper with Walt Sheridan tied to NBC News Washington.
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Itmore Sun
Commission
Nevada
Maryland
United Press International
Myram Borders
Winne
NBC
Walt Sheridan
Washington
Sheridan
Bobby Kennedy
Hotel disputes itemized charges for telephone equipment
The hotel contends that Central Telephone furnishes no itemized breakdown of the equipment billed for the upcoming month, nor the per item amounts billed, in a continuation of the dispute described on page 1.
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Central Telephone
Skimming Aftermath of Gaming Act Debates and Public Utility Billing
A 1959 Gaming Control Act framework is discussed as the Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board may need amending after a current investigation. Keefer cautions that legislative changes hinge on investigation outcomes. Desert Inn sues Central Telephone, claiming overcharges of 154983 dollars with 22571 refunded. seeks reimbursement and criticizes billing and public utility duties.
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Gaming Control Board
Congress
Keefer
Desert Inn
Central
Teleconomy
Court upholds legality of Black Book in Marshall case
The court ruled the Black Book was legal and not used to exclude Marshall from venues beyond gambling casinos. It found Marshall's known police record and alleged ties to Tony Accardo's syndicate justified his listing. The decision follows a long legal path ending with the appellate ruling.
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Desert Inn
Allard Roen
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Appeals Court
Frederick G. Hanley
Oliver Koelsch
Walter Pope
California Crime Commission
Tony Accardo
al Capone
Marchello Caifano
New York
John Michael Marshall
Nevada
Joe Russo
Frank Roberto
Marshall Caifano
Joseph Rinaldi
George Marshall
Book claims late FDR's marriage on rocks in love triangle
A UPI report states Franklin D Roosevelt's inner circle member revealed that the president had a romance with Eleanor Roosevelt's former social secretary, a relationship that fueled Eleanor's decades of bitterness and jealousy amid long standing gossip.
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New York
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Roosevelt
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Daniels
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Bank Robbery in Big Lake Staged by Two Gunmen
Two gun men robbed Citizens State Bank of Big Lake and fled by plane after taking about 9000 dollars. FAA and airport authorities issued alerts while investigators posted officers at multiple airports in unmarked cars.
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UPI
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FAA
Lords approve wage and price freeze law in parliament
In London the House of Lords approved the wage and price freeze measure granting Labor broad powers to halt the economy. The bill will be signed into law today before Parliament's two month summer recess. In Berlin border guards uncovered bones shoes and a belt near Hitler's bunker leaving origins uncertain. In Montreal the American Bar Association backed Johnson's jury selection portion of the civil rights bill but left two major topics unresolved.
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UPI
House of Lords
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Postdamer Platz
Hitler
Montreal
American Bar Association
Johnson
Congress Boosts Interstate Highway Funds Amid Tax Hints
The House approved 8.9 billion for interstate construction and extended the completion date to 1973, with total costs rising to 51.2 billion. Gasoline and related taxes may be raised to cover the shortfall, while the Lady Bird Johnson bill to remove eyesores gets a two year extension.
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Washington
UPI
House
Lady Bird Johnson
House Moves To Bring End To Air Strike
The Senate backed back-to-work rules for 180 days with no airline status changes. House and President proposals clash over who can order strikers back and under what emergency conditions. Labor leaders condemn the bill as strike breaking while five carriers support it.
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Senate
John Bell Williams
D-Mass
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Dingell
Williams
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Trans World
Northwest
National
United
U.S. Vietnam casualties rise to new weekly totals
In the week ended Aug 6, U.S. forces reported 71 killed in action 615 wounded and 10 listed as missing or captured. Total U.S. combat deaths reached 4,640 with South Vietnamese losses of 130 killed and 54 missing. Communist losses stood at 649 killed and 75 captured.
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Saigon
VPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Lunar Orbiter midcourse plan tightens for closer moon orbit
Pasadena based Lunar Orbiter, the United States flying photographic lab, advances toward lunar orbit with a planned midcourse correction to improve proximity for surface pictures. If correction fails, the craft would still reach lunar orbit between 6,200 miles and 186 miles altitude, with final target at about 28 miles.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Lunar Orbiter
America
Flying Photographic Laboratory
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Federal Space Agency
Moon
Lunar
Rising grocery costs push House probes as prices climb
UPI reports federal farm officials show household food spending at 1,095 dollars yearly for three months ending June, up from 1,038 a year earlier. Bread prices rise nearly 100 percent since 1949 49 base, while farmers see only a one percent share of retail price increases.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
Desmond O'Connell
American Bakeries Co
Chicago
O’connell
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