Gemini 5 astronauts splash down after eight day mission
Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad returned to earth aboard a recovery carrier after a 199 hour 54 minute flight. They landed 102 miles from the target zone, with eight days of weightlessness and a beard shaved off aboard ship. Officials cited faulty ground computer data for the off target splashdown.
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Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
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Cooper
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Atlantic
Woman stabbed 74 times in Las Vegas murder case
A 24-year-old visitor was murdered Saturday night in Las Vegas. Police held another tourist who allegedly stabbed her 74 times over a claimed blackmail plot.
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Las Vegas
Funeral Services For Wilbur Clark Scheduled At Palm Mortuary
Funeral services for Wilbur Clark nationally known hotel operator will be held at Palm Mortuary at 2 p.m. today with Ma sonic Lodge No. 32 officiating. Clark promoted tourism and the hotel industry in Southern Nevada for two decades and won praise from the White House and many supporters. Donations to the Nevada Heart Fund or the Variety Club are requested in lieu of flowers. Pallbearers include Jack Donnelly Vic Mandotte William Ward Hank Green spun T.W. Richardson and Carrie Krausnick with Sen. Alan Bible among honorary pallbearers.
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Nevada Heart Fund
Variety Club
Jack Donnelly
Vic Mandotte
Wiliam Ward
Hank Greenspun
T.W. Richardson
Carrie Krausnick
Who’s Blame for LA Riots? Harris Survey Hint
Louis Harris surveys after the Los Angeles riots find most Caucasians believe most Negroes pursue nonviolence in seeking civil rights. The poll shows fears of a counterreaction are unfounded while 90 percent say the LA outbreak harmed the Negro rights drive.
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Los Angeles
Carpenters Vote Tonight On New Labor Pact In Las Vegas
About 2 000 members of Carpenters Local 1780 vote at 7 30 p m in Carpenters Hall Lamb Boulevard on a three year contract with graduated wage increases. The decision ends a summer of strikes and walkouts by unions and backs a bilateral arbitration proposed by Southern Nevada contractors associations.
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Las Vegas
Carpenters Hall
Lamb Boulevard
Carpenters Local 1780
Contractors’ Association
Nevada
Carpenters
Marines Drive 100 Reds From Da Nang Area
U S Marines swept south of Da Nang air base and forced about 100 Viet Cong to the seashore. The engagement near Marble Mountain left at least five Communists dead while Marines reported light casualties. Leaflet warnings and loudspeakers guided civilians as about 675 peasants fled the area.
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da Nang
U.S
da Nang Air Base
Marble Mountain
Betsy Becomes a Hurricane Hitting Leeward Islands
Tropical storm Betsy intensified into a hurricane and lashed the Leeward and Virgin Islands with heavy rain. The Miami Weather Bureau placed the center near 21.1N 64.8W at 5 pm EST and noted a north-northwest motion toward open water with no immediate land threat.
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UPI
Betsy
Leeward
Virgin Islands
Atlantic
Whchh
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San Juan
Big 10 Plants Bank Furnaces No Talks Slated
Senator Morse and LeRoy Collins announced no talks were scheduled to end the walkout threat by 450000 USW workers at Big 10 basic steel firms. President Johnson warned a strike would be damaging and pledged national-interest steps if needed. Weather: sunny afternoon with clouds, highs near 104.
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D-Ore
Commerce
LeRoy Collins
White House
Morse
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Texas
Johnson
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