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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1965
Page
7
Tass reports Luna 6 will miss the moon by about 99 thousand miles after a steering malfunction. The unmanned Soviet probe failed during a projected three and a half day flight as Gemini astronauts White and McDivitt return to Houston from their four day mission.
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 4.7 billion excise tax cut with a larger boost for new car purchases. Differences with Johnson plan and House version focus on auto excise taxes and the effective date. Committee sent the bill to the Senate with talks of possible changes on the floor or in a conference.
Lucille Miller 35, serving life for killing her dentist husband Dr Gordon Miller in October, gave birth at San Bernardino Hospital. She wept when visited by her teenage daughter Debbie as gates clanged shut on her return to Frontera prison.
Mayor Robert F. Wagner announced he will not seek a fourth term to face Republican John V. Lindsay, saying a promise to his late wife and a wish for a real family life guided his decision. He stood with sons Robert Jr. and Duncan at City Hall.
Queen Elizabeth II led a service at St Pauls Cathedral to commemorate Magna Carta s 750th anniversary. Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Prince Philip, high court judges and attendees recalled the 1215 sealing at Runnymede where King John agreed to rights later seen as Britons freedoms. The service tied the historic charter to Kennedy memorials at Runnymede.
Pope Paul VI visits Pisa in a high profile peace appeal directed at the Communists. He prays at the Congo airmen tomb near the Leaning Tower and stresses faith as a path to world peace and social progress amid vast crowds.
Lynda Bird Johnson, 21, flies from the White House for six weeks of rugged travel across the West to explore the benefits the country offers travelers. She carries two suitcases with clothes for outdoor activities including archaeological digs as she heads to Arizona.
Michael R. Tompkins, 29, a Test Site worker, remained in critical condition at Sunrise Hospital after a one car rollover near Mercury late Tuesday. Deputies say he was alone, apparently asleep at the wheel, and was located several hours after the crash by Nye County sheriff's deputies.
Hundreds march to City Hall led by civil rights activists to urge Mayor Daley to intervene in the Chicago school integration dispute and protest the rehiring of School Superintendent Willis. The two mile Lakefront march drew many children as police kept traffic moving despite chants of jail.
Michael Kerpan Jr., 12, of Tulsa Oklahoma, claimed champion of the 38th national spelling bee by spelling larghetto and eczema after a half hour duel with Judy Marie Guarr, 12, of Topeka Kansas. Seventy contestants from 32 states and Guam competed in the Scripps-Howard bee sponsored across 16 cities plus 53 more through other papers.
President Johnson after White House talks with top economic advisers said the economy was strong with high employment, rising revenues, controlled expenditures, and a stable currency. He dismissed doom talk and warned there is no horizon for a downturn.
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