U S Cautions Soviets Over Case Against Fliers
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned the Soviet Union not to manufacture a spy case around the capture of three American airmen shot down over East Germany last week. The warning came in a direct face to face exchange in Washington with Soviet officials.
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State Department
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Moscow
Gals Compete To Circle Globe In Solo Air Race
Two women fliers, Joan Merriam Smith and Jerrie Mock, launched attempts to become the first women to circle the globe solo in a light plane. Smith departed Oakland for the journey with Amelia Earhart's route in mind, while Mock, from Columbus, Ohio, headed toward Bermuda, amid public fanfare and global race implications. The story also notes U.S.-Soviet talks over the Downed RB66 and demands for fliers' release, framing broader Cold War tensions.
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Jerrie Mock
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Ohio
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Annie Glenn
John Glenn
Rene Carpenter
Scott Carpenter
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De Gaulle Concludes Mexico Visit With Latin America Pledge
French President Charles de Gaulle ends a three day state visit to Mexico City pledging support for a French role in Latin American development. He tours Teotihuacan ruins, attends mass at Guadalupe Basilica, and greets crowds despite security cautions.
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Latin America
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Paris
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Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Palacio de Belle Artes
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Johnson Proposes Record Low Foreign Aid Request
President Johnson sent Congress the smallest foreign aid request in program history. The $3.4 billion proposal for the next fiscal year aims to spur results, with two thirds of military aid to nations near Russia and Red China, and successively faces potential deep cuts from critics like Rep. Passman and Sen. Morse.
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UPI
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D-Ore
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Exhausted Peru patrol cries on relief arrival in jungle
Exhausted members of a government patrol trapped eight days by Indians in Peru's green hell jungle broke down and cried when a relief column arrived. Army Lt. Ricardo Rodriguez led about 40 men under attack by an estimated 500 Indians and renegade outlaws while marching from Iquitos. Rodriguez reported six casualties including two dead.
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Peru
UPI
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Texas Remarks Get Belli Axed
Convicted killer Jack Ruby fired Melvin Belli and hired Percy Foreman to lead his appeal to escape the electric chair. Foreman, a Houston attorney, is famed for major Texas murder trials. Ruby’s move comes after Belli’s outburst calling the trial a kangaroo court and criticizing Dallas officials.
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UPI
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Percy Foreman
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Burleson
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Atty
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Russia
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Texas
Kennedy
Waggoner Carr
Seeks New Baker Probe
Republican Rep. Oliver Bolton of Ohio formally asked the House Banking and Currency Committee to launch a new probe into alleged political influence in granting a federal bank charter to a bank with Robert G Baker as a subscriber. Senate committee already investigating. Patman warned against political aim.
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