NASA weighs extra Mercury flight as path to Gemini
CAPE CANAVERAL NASA officials consider extending Project Mercury with another flight after Gordon Cooper's 34 hour mission. The decision hinges on data from Cooper and questions raised about longer stays, as NASA plans Gemini training for astronauts and Apollo’s future moon program.
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Cave Paintings At Lascaux Threatened By Fungus
A scientific commission reports 25 000 prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux are at risk from a green fungus. French Culture Minister Andre Malraux ordered the caves closed to the public and formed the commission to seek protective measures.
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UPI
Lascaux
Andre Malraux
Cranky Newspapermen Praise W Charleston Address
Local column notes cranky reporters praise a Charleston location and provide contact numbers Las Vegas Boulevard and North 382 5756 appear in the readable snippet.
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Four Astronauts Face Difficulties on Early Orbits
CAPE CANAVERAL UPI Four U.S. astronauts who completed orbital flights each encountered difficulties. Glenn Jr. faced a faulty heat shield signal but reentry was safe. Carpenter ran out of automatic fuel and overshot landing by 250 miles. Schirra had a minor suit heat issue quickly fixed. Cooper lost automatic control on orbit 20 but landed within 7,000 yards of the rescue ship.
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UPI
U.S
John H. Glenn Jr
M. Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Schirra
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Shadow Cast on Alabama Racial Truce Marks Debate
Tension grows over desegregation pact in Birmingham as MLK Jr and local leaders clash on scope. Demonstrations flare in Greensboro Richmond Jackson while committees form in Knoxville and Nashville to push for broader integration and newsroom bargaining.
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Greensboro
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Bombs Blast Montreal Injuring Man During Dismantling
Six bombs exploded in Montreal's western Westmount area with one man seriously wounded while attempting to dismantle a device. Five other blasts damaged mailboxes as residents looked on in night attire. Two unexploded bombs were found. police did not confirm a terrorist link to the FIQ.
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Montreal
UPI
Westmount
FIQ
Quebec
Bali Volcano Eruption Drives Masses From Homes
Indonesian news reported a violent eruption at Gunung Agung near Bali. Officials said more than 1,500 people fled the area as white hot lava and ash streamed down the southeast slopes. The sky turned pitch black for about 30 minutes and rivers carried hot mud. Governor Sutedja traveled by plane to Bali for assessments. Antara noted most evacuees had not yet returned to the slopes.
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UN Official Omar Loutfi Dies in Secretariat Building
Omar Loutfi 55 a United Nations undersecretary collapsed and died in the UN Secretariat Building while awaiting an elevator after coffee. The Egyptian former UN delegate had served temporarily as undersecretary for political and security council affairs and was the second such official to die recently following Evgeny Kiselev.
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UPI
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Loutfi
United Arab Republic
Security Council
Evgeny D. Kiselev
Soviet Union
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Loufti
No Trace of Fliers Lost In Pacific
Coast Guard continues search for Ross Cairns and Harvey Smith missing near Johnston Island since Tuesday. Four Coast Guard aircraft, one Navy plane, one Air Force plane, and the cutter Matagorda patrol the area under a Coast Guard specialist. The Beechcraft twin engine failed during a flight from California to Taiwan prompting a Mayday after Cairns radioed Johnston Island.
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Laos Reds Press Neutralists on Plain of Jars
The Pathet Lao offensive around Kong Le's headquarters on the Plain of Jars seeks to topple the neutralist leader and install a controllable regime. North Vietnamese reinforcements back the attack as Soviet backed peace efforts emerge in Moscow.
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Hint Knowland May Seek GOP Nomination
Senator Clair Engle of California predicts William F Knowland might seek the Republican presidential nomination in a favorite son role. He suggests Knowland could head an uncommitted California delegation to the 1964 GOP Convention. Engle notes Republicans may prefer avoiding a bloody primary in California.
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UPI
Clair Engle
D-Calif
William F Knowland
Engle
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Richard Nixon
California
OAS Peace Team Moves Toward Haiti Amid Diplomatic Tensions
A fact finding team from the Organization of American States prepared to fly to Port au Prince after talks in Santo Domingo. Haiti rebuffed meddling warnings from President Francois Duvalier while UN and U.S. officials adjust evacuations and military posture surrounding the crisis.
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UPI
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Dominican Republic
Gonzalo Escudero
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
U.S
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Gerald Lillich
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Kan
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Brooklyn
N.Y
African Ministers Publish Charter for Organization of African States
Addis Ababa dispatch reports the 31-nation Foreign Ministers Conference releasing a charter for an Organization of African States. Proposed bodies include a heads of state assembly, a ministers council, secretariat, and economic, education, defense, and research committees. Ghana and Nigeria clash over Togo’s inclusion in a split conference.
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Ethiopia
UPI
African Foreign Ministers Conference
Organization of African States
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Monrovia
Kwame Nkrumah
Togo
Georges Apedo Amah
Foreign Ministers Conference
Sylvanus Olympio
Nigeria
Ghana
Bullet in lung found after 46 years shock
DISS England UP I Frank Derry aged 68 learned he has a one inch bullet lodged in his right lung from a German machinegun blast in World War I. He said he felt relief upon seeing the X ray and feared a serious condition.
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UPI
Frank Derry
Nigerian Exile Enahoro to face treason charge in court
Nigerian opposition figure Chief Antony Enahoro arrived under guard from London and was met by riot police to head off possible disorders as he prepared to appear in court on treason charges against the Nigerian government.
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Nigeria
UPI
Antony Enahoro
Britain
Enahoro
London
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