Gimbel Empire Scion Bernard F. Gimbel Dies
Bernard F. Gimbel, heir to the Gimbel Saks retail empire, died at 12 45 a.m. in the Hotel Pierre after a year long cancer battle. He led the chain as president and later chairman from 1927 to 1961 and was famed for expanding the family business from Vincennes Indiana to New York City.
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U.S. Casualties Reported As Viet Nam War Toll Climbs
The U S military command reports 142 Americans killed in combat in the week ending Sept 24 raising total U S battle deaths to 5302. Wounded total 825 and three missing. Casualties reflect heavy fighting along the DMZ with North Vietnamese. Communist forces suffered 1615 dead for a 4 7 to 1 kill ratio in favor of allied forces.
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Veteran Wally Schirra to command Apollo Two mission
Apollo Two names Walter M. Schirra Jr. as command pilot with Maj. Don F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham in the crew. The backup includes Frank Borman, Thomas Stafford, and Michael Collins. Mission length up to 14 days with enhanced scientific emphasis. no spacewalks planned.
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Gus) Grissom
Coldest and warmest readings reported across mainland U S
The U S Weather Bureau logged a 29 degree low in Houston Maine and a 101 degree high in Red Bluff California yesterday across the contiguous states.
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Senate Committee OKs Two Year School Aid Bill
The Senate Labor Committee approved a two year 6.2 billion dollar program for aid to elementary and secondary schools by a 14 to 1 vote. Chairman Lister Hill opposed the bill over a civil rights provision for grants to districts to address racial imbalance. The plan authorizes 2.7 billion for the current year and about 3.5 billion for the year starting next July.
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Rice Crops Hit Hard By Flood In Mekong Delta
Flood waters destroyed much of the rice crop in four Mekong delta provinces. American sources estimate losses at about 450000 tons, with imports needed to offset the deficit. The delta, Viet Nam's rice bowl, faces damage comparable to 1961, one of the worst flood years on record.
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Fulbright Urges More Peace Bids In Viet Nam Talks
UPI reports Senator Fulbright urges stronger U S peace moves despite negative reactions to halting bombing in North Vietnam. Speaking at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Ottawa he says the United States must take initiative and go further than some colleagues toward negotiated settlement.
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