Weather outlook improves for Gemini 7 launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP weather forecasters raised hopes for a Saturday 2 30 p m EST liftoff as a rain trough seen to move across the south likely to pass out to sea before launch. NASA said conditions will be satisfactory though cloudy. Borman and Lovell prepare for a 14 day mission with extensive medical and scientific programs.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Space
Space Agency
United States
Florida
NASA
Borman
Air Force
Lovell
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
William Inches
Earth
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
Trade strains rise between Canada and Britain in talks
London reports new friction over Canada’s anti dumping rules and value for duty measures affecting British exporters. Canada plans to adjust customs legislation, while ministers including Paul Martin and external affairs officials prepare talks in London and Paris on NATO and East West issues.
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London
Canada
Britain
NATO
Rhodesia
Lionel Chevrier
Peterborough
England
El Paso blackout prompts probe
A two hour power failure centered in El Paso cut darkness across New Mexico Texas and parts of Mexico affecting four key U S bases and a million people while triggering a federal investigation on orders of President Johnson. Bases switched to auxiliary power though Holloman runway lights were out temporarily.
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EL Paso, Tex
U.S
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Johnson
el Paso
United States
Ontario
el Paso Electric Co
Newman
J. R. Johnson
Federal Power Commission
Joseph Laitin
Holloman Air Force Base
Biggs Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Army
Fort Bliss
U S
Stewart says no change in Soviet Viet Nam stance
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart reports no shift in the Soviet position on Viet Nam after four days of talks with Kosygin and Gromyko. He cites no specific proposals to resolve the Vietnamese problem but believes a treaty to ban nuclear weapons spread could still be achieved. He says Gromyko did not favor a conference of nations involved in Viet Nam.
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Moscow
Michael Stewart
Viet Nam
Stewart
London
Alexei Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Britain
Soviet Union
OAU Meets Over Rhodesian Rebellion in Addis Ababa
African defence and foreign ministers from 35 countries gather in Addis Ababa for a council of war to discuss military action against Rhodesia’s white minority regime led by Ian Smith. Only The Gambia is absent.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Kidglove
Ian Smith
Luna-8 Moon Probe Launched by Soviet Union
Moscow Reuters reports the Soviet Union launched Luna-8 to refine soft landing techniques and conduct scientific studies. The probe weighs about 3,320 pounds, following Luna-7 launched on Oct 4. Tass notes most soft landing operations were completed near the moon, with refinements still needed.
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Moscow
Reuters
Soviet Union
Tass
Broadcast clampdown by BBG offers tape copies on request
The Board of Broadcast Governors announced it will permit copies of broadcast tapes to be made by aggrieved parties within 30 days of a show. The move targets open line AM radio broadcasts and stems from requests for release of tapes for potential legal action.
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Ottawa
Board of Broadcast Governors
BBG
Britain urged to invade Rhodesia over Kariba dam
Lusaka reports Kenneth Kaunda pressed Britain to seize the Kariba dam area to neutralize power installations linked to Zambia's copper mines. Britain refused to move troops into Rhodesia, warning of war risk, while Bottomley and MacDonald pursue further talks. Kaunda warned he could summon troops from other nations to protect the dam, though he prefers avoiding broader conflict.
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Kariba Dam
Rhodesia
Kaunda
Zambia
Rhodesia-Zambia
Commonwealth
Arthur Bottomley
Lusaka
London
Bottomley
Malcolm MacDonald
East
Central Africa
Zambesi River
Salisbury
Weekly
Express
Ian Smith
Kariba
Wilson
Poland Attacks China Over Viet Nam Policy In Editorial
Warsaw brands Peking a blocker of unified action against U S intervention in Viet Nam. The Trybuna Ludu 1560 word piece accuses China of rejecting a world Communist leaders summit and cooperation with the Soviet Union, signaling Poland's shift from mediator to supporter of Moscow.
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Warsaw
Reuters
Poland
China
Peking
Russia
U.S
Viet Nam
Trybuna Ludu
Moscow
De Gaulle Faces Sunday Vote in French Presidential Race
Paris CP reports the French presidential contest narrows to a Sunday vote with De Gaulle and five challengers making final appeals on public TV. Campaigning ends Saturday. over 28 million voters are eligible as fears of a backlash and possible resignation swirl amid debates on Mitterrand and Lecannet.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
Francois Mitterrand
Jean Lecannet
Mitterrand
Communist Party
Lecannet
Jean - Louis Tixier - Vignancour
Pierre Marcilhacq
Marcel Barbu
U.S
Medicine Hat preps for major city personnel changes
Medicine Hat begins a large recruitment drive as five senior city staff members near departure or retirement. City engineer Tom Miyanaga and gas director Bob Beitz have resigned, while Chief Constable A R Bull, power plant supervisor H O Davis, and finance director A T Legge near retirement. Replacement challenges loom due to private industry salary competition, though Mayor Weiner downplays impact.
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Tom Miyanaga
Bob Beitz
A. R. Bull
Bull
Miller
Harry Weiner
Beitz
Miyanaga
Weiner
Jury deadlocks in Liuzzo civil rights case in Alabama
A Montgomery jury trying Ku Klux Klansmen on civil rights conspiracy charges related to Viola Liuzzo's death reported being hopelessly deadlocked at 10 a.m. The defendants Collie Wilkins Jr, William Eaton, and Eugene Thomas faced conspiracy counts. Judge Frank M. Johnson urged continued deliberations. The case centered on Liuzzo shot March 25 after guiding demonstrators back to Selma following the Selma to Montgomery march.
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Montgomery
Ala
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
William Orville Eaton
Eugene Thomas
Bessemer
Johnson
Southern Christian Leadershp Conference
Winds halt ship traffic on Welland Canal
High winds stopped traffic on the Welland Canal halting 16 ocean going vessels. The St Lawrence river canals kept ocean shipping moving despite morning fog. The Welland leg traffic disruption marks a fourth stoppage in less than a week.
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Welland Canal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Welland
Ottawa police chase ends with river rescue
Detective Lachaine in an unmarked car spotted a motorist trailing a woman walking on the sidewalk in Eastview. The chase failed and a marked car followed by Constable Seguin led to the woman leaping into the Rideau River where Seguin also jumped in. Both officers rescued her and she was taken to hospital for shock.
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Keystone Cops
Guy Lachaine
Eastview
Lachaine
Det
Guy Seguin
Seguin
Rideau River
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