Gemini 7 Flight Countdown Runs Smooth Under Sunny Skies
Cape Kennedy reports a clear countdown for Gemini 7's 14 day mission with Frank Borman and James Lovell aboard the Titan II. Weather improves from clouds to satisfactory for launch at 2:30 p.m. EST while teams load 215000 pounds of fuel and prepare for a rendezvous with Gemini 6 in nine days in orbit around the Earth.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Space Agency
U.S. Air Force
Borman
Navy
Lovell
France voters take day off as final TV appeals unfold
France faces a presidential vote with 28 million eligible voters as final TV appeals air. President de Gaulle and five opponents urge support while backers rally. Pierre Marcilhacy stresses seven year term stakes and the gravity of the choice. Francois Mitterrand and Jean Lecannet outline left wing reform and European unity themes.
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Paris
France
de Gaulle
Pierre Marcilhacy
Marcilhacy
General de Gaulle
Francois Mitterand
Jean Lecannet
Europe
Medicare urged as key to universal coverage at Liberal meeting
John Munro urged a government operated universal medical plan at the Alberta Liberal policy conference. He contrasted private plans’ higher admin costs with Saskatchewan’s universal system, urging compulsory coverage after citing Alberta’s 57.3 percent resident coverage and 76.6 percent total with other plans.
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Banff, Alta
John Munro
Hamilton East
Alberta Liberal Policy
Hall Royal Commission
Saskatchewan
Canada
Alberta
Alberta dairy cattle population falls from 1955 peak
Alberta dairy cattle numbers drop from 3 100 000 head in 1955 to 2 885 000 this year according to Dairy Commissioner D H McCallum. He cites a 29 000 decline since 1963 and warns producers seek higher payments as costs show fluid milk farms earning under 3 500. Calgary editor Frank Jacobs he says livestock demand will shrink as cereal grain growth increases.
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Edmonton
Alberta
D. H. McCallum
McCallum
Alberta Provincial Cattle Breeders Association
Frank Jacobs
Calgary
The
Canadian Cattleman
Association
Cattle Feeding
African Unity Divisions Foresee Rhodesia Threats
The Rhodesia crisis sparks talk of a united African front led by Kwame Nkrumah versus Ian Smith's regime. While leaders project unity, regional, linguistic, and political divides temper bold threats. The Institute for Strategic Studies cites 492,500 potential African troops across 36 OAU members, raising questions on deployment against Rhodesia.
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Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Zambia
Kenneth Kaunda
United Nations
Africa
North
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Nkrumah
United States of Africa
Smith
Institute For Strategic Studies
United Arab Republic
Israel
Institute
Organization of African Unity
Peking on Defensive Amid Viet Nam Peace Efforts
U S officials say China is burning bridges to block Soviet Viet Nam peace initiatives. Beijing shows a defensive posture, its nuclear prestige fading since 1964, while strains grow with Indonesia and Moscow.
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Washington
USS
China
Soviet Union
Peking
Indonesia
Moscow
United States
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Army loses to mother Christie Christmas home for draftee
Norma Riedel wins a delay for her son Robert Schnabel 19 from U S Army induction. The army will suspend draftee movements between December 22 and 27 causing Schnabel to remain home at Christmas. Schnabel had objected but said a boy likes to be home for the holiday.
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Denver
Colo
Norma Riedel
U S. Army
Army
Man Walks Into Market To Cash Cheque With Denture ID
In Kingsport Tennessee a man entered a supermarket and asked to cash a cheque. He produced a denture branded with his name as identification. The cashier, Mrs. Margie Castle, cashed the cheque.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Margie Castle
OAU threat to cut Britain ties over Rhodesia crisis
Britain faces possible diplomatic, economic and defence strain if 36 member states of the Organization of African Unity end relations with Britain over Rhodesia. The Addis Ababa talks set a Dec 15 deadline for Britain to crush the Smith regime. failure could trigger widespread Commonwealth implications and shifts in trade, finance and security ties.
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London
British Commonwealth
Organization of African Unity
Britain
OAU
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Smith
Wilson
Jis
Edward Heath
Commonwealth
Sterling Area
Pakistan
Malaysia
Viet Cong blast kills nine at Saigon hotel
A Viet Cong group stormed the Metropole Hotel in downtown Saigon before dawn. Nine people died including an American marine, a New Zealand trooper, and seven South Vietnamese. 72 Americans were wounded and civilians formed most of the injured.
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Saigon
Metropole
Mekong Delta
U.S. Navy
U.S
Queen refuses to replace Rhodesia governor
London Reuters report says the Queen declined to replace Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs with Clifford Dupont as urged by Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith. Gibbs was dismissed after Rhodesia declared independence, and Dupont was named acting administrator, a move the Queen and British government did not recognize.
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London
Reuters
Rhodesia
Commonwealth Relations Office
Ian Smith
Clifford Dupont
Humphrey Gibbs
Humphrey
Smith
Gibbs
Dupont
Johnson praises Klan conviction in Montgomery trial
President Johnson lauded the conviction of three Klansmen in Montgomery on conspiracy charges in the death of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo and hailed as a sign of justice, while Martin Luther King urged new civil rights legislation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Johnson
United States
Martin Luther King
King
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Arthur ‘Hanes
Strange
Anniston
Hubert Damon Strange
Willie Brewster
Joseph Luitin
South
Katzenbach
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Teamsters Union
Anthony Liuzzo
Justice Department
Soviet Moon Probe Aims For First Soft Landing Monday
The Soviet Union launches its fourth moon attempt this year with Luna VII to softly land an instrument package around midnight Moscow time Monday. The unmanned craft weighs 3421.5 pounds and follows two crashes and one miss earlier in the year.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Moon
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Air Force
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Joseph Macsween
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Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
Earth
Sinkiang Province
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