Avalanches Halt Rescue at Mattmark Power Site
The threat of a second avalanche stopped rescue work at the Mattmark power project in Saas Fee Switzerland. About 1,000 rescuers evacuated over 9 buried workers as the Allalin Glacier cracked and released millions of tons of ice and rock. At least 20 workers were injured and recovery could take up to two months.
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Geoffrey Atkins Saas Fee
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Allalin
Saas Fee
Nvn- Mattmark
Navy aquanauts set to sign Coffman at Sealab 2
Undersea unit plans a re enlistment ceremony 205 feet below the Pacific off Southern California. Cmdr Capt George F Bond will swim to Sealab 2 aboard USS Berokone with Capt Walter F Mazzone while Billy Coffman and nine other underwater specialists join the ceremony. Coffman 36 from Willimantic Connecticut enlisted January 1948 and earned a Bronze Star in Korea.
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California
Bond
Walter F. Mazzone
A Coffman
Willimantic
Ariz
Korea
Heart surgery gives boy new lease on life
Ronald Hollett of Waterford California underwent a first of its kind operation at the University of Southern California. Surgeons placed a new type of disc valve in his heart replacing the ball valve. The dime sized disc valve fits in a small heart chamber and is expected to allow a productive life.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Hollett
Ronnie
University of Southern California
Waterford
Calif
Jerome Harold Kay
USC
Young Hollett
Hollett
Weather Tonight and Tomorrow Brings Cooler High of 80
Showers and thundershowers are on tap tonight and tomorrow with storms ending in the forenoon. Cooler air follows. Lows around 65 tonight, 62 today. highs reach 80 tonight and 75 yesterday.
School Break Brings Pupils Back Home In Grafton
Willis Puppe and wife care for 11 nieces and nephews after the Harlows were killed in a July 30 auto crash. Ten children will start school today while Puppe’s family keeps the infant and others at home.
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Grafton
Willis Puppe
Marvin Harlow
Harlows
Jay
Melanie
Puppe
Puppes
B52 Bombers Hit Viet Cong Areas In Vietnam Raids
Strategic Air Command B52 strikes from Guam hit two Viet Cong concentrations in Quang Tin Province and Zone D near Bien Hoa. The raids, the 15th and 16th by B52s, followed by Japanese reports of renewed Viet Cong activity and a later clash 175 miles northeast of Saigon with ten Viet Cong killed and two captured.
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South Viet Nam
APC
Strategic Air Command
Guam
Quang Tin Province
Zone D
Bien Hoa
SAC
Dar Lac
Eight Day Delay in Steel Strike Implemented
President Johnson won an eight day postponement of the steel strike deadline and pressed for a settlement. White House aides said labor and management should stay at the table, warning a strike could hurt the economy and the Viet Nam effort.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
America
White House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John McCormack
Mansfield
McCormack
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Defense Department
Betsy May Be Seeded As Storm Drifts Toward Sea
Hurricane Betsy 900 miles east of Florida remained nearly stationary as officials debated seeding the storm with silver iodide to trigger rain and disrupt formation. Project Storm Fury teams in Puerto Rico prepared to test seeding while forecasters expected Betsy to drift northwest with slight growth and possible strengthening.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Project Stormfury
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
Betsy
San Juan
Gemini 6 Readied After Gemini 5 Flight Debrief
Astronauts Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr meet with experts at Cape Kennedy to discuss the Gemini 5 mission as their appetites return to normal after eight days in space. Meanwhile Walter Schirra Jr and Thomas Stafford prepare for Gemini 6 in less than two months.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Cooper
Conrad
Cape Monday
Lake Champlain
Atlantic Ocean
Astronauts Back From Flight In Fine Medical Checkup
Dr. Charles A. Berry reported Cooper and Conrad in excellent physical condition after the Gemini mission. Examinations would continue for weeks and further reviews planned at Cape Kennedy and Houston as the 1969 moon mission timeline unfolds.
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Charles A. Berry
Gemini
Berry
Cooper
Conrad
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Dominican junta resigns to clear way for OAS provisional government
Brig. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barreras announced the civilian military body will resign to allow a provisional regime proposed by the Organization of American States. The five-man junta and the Cabinet will step down as the provisional government takes office, likely by midweek. Commodore Francisco J. Rivera Caminero did not sign, amid reports of discord over the OAS peace formula.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Imbert
OAS
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Francisco J. Rivera
Armed Forces
Rivera Caminero
Hector Garcia Godoy
Chuckle at Inferiority Complex Doubts Superiority Feelings
A sharp social quip weighs self image against ego and the perils of feeling superior. The quote mocks vanity by suggesting personal insecurity can outsize others' confidence.
Draft Chief Warns Quickie Marriages Won't Foil Service
Lt Gen Lewis Hershey, head of Selective Service, told San Francisco leaders that men who wed to avoid the draft may still be called up as soon as single 19 year olds fall short of quotas. He warned about student deferrals and noted some may face new exams or class-based inductions.
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U.S. Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
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W. Willard Wirtz
Commerce
John T. Connor
Gordon Dunn
National Hurricane Center
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