Gemini 7 Mission Set for Long Space Flight
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell prepare for a 14 day orbital mission from Cape Kennedy as rain threats ease and Gemini 6 rendezvous plans loom. NASA officials say conditions should allow Saturday blastoff with possible extension if Gemini 6 is delayed. Lovell’s wife awaits news as preparations proceed.
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Cincy Crash Report Due Says Prober
Cincinnati AP report says a forthcoming investigation will detail the November 8 crash of an American Airlines Boeing 727 that killed 58 people. Safety director Mack Eastburn noted continued delays due to damaged flight recorder foil tape being analyzed in Washington DC.
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Armstrong seeks GOP nomination for 17th District state senate
Logan Ohio Republican State Rep. Harry Armstrong announces bid for the new 17th District state senate in the May primary. He represents Logan and is running as a Republican to win the nomination.
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Peace talks stall as Britain pushes Moscow plan
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart proposed a joint initiative with the Soviet Union for a Viet Nam cease fire. US Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Washington would attend any Southeast Asia peace talks, but Stewart in Moscow said the Soviet position currently offers no path to settlement.
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Power Failure Blanks Four Bases in NM Texas and Mexico
A temporary outage blacked out four major bases in El Paso and left civilian areas dark across New Mexico Texas and Mexico affecting White Sands and Fort Bliss. President Johnson ordered a federal probe with energy officials sent to El Paso to determine the cause of the failure at the Newman Plant.
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Ray Lockhart
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Castro Says Cubans Ready For Viet Nam
Fidel Castro told a Havana audience that many Cubans would enlist to fight the United States in Vietnam if asked. He said thousands could volunteer and mocked U S policy while denying a Cuban plan to send troops. He also defended Guevara as alive and questioned Rusk and Cuba’s OAS membership.
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Nixon predicts China to be strong by 1970
In New York Nixon told a National Association of Manufacturers luncheon that Communist China is a paper tiger now but will be strong in five years. He urged increased bombing of North Vietnam targets and expanded U S sea power, warning civilians before strikes.
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U.S. and Vietnamese forces press Viet Nam war fronts
American and Vietnamese troops moved through South Viet Nam jungles for a third day with limited ground action. Air power remained intense with 118 Enterprise sorties and 102 tons of bombs on Viet Cong targets, while ships and helicopters faced sporadic combat and missing crew.
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Weather Outlook Shows Cooler Nights and Warming Trend
The U S Weather Bureau predicts variable cloudiness and cooler temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Tonight’s low around 33, with yesterday’s high 43 and overnight low 41 at 8 this morning. Warmer than normal temperatures expected through Monday, then colder Tuesday night. Normal highs and lows are 44 and 30.
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British Move To Pacify Zambia Over Troop Talks
British Royal Air Force planes began landing in Lusaka as talks continued on stationing British ground troops for Zambia. RAF jets were to land in Ndola and air defenses would be under British control, while Kaunda pressed for protection of the Kariba Dam and possible hills overlooking it.
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Johnson signals readiness to talk peace in Vietnam
U S officials within hours of Stewart proposal show cautious openness to talks. Secretary Rusk, after meeting with Johnson, says the administration would attend a Southeast Asia conference or its components. Hanoi and Peking favor Geneva machinery over UN bodies for a settlement process.
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Chuckle Success and Getting Along with People
The quote frames success as social harmony, noting that progress hinges on how well one gets along with some individuals more than others. It suggests interpersonal skills as a key factor in advancing.
Guidelines Announced By LBJ On Overseas Spending
Johnson aides announced guidelines to curb the dollar outflow to under 250 million annually as a voluntary overseas spending program remains in place. Treasury and Commerce officials said no new tourist spending limits and noted a 1.25 billion quarterly payments deficit. Britain has sold U S stocks to bolster its currency while Treasury expects no repeat of such sales.
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Henry H. Fowler
Pakistan Leader Ayub To Visit U.S. With Bhutto
President Ayub Khan plans a U S visit with Foreign Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. They are to reach New York on December 12 and begin talks with President Johnson on December 14.
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Scarred Cincinnati Woman Killed in Walnut Hills Basement
Mrs. Emogene Harrington, 54, wife of space scientist Dr. R Paul Harrington, was strangled and raped in the Walnut Hills apartment basement after a grocery trip. Police report few leads include an orange plastic cord fragment a prior October attack and the victim’s empty wallet found two miles away.
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