Perfect Orbit Achieved As Gemini 6 Races Toward Gemini 7
At Cape Kennedy, Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford sent Gemini 6 into a pristine orbit and began a planned rendezvous with Gemini 7 high above Earth. The Titan 2 rocket launched on schedule at 8:37 a.m. EST, with initial telemetry placing Gemini 6 within reach of its sister ship as both crews prepared for a series of orbital maneuvers intended to close the distance to about 100 feet by midafternoon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Schirra
Frank Borman
James Lavell
Borman
Lavell
Cape
Stafford
Mariana Islands
Pacific
Marianas Islands
Lovell
Earth
Lovelace Believed Still Alive
Colorado Springs AP reports a search for the missing two engine plane carrying Dr. Lovelace his wife and pilot as authorities remain hopeful they are alive. Rescue aircraft and Civil Air Patrol fliers comb mountain passes near Aspen and beyond in a large area effort under Lt Col Ryan noting no flight plan and uncertain route.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
New Mexico
Colorado
Special Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
William A. Ryan Jr
Mountains Ryan
Lovelace
Colorado Civil Air Patrol
Independence Pass
Aspen
Albuquerque
Elmer Smaller
Canon City
Haiphong Power Plant Hit In First North Viet Nam Strike
U S Air Force F105 jets bombed the Uong By steam plant 14 miles northeast of Haiphong, cutting a major power source for Hanoi Haiphong. One plane was shot down. pilot Capt. Harry D De Witt rescued with injuries. The raid aimed to disrupt the North Vietnamese electric supply amid intensified air warfare.
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Schirra
Air Force
Stafford
Saigon
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Red River Delta
The
Uong
North Viet Nam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Harry D. de Witt
Moscow
Idaho
South Viet Nam
Can Tho
Mekong Delta
de Witt
Haiphong-Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
Death Valley
da Nang
South China Sea
Viet Nam War Plane Missing After Coast Flight
Reports say a large two engine U S Air Force C123 transport with four American crewmen and 77 Vietnamese soldiers vanished while en route along the coast from Qui Nhon to Nha Trang. Vietnamese forces faced heavy fighting at three government strongholds with the bulk of Viet Minh resistance declining to engage the allied army. No trace of the aircraft or its crew has been found as authorities search the coastline.
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Amerian
Moin Qui Nhon
Nhat Trang
McNamara Warns NATO Of Danger From China
Paris AP Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara warned NATO ministers that Red China could possess a small nuclear stockpile within two years and may develop a ballistic missile capable of hitting targets from San Francisco to Berlin. He stressed the United States would keep Western Europe secure and not redeploy major combat units from Europe to Southeast Asia.
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Paris
Robert S. McNamara
China
Dean Rusk
South
Viet Nam
McNamara
Ment
Europe
Southeast Asia
Johnson offers medical aid to Pakistanis
President Johnson announced during a White House dinner with Pakistan's President Ayub Khan that a team of medical teachers and scientists would be sent to Pakistan. The mission would be led by Dr. Donald F. Hornig, White House science adviser, as both leaders called for world peace and efforts to combat poverty hunger and disease.
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Washington
Johnson
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
White House
Ayub
Donald F. Hornig
Weather forecast for Middletown: cloudy, cold with light precipitation
The U S Weather Bureau reports cloudy and cold conditions tonight with occasional light rain or light snow. Lows near freezing. Thursday remains cloudy with a chance of light precipitation and slightly warmer temperatures. Yesterday’s high was 4, overnight low 3, and Middletown recorded about a quarter inch of rain by 8 this morning.
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U. S
Harold Wilson Heads to U S Talks with Johnson
Prime Minister Harold Wilson departed for the United States to meet President Johnson and address the United Nations General Assembly. He planned discussions on Vietnam policy and Rhodesia with the aim of shaping Western policy, announcing intentions in Parliament.
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LBJ
London
United States
Johnson
U.N. General Assembly
Viet Nam
Rhodesia
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