Gemini 10 mission endures fuel crunch after Agena docking
Gemini 10 astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins achieved a landmark rendezvous with Agena 10 and a docked maneuver despite a fuel shortage that forced cancellation of later dockings. They set an altitude record of 476 miles and planned a spacewalk and potential cross-docking with Gemini 8 as weather remains mild.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Michael Collins
Agena
Young
Collins
Glynn Lunney
Dezvous
Lunney
Race Violence Flares In 3 Cities With Woman Killed
Racial unrest erupted in Cleveland Jacksonville Fla and New York City Monday night. A 26 year old Negro woman Joyce Arnett was shot dead in Cleveland amid looting fires and sniper fire. Police and fire crews faced bricks rocks and fire bombs as crews struggled to contain eight block East Side disturbance. In Jacksonville about 200 Negroes marching on City Hall sparked stone throwing and a small fire bombing in the business district injuring a white woman and a white youth. In New York City disorder appeared in East Harlem and East New York Brooklyn with riot police quickly restoring control.
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Cleveland
Jacksonville
Fla
New York City
Joyce Arnett
Bill Alexander
City Hall
East Harlem
East New York
Brooklyn
Dayton Workers Walk Out Defy Court Order
Dayton city employees walked off the job across departments defying a court injunction. About 1,000 union members halted trash collection and many services while vital water and sewer operations continued with limited staff. The Ohio Municipal League called it Ohio’s first organized city strike under the 1947 anti strike law.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ohio Municipal League
League
William Biffert
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Marines withstand mass assault near 17th Parallel
Two U.S. Marine platoons near the 17th Parallel held for four hours against waves of North Vietnamese troops to cover withdrawal of their battalion. The clash left about 500 enemy dead or wounded while Marines faced heavy casualties and napalm strikes within Operation Hastings. Marine Lance Corporal James Drum described the scene as bloodier than he expected as they fought near Cam Lo.
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Saigon
Leatherneck
Hastings
Demilitarized Zone
4Th Marine Regiment
James Drum
Venice
Fla
Drum
Associated Press
Bob Gassaway
Cam Lo
President Johnson Shakes Wounded Vets On Potomac Visit
President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson made an unannounced 40 minute cruise visit to 600 wounded Viet Nam veterans from six Washington area hospitals aboard a Potomac excursion boat. They spoke briefly with each marcher, received autographs, and offered encouragement as marines and sailors described their hopes of returning to service.
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Washington
Johnson
Pfc
Wesley Johnson
Louisville
Viet Nam
Johnsons
Potomac River
Mount Vernon
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Potomac
Bennie Dawson
Harriman
Tenn
Dawson
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THE
Cleveland Police
Dayton City Workers
Edward Daley
Uled
Common Pleas Court
Carl D. Kessler
Reds
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