Stafford Asks For One Bump In Gemini 9 Docking
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Space pilot Thomas P Stafford proposed a single bump to loosen a shroud covering the augmented target docking adapter. Eugene Cernan and Stafford debated the method as mission control questioned the chances of separating the cover from the target.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
ATDA
Hawaii
Stafford
U.S
Eugene A. Cernan
Mission Control
Cape
Houston
Cernan
Mission Control Center
William CC. Schneider
Draft Call Increases Highlight Routine Pentagon Revisions
The Defense Department publicly revealed a 9 500 increase to May and June draft calls, describing it as routine adjustments due to lower Army volunteer enlistments. Figures show ongoing monthly amendments to Selective Service requests over 10 months, with a hidden 5 000 reduction in February.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Department
Selective Service
Army
Director of Selective Service
Link-Up Attempt Abandoned In Gemini 9 Mission
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Hard luck hit the Gemini 9 crew as they abandoned the angry alligator satellite and postponed Eugene Cernan’s space walk 24 hours to Sunday. Ground controllers failed to free the shroud, ending docking hopes after a 75,000 mile pursuit and a clamshell failure.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Eugene A. Cernan
Mia Padissie
Houston
Tex
Chuckle Husband Urges Saving Through Depression and Prosperity
A husband quips to his wife about saving during the depression to endure the current budget crunch and endure prosperity later. The exchange highlights financial strain and optimistic planning amid tough times.
Self-immolations rise amid Saigon Buddhist crisis and Tiger Division clash
Two Buddhist nuns and a novice monk burn themselves in Saigon Nha Trang and Quang Tri amid escalating Buddhist protests against the South Vietnamese government. Separately Korean Tiger Division reports 119 Viet Cong killed in hand to hand fighting near Qui Nhon as Allied forces pursue Operation Crazy Horse with 464 Viet Cong killed overall.
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South Viet Nam
Tiger Division
Qui Nhon
Saigon
Thich
Na Bao Luan
Buddhist Institute
Dieu Ky
Nha Trang
Quang Tri
Viet Nam
Hue
Binh Thanh
Korean Tiger Division
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S
Navy and Air Force Fly 38 North Vietnam Missions
Navy pilots from Enterprise and Ranger claim destruction or damage to 138 buildings 19 rail boxcars and 13 junks and barges during 38 missions over North Vietnam. US Air Force pilots north of the 17th parallel report six bridges five barges nine buildings and road damage in 30 locations. In South Vietnam American sorties Friday total 354 with ground observers citing 609 buildings and 50 Viet Cong bunkers destroyed or damaged.
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North Viet Nam
Navy
Enterprise
Ranger
US Air Force
17Th Parallel
South Viet Nam
Danny Thomas To Get AMA Layman Award
Entertainer Danny Thomas will receive the American Medical Association laymen’s citation for distinguished service. The award will be presented June 29 in Chicago during the AMA convention.
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Danny Thomas
AMA
American Medical Association
Thomas
Chicago
Man offers to sell life for debt relief in Milan
In Milan a 50 year old man offered to sell his life for 16000 dollars to clear debts for his daughter aged 22. He signed initials LB and said he would die to fund his daughter's future, seeking a country where the life could be taken for the benefit of others.
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Milan
Italy
Paris
Lakota student tops science after near fatal 1965 shooting
An 18 year old Lakota High School graduate, Stephen Wilhite of Maud, is named among Ohio’s top science students. He was shot in the face during a Civil War pageant reenactment in Winchester, Ohio, June 26 1965, spent weeks in a Cincinnati hospital, and returned to finish school. He earned a scholarship to Ohio State University and plans to enroll after graduation.
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Hamilton, Ohio
Lakota High School
Ohio
Stephen Wilhite
Maud
John Hunt Morgan
Winchester
Morgan
West Point
Steve
Cincinnati
Earl Wilhite
Ohio State University
Philippines Senate Votes to Send 2000 Troops to Viet Nam
Manila AP reports the Philippine Senate approved by 15 to 8 a resolution to deploy 2000 troops to Viet Nam. The move follows a government push to support U S allied efforts in Southeast Asia amid regional tensions.
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Manila
Philippine Senate
Viet Nam
Pretty Pictures Of Moon From Surveyor 1
In Pasadena, AP reports America’s camera on the Surveyor 1 moon probe neared 2000 transmissions of lunar photographs. A Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman praised the “very pretty pictures” as about a dozen black and white images have been released to the public after the craft’s soft moon landing.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Weekend Warmth With Dry Sky Seen This Weekend
The Weather Bureau predicts a warm dry weekend with temperatures in the 80s this afternoon and again Sunday. A low near 65 is expected tomorrow morning. Partly cloudy conditions are forecast with no rain in the area.
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Weather Bureau
Skimpy Shroud Defeat Stalls Gemini 9 Docking Test
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Gemini 9 mission faced a failed 90 inch shroud on the target satellite nose that refused to detach delaying the docking test. The shield lacked electrical devices to cut wires and relied on explosive bolts that failed, leaving the shroud to split open like an angry alligator.
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Gemini
Trical
ATDA
Atlas
Thomas P. Stafford
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Saigon, South Viet Nam
Sai
Ngo Dinh Diem
Indianapolis, Ind
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Savng
L.B
TN Science
Philippines
Eugene Kranz
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