Gemini 4 fuels optimistic Space Age forecasts
A Space Agency official hailed Gemini 4 saying you ain’t seen nothing yet as the flight spurs an accelerated U.S. program. Gemini 4's success prompts plans for longer flights and moon missions within three years with Gemini 5 and future Apollo objectives leading toward space stations and interplanetary aims.
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Houston, Tex
Space Agency
U.S
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Titan
Apollo
Joseph Shea
Mars
Venus
Solar System
Berry
Gemini
Ior
Rebels Name Peace Negotiating Team Amid Stalemate
Dominican rebels appoint a six man peace team led by Col. Francisco Caamano Deno to signal openness to constitutional settlement proposals. The OAS mediators led by Ellsworth Bunker meet with leaders to explore a third force option and revive the 193 constitution with a new government.
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Dominican Republic
Col
Francisco Caamano Deno
Hector Aristy
Caamano
Jottin Sury
Atty
Salvador Blanto
Senate
Anibal Campagna
Organization of American States
OAS
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Ilmar Penna Marinho
Brazil
Ramon de Clairmont Duenas
el Salvador
U.S. Consul Wanamaker Shot in Argentina
U.S. Consul Allison Temple Wanamaker, 39, Seattle, was wounded when a car bullet-riddled his vehicle near Cordoba. He underwent surgery for a left-hand bullet wound and facial injuries. Doctors say he is out of danger. U.S. officials implicate Castro followers as possible attackers.
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Cordoba
Argentina
Allison Temple Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Seattle
Washington
U.S
Fidel Castro
Navy Seeks 11000-Person Manpower Boost for Vietnam War
The Navy proposes extending enlistments and active duty tours by about six months to add some 11 000 officers and sailors. Pentagon officials declined to discuss internal papers as Secretary Nitze faces resistance to voluntary extensions amid the Vietnam war effort.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Navy
Defense Department
Pentagon
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Nitze
Deeense
Chuckle Love Ends in Arm Sink Scene
A playful moment described as Chuckle Love ends with a couplet of arms and a sink scene, illustrating a lighthearted domestic mishap.
Jets pound Vinh depot and other Viet Nam targets
Thirty three American jets hit the Vinh supply depot in North Viet Nam and damaged a power plant near Thanh Hoa. Six bombers sank barges near Ron and damaged a Lan Van radar station at Vinh. In Da Nang and Chu Lan areas Marines killed five Viet Cong and detained 28 suspects.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Vinh
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Jpower
Thanh Hoa
Air Force
Ron
U. S
da Nang
Chu Lan
Tanzania and China denounce U S Viet Nam actions
Tanzania and China issued a joint communique denouncing U S intervention in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic and calling for the withdrawal of American troops. President Julius Nyerere and Premier Chou En-lai said Latin American nations would unite with world public opinion to defeat imperialism.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
China Today
Julius Nyerere
Chou En-lai
Unclear bombardment report from supply depot area
Reported extensive damage to 40 or 50 buildings in the supply depot area as ground fire hindered assessments. Spokesmen claimed 23 tons of 750 pound bombs were dropped with no enemy planes sighted. Navy pilots said they destroyed 1350 per cent of Co Dinh.
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Navy
Co Dinh
Lawford Kennedy Marriage Post Denied by Lawford
Peter Lawford rejects Time magazine report of imminent separation from wife Pat Kennedy. In Hollywood he tells Earl Wilson the claim of a split is false citing a “geographical problem” from work and noting his four children, with Pat identifying as Catholic while he is not.
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New York
Peter Lawford
Lawford
Hollywood
Earl Wilson
New York Post
Wilson
Pat Kennedy
Time Magazine
Pat
Gemini 4 astronauts return after four day spaceflight
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II recovered aboard the USS Wasp after a 1,609,684 mile Gemini mission. Medical teams reported they were sound, active, and cheerful, with hopes for longer flights in August while President Johnson praised their safe return and a possible Texas ranch visit.
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McDivitt
White
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Kennedy
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Uss Wasp
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Mercury
Charles A. Berry
Admn
William McCormick
Howard Minners
United States
Maj. White
Johnson
Wasp
Senate approves 89 million for Southeast Asia aid
The Senate voted 42 26 to add 89 million dollars to the two year foreign aid bill funding a new Southeast Asia development program. An amendment by Sen. J W Fulbright would route much military aid to Latin America through the Organization of American States.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Organization of American States
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
So viet Luna 6 launches in bid for unmanned moon landing
Moscow reports Luna 6, an automatic station, launched toward the moon as a possible second soft landing attempt within a month following Luna 5’s crash. Tass notes an unmanned craft and data gathering while observers compare to the Gemini 4 recovery.
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U.S
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
King Hassan II assumes full powers in Morocco
In Rabat King Hassan II announced he would hold all executive authority after failed coalition talks. He said the move aims to safeguard government stability, recalling ongoing negotiations for a broad coalition following deadly student unrest and troop clashes.
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Rabat
Morocco
Hassan II
Damp night to give way to dry afternoon then showers likely
A damp night and morning give way to dry and warm conditions this afternoon and tonight. A cold front is expected to trigger showers tomorrow afternoon or night. Tonight’s low in the 60s. yesterday’s high reached 81. a trace of rain fell after 8 a.m. yesterday.
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