Toughest mission ahead for astronauts
Space twins McDivitt and White awaited a week of parades and celebrations after the Gemini 4 mission. President Johnson promoted several Air Force officers, including Grissom and Cooper, and White described no sensation of falling during the EVA.
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Houston
Tex
America
Space Twins
James A. MecDivitt
Edward H. White II
Manned Space Center
Space Center
Texas
Johnson
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper
Virgil I. Grissom
Grissom
Cooper
McDivitt
White
Ques
Surrender ends nationwide manhunt for Duane Pope
Duane Pope 22, fresh from college, told McPherson College president and Kansas City police he is tired of running and wants to surrender. FBI took him into custody nine minutes after his surrender, arraigned on bank robbery and murder links, and jailed on 100000 bond. Pope had traveled from Wichita to Dallas San Diego Tijuana Las Vegas before the surrender with the big Springs Neb bank deaths and a wounded survivor cited.
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Duane Pope
Pope
Big Springs
Neb
FBI
Lee Cisel
Farmers State Bank of
D. W. Bittinger
McPherson
Kan.) College
State Hotel
Kansas City
Dr. Bittinger
Cpl
Vernon Scoville
Scoville
Roxbury
Kan
Duane
Earl Pope
Earl Dissly
Wichita
Dallas
San Diego
Tijuana
Mex
Las Vegas
Dissly
Nebraska
Devel County
Robert E. Richards
Senate votes $200 million cut in foreign aid authorization
The Senate approved a $200 million across-the-board reduction in Johnson’s foreign aid authorization for next two years amid charges of waste. Sen. Morse led the amendment, with a 40 to 35 vote, while he previously failed to push a larger cut. Leaders planned to stay in session Monday to push further amendments on a country-by-country basis.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Morse
Freighter Afire Off Baltimore
A flash fire in the engine room of the Colombian freighter Ciudad de Nieva raced through fuel aboard the vessel on Chesapeake Bay. Firefighters were frustrated as crew sought refuge on Coast Guard cutters. one second officer Ramon S. Eraso, 36, of Cartagena was critically burned and treated ashore.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Chesapeake Bay
Ciudad de Nieva
Colombia
Ramon S. Eraso
Cartagena
U. S. Public Health Service
Weekend Forecast Promises Continued Dry Spell
The U S Weather Bureau reports no break in the dry spell this week end with mostly fair and warm conditions. A few widely scattered thundershowers may occur tonight, with tonight's low in the mid-60s and Sunday's high around 85 degrees.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Sanderson Flood Toll Rises In West Texas Town
Relief crews continued hunting for bodies after a flash flood devastated Sanderson Texas killing at least 13. State Police reported 16 missing as 75 homes and a dozen businesses were wrecked and the town isolated by 15 counties aiding on horseback.
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Sanderson
Tex
Sanderson Canyon
Texas
U.S. Policy Unshaken by Saigon Power Shift in Vietnam
U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor returns to Saigon with President Johnson s guidance. Officials say policy in Southeast Asia remains firm despite Premier Phan Huy Quat s mediation crisis and military takeover. Taylor forecasts two months of heavy fighting and higher casualties as American forces near 20 000 combat troops in Vietnam.
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Washington
U. S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Southeast Asia
Defense Department
Taylor
Johnson
Phan Huy Quat
Pham Khac Suu
Survivor recalls Sanderson flood and Johnsons tragedy
Morris Nichols a 22 year old railroad brakeman and former football player recounts escaping rising flood waters in Fort Stockton Texas. He watched seven members of the John Wesley Johnson family die and one Johnson boy survive after being pulled from the wreckage. He describes the wall of water washing cars away and his struggle to reach safety and aid amid the chaos.
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Morris Nichols
Husky Railroad
John Wesley Jonson
Fort Stockton
Tex
Johnsons
John
Sister hopeful as six family members missing in Utah flood
Keith M Woodruff and six relatives are missing after a flash flood swept Sheep Creek Canyon near Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The overturned car was found buried in silt at Palisades Park. Daggett County authorities say all seven may be dead as searchers plan dawn to resume.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Keith M. Woodruff
Lorna
Sheep Creek Canyon
Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff
Keith
Daggett County
Kenneth Reed
Mariner 4 Flight Turns on Canopus Guidance
In Pasadena a JPL spokesman says Mariner 4, bound for Mars, has one technical hurdle before its July 14 fly by. An electronic memory box around the 575 pound spacecraft will issue commands to improve Canopus based guidance. If all goes well Monday, no further events are scheduled until the TV camera activation.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mariner
Canopus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Divorce Modernity Turns On Wedding Quips
A lighthearted note on marriage and divorce suggests that in contemporary times the wedding ceremony dominates the end of a relationship. The remark implies a playful critique of how quickly unions are formed and dissolved.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Quat
Nguyen Cao Ky
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