Astronauts welcomed amid Chicago civil rights protests
About 2,500 people greeted astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White in Chicago for a heroes parade. Civil rights groups prepared additional demonstrations over de facto school segregation, risking traffic jams and more arrests as officials urged calm.
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Chicago
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
O'Hare International
Houston
Tex
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
White
MecDivitt
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
Otto Kener
Albert Raby
Dick Gregory
Public Attorney To Be Named For staying Suspect
A U S District Court judge was to appoint an attorney for Pope held on federal bank robbery charges in Big Springs Nebraska after a Missouri surrender. J Whitfield Moody, former assistant U S attorney and public defender in Jackson County, was proposed to represent Pope through his Missouri status. Pope, football captain and McPherson College graduate, faces a June 23 preliminary hearing and possible double jeopardy trials in state and federal courts with the death penalty as a potential option. Pope’s family visited him, while Dr Bittinger of McPherson College had advised surrender but was denied access.
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Kansas City, Mo
Pope
Big Springs
Neb
John W. Oliver
J. Whitfield Moody
Missouri
Moody
Jackson County
F. Russell Millin
Western Missouri
McPherson
Kan
Richling
Kansas City
Dennis
Elle
Roxbury
Dr. Bittinger
Meherrson College
Mariner 4 Nears Mars Closeup With Final Target Fix
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 4, launched Nov 2 from Cape Kennedy, is set to refine its Canopus star fix at 80 am PDT aiding the 325 million mile Mars mission. NASA officials say major systems function well and the next televised Mars images may wait until July 14.
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Pasadena
Calif
United States
Mariner 4
Red Planet
Canopus
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mars
Jet Laboratory
Four Die In Flaming Car Crash On Bay Bridge Tunnel
Four people died in a fiery crash on the $200 million Bay Bridge Tunnel span in Norfolk Virginia. The victims, reportedly in a Connecticut registered car, were unidentified at first. Police said a tire failure on a tractor-trailer caused the two lane bridge collision.
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Norfolk
Bay Bridge
Connecticut
Weather outlook and temperatures trend
Fair weather continues through tomorrow with a gradual warm up. Highs today and tomorrow are in the 80s. yesterday reached 88 and a low of 53 today.
Chuckle Always Put Off Until Tomorrow
A humorous maxim urges avoiding procrastination by tackling tasks today rather than delaying them. The misquote frames a light reminder about efficiency and habit.
Controversial Bills May Hold Up Adjournment
AP reports Congress faces delays on voting rights union shops foreign aid elderly health care minimum wage base closures reapportionment and taxes. Senate and House debate may push adjournment beyond Labor Day with recess possible after a fall session.
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House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
House Rules Committee
House Labor Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Commonwealth chiefs in London oppose US Viet Nam policy
African and Asian Commonwealth leaders press for a statement dissociating the group from US Viet Nam policy and call for an end to white rule in Rhodesia. They urge Britain Australia and New Zealand to push democracy and seek peace talks without preconditions at the forthcoming conference.
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London
Africa
Asia
U.S
Britain
Rhodesia
Commonwealth
New Zealand
United States
Viet Nam
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
U. S
Harold Wilson
Southeast Asia
Belgrade
Chinese Whip Up War Fever in Canton and Hong Kong
Reporters describe Canton in southern China under rising war nerves as authorities urge older residents to relocate to rural areas and recruit young men for service on Hainan. Some Hong Kong papers hint at a war preparation evacuation though Western intelligence lacks immediate confirmation.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
Red Party Split Nears Showdown
Moscow reports a Soviet Communist party push for a showdown meeting over the rift with China. Pravda cites a pro Soviet Portuguese Communist party call for a world party conference. Peking accuses Moscow of covertly seeking peace talks on Vietnam to aid U S interests.
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Red
Henry S. Bradsher
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Peking
Kremlin
Pravda
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Hundred Bodies Found on Plantation North of Don G Poignant Viet Nam Mass Casualties
Vietnamese rangers uncovered about 100 bodies of government troops in a rubber plantation near Dong Xoai, including remains of the 7th Airborne Battalion. U.S. officials said elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade moved to Phuoc Vinh to protect the Dong Xoai area as Viet Cong assaults continued across Vietnam. Air strikes by 90 American and Vietnamese planes hit targets from the 17th Parallel to the south, with multiple barracks and depots reported damaged.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dong Noai
7Th Airborne
U.S
Dong Xoai
Airorne
Phuoc Vinh
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
North Viet Nam
Ban Xom Lom Barracks
Hanoi
South Vet Nam
US. Navy
Marine Corps
Willam C. Westmoreland
Foces
Dong Xeai
Cao van Vien
Man Buys Nevada Town for $85,000 and Moves In
Kenneth Krueger and his wife Jeannette purchase Curie Nevada population 50 along U.S. 93 for 85 thousand dollars. They inherit town duties and plan a frontier style life running the store and service station while relocating from the San Francisco area. The Kurgeers aim to revive Curie with new social life and a real old frontier ethos.
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Kenneth Krueger
Jeanette Hope
Nevada
Menlo Park
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
Curie
Jeannette
Krueger
Currie
Moto
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
San Francisco
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Reilly
Robert Richards
Devel County
Theodore Richling
Omaha
Nebraska
Mariner
Pasadena, Calif
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Mart
Ann Landers
Seteetere
House of the Week
Thesier TV
Sybil Burton
Richard Burton
Jordan Christopher
New York
Arthur
Christopher
William F. Arbogast
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
By Louis Nevin
Hainan
North
Gulf of Tonkin
Paris
Viet Nan
Soviet Union
Ba Bon Army Barracks
Norh
Demilitarized Zone
Neuyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cae Ky
Thieuw
Sae
Phan Khac Suu
Oeme
Preaver Phan Kuy Qual
Pricu
Qual
Goshute and Ruby Mountains
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Ely
Kruegers
Suburbia
California
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