Gemini 8 astronauts survive emergency space spin
Astronauts David Scott and Neil Armstrong waited in the Gemini 8 capsule as a destroyer and pararescue teams moved in after an emergency reentry near Okinawa. The retrorocket packet may have caused the failure, and NASA officials said the incident was serious. The Mason and crew prepared to transport Armstrong and Scott to Cape Kennedy for debriefing and future program implications.
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Tachikawa
Japan
David Scott
Neil Armstrong
Western Pacific
John W. Maddox
Mulberry
Fla
Maddox
U.S. Air Force
Creighton W. Forst
Mesa
Ariz
Okinawa
Armstrong
Scott
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert Gilruth
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Naha
Cape Kennedy
U.S
Oe Agena
AT Space Center
Houston
Defense
Pacific
Risky Landing Was Real Success
Cape Kennedy reports a partial Gemini 8 recovery success as Armstrong and Scott are pulled from the Pacific. The Mason destroyer and supporting aircraft spotted the capsule and staged the rescue, with a planned Agena docking mission to follow.
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Leonard F. Mason
Armstrong
Scott
Boxer
Atlantic
U.S
Mission Control
B52s Hit Red Regulars Near Saigon in Major Vietnam Action
U S Air Force bombers struck a North Vietnamese regiment 35 miles north of Saigon as allied ground forces pressed the jungle front. The battle left 275 enemy killed in four hours, with reports identifying the unit as North Vietnamese regulars.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
D Zone
Con
North Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
U.S. Command
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Bao Trai
Honolulu
Tuy Hoa
South China Sea
Central Highlands
25Th Infantry
Reds Free American in Berlin After 17 Months
John Van Altena Jr., 21, of Milton Junction Wisconsin, was released by East German authorities after serving 17 months of an eight year sentence for attempting to smuggle a East German woman and her child through the Berlin wall in the trunk of his car. He had been arrested in October 1964 and freed at the wall on Wednesday. His mother said the family had heard mixed reports but he indicated he acted, not denying everything. He had gone to Germany to work for Lufthansa six months before his arrest. An informed Berlin source said he wished to return home and was taken to a West Berlin location to rest.
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Berlin
John van Altena Jr
van Altena
Milton Junction
Wix
Berlin Wall
John van Altena
Germany
West Germany
Lufthansa
West Berlin
Standby Tax Plan Backed by Senate Panel Amid Debate
The Senate House Economic Committee urged Congress to enact a standby tax increase to fight inflation, though experts split four ways on timing and details. They agreed income tax rise should be included and a joint resolution could trigger new rates in a single day. The group also urged suspending the 7 percent investment tax credit immediately.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
Congress
Republican Committee
Weather shifts to cloudy, warm tonight with possible showers
Increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures are forecast for tonight with a low near 50. Friday will be cloudy and mild with scattered showers and thundershowers likely. yesterday’s high reached 64 and the overnight low fell to 30.
De Gaulle's NATO Crisis Examined
President Johnson meets with top state and Defense officials to discuss De Gaulle's pullout from NATO and U S policy. Key aides including Rusk Ball Bohlen and Acheson join a late evening briefing on French policy and attitudes. The United States remains confident NATO will endure as a 14 nation defense alliance.
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Washington
Johnson
State
Defense Department
Western Alliance
Charles de Gaulle
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
de Gaulle
U.S
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Defense
Cyrus R. Vance
Dean Acheson
Charles E. Bohlen
John M. Leedy
Rusk
Acheson
Bohlen
Paris
United States
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
Plane Hits Duck on Takeoff Delays No Landing
A Delta Air Lines DC9 carrying 60 passengers hit a flock of ducks at about 3,000 feet on takeoff from St. Louis. A 12 inch hole opened in the right wing but the jet landed safely in Memphis, with fire engines waiting as a precaution. Captain David Thayer of Chicago said he knew a bird strike occurred but that everything was all right upon landing.
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Memphis
Federal Aviation Agency
Kansas City
St. Louis
Arms Cache Found at Harlem Black Arts Theater
Police uncovered a cache of weapons at the Black Arts Repertory Theater on 109 West 130th Street in Harlem. The discovery followed an incident near midnight with gunfire as detectives questioned men leaving the theater.
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NEW York
Harlem
Black Arts Repertory Theater
W.130th St
Khan
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Ann Landers
Crane
Valley News
Thayer
Black Arts Theater
Leroi Jones
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