Gemini III twosome steer Molly Brown in new orbit
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP America's space twins Virgil Grissom and John Young shift the Gemini III Molly Brown through a new orbit above Texas marking a historic first in orbital path control during a four hour mission. The crew tested maneuvering jets to alter altitude and trajectory as part of preparations for lunar missions.
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Grand Turk Island
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Marchers Push Through Swamp on Selma Pilgrimage
Rain slowed about 300 marchers on the third day of a 50 mile civil rights pilgrimage from Selma toward Montgomery. King left camp for Selma, Cleveland, and a visit to honor him, planning to return midweek. Leaders John Lewis Albert Turner Charles Rangel George Fowler Norman Houston led the line, with Nell Washburn of Atlanta among marchers in the swampy terrain tonight.
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Cleveland
Ohio
Montgomery
John Lewis
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Albert Turner
Marion
Charles Rangle
New York
George Fowler
New York Commission On Human Rights
Norman Houston
Los Angeles
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Nell Washburn
Atlanta
Lab Tests May Lead To Bomber Lab Tests May Lead To Bomber
Authorities hope Washington lab reports will yield a lead in the six potent bombs found within a four mile radius of northwest Birmingham. The devices targeted Black neighborhoods near the 16th Street Baptist Church site. FBI exam reports were expected today as detectives conducted door to door interviews and faced bomb threats at four high schools. An explosion in nearby Bessemer damaged a utility pole base near a clay products plant, adding to a tense investigation.
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Frank House
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Bessemer
Man Found Dead in Fairborn Jail Cell
In Fairborn Ohio AP reports David McLane 28 of Springfield was found dead in his jail cell Monday. Police say McLane who faced robbery charges apparently died by his own action, strangled with a chain linking a bunk to a wall.
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Chuckle Credit Card Tip Sparks Frugal Laughs
A light humor item notes a credit card as a convenient way to spend money one wishes to have, offering a playful take on budgeting quirks and everyday spending temptations.
Brezhnev vows aid to North Viet Nam as U S attacked
In Red Square Brezhnev declares the Soviet Union will strengthen its defense and aid to North Viet Nam amid U S bombing. He accuses American imperialists of threatening world peace and warns attackers they face a coming pit from which they may not escape. Leonov’s space tale moves Brezhnev to tears.
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Sochi
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Volga
Urals
Yenisey
River
Nonlethal Gas Use Stirf Controversy
London AP reports noncommunists in Europe join Communists in condemning nonlethal gas used by U.S. and Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam. About 50 Labour MPs and three Liberals petition PM Harold Wilson to denounce gas and napalm bombing. Notables Philip Noel-Baker and Arthur Blenkinsop signed. Some British papers call the tactic a propaganda boon to enemies while others fear it.
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South Viet Nam
Harold Wilson
Phil
Ip Noel Baker
Arthur Blenkinsop
Labor Party
House of Commons
Guardian
Missing Navy copter carrying four near Stockton
A Navy SH34 helicopter with four aboard including Alameda Marine Air Reserve executive officer Lt Col John Patrick Flynn and Oakland Tribune military writer Tom Flynn vanished Monday night between Stockton and the Sierra Nevada. Marine Capt Clifford E. Reese piloted the aircraft from Alameda Naval Air Station and no crewman was identified. The last radio contact came about 15 miles northeast of Stockton.
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Plane Missing With 29 Aboard Sparks Bogota Search
A ground and air search began for a Colombian airliner missing with 29 aboard after it vanished Monday night over forested mountains on a Bogota to Bucaramanga flight. The aircraft carried 26 passengers and a crew of three, all believed Colombian.
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Radar Station Destroyed In N Viet Nam
Eight Vietnamese fighter bombers knocked out the Ban Binh radar station near the border and attacked multiple military convoys along Route 1 in North Vietnam. One bomber was hit but returned to Da Nang. American planes accompanied the raid, number undisclosed. US jets also struck near Da Nang as ground forces reported heavy anti aircraft fire and quick air support responses.
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Ranger 9 primed for live lunar surface closeups
Pasadena AP dispatch reports Ranger 9 fired a small steering rocket to nudge the camera craft toward a crash on the moon. Officials expect the impact at 9 08 a m EST tomorrow and plan to broadcast live closeups of the surface. If successful the mission could guide future astronaut landing sites.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Fla
Abbott Case Heads To Jury In Cincinnati Trial
Robert B. Abbott, a Dayton, Kentucky salesman, faces a murder trial for killing nurse Wanda Cook. Closing arguments completed. a five-wemale and seven-man jury begins deliberations with verdict possible tonight or after a Wednesday restart. If convicted Abbott, 21, could face the death penalty. Abbott and fiancee Alice Ewing testified Monday amid dramatic reappearances at the witness stand.
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Robert B. Abbott
Dayton, Ky
Wanda Cook
Melvin G. Rueger
Harry H. Meliwain
Common Pleas
Louis Schneider
Abbott
Abott
Alice Ewing
Bellevue
Unpleasant Weather With Windy Showers Then Snow Flurries
Forecaster warns of windy showers turning colder tonight with a low near 36. Tomorrow repeats the wet pattern with snow flurries replacing rain. Yesterday’s high reached 59 while today’s low dropped to 43.
Gemini mission aims to test orbital maneuvers by Grissom
Grissom would control most of the flight with two orbital lowering adjustments. Young would assess spacecraft systems and take control for 20 minutes in the third phase. The test seeks to prove Gemini can maneuver for future demanding satellite operations as Titan 2 roared from Cape Canaveral and a wide vapor plume formed behind.
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Mercury
Bolivian President Survives Eighth Assassination Attempt
In Cochabamba, 140 miles southeast of La Paz, President Rene Barrientos, head of Bolivia's ruling military junta, survived an attack as a motorcyclist opened fire on his jeep. Barrientos, 45, wore a bulletproof vest and was treated for a buttock wound and a knee injury. A garrison blamed elements opposed to the national majority backing Barrientos. the assassin fled into the night.
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