Two Gemini Astronauts Soak Up New York Welcome
Virgil Grissom and John Young cap a 14 hour day with a ticker tape parade and a Broadway show in wet weather. 1600 theatergoers cheered Hello Dolly while 2000 admirers crowded outside. The pair met fans at the Waldorf Astoria reception before traveling to Chicago for another honors stop.
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New York
America
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
New York City
City Hall
Grissom
Waldorf-Astoria
Andrea
Navy
Cmdr. Young
Air Force
Broadway
Richard Patterson
Lower Manhattan
John H. Glenn Jr
Robert F. Wagner
Hubert H. Humphrey
Young
Atlantic
Newark Airport
Chicago
Newark City Hall
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Four year old? Fire victim dies in hospital
A 4yearold man died at Huron Road Hospital Monday night from burns received in a home fire. Charles Lane suffered second and third degree burns over 4 percent of his body Saturday.
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Cleveland
Huron Road Hospital
Charles Lane
Johnson escorts African guest to Lincoln Memorial midnight visit
President Johnson joins President Maurice Yameogo of Upper Volta and his wife at the Lincoln Memorial after a state dinner. An aide lights the way as they view the illuminated statue, with Yameogo calling it formidable in French.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Maurice Yameogo
Upper Volta
Yameogo
Lincoln
U.S
Saigon
Dean Rusk
Rusk
A. Alexis Johnson
Air Force
Lynda
Blair House
Presidential Guest House
Secret Service
Oval Office
Dallas mother leaves Parkland after kidney transplant
A 22 year old Dallas mother Mary Ellen Crawford left Parkland Hospital 39 days after a rare kidney transplant. Doctors from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School transplanted kidneys from a gunshot victim to Mrs Crawford and Sylvia Shartz 40, who remained in critical condition.
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Dallas
Tex
Parkland Hospital
Mary Ellen Crawford
Ricky
Billy Jr
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Crawford
Sylvia Shartz
National Guard Tightens Rules on Racial Discrimination
The National Guard Bureau issued new regulations threatening withdrawal of federal recognition and funding from any unit that discriminates against Black enrollees or personnel. The rules cover the Army and Air National Guards and aim to end token integration, with loss of federal money and equipment if states resist.
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Washington
National Guard Bureau
Associated Press
Army National Guard
Air National Guard
Secret ferry service helps Cuban refugees flee Cuba
Cuban exiles operate a secret ferry from Cuba to the United States using two boats supplied by FAYCA. Eighty five refugees arrive at the Cuban Refugee Center Mon Jammed after crossing in vessels 24 and 21 feet long, the largest small boat group since 1959. Gervasio Rivero of FAYCA says the organization has made numerous trips to Cuba and back with refugees.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
FAYCA
Castro
Gervasio Rivero
Cuba
Architect Walter Ahlschlager Sr. to be laid to rest in Dallas
Funeral services were set today in Dallas for Walter W. Ahlschlager Sr. an architect known for designing CincinnatiCarew Tower and numerous other structures. He died Sunday night at age 77.
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Dallas
Walter W. Ahlschlager
Cincinnati
Carew Tower
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Rocers Jewelry
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Verity Parkway
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