Apollo 7 lands safely after 11 day space mission
Navy and air crew recover astronauts Walter Cunningham Donn Eisele and Walter Schirra Jr. after Apollo 7 splashdown in the Atlantic. The crew, ferried to USS Essex 330 miles southeast of Bermuda, appeared tired but in good health amid nationwide cheers and a Johnson White House call.
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Walter Cunningham
Bermuda
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Nixon Starts Ohio Tour With Middletown Rally
The Nixon Victory Special arrived in Middletown at 8 17 a.m. for a 6 000 strong crowd. Nixon urged a new leadership team to push private job growth and a foreign policy without war while noting past Middletown visits. He spoke with Pat Nixon and others before departing for Dayton.
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U. S. Senate
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Cincinnati
America
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Truman
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Dayton
Reds Shell Marine Base War's Lull May Be Over
North Vietnam shells Dong Ha and nearby Long Binh and Dong Tam bases as cease fire winds down. Collateral casualties include three Americans and three South Vietnamese civilians. raids on other targets continue amid POW release and ongoing peace talks.
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Saigon
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3Rd Marine Division
Dong Ha
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U.S. A
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Dong Tam
Vientiane
Mit
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Hanoi
U. S
Panhandle
Viet Cong
S Liberation Press Agency
United States
Paris
Nixon Visit Draws Vast Crowd in Early Morning
Thousands gathered before dawn in Butler County to glimpse presidential candidate Richard Nixon. Teenage Republicans helped decorate as the Nixon Special train arrived at the station amid signaling and applause, with the crowd awaiting his appearance.
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Lyndon
Middletown
Nixon
Gun Bill Nears White House Signature After Kenne dy Death
The gun control bill moves toward final approval as President Johnson prepares to sign at the White House. It bans mail order gun and ammunition sales and would be the tightest federal firearms measure in decades, with penalties up to five years in prison or a $5,000 fine.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
White House
Kennedy
Congress
Middletown Weather Outlook with Warmer Temperatures
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for increasing clouds and warmer temperatures with a chance of scattered showers today. Highs reach upper 60s to mid 70s, tonight near 40. Wednesday stays partly cloudy and cool with a 67 degree high yesterday and a 42 degree low this morning.
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Middletown
Michigan CAP Asked To Join Air Search
Michigan Civil Air Patrol members were asked to join a continuing search for a missing aircraft believed piloted by a man from Ohio. The pilot, Hector Per, reportedly bought a blue and white plane last Thursday in Bay City and was last seen Monday practicing takeoffs and landings at Bay City and Pontiac airports with a possible plan to fly to Lorain.
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Hector Per
Pontiac
Lorain
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