Gemini 11 Lands With Seven Records In Atlantic Bay
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard F. Gordon Jr. completed a three day mission with seven space records including 44 orbits and nearly 1.2 million miles. They landed in the Atlantic off Guam aboard the carrier Guam and were flown to safety by helicopter. The flight tested an automatic re entry system and demonstrated hands off reentry guided by computer and instruments.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Guam
Gordon
Conrad
Globe
Pacific
Cloture Try Fails in House Civil Rights Debate
The article analyzes white backlash fears as politicians debate the civil rights bill and housing discrimination. It cites Senate defeat on closing debate, Maryland governor race open housing critic win, and remarks by Vice President Humphrey on regional impact and partisanship. Senator Hart notes Democratic votes against debate closure. Mahoney’s Maryland bid cited as open housing challenge.
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Senate
Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Mahoney
Hart
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Eight Million Get Expanded Coverage With Higher Minimum Wage
Senate approves compromise to raise the minimum wage to 1.60 by 1969, extending coverage to about 8 million more workers. The plan increases from 1.25 to 1.40 next Feb 1 and then to 1.60 a year later, including federal noncivil service, farm workers, hotel and restaurant staff, retail employees, and more.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Labor Department
Wisconsin Butter Oleo Ban Faces Possible Repeal After Defeat
Wisconsin headlines center on Earl Leverich losing the GOP primary as repeal efforts ramp up. Assemblyman Harold Froehlich vows renewed push in 1967, noting Wisconsin remains the last state banning colored oleomargarine. Prices show colored oleo sold in nearby markets while plain oleo carries a tax.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Earl Leverich
State ‘Senate
Agriculture Committee
saidLeverich
Rockford
Ill
Illinois
Harold V. Froehlich
Appleton
Froehlich
Assembly
State Senate
Minnesota
Leverich
Raymond C. Johnson
Eau Claire
Weather notes show clear, cold night and cool Friday
The forecast calls for a clear, colder night with a low around 40 and a Friday partly cloudy and cooler with a high in the upper 60s. A 58 degree 11 am reading today and 25 inches of rain reported last night in Middletown.
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Middletown
Foy Kohler Heads Home After Moscow Visit
U.S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler departed Moscow for a two month trip to the United States. He is to join U.S. Soviet talks and is expected to meet Secretary of State Dean Rusk in New York. Rusk plans talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko around the opening of the U.N. General Assembly on September 20.
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Moscow
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
United States
Kohler
Dean Rusk
New York
Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Marines Strike Near DMZ In Major Beach Invasion
U S Marines landed a reinforced battalion three miles south of the demilitarized zone to block Hanoi forces. More than 1,200 Marines joined two Viet Minh government battalions in the operation as air and ground combat expanded. Casualties tallied across five years of conflict rose with 5,034 American deaths, 238 Allied deaths, and 1,166 enemy killed in the latest week alongside air losses and missing pilots.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Hastings
U.S. Command
Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
North
Chuckle Theme Reflects Household Roles In Headlines
The quip comments on domestic labor norms, contrasting modern housewives with weekend tasks. It frames a social stereotype about husbands and wives in a wry tone, suggesting deferred chores and shared domestic duties.
One Survivor Plucked From German Sub Disaster
A West German training submarine Hai with 21 aboard sank in a North Sea gale. One survivor, boatswain Silbernagle, was rescued after more than 12 hours. two crewmen drowned. A search by British Dutch and Danish aircraft and German ships continued for additional survivors. The Hai was en route to Aberdeen, Scotland, with its sister Hecht and a tender.
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Hamburg
Germany
England
Martin
Defense Ministry
Silbernagle
Aberdeen
Scotland
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Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
South
Alan Bible
Howard W. Cannon
Nevada
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Oleo
Archfoe
Ann Landers
Dr. Crane
Valley News
Eee
Sane Enna
Foy Kohler
Dmz
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