Gemini 11 Debriefs Detail Space Walk Fatigue Ride Like a Cowboy
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon discuss the mission in self debriefings at Cape Kennedy. They recall the eight day Houston talks and a news conference. Photos show Gordon tethering to the Agena while Conrad comments riding it like a cowboy.
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U S. Jets Down MIG as Battle Rages Near DMZ
U S. pilots downed a Soviet MIG northeast of Hanoi using a Sidewinder during two dogfights over North Vietnam. Two American planes were lost, with 375 total U S. aircraft downed in the north and 120 helicopters lost in the south. Ground fighting near the DMZ involved Marine companies against a reinforced North Vietnamese battalion, with heavy casualties reported and prisoners taken.
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Akron
Ohio
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Associated Press
Horst Faas
Soviet Gift to UN Aimed at U S?
The Soviet Union and Hungary are expected to make voluntary contributions to the U N to ease the peacekeeping deficit. Observers say the move may press U Thant to seek a second term as secretary general, a goal he has rejected. Thant cited budget strains and Viet Nam as factors in his decision.
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Burma
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Thant
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France
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Somalian arms buildup threatens Suez access says Kenya official
Kenya Vice President Joseph Murumbi warns of a Soviet arms buildup in Somalia and the Horn of Africa threatening control of the Aden Straits and the Suez Canal. He cites 20 000 Somali troops with MIG jets and calls for adherence to African frontiers as borders.
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Diamonds and Divas Open New Opera House in Style
The Metropolitan Opera unveiled its $45.7 million Lincoln Center home with a gala as Samuel Barber’s Anthony and Cleopatra opened. Rudolf Bing announced a resolved musician strike, boosting morale among stars like Leontyne Price and Justino Diaz, guests including Mrs Lyndon B Johnson, Ferdinand Marcos, and Senators RFK and Edward Kennedy. The orchestra contract raises weekly pay to $345 by 1968 for five performances.
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Cleopatra
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Puerto Rico
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Max Arons
American Federation of Musicians
Carmichael to Speak in Columbus on Black Power
Stokely Carmichael, SNCC chairman and proponent of Black Power, set to speak in Columbus tonight less than a day after release from Atlanta jail. Sponsor Clinton Walbank notes surprise at Carmichael accepting, following prior jail and riot charges. bond reduced to 1600. John F. Fritz Johnson, formerly Lawrence Bader, dies of cancer in Omaha after disappearing from Akron in 1957.
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Stokely Carmichael
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
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Atlanta
Clinton Walbank
Unitarian Universalist Church
Carmichael
Fellowship For Social Justic
John F
Fritz) Johnson
Lawrence Bader
Akron
Omaha
Neb
Bader
John Johnson
Chuckle the Average Taxpayer Resource Quote
A quoted line notes that the average taxpayer is the first natural resource to be exhausted in America. The remark frames public finances as a diminishing asset.
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America
Weather outlook for Miami Valley warms this weekend
The Miami Valley sees slightly warmer temperatures with a low around 55 tonight and a Sunday high in the mid 70s. A chance of rain is possible tomorrow afternoon.
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Miami Valley
Captured U S Flying Ace Says He Is Treated Well
North Viet Nam identified Lt Burton Wayne Campbell as another captured American pilot. Maj James H Kasler reports a serious leg break but says he is receiving good medical care and is being treated well. Campbell describes his capture after being hit by 37mm anti aircraft fire and being caught as he attempted to escape.
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Tokyo
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Viet Nam
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U.S. Air Force
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Easler
Campbell
Woman Strangled. Poet Note Tied To Victim
Police seek identity of killer with a macabre poetry note. Sharon L. Hutchens, 36, divorced, was found strangled on a Radford lawn with feet bound and a gag bearing a four line poem. Hutchens rose to national attention when she joined the Army with her son Jay Ratcliff in Roanoke May 22, 1965, later discharged July 1, 1966 at Ft. Ord California.
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Sharon L. Hutchens
W. R. Bedwell
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Jay Ratcliff
Roanoke
Ft. Ord
Calif
U S Steel Plans Cold Rolled Sheet Mill Expansion
US Steel announced construction of a cold rolled sheet mill at Irvin Works in Pittsburgh that will nearly double production. Groundbreaking is planned for this fall with completion expected by late 1969. President Worthington said the expansion reaffirms faith in the economy and steel industry prospects in the Pittsburgh area.
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Irvin Works
Leslie B. Worthington
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