McDivitt and White Cleared for Gemini 4 Flight
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP America's first space walker James A McDivitt and pilot Edward H White II won official green light for the Thursday Gemini 4 mission with a 9 am EST blastoff. Mission director Kraft called weather and craft in green condition and praised the crew's readiness.
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Edward H. White II
Cape Kennedy
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Charles A. Berry
Mercury
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Ernie Amman
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Peter Linnartz
Marines Kill 20 Viet Cong Near Chu Lai In Victory
U S Marine patrols scored their greatest Vietnam War success near Chu Lai 52 miles south of Da Nang, killing 20 Viet Cong guerrillas without losses. Meanwhile North Vietnamese gunners shot down two U S Navy planes about 70 miles south of Hanoi, with all five crewmen reported killed. American and South Vietnamese air forces pressed strikes across regions including Ba Gia in Quang Ngai and Pleiku to Lam Thanh roads as casualties mounted on both sides. Defense Dept identified the ambush victims as Maj. Bernard W. Dibbet and Sgt. Hugh M. Robbins.
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Pleiku
Defense Department
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Fayetteville
N.C
Set
Hugh M. Robbins
Lawton
Okla
Ebony claims Negro astronaut Dwight out of program
Ebony Magazine states Air Force Capt Edward Dwight Jr., America's only Negro astronaut, was dropped from NASA training. NASA officials say they do not release applicant names, and Dwight reportedly has not been at Cape Kennedy but at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Ebony cites a letter Dwight wrote about racial pressure during training at the Aerospace School.
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Ebony Magazine
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Air Force
Edward Dwight Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
NASA
Ebony
Dwight
Cape Kennedy
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Kansas City
Department of Defense
Aerospace School
Tidelands Meet Stated Sunday in Baton Rouge
Gov. McKeithen’s office says telegrams were sent for a mansion conference Sunday on tidelands strategy. Invited are the Louisiana congressional delegation, the governor’s tidelands advisory committee, and the State Mineral Board. The board may pursue up to 70 million dollars in a down payment settlement of the tidelands boundary dispute. The committee and Mineral Board met Tuesday and scheduled the weekend session.
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Governor's Committee
Mineral Board
House approves 4.8 billion excise tax cut bill
The House passed a 4.8 billion excise tax cut including an average 75 decrease on autos. The bill moves to the Senate for quick handling with anticipated repeal of several excise taxes on July 1, and the auto tax cut would drop three percentage points.
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House
Senate
Junta backs elections in Dominican Republic under OAS supervision
The Dominican junta proposed elections supervised by the Organization of American States be held soon. It would allow all parties recognized by the Central Electoral Board to participate, potentially including exiled ex-President Juan Bosch’s party. The decision on Bosch’s candidacy remained unclear.
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Organization of American States
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Donald Reid Cabral
Bosch
Puerto Rico
Antonio Imbert Barrera
U.S
William Tapley Bennett Jr
OAS
Jose A. Mora
Johnson
Washington
West Monroe men attend June Is Daily Month luncheon
Eu gene Smith and A P Knight traveled from West Monroe to Alexandria for a Louisiana Department of Agriculture luncheon marking the June Is Daily Month. Mrs. Mattie Edney reports the Monroe area’s first ripe fig of the season, picked May 31 and brought to the office Tuesday, the earliest fruit seen.
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Alexandria
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Eugene Smith
Mattie Edney
N. St. St
Monroe
Gemini Coverage Planned For Four Day Space Flight
The Monroe News-Star and Morning World will publish in depth reporting on the four day Gemini mission. AP and UPI reporters will cover from Cape Kennedy Houston and the USS Wasp with photos and wirephotos provided.
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Loh
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Texas
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Max Skelton
Garth Jones
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Henry Burroughs
Space
UPI
News- Star
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Viet Confab Advocated By Republicans
Washington Republicans urged a free world Viet Nam conference and dispatched a congressmen task force to inspect NATO, while pledges from the GOP platform met internal criticism. They avoided calling for nuclear options and left major policy decisions to Congress though noting splits within the party over civil rights enforcement.
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Viet Nam
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Republican Coordinating Committee
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Shreveport Medical School Bill Advances Despite Opposition
In Baton Rouge Sen Jamar Adcock cautioned against a Shreveport medical school, while Monroe supported it. The Senate approved the bill 28 to 9. critics warned of costs and facilities, but proponents cited Shreveport's hospitals and federal aid, with $5 million total estimate.
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News-Star Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
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Shreveport
George T. Walker
Northeast Louisiana State College
Monroe
Shreveport Medical School
Senate
Lawrence Gibbs
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Sicily Island
North Louisiana
Solon
Garland Bonin
Lafayette
J. D. DeBlieux
Davis
Sylvan Friedman
Natchitoches
Partly Cloudy Warm Forecast For Northeast Louisiana
Weather forecast for northeast Louisiana calls for partly cloudy skies through Thursday with little temperature change. Highs 56 to 92 degrees, lows tonight 68 to 72, southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Monroe Tuesday highs reached 93 with a 70 overnight low.
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Monroe
Ex experts propose polythene garbage can design
Ten experts spent a year studying the issue and released 16 feet of engineering calculations to local town councils. They present a design for a perfect garbage can made of polythene that resists clutter, cleans easily with soap and water, endures rough use, and is so light it can be lifted with one finger when empty.
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London
UPI
Mail Education of GM President Roache Affects Hiring
James M Roche, 58, elected GM president, rose from a Chicago Cadillac statistician to top corporate duties after mail courses in business. He never attended college and credits a Chicago correspondence school for much of his education. His promotion signals expected top-level reshuffles at General Motors.
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General Motors
James M. Roche
Roche
Chicago
John F. Gordon
Cadillac Division
Elgin
Aurora, Hl
Cadillac
Gordon
Conference Report Adopted After House Fight
Senate accepted a conference report reducing 322 052 from a 3.3 million education add on fast growing schools while House leaders warned the general appropriations bill could die if rejected The plan hinges on SB25 to tighten wholesale sales tax collection which administration officials say could raise 8 to 10 million and fund future needs including a broader sales tax base for next year
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John J. McKeithen
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Lawrence Gibbs
Monroe
Homer Russell
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Department of Education
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Sen
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Jennings
John McKeithen
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