Viet Cong Offensive in Quang Ngai Fails to Reach Sea
AP reports a major Viet Cong assault in Quang Ngai Province failed to reach Ba Gia and the sea. Government troops and U.S. air power halted the attack with heavy Viet Cong losses, while Ba Gia saw fierce fighting and ranger and marine casualties.
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Quang Neai
Quang Ngai
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Ba Gin
Quang Neal
39Th Rangers
List Regiment
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Astoria
N.Y
Willie D. Trrone
Abilene
Tex
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Dan
Johnson presses Soviet Jews rights at Madison Square Garden
President Johnson urged the Soviet Union to ease restrictions on Jews to ease U S Soviet tensions. He spoke at a rally for Soviet Jews at Madison Square Garden attended by about 15 000 people organized by 40 major Jewish groups.
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New York
Johnson
Soviet Union
United States
Madison Square Garden
Spacemen To Have Beards Upon Return
Houston based report notes Gemini 4 crew Edward H White and James A McDivitt may return with facial hair since no razors are aboard. Hygiene includes lint-free towels wet tabs toothpaste absent and chewing gum for mouth cleaning. Waste is managed by urine transfer and onboard storage with disinfectant pills.
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Houston
Tex
Edward H. White
James A. McDivitt
Atlantic Ocean
W. W. Kemmerer Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Microbiology
Kemmerer
Erhard to Meet Johnson in Washington on NATO Talks
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard will meet President Johnson in Washington for talks likely to cover NATO alliance tensions Viet Nam and trade with the Communist world officials said The lunch for Erhard and aides will follow the White House discussions The chancellor will also meet Defense Secretary McNamara and Secretary of State Rusk before talks with Congress and departure for Bonn He arrived from New York where Columbia University awarded him an honorary degree.
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UPI
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
NATO
Viet Nam
White House
Erhard
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Congress
Bonn
New York
Columbia University
Scientists Study Astronaut Bones After Return
Houston AP reports scientists will compare X rays and conduct bone densitometry tests on astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II after return to determine how weightlessness affects bones. A $10,000 contract to Texas Women's University funds the study with multiple measurements before launch and after recovery.
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Houston, Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
U.S
Manned Spacecraft Center
Texas Women’s University
McDivitt
White
Johnson Wants Wagner To Run Wagner Faces Kennedy Rivalry Threat
President Johnson presses New York power brokers to back Wagner’s reelection as Democratic defense against Kennedy rise. Lindsay could unite GOP and fuse with two Democrats, possibly making Wagner the state party lynchpin. Kennedys and Johnson exchange sharp lines over Cuba and Dominican policy amid looming 1964 electoral battles.
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United Press International
Johnson
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
New York
LBJ
Great Society
New York State
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Rep
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Lindsay
Space Riders Face Sleep And Appetite Troubles In Orbit
Houston AP report notes astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II share disrupted sleep and eating amid a successful space walk. White takes a four hour sleep shift while McDivitt eats lightly. Medical staff cite excitement and jubilation as the cause and outline a schedule of alternating four hour sleep periods and four meals daily for the remainder of the flight.
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White
Dwayne Catterson
Mission Control
Catterson
McDivitt
Mission Control Center
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