Gemini Pilots Set Record For Agena Docking
Secretary Henry Fowler told Congress Johnson's economic program aims to curb inflation not raise taxes and urged a 16 month suspension of the investment credit. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield filed a cloture petition on the civil rights bill, signaling a stalled debate amid a restrained filibuster as Dirksen and others weigh votes and timing.
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Washington
Treasur
Henry H .Fowler
Congress
Johnson
Fowler
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Thurmond
Everet M. Dirksen
Dirksen
John T. Connor
Crow
Chase Manhattan Bank
United States
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Gemini 11 achieves record first orbit rendezvous with Agena
Cape Kennedy AP report details Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon Jr. docking with an Agena target satellite 185 miles above the Pacific, completing the first orbit rendezvous in a three day mission. The crew demonstrated docking maneuvers, planned experiments, and a sequence of space activities including two EVAs, a long duration stand up space walk, and tethered formation testing. Splashdown is set for Thursday in the western Atlantic about 725 miles southeast of Cape Kennedy.
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Richard Gordon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
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Mission Control
Pacific Ocean
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Calif
Conrad
Navy
Cmdr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
United States
Gemini
California
Tananarive
Malagasy Republic
Africa
Gordon
Australia
Atlantic
Earth
Fire Kills 14 as Alaska Hotel Burns in Anchorage
An early morning blaze destroyed the Lane Hotel near Anchorage's business district. At least 14 people died, with 25 registered guests possible. searchers faced a collapsed roof and water-logged ruins while investigators probed a boiler-room explosion theory.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Fourth Ave
C St
Joe Rothstein
Anchorage Daily News
John Uhles
Pilot Earns Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam
1 Lt. Thomas Lastrapes, an F-4C Phantom II pilot and Monroe native by marriage, has flown 160 combat missions and received the Distinguished Flying Cross at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base Vietnam for bravery in Southeast Asia.
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Merton A. Abington
Pargoud Blvd
Monroe
Thomas Lastrapes
Air Force
Cam Rahn Bay Air Base
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Judy Abington
Monroe and
Covington
Viet Premier Hails Victory In Elections
South Viet Nam premier Nguyen Cao Ky declared 80 percent voter turnout in the national elections, calling it the beginning of the end for Communists. He pledged final victory once the 117 member assembly drafts a new constitution, as Gen Thang noted low defaced ballots but praised overall support. The assembly includes teachers, military, civil servants, and other professionals with one woman among 18 female candidates.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Na
Military Council
Nguyen Duc Thang
Thang
Enis
Nguyen van Thieu
Hanoi
Constituent Assembly
Phan Kae Suu
Suu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Army Specialists Become Riflemen
Washington AP reports U S battalion commanders in Viet Nam improvise by forming a fourth rifle group from data from heavy mortar and anti tank platoons. Former commander Lt Col Y Y Phillips says this jerry rigged unit supports base camps and frees three standard rifle companies for search and destroy missions, reflecting ROAD era structure and battalion strength around 720 men.
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Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Y.Y. Phillips
Saigon
Army
Phillips
Planes Pound North Viet Nam in Heaviest Raids of War
American warplanes conducted the war's heaviest raids Sunday with B52s striking in the demilitarized zone and air force Canberras and Phantoms targeting North Vietnam. U S pilots logged a record 171 missions hitting bridges fuel depots and transport hubs around Hanoi Haiphong and the southern panhandle.
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South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Haiphong
Panhandle
Tonkin Gulf
United States
North
Air Force
Scattered Showers Forecast for Twin Cities Area
The weather forecast calls for scattered showers today and tonight with a 40 percent daytime chance and 10 percent tonight. Rainfall should be under a quarter inch. Highs near 80 to 96, lows 68 to 72, winds 5 to 15 mph. FAA reports 0.26 inches in Monroe Selman Field. Sunday high 76, low 69. Last year’s readings were 89 and 71.
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Oowers
Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Gordon Hendricks Dies In Mississippi Accident
James Gordon Hendricks 31 owner of World Wide Health Studios of Monroe died in a Meridian Mississippi automobile crash. He served in the Korean War and US Marine Corps. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at Kilpatrick West Monroe with graveside 3 p.m. Marthaville Cemetery. Survivors include widow a son and a daughter all of West Monroe, mother Mrs Leo Durr of Marthaville and brother James Hendricks of Natchez.
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World Wide Health Studios
Monroe
Monteleon St
West Monroe
Meridian
Miss
U. S. Marine Corps
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Clifton R. Tennison
Chuckle Says Small Towns Know Checks and Marital Standing
A light quip notes that in a small town everyone knows whose checks clear and whose husband is unfaithful, capturing local gossip and humorous judgment about neighborly life.
New Orleans Police Seize Largest Narcotics Haul Ever
Police confiscated heroin valued at about 1.2 million dollars, marijuana worth about 1,000, and roughly 100,000 dollars in cash after a raid. Two people Leroy Smith and Margaret Smith, both 30s, were booked on narcotics possession as authorities search for the alleged operator described as the biggest in the region. The cash was found stuffed in suitcases and bags as the narcotics operation spanned months of planning.
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New Orleans
United States
Clarence Giarrusso
Leroy Smith
Margaret Smith
Giarrusso
Your Guide Want Ad Seeks Prospects For Business
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