Gemini 6 Liftoff Delayed by Titan 2 Electrical Issue
The Gemini 6 mission faces a Wednesday liftoff delay after a faulty electrical plug at T minus two seconds shut engines about 1.2 seconds after ignition. Astronauts Borman and Lovell remain on schedule with contingency launches possible Thursday to Saturday if needed.
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Gemini 7 sets long endurance record over 225 hours in orbit
Gemini 7, flown by Frank Borman and James Lovell, surpassed the prior endurance mark with an orbiting span of 225 hours 16 minutes and faced minor fuel cell issues as Cape Kennedy engineers worked to ready Gemini 6 for a Wednesday launch following Sunday’s booster failure.
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Court Refuses Prayer Hearing
The Supreme Court denied a hearing to New York City parents seeking daily voluntary prayer in a Queens public school for their children. The case marks the first high court challenge over voluntary student prayer after rulings against state authored prayers and Bible readings in devotional exercises.
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Board Defends Interest Hike Controversy in Senate Hearing
Federal Reserve Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. told the Senate House Economic Committee that the Fed kept the Johnson administration informed before and after raising the discount rate from 4 to 4.5 percent. Rep Wright Patman criticized coordination failures and called for Martin’s resignation amid disputes over policy timing and Viet Nam war spending.
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Odessa Man Killed As Car Jack Slips
Fred M. Moore, 56, of 507 West Mable, died after a car jack slipped while he worked on his muffler at French Tool and Supply in Midland. Attendant Loyd Lunsford, revising the scene, lifted the car and attempted revival before Moore expired at Medical Center Hospital. Funeral set for Tuesday at Chapel of Roses with burial at Lorraine Cemetery. Moore, born December 11, 1909, was a Baptist. survivors include Edna, two sons Bobby D and Michael Ray, two daughters Louise O’Neal and Helen Salisbury, two sisters, and a brother, with 413 grandchildren listed?
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Albuquerque
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De Gaulle Intensifies Campaign With TV Interview
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle seeks to reshape his aloof image ahead of next Sunday's runoff with Francois Mitterrand. The televised Q and A, a first for the 75 year old, aims to present positions on defense and foreign affairs. Mitterrand conducts two-hour appeals via helicopter whistle stops after a Dec. 5 vote left De Gaulle short of a majority.
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Rusk Repeats U.S. Stand For Red China
Secretary of State Dean Rusk signaled to Communist China that the United States seeks talks on Vietnam peace only if South Vietnam’s independence and territorial integrity are guaranteed. He briefed Ambassador-designate Gronouski in Warsaw ahead of a meeting with the Chinese envoy. Rusk met French leaders amid NATO talks and later termed the discussions a genial tour d horizon as he arrived for NATO Council of Ministers deliberations.
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Supreme Court Denies Hearing in Dietz v Toledo
The Supreme Court refused to hear John J. Dietz’s claim that police violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel by denying him a lawyer before a breath test. The Toledo case would have clarified whether counsel applies in state as well as federal proceedings, following Escobedo’s police interrogation ruling.
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Johnson Back In Capitol For Meetings
President Johnson returned to Washington from his Texas ranch to begin three summit talks aimed at easing the Vietnam war. He planned final plans for discussions with Pakistan's Ayub Khan and scheduled talks with Harold Wilson and Ludwig Erhard, focusing on NATO and broader regional issues.
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Major Battle Yet To Come In Viet Nam Search
Thousands of U S Marines and government troops pressed into the Phuoc Valley 335 miles north of Saigon seeking a suspected trapped Communist regiment. They found abandoned equipment and a possible field hospital as B 52 bombers attacked the mountains. The 173rd Airborne Brigade meanwhile accepted the surrender of 22 Viet Cong in Zone D, the largest mass surrender to U S troops to date, amid a broader weekend toll of 288 killed in the Mekong Delta. The operation Harvest Moon brushes toward its peak with warnings that the main fighting may still lie ahead.
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Death Lingers Near Author
British author W Somerset Maugham aged 91 remains in a deep coma at a French Riviera hospital. Doctor Georges Rozanoff said the brain has ceased to function and the end may come within hours after his collapse of the circulatory system following a coma at his Cap Ferrat villa.
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Inside Today's Odessa American War Coverage Viet Nam Report
First hand dispatch details U S troops in action by Tom Tiede from Viet Nam with on the ground observations. Features on war reporting and daily conditions for soldiers, reflecting the era and place with on site perspective.
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