North Korea breaks with Pro China line in independence move
Tokyo AP reports North Korea declares independence within the world Communist movement and repudiates pro-Peking guidance. The Rodong Shinmoan calls for no superior or guiding party and debunks Chinese and Soviet models while purging flunkeyism. The shift marks a near total rupture with Beijing and aligns Pyongyang with nationalist trends in the Communist world.
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North Korea
World Communist Movement
Rodong Shinmoan
Pyongyang
Peking
Romania
Rodong Shinmoon
Convicted forger seeks habeas relief for 30 day leave
Thomas La Manne, an inmate at Sierra Conservation Center, petitioned Tuolumne County Superior Court for a writ of habeas corpus to allow a 30 day vacation to cure mental and physical exhaustion and work on his appeal. The judge denied the request with the remark good try.
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Sonora
Orbiter Still On Course For Moon Orbit
Pasadena AP reports Lunar Orbiter, an 850 pound craft, fired its main rocket to correct course for an egg shaped lunar orbit and is set to photograph 353 images to help choose Apollo landing sites before 1970. Nine sites along the moon equator were named including a Surveyor I site in the Sea of Storms. The craft carries radiation and micrometeorite detectors and will begin with an orbit from 120 to 1150 miles, then descend to 28 miles above target.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon Orbiter
Moon
Apollo
Surveyor I
Lunar Orbiter
Surveyor
Orbiter
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Record Crowd Expected for Wisconsin State Fair Opening
Sunny skies and a record crowd were expected at the 11th Wisconsin State Fair opening. The largest opening day crowd was 49 954 in 1963. Perry Como will perform Thursday as workers prepare barns and halls for the event billed as Best Fair Yet with Bob Hope appearing in five shows. Acting fair administrator Vernond G Wendland said the fair could reach one million visitors before the 10 day run ends.
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Perry Como
Bob Hope
Hope
Vernond G Wendland
Open housing protests urged for Chicago by MLK aides
Negro leaders in Chicago were urged to join open housing marches in the Bogan area on the Southwest Side. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sent telegrams from Jackson Mississippi where he was ill asking for widespread participation. Rev James Bevel said 500 people would march despite police protection concerns. Police Supt Wilson criticized the tactics as inciting white hostility and hindering the city’s work. A North Side protest by white youths near a police station drew a crowd of over 500, organized by Uptown Goodfellows.
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Bogan
Martin Luther King Jr
Jackson
Miss
James Bevel
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Wilson
SCLC
Goodfellows
Wilbillies
Sam Joseph
Woman Dies In Car Crash In Wisconsin 1966
The death of 31 year old Green Bay woman Mrs Joseph Clifford boosts Wisconsin highway fatalities to 613 for 1966. She died from injuries after her car crashed into a vacant building on Green Bay's west side. A Dane County welfare worker, Mrs George Page, 22, was injured after her car overturned southeast of Madison. Bradley Erickson, 6, of Kenmate NC, died Thursday in a head on collision involving his parents and a semi truck on Highway 12 near Black River Falls.
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Associated Press
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Joseph Clifford
George Page
Madison
Dane County
Bradley Erickson
Kenmate
Lyle Erickson
Black River Falls
Juvenile Paroled Robber Charged in Milwaukee Slaying
A 17-year-old former Green Bay State Reformatory parolee faces murder and abduction charges after allegedly abducting a man and woman, forcing them from a shopping center, and fleeing in the victim’s car. The victim Michael Michalski died. the companion Jeanette Wacholz was injured. A Monday hearing was set to consider waiving jurisdiction to try the youth as an adult.
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State Reformatory
Milwaukee
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Dist
Roger Murphy
Waukesha County
Harold A. Wollenzein
Michael Michalski
Michalski
Jeanette Wacholz
Miss Wacholz
Green Bay State
Michael A. Skaff
Skaff
Yanks Lose Another Jet Pilot Rescued
U S Air Force and Navy fliers hit targets near Haiphong as ground forces clash in the Central Highlands and near the DMZ. An F8 Crusader from the Oriskany was the 11th American plane lost this week. the pilot parachuted, swam to shore, and was rescued. Navy wings from three carriers conducted most missions, totaling 118 for the day. Ground actions remained light in the south with recurring spoiling sweeps.
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South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
7Th Fleet
Oriskany
Gulf of Tonkin
Uong Bi
North
Constellation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
South
Viet Nam
Secret Strike Parley Slated
Washington AP report says House Commerce Committee moved toward a bill to force 35,000 striking mechanics back to work on five grounded airlines. A secret negotiator meeting with Labor Secretary Wirtz was arranged, while others push bills by Dingell and Williams for presidential action or emergency declaration. The White House has not taken a position.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
House Comm Merce
Capitol Hill
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Dingell
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Johnson
Launch Date For Gemini 11 To Be Sept 9
Gemini 11 has a Sept 9 launch date for a four orbit mission. Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr. and Lt Cmdr. Richard F Gordon Jr. aim for the fastest rendezvous with an Agena, then reach a record altitude. Gordon will perform two spacewalks totaling about 2 hours, the longest exposure outside a capsule. The mission, from Cape Kennedy, begins at 9:25 am CDT after an Agena launch.
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Houston, Tex
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F Gordon Jr
Gordon
The
Space Agency
United States
Conrad
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Capture Of Two U.S. Pilots Told
North Vietnam announced it had captured two U.S. Air Force pilots from the first raid on Hanoi fuel dump. Maj. James H. Kasler, 40, a noted Korean ace and attack leader, and Capt. Wiley Shattuck were reported as captured. U.S. Saigon command had said Kasler was shot down over North Vietnam. No word on Shattuck.
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Warsaw
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
James H. Kasler
Wiley Shattuck
Tokyo
North Viet Nam
Radio
Johnson Flies To Ranch For Weekend In Texas
President Johnson planned to fly to Texas this afternoon for a weekend at his Johnson City ranch. The White House described it as a weekend of work. No exact departure time was given but was expected after 3 p.m. from Andrews Air Force Base.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
Johnson City
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Here
State seeks third Madison office building expansion
MADISON AP The Legislature may be asked next year to approve construction of a third state office building in Madison. State space supervisor William Kiernat said a December request could come after a Kiernat study shows need for more office room. He noted the Wisconsin Supreme Court may be moved to free space for the Legislature and that no site has been chosen yet, though downtown is a possibility.
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Madison
George C. Kaiser
State Building Commission
William Kiernat
Kiernat
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Capitol
Roosevelt Romance In 1918 Confirmed
A UPI summary reports a relative of Lucy Page Mercer confirming a long-suspected romance with Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1918. The affair ended as Mercer married Winthrop Rutherford. Roosevelt supporters say Eleanor Roosevelt refused divorce to protect his career.
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Lucy Page Mercer
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United Press International
Roosevelt
Miss Mercer
Eleanor
Franklin
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh (Nc
News and Observer
Secretars
Navy
Daniels
Winthrop Rutherford
Warm Springs
James Roosevelt
Rutherford
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr
Elliott
Miami Beach
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