Syncom satellite aloft on first obstacle in Olympic telecast mission
Cape Kennedy reports the Delta rocket launched the Syncom communications satellite into a preliminary 30-46 hour orbit as part of plans to relay October Olympics from Japan. A crucial next step targets a 11:15 am CDT Thursday maneuver to place the craft into a circular 22 300 mile high path above the Equator.
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Pacific
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Skull May Solve Slaying In Vilas County
Vilas County sheriff says a recent state crime laboratory skull report may help solve an old slaying. The adult Indian male skull has a bullet hole and uncertain death timing. officials caution the lab cannot determine how long he had been dead. The investigation focuses on an unsolved killing from years past.
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Eagle River
Wis
Gemini Set Back By Storm at Cape Kennedy
Lightning struck the Gemini launch complex at Cape Kennedy damaging a Titan 2 rocket and ground support gear. Officials said the mishap likely pushes Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young’s first two man orbital flight to early 1965 after plans for a mid December three orbit five hour mission were halted. The storm marked the cape’s first lightning incident affecting a rocket in 14 years.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Gem
TV Debate Bill Junked by Senate Vote
Senate vote of 44 to 41 defeated a bill to suspend equal time provisions of the Communications Act for 60 days. Democrats split, with all four yes votes from Democrats. The measure aimed to allow Kennedy Nixon style debates by delaying network equal time rules. Critics charged outside influence aimed to block the bill amid the campaign.
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Mashington - AP
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Senate
Goldwater
Pastore
United States
Monument to Kennedy Is Removed in Saigon
Workmen removed a granite monument to President John F. Kennedy in Saigon before dawn amid Catholic objections to the dedication. Officials offered no clear word on whether the renaming or a new square would honor Kennedy, with officials staying silent on plans after the dawn removal.
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Viet Nam
UPT
John F. Kennedy
South Viet Nam
T Symhed
Our Lads of
Ambassecor
Maxwell D. Taylor
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Congo Death Toll Tied to Watusi Rebel Attack
AP reports two French officials were killed during a clash near Bukavu as a Congolese rebel group attacked a UN camp. Wounded and fleeing refugees faced machetes and machine gun fire while bystanders watched. The incident underscores ethnic tensions between the Watusi and Bahutu communities in the region.
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Jean Pleque
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Appalachia Bill Nears House Floor
President Johnson proposes a $1 billion Appalachia development bill aimed at aid to depressed areas in 12 states. The House Rules Committee is set to approve it, with Speaker McCormack hinting at a possible floor vote before the Democratic National Convention. Backers trimmed grazing land subsidies to win votes. Opponents say it omits other needy regions. Also, Richard Wagner criticized U.S. UN responses to Russian propaganda before a House subcommittee.
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UPI
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Richard Wagner
International Labor Organization
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United Nations
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Pas de Calais bans beer drinking contests today
In Calais, the Pas de Calais regional government prohibited beer drinking contests, citing that they sometimes lead to disorder and clashes. The move aims to reduce public disturbances and promote safer nighttime behavior in the area.
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Pas de Calais Department
Johnson Fortune 3 Million and Mrs Johnson Net Worth
Article reports Johnson fortune at 3 million with detailed assets and liabilities as of July. It lists Sanda Bree Baines assets totaling 682,770 and net worth reduced to 484,005. First Lady Mrs Johnson holds 2,795,634 in assets against 99,336 liabilities for a net of 2,126,298. Chief executive Linda Bud Johnson asset total noted. Continued on Page 8, Col. 2.
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Bree Baines
Sain
Prisoner Recaptured After Escape Attempt Near Dart Moor
An escaping prisoner from a Dartmoor work party aboard a Tuesday attempt to thumb a ride was stopped by an off duty warden who gave him a lift back to the jail. The incident ends with the inmate returned to his cell.
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Ensland
UPI
Dartmoor
Goldwater condemns skill of Communists in speech at Illinois fair
At the Illinois State Fair Republican Day speech prepared for delivery, Senator Barry Goldwater attacked North Vietnamese and Communist forces as lacking skill in combat. He ridiculed the administration and Defense Secretary McNamara, charging a dangerous “mood of easy morals” and claiming the government would offer an honest administration. The dialogue referenced warnings of attacks broadcast on national television as naval aircraft neared their targets. Continued on Page 2 Col. 5.
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Illinois
Arizona
Defense
Robert S McNamara
Goldwater
Field Marshal
McNamara
Redistricting Battle Faces House Vote in 1964 Session
Washington reports the Senate debates a Dirksen plan to delay court-ordered reapportionment while the House prepares to vote on Rep. Willaim M. Tuck's bill. The measures aim to overturn the Supreme Court ruling requiring state legislatures to be population-based, amid Republican and Democratic opposition and questions of constitutionality.
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Everett M. Dirksen
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Willam M. Tuck
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Supreme Court
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Johnson
Pledge Rights Law Support Urged by Wilkins in Demo Platform
Civil rights leader Rex Wilkins urged Democratic platform writers to pled ge vigorous enforcement of the new civil rights law and criticized Republican circumlocution. He warned riots cannot be condoned and urged understanding against deprivation and frustration as Southern moderates floated a compromise.
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Feader
Rex Wilkins
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Leadership Conference
C. Rights
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilkins
Democratic Platform Committee
Pierre Pelham
Alabama
Goeldwater
Barry Goldwater
Hope Riots Ended At Dixmoor
Morning report says Dixmoor and Harvey suburbs remained calm after unrest. A golf course clubhouse fire near the trouble center is described as arson by Fire Chief Edward Mulder. Officials declined to link the blaze to racial clashes.
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