Gemini 7 launch under threatening skies at Cape Kennedy
Cape Kennedy reports final countdown for Gemini 7 mission as Titan 2 readiness and weather flags point to a 1 30 p m liftoff. Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell aim for a 14 day flight with a nine day rendezvous plan with Gemini 6 crews if all goes well.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Sore
James A. Lovell
Space Agency
Air Force
Borman
Navy
Lovell
Oshkosh Man Dies in Crash After License Revoked
An Oshkosh man 22 year old Jimmy Alan Drehmel died Friday night when his car left County Trunk A near Cowlings Bay Road, struck a tree, and rolled over. Coroner Art Miller cited skull fracture and other injuries. Police noted high speed and prior tickets for hit run driving and license revocation issued Nov 15. Drehmel, a Marine veteran, had recently worked as a construction worker in Fond du Lac and was born Feb 25, 1943 in Oshkosh. survived by his mother.
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Winnebago County
Art C. Miller
Jimmy Alan Drehmel
High Ave
Cowlings Bay Road
Drehmel Salone i
Miller
Drehmel
Marines
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Wisconsin Governor Wishes Lovell Gemini Seven Success
MADISON AP Gov War ren Knowles sent a Friday message to James A Lovell Jr wishing success on Saturday's Gemini Seven mission He noted Milwaukee native Lovell and astronaut Frank Borman have Wisconsin's pride in aviation history and space exploration.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
James A. Lovell Jr
Lovell
Milwaukee
Frank Borman
Wisconsin
Knowles
Red China Presses To Block Peace Initiative
Washington reports U S officials say Communist China is burning bridges to block a Viet Nam peace move by the Soviet Union. China is seen as defensive after its 1963 nuclear test and at odds with Indonesia Moscow and Africa. Beijing berates Moscow’s push for united action toward peace in Vietnam as it strains its influence.
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Washington
U.S
China
Soviet Union
Peking
Indonesia
Moscow
United States
Viet Nam
Mobutu Regime Receives Nigerian Recognition
Leopoldville Congo Nigeria becomes third nation and first African state to recognize President Joseph Mobutu's regime after a bloodless coup two weeks earlier. Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa sent the note recognizing the new government.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Nigeria
Joseph Mobutu
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Johnson says nation can take heart from Klansmen conviction
President Johnson welcomed the Montgomery verdict convicting three Ku Klux Klan members in the death of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders called the ruling encouraging but urged new federal protections. bonds were set at 10,000 each. Names: Collie Wilkins Jr., Eugene Thomas, William Eaton. Additional trial in Anniston of Hubert Strange also yielded 10 years. Senate/AG officials notified Johnson, who said justice in racial matters offers hope amid violence.
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Montgomery
Ala
Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr
King
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Arthur Hanes
Hanes
Bessemer
Anniston
Hubert Damon Strange
Willie Brewster
Strange
Nicholas Katzenbach
Johnson City
Tex
Washington
Bomb blast kills two Americans in Saigon hotel raid
A Viet Cong attack on Saigon downtown killed two Americans, a New Zealand trooper, and eight Vietnamese, injuring about 72. the Metropole Hotel facade was shattered as gunfire opened on guards. The attackers fled after detonating a 250 pound device, while Navy and ordnance units investigated.
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Saigon
Metropole
U.S
UPI Radiophoto
South Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
Mekong
U.S. Navy
Group OKs GOP delegate system for 1964 Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Republican Executive Committee backed a delegate strength plan for the Milwaukee state convention in May 1964. Counties would earn one delegate per 20 votes cast in 1962 for Gov. Warren Knowles, estimating about 3 500 delegates. Vance Dawson of Whitewater was named to lead the county chairmen committee, succeeding Donald McRae of Eau Claire.
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Madison
Wisconsin Republican Executive Committee
Milwaukee
GOP
Ody J. Fish
Warren P. Knowles
Vance Dawson
Whitewater
Donald McRae
Eau Claire
North Vietnamese strength hits record in South Vietnam
Four North Vietnamese regiments move within 60 miles of Saigon as total regular units in the south rise to about 20,000, with Viet Cong guerrillas around 234,000. Infiltration is ongoing at roughly a regiment per month, expected to double to 4,300 monthly as mobile regiments shift from Tay Ninh through Binh Long to Long Khanh.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South
North Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
Binh Long
Long Khanh
Police Seek Two Kidnappers Of Wausau Man
In Wausau North central Wisconsin authorities describe a kidnapping of 81 year old Gustave Behnke. He was grabbed near a downtown church, forced into his own car, driven about 35 miles to Antigo, blindfolded, robbed of 36 dollars, and left there after officers say the suspects discussed a trip to Green Bay. Behnke reported the men then abandoned him and the vehicle.
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Wausau
Wisconsin
Antigo
Gustave Behnke
Behnke
Green Bay
May Craig retirement telegram from Johnson
Mrs May Craig a veteran Washington news correspondent announced her retirement and received a telegram from President Johnson noting it is a long time from May to September but May will always be May.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
May Craig
Washington News
Johnson
Traffic at North Central Airlines boosts November figures
November traffic at North Central Airlines from Winneba County shows strong gains across all categories. Passenger boardings exceed 100 per day since April, with 3,178 boarding versus 2,?20 last November and cargo nearly doubling year over year. Air freight rose to 115,113 pounds, air express 34,089 pounds, and air mail 25,693 pounds, while terminating passengers reached 3,125 and freight 45,065 pounds.
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North Central Airlines
Winnebago County
Alstport
North Central
A W. Jaezer
Air Express
Air Mail
Death Decree for Slayer of Three in Bank
Duane E. Pope, 22, was sentenced to death by a U.S. District Court jury for the Big Springs bank slayings, the bloodiest Midwest bank robbery in years. Defense counsel called the verdict a miscarriage of justice and planned Supreme Court action. execution set for March 3 after 11:30 am, with appeals likely to stay the date.
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Lincoln
Neb
U.S. District Court
Duane E. Pope
Midwest
Robert B. Crosby
Nebraska
Pope
U.S. Supreme Court
Big Springs
Crosby
Kansas Farm
Robert van Pelt
U.S
De Gaulle Expected To Win Sunday
Paris AP dispatch says French voters likely reelect President Charles de Gaulle to another seven year term though observers warn he may fail to attain a first round majority. Polls show 3 to 40 percent undecided with some swinging toward five opponents.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
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Viola Liuzzo
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Henry Cabot Lodge
South China Sea
William J. Besow
Kaukauna
First National Bank of
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Mich
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