Gemini Gets Green Light For Wednesday Launch
CAPE KENNEDY AP After a night of mechanical fixes Gemini 8 receives provisional authorization to launch on a three day space sequence. Mission director William C. Schneider says launch will proceed tomorrow on a tight schedule with weather expected favorable. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott will attend a final weather review before resting for the mission. If successful they will link with another satellite in orbit and Scott will attempt a 22 hour space walk. Booster tanking tests were completed near the launch pad and fixes made to the Atlas booster.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Space Agency
William C. Schneider
Gemini
Atlas
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Armstrong
Scott
Thieves Loot Ponderosa Grill Then Eat A Snack
Sterling police search for three burglars who raided the Ponderosa Grill in Sterling Colorado. They disabled the jukebox and cigarette machine, stole all candy bars, then used the stove to prepare a meal of hot dogs ham sandwiches French fries and soft drinks before fleeing.
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Sterling, Colo
UPE
Sterling
Ponderosa Grill
Logan County
Norman Ottaway
Viet Cong Blasted Near Border Amid Saigon Tense Under Ky Rule
US Air Force B52s bombed a Viet Cong staging area near the North Viet Nam border while Allied ground operations continued with no major clashes. Two US planes were lost, including the Navy Albatross. In Da Nang protests surged as Buddhists demanded elections and Thieu’s dismissal, pressing junta instability after the coup against the Diem regime.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
Tax Package Near Passage
Final congressional approval of a six billion tax package is expected by nightfall to meet the president's deadline. Passed by both houses, the measure raises funds for Viet Nam fighting, tightens inflation, and includes revised withholding and Social Security coverage for about 300,000 seniors. It also boosts automobile excise tax by one percent and raises telephone taxes as part of revenue provisions.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Police Officer Helps Elderly Woman On Birthday Night
Lakewood Colorado police officer Jerry Carter found an elderly woman crawling toward him on a sidewalk. She admitted she was tipsy and seeking a place to hide. Carter drove her home to sleep off the rest of her 80th birthday.
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Lakewood
Colo
Upi
Jerry Carter
Carter
Feud Over Campus Site Renewed by Wisconsin Vote
The State Building Commission backed a Green Bay area campus site for the Wisconsin university. Gov. Knowles joined Assemblyman Glen Pommerening in supporting the plan amid opposition from Appleton-area legislators. Debates centered on long range value and accessibility as money requests loom.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
State Building Commission
Green Bay
University of Wisconsin
Appleton
Assembly
Senate
Knowles
Glen Pommerening
R-Wauwatosa
Commission
Fox River Valley
Pommerening
Debated Canadian Munsinger Case Moves Toward Inquiry
Ottawa a big debate over Gerda Munsinger case continues as Liberal government orders a judicial inquiry under Justice W F Spence. The probe will examine national security risks and how Conservative officials in the prior cabinet handled the matter. The case links to espionage and to Mrs Munsinger who lived in Canada 1950s to 1961 and later in Munich.
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Ottawa
Canada
Gerda Munsinger
House of Commons
Lester B. Pearson
Supreme Court
W.F. Spence
Pearson
John G. Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Munsinger
Munich
West Germany
Lucien Cardin
George Hees
Schools Closed In Charlemont Removal Of Chlorine Gas
In Charlemont and Shelburne Falls, schools were closed as workers removed a derailed tank car containing 55 tons of chlorine. About 4,500 residents were evacuated last week amid fears of a leak from the derailed train. Police warned the gas could affect a six mile area. a three minute fire alarm and car horns announced alerts.
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Charlemont
Mass
Charlesmont
Shelburne Falls
Donald Raymond
Charlemont Civil Defense
Imbert challenges Bosch to duel in Dominican Republic
Gen Antonio Imbert, one of Trujillo’s killers who helped exile Bosch in 1963, calls for a duel or dialogue in a half page El Caribe ad. He accuses Bosch of dividing the Dominican family and says he will name time and place if the duel is field. Bosch declines comment as he campaigns in June elections.
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Antonio Imbert
Jacny Boseh
Dominican Republic
Imbert
Rafael Trujillo
Art
Santo Domingo
Juan Bosch
Bosch
el Caribe
anti-Bosch
Pedro Maria Pimentel
Pimentel
Trujillo
Luis Amiam Tio
Deputy Attorney General to Quit Position in April
Madison AP report says Deputy Attorney General John H. Bowers will resign effective April 15. A former assistant in 1955, he rejoined the attorney general’s office as deputy in 1964 at 19,600 dollars. Bowers plans to return to private practice in Madison. a successor will be named next month.
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Madison
John H. Bowers
Atty
Bronson C. la Follatte
Bowers
Attorney General
la Follette
Murder and kidnapping charges against youth in Clark County
Neillsville AP report says 18 year old Melvin Polar is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his foster father, attempted murder of his foster mother, and two counts of kidnapping the two girls. Polar is held in the county jail awaiting further proceedings.
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Neillsville
Clark County Dist. Atty
William Schorr
Melvin Polar
Republicans Call for Revisions to Foreign Aid Plan
Twenty five Republican congressmen urged new directions in U S foreign aid and planned amendments to the administration s 3 4 billion request. They urged selectivity in recipients, clear use criteria, stronger educational and agricultural emphasis, and greater U S private investment, with emphasis on Latin America.
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Washington
U.S
GOP
Latin America
Foreign Affairs Committee
Appropriations Committee
F. Bradford Morse
Rmass
Dean Rusk
Foreign Aid Committee
Burglar alarm kit stolen from salesman’s car
George Thomas a 27 year old burglar alarm salesman told police Monday night a demonstration kit containing an automatic fire and burglar alarm system was stolen from his parked automobile.
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RAD AD
Pittsburgh
UPI
George Thomas
Throng rallies behind Suharto in Indonesia
Jakarta radio reports more than a million people gathered in a massive anti Communist rally in the Indonesian capital. Speakers urged Suharto to cleanse the cabinet of Communists and put them on trial. The crowd backed his takeover and called for action to stabilize the economy and reopen the University of Jakarta.
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Singapore
Jakarta
Suharto
Panchasila Front
U.S
Indonesia
Marshall Green
Tokyo
University of
Sukarno
Abdul Haris Nasution
Indonesian Communist Party
Lab Found Hidden in Chicken Coop In Santa Rosa
Police and state narcotics agents uncovered a laboratory inside a chicken coop allegedly used to manufacture dangerous drugs. The operation is linked to the name Penngrove Chicken Laboratories.
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SANTA = ROSA, Calif
UPI
Penngrove Chicken Laboratories
Army Helps Indian Police Control Mobs
In New Delhi AP report says violence persisted in Punjab over plans to partition for a Sikh state. army aided police in Ludhiana while Old Delhi saw no new riots. Home Minister Nanda cites over 100 injured in Delhi riots Monday. Calcutta food riots leave 37 dead, 82 demonstrators and 232 police wounded, two officers killed.
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New Delhi
India
Punjab
Ludhiana
Old Delhi
G. L. Nanda
P. C. Sen
West Bengal
Calcutta
MonJay
Bill Signed Authorizing More Funds for Viet Nam War
President Johnson signed a bill granting $4.8 billion to support the Viet Nam war. He urged Peking and Hanoi to abandon conquest, saying the public backs U.S. troops. The ceremony in the White House East Room featured Congress members, Cabinet, and military leaders. Secretary Rusk said most non-Communist governments support U.S. efforts and seek peace, while Hanoi and Peking block it.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Peking
Hanoi
Congress
White House
Military High Command
Dean Rusk
U.S
United States
Republic of Viet Nam
Rusk
Boston University School of Public Communications
Free World
State Department
Air Exercises Over Wisconsin Friday Planned by Air Command
The North American Air Defense Command announced fighter planes and SAC bombers will participate in an exercise over the north central United States and central Canada on Friday. Truax AFB said B 8 and B 52 bombers and fighters will overfly cities in North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Michigan Illinois Indiana and the Canadian provinces Manitoba and Ontario. Bombers will simulate an attack force with fighters attempting to intercept them. The exercise will begin early morning and last under an hour over any given area. Civil aviation schedules will not be affected.
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Madison
North American Air Defense Command
Strategic Air Command
United States
Canada
Truax Air Force Base
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Manitoba
Ontario
Air Force
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LBJ
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Subandrio
Chaerul Saleh
Subandrin
Saleh
Coop Coop
Army
Society
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