Astronauts Stop Off In Honolulu for Rest
Apollo era astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott rested in Hawaii after Gemini 8's dramatic end. Officials probed why the craft gyrated and tumbled while docked to the Agena. They awaited debriefings and continued home to Cape Kennedy.
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Honolulu
Net A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Hawaii
U.S
Okinawa
Agena
Armstrong
Pacific Ocean
Leonard F. Mason
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Henry S. Persons
Pacific Recovery Force
Scott
Borman
Hickam
Tripler Army Hospital
Frank Borman
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Navy
David Scot
Neil Armstrong
Hickam Air Force Base
Cape Kennedy, Fla
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GOP Wins Round In Viet Nam Debate
Republicans push back in the Viet Nam policy fight by expanding Senate Foreign Relations Committee China hearings with rebuttal witnesses hand picked by ranking Republican Len Bourke B Hickenlooper. The panel, led by Democrat J W Fulbright, resumes a China power appraisal as Gen Griffin Halperin Eckstein testify. Senator Morse faults Johnson and lauds Goldwater, while the Senate readies a $13.1 billion Viet Nam war funding bill.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Len Bourke
Hickenlooper
Town
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Sen
J. W. Ful
Bright
D-Ark
Peking
U.S
Viet Nam
Asia
Samuel B. Griffin II
Harvard
Morton Halperin
University of Michigan
Alexander Eckstein
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Morse
Goldwater
Goldwater Goldwater
Knowles Proclaims Republican Day in Wisconsin
MADISON AP Gov Warren P Knowles issued a proclamation designating Sunday as Republican Day marking the 112th anniversary of the party s founding He urged Republicans to rededicate themselves to the party s principles.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Burglars Hit Eugene Garrett TV Store Loot Stolen
Thieves break into Eugene Garrett's television shop and steal 4 color TV sets 15 portable TV sets 30 radios and 3 record players. They also take Garrett's new van to haul away the loot.
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Eugene Garrett
Garrett
FAA Assures Funding For Winnebago County Airport Expansion
Congressman John A Race announced FAA assurances that Winnebago County Airport will receive federal funds within five to six weeks to extend the north south runway. He met with FAA officials, County Attorney Gerald Engeldinger, aviation counsel Robert Lester, and planned talks at the White House with an aid to the President. The amount was not specified. Race vowed to pressure for quick action to secure jet service capable facilities for the Fox Valley.
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Washington
John A. Race
Federal Aviation Agency
Winnebago County
Race
Pasube Cne
FAA
Gerald Engeldinger
Robert Lester
White House
Sherwin Markman
Johnson
Engeldinger
Cole Morrow
Morrow
Fox Valley
Austin Straubel Field
Green Bay
Brown County
North Central Airlines
Eau Claire
Pope lifts excommunication. changes mixed marriage rules
Vatican changes abolish excommunication for Catholics who marry outside the church and end the non Catholic pledge to raise children Catholic. The Latin document keeps valid only marriages before a Catholic priest, yet allows Catholics to seek sacraments once a union is deemed irregular. The move signals a step toward Christian unity as Archbishop Ramsey visits the pope.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Michael Ramsey
Canterbury
Church of England
Paul
Wisconsin Branch Banking Action Deferred
Wisconsin lawmakers delay action as a legislative council committee votes 5-3 to defer any compromise bill on branch banking. Sen. Gerald Lorge urges suspension until Congress acts, while critics call the stall. The panel will continue study of a measure passed by the Assembly but blocked in the Senate.
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Madison
UPI
Wisconsin
Legislative Council
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Congress
Earl Sachse
Council
Lorge
William Draheam
Neenah
Draheim
Assembly
Senate
William Nusse Sug
Man With Green Hair Wins At Colorado St Patrick Day Event
ALL IRISH DENVER UPI reports a man who appeared at the Colorado State Capitol on St Patrick's Day with green hair outdid all others at the gathering.
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Denver
UPI
Colorado State Capital
St. Patrick's Day
Yank Forces Push Deeper Into Jungles
U S forces moved deeper into Communist dominated jungles north and south of Saigon with little resistance from the Viet Cong. An infantry spearhead found a large cache of abandoned radio equipment. US Australian troops counted 335 enemy dead in Operation Silver City, most from air and artillery fire, as the 25th Infantry Division swept 25 miles southwest of Saigon killing one Red, capturing eight and seizing six tons of rice.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
D Zone
Hawaii
Lost A-Bomb Found by Sub off Spain Coast
U S Navy divers begin raising a missing nuclear bomb located five miles off Palomares Spain at 2,500 feet depth after the midget submarine Alvin photographed the device. The operation may take up to three days as Fort Snelling lifts the weapon, which shows no signs of leakage.
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Palomares Beach
Spain
Mediterranean
LSD
Fort Snelling
Adm
William Guest
Federal Stats Cost About 160 Million A Year
A UPI report notes the federal government spends roughly 160 million dollars annually on statistics with about 15 000 federal employees involved, per a House subcommittee chaired by Rep Robert Nix.
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Washington
UPI
House
Robert. N. C. Nix
D-Pa
Indonesia's Pro-Reds Put Under Custody
Singapore reports that President Sukarno yielded to the army and allowed First Deputy Premier Subandrio and 14 pro Communist cabinet ministers to be placed in military custody. Lt. Gen. Suharto announced a new cabinet, with observers saying Sukarno’s power waned as anti Communist forces rise. Ministers were under house arrest after daily student protests.
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Singapore
Sukarno
Indonesia
Subandrio
Suharto
Jakarta
Radio
Suekarno
Merdeka
Subandric
Agai
Ministry of Basic Education
Ministry of Labor
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Gop
Knowles
IPA
Pacific Shipboard
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