Gemini 11 Aims for rapid orbit rendezvous and records
Gemini 11 crew Charles Conrad Jr and Richard Gordon Jr prepare for a 71 hour mission to reach a record 863 miles using the Agena target satellite. They will attempt a close on orbit rendezvous with limited ground aid, including two planned spacewalks and a star photography stand. The flight is set to launch Friday at 9 25 a m with the Atlas Agena target rocket at 7 48 a m.
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Charles Conrad
Richard Gordon
Titan
Pad 19
Cape Kennedy
Fla
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Navy
Cmdr
Gordon
Agena
Conrad
Charles W. Mathews
Gemini
Manned Spacecraft Center
Ky to visit United States in November with wife
Saigon. Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky said he will visit the United States in November with his wife and address the Associated Press Managing Editors meeting in San Francisco. He said he had definitely made up his mind about the trip.
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Saigon
UPT
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Associated Press Managing Editors
San Francisco
Officials Seek To Pin Riot Causes In Atlanta
In Atlanta, city leaders and Negro and white group heads held meetings to identify riot causes after violence the prior day. Ten Negroes were jailed following a leafletting distribution near the outbreak site as officials discussed Stokely Carmichael and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and urged restraint to prevent a recurrence.
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Atlanta
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Samuel Williams
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Atlanta Summit Conference
South Africa Papers Urge More Security in Parliament
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd’s body flown to Pretoria for a state funeral while Rand Daily Mail and Cape Times call for tighter Parliament security. Verwoerd, 64, was fatally stabbed in Parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas, a Mozambican born man with South African nationality. State funeral planned Saturday. flags at half staff. all sports events canceled. Continued on page 7.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Hendrik F. Verwoerd
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Rand Daily Mail
Verwoerd
The
Cape Times
Rolling Stone
Not Guilty Plea In Sheppard Second Murder Trial
Samuel H. Sheppard voiced not guilty to a second degree murder charge in Cleveland. Judge Roy F. McMahon set bail at 10000, same as a federal bond, amid a motion for change of venue. Ariane Sheppard and son Samuel H. Jr. attended as Bailey and Sherman prepared next steps.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Roy F. McMahon
Marilyn
McMahon
Sheppard
Ariane
Ohio
Samuel H. Jr
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Bailey
Russel A. Sherman
High Taxes Threaten Cities Independence Says Romney
Michigan Governor George Romney warns that high federal taxes returning as grants threaten city independence. He cites testimony by mayors before a U.S. Senate subcommittee showing need for federal fiscal reform or loss of state and local autonomy. Romney speaks at a Michigan Municipal League convention and notes rising state aid and growing local service demands.
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Romney
Lansing. Mich
Michigan
George Romney
Washington
U.S. Senate
Michigan Municipal League
Detroit
Reas
Kunde Satisfied With Retraction
SHEBOYGAN UP I Henry Staff opposed Assemblyman Kenneth Kunde in Tuesday's primary with a public retraction on campaign statements Kunde had called a deliberate lie Keande had demanded retrac tion of advertisements and said he was satisfied with Staff's retraction
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Sheboygan
UPI
Henry Staff
Kenneth Kunde
Kende
Keande
Kanda
Foreign Aid Authorization To President Johnson
Washington AP The foreign aid program moves toward final action with a 3.5 billion authorization headed to the White House. Senate approval came 38 to 25 after House passage, despite a push by Sen. Allen J Elfanger to cut the funds. The compromise conference bill aligns ceilings and restrictions, following earlier drafts of 3.367 to 4.109 billion, with the final authorization at 3.5007 billion and further reductions possible in the appropriations phase.
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Washington
Johnson
Out of the Woods
White House
House
Senate
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Allen J. Elflender
D-La
Everstt. Dirkven
Mika Mansfield
Montana
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Minimum Wage Bill Advances to Senate for Final Action
The House approved a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to 1.40 an hour by February 1 next year and 1.60 by February 1, 1968, with a 259 to 89 vote. It would extend coverage to about 8 million more workers including farm workers restaurant laundries hotels motels hospitals and tipped staff. The current wage is 1.25 for about 30 million workers already covered.
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Washington
House
Senate
Blast rocks Badger Ordnance Works in Baraboo Wisconsin
An explosion at the Badger Ordnance Works damaged a manufacturing line producing ball powder for M16 cartridges. Injuries were reported, with at least one person in serious condition. Hospitals in Baraboo and Madison treated workers as responders contained a fire and disaster plan.
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Baraboo
Wis
Madison
St. Clare’s
Sheriff's Office
New Attempt Made to Find Killer of Girl
Milwaukee police restart the murder probe of 10 year old Julia Beckwith after 30 detectives found no witnesses or clues. The girl was found stabbed in a vacant lot near her home on Saturday while on an errand for her sister. Services held with over 70 attendees. About 25 items, possibly including a weapon, were sent to the FBI for analysis.
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Milwaukee
Harold A. Breier
Julia Beckwith
FBI
Election Sabotage Strikes Viet Nam Amid Campaign
Viet Cong attacks left at least six dead and more than twenty injured across Saigon and surrounding areas as election fears surged. A warehouse fire damaged U S facilities, and a mine briefly blocked the Saigon river approach, complicating preparations for Sunday’s vote. Premier Ky floated the possibility of running for president as Thieu remains reluctant to join the race.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Rights Bill Delay Relieves Senators Facing Elections
Senate debate stalls as open housing provisions stall amid election pressures. Hart moves to take up the bill but an adjournment vote ends proceedings and Mansfield calls it a disgraceful show of inaction. Dirksen questions constitutionality while campaigners weigh white backlash and political winds for reelecting vulnerable senators.
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Washington
Senate
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Johnson
Hart
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
Dirksen
GOP
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Hendrik Verwoerd
John E. Lenahan
Oshkosh
Board of Education
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Plan Commission
Erbin Harenburg
A J. Kienast & Sons
Jackson Street
APHIV
Kunde
Senate House
London
UPS
Hardy Amies
Australia
Winnebagoland
Negyen van Thieu
Thien
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