Gemini 7 Pilots Close on World Space Endurance Mark
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell pressed toward a world space endurance record and a planned rendezvous with Gemini 6 as NASA prepared for a high stakes chase. Borman reported a 20 degree cabin drop after a night of tumbling, solved by suit jackets and attitude control jets.
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Air Force
Navy
Lovell
Kennedy
United States
Elliot Lee
Frederick
Edwin
Houston Mission Control Center
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Schirra
Stafford
Earth
India urged to loosen stance on foreign investment
A group of American senators urged India to liberalize its approach to foreign investments and private capital to reach self sufficiency. The delegation led by Sen. Wayne Morse discussed with Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and officials. they noted optimism about private sector growth while cautioning India to expand beyond agricultural self sufficiency and become a trading partner. Some details remain unnamed, but one senator indicated India plans several billion dollars in aid in the next five year plan, with only about 500 million from foreign private capital expected.
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New Delhi
India
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Acquittal in Selma Stirs Civ Rights Tension
In Selma Alabama three white men were acquitted of first degree murder in the Rev James Reeb case triggering fears of renewed racial strife. King aide Andrew Young warned that Negroes may retaliate with demonstrations while federal civil rights conspiracy charges remain pending.
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Selma
Ala
Boston
Martin
Broad Street
Alabama
Birmingham
Novelty Company
Elmer L. Cook
Namon O'Neal Hoggle
William Stanley Hoggle
Joseph T. Pilcher
Cook
Hoggle Brothers
Reeb
R.B. Kelley
Justice Department
Santa Visits Gemini Control Center In Off Duty Visit
Gemini Control Center staff were surprised Friday night when a visitor wearing a Santa Claus badge spoke with spokesman Al Chop. The man, later identified as Air Force Captain E M Vallerie, said he almost hit the spacecraft during his off duty space research assignment.
Ex Actor Tom Neal Sentenced in Wife's Death
Ex actor Tom Neal, 51, was sentenced to one to 15 years for involuntary manslaughter in the April 1 death of his wife Gail Neal, 29, in Palm Springs. The judge denied probation and the California Adult Authority will set the final term, with at least a year. Neal claimed the shooting happened during a struggle over a gun. the weapon was never recovered.
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Indio
Calif
Tom Neal
Neal
Gail Neal
California Adult Authority
Palm Springs
Gail
Teague to push treason charge against antiwar demos
Rep. Olin Teague of Texas said he will introduce legislation to make it treasonous to protest the Vietnam War. He defended free speech but argued demonstrations hurt American soldiers after returning from Vietnam.
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College Station
Tex
Olin Teague
Dtex
Viet Nam
Teague
Reno Rabbi to again serve as Police Chief on Christmas
Reno police chief duties will be filled by Rabbi Philip H. Weinberg again this Christmas Day. Last year he volunteered to take over for Police Chief Elmer Briscoe to allow Briscoe to observe Christmas, and he will repeat the arrangement this year.
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Reno, Nev
Philip H. Weinberg
Reno
Weinberg
Elmer Briscoe
Briscoe
Eisenhower Hints at Christmas Return Home
Spokesmen at Walter Reed Army Hospital say former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s heart attack recovery is smooth and advancing. At 75 he may spend Christmas at his Gettysburg farm after a November 9 attack in Georgia. he has been at Walter Reed since November 23.
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Washington (Ap
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Georgia
Walter Reed
Johnson McNamara plan to convert F111 fighters to FB111 bombers
President Johnson and Secretary McNamara announce a 1.75 billion program to convert F111 fighters into FB111 strategic bombers. The 210-jet fleet would replace B52s by 1971 with similar range and 50 750 pound conventional bombs per aircraft, aiming for faster reach and greater penetrating ability.
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Washington
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Navy
Air Force
Texas
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McNamara
Strategic Air Command
Fort Worth, Tex
General Dynamics Corp
TFX
Canton ATC Prof Killed In Laboratory
Canton New York State University Agriculture and Technical College professor George C. Hill 65 was found strangled in a laboratory after his clothing became caught in a threading machine. Four students found the body and police said he had been dead four to five hours. Hill joined the staff in 1946 and studied at Purdue Cornell and St Lawrence. All weekend activities were cancelled by college president Albert E. French.
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Canton
N.Y
State University Agriculture and Technical College
George C. Hill
Hill
Purdue University
Cornell University
St. Lawrence University
Albert E. French
Watertown Woman Fatally Struck by Pickup
Mrs. Alice Backus, 67, of Watertown, was fatally injured Friday night after being struck by a pickup truck while crossing a city street, authorities said.
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Watertown
N.Y
Alice Backus
Marines Deploy In Four Day Battle South Of Da Nang
Helicopters dropped two more Marine companies into the Da Nang area as heavy fighting raged with a Viet Cong regiment. Light contact persisted with Viet Cong snipers while U S and South Vietnamese forces pressed suppressive fire and conducted probing attacks.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
da Nang
Mekong
U.S
Air Force Base
Khue Bac
Henry Cabot Lodge
South China Sea
Valley Forge
Bonhomme_ Richard
Kitty Hawk
Dong Hoi
Joseph Thurmond
Chicago
Thurmond
Nude intruder interrupts Miss Thailand at horse race
In Bangkok a nude man leapt from a ditch at the Royal Turf Club as Miss Thailand 1965 sat nearby. He climbed fences before police seized him, saying he only wanted a better view of the event. Chiranand Savetnanan, 24, remained composed during the incident.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Royal Turf Club
Chiranand Savetnanan
Jewelry raid near American Embassy in London nets gems
Two men and a woman cuffed Bermans of North Audley Street Mayfair and seized gems valued at 252000 dollars. Harold and Charles Berman said a gunman forced them to lie on the floor as a second masked man and the woman opened safes for display jewelry.
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London
Bermans
North Audley Street
Mayfair
Harold Berman
Charles
Berman
Greek banks shut as 24 hour strike hits Athens
Banks remained closed in Athens and Piraeus as more than 10,000 bank employees walked out seeking higher wages. The 24 hour stoppage crippled weekend business in six main banks. Meanwhile a five day nationwide bakers strike continued with police and army set to avert a bread shortage.
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Athens
Piraeus
West Germans Face Draft as Enlistments Sink
Bonn reports voluntary enlistments in West Germany's territorial defense reserve have fallen. About 10,000 men must be drafted for the year starting March 1, 1967, to fill a 33,000-strong force resembling the U S National Guard requiring 15 days of service annually.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Defense Ministry
Atlantic Alliance
U. S. National Guard
Cancel London flood alert amid Thames tide threat
Officials canceled the London flood alert after gales subsided and the morning high tide did not reach Friday’s peak. Police were stationed along the riverfront as the Thames at Westminster neared its 31 year high water mark, within six inches of the parapet.
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London
Thames
Westminster
House of Commons Terrace
Merry Christmas Trees Youngest of Forest Family
In Columbus Ohio Merry Christmas is the 12 year old youngest child of Mr and Mrs Jack Trees of Forest Park. The Trees family has woodsy names with Douglas Fir Trees 25 and Jack Pine Trees 24 both in the area or studying. Merry anticipates decorating the Christmas tree by herself this year amid light teasing from classmates.
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Columbus, Ohio
Mrs
Jack Trees
Firwood Place
Forest Park
Forrest
Douglas Fir Trees
Jane Wood
Copenhagen
Denmark
Jack Pine Trees
Ohio State University
Jane Groves
Merry
Gemini 7 Pilot Faces Cold After Spaceflight
At Houston's Manned Space Center AP report notes flight surgeon Dr. Charles Berry explains that incubation for a common cold varies 4 to 10 days. He addresses Lt. Col. Frank Borman's sneezes while confirming the command pilot might be developing a cold after more than six days in space.
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Houston
Tex
Charles Berr
Air Force
Frank Borman
Berry
Indians Order VISTA Worker Off Reservation
Indian elders on the Red Cliff reservation ordered two VISTA volunteers to leave the grounds amid a clash over the Peace Corps program. Judy Rothman, 20, and Jill Hunt, 22, vowed to stay, insisting they are needed, while tribal members condemned the intrusion and disrupted programs.
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Red Cliff
Wis
Judy Rothman
America
Vista
Jill Hunt
Kewanee
Ill
Henry Bresette
Former legislative leader John J. Dunnigan dies at 82
Former State Senator John J. Dunnigan, who led both the Senate majority and minority in the 1930s and 1940s, died after a lengthy illness at Saranac Lake. He was 82.
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Saranac Lake
John J. Dunnigan
Senate
Johnson offers to curb Great Society to fund Vietnam War
President Johnson signals willingness to restrain new Great Society programs to supply war costs, aiming to deter Communist demands and prepare Congress and voters for possible emergency cuts while continuing Vietnam effort. McNamara announces a $1.75 billion plan to replace aging bombers with a new fighter to bolster long term military capacity.
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Tex
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Congress
White House
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