Gemini 7 Astronauts Eager For Meeting With Gemini 6
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell, on day nine of their 14 day mission, remain vigorous and alert and look forward to a Wednesday rendezvous with Gemini 6. Flight surgeon Dr. D. Owen Coons praised their responsiveness and endurance as Cape Kennedy readiness for Gemini 6’s launch faces possible delays. if needed the two ships may land on the same orbit or one apart.
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Borman
Air Force
Lovell
Navy
Cape Kennedy
U.S
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Fla
Earth
Fires aboard USS Independence fade as crew returns home
The aircraft carrier Independence neared Norfolk after five months of combat near Vietnam. Eleven flight deck crewmen were burned in a middeck fire caused by a ruptured Phantom II drop tank. four others were slightly injured. Two rescued airmen were unharmed and the pilot continued to Oceania on one engine. Vice Admiral Waldemar Wendt would present commendations to the ship upon arrival.
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Independence
Norfolk
Navy
Viet Nam
Oceania Naval Air Station
Ocean
Occenia
Air Wing 7
Adm
Waldemar Wendt
Atlantic Fleet
Kintner Named NBC Chairman of Board
Robert E. Kintner, NBC president since 1958, will become chairman of the NBC board on January 1, succeeding Robert W. Sarnoff who moves to RCA presidency in a major executive realignment. The change dispels rumors that Kintner would leave NBC.
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New York
Robert E. Kintner
National Broadcasting Company
Kintner
NBC
Robert W. Sarnoff
Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Kint Werle
Organizaon
Man admits starting West Side tavern fire that killed 13
Robert Lee Lassiter, 26, of Chicago, admitted using a borrowed match to ignite gasoline at the Seeley Club on West Madison Street after an argument with waiter Eddie Gaston. The blaze killed 13 and injured 22 as witnesses recalled Lassiter brandishing a knife before fleeing with a threat to return.
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Chicago
Robert Lee Lassiter
West Side
Lassiter
Seeley Club
West Madison Street
Eddie Gaston
Gaston
Eight Peace Corps Trainees Missing on Four Day Hike
In Manzano Mountains New Mexico eight Peace Corps trainees enrolled in UNM training vanished during a 30 mile trek. About 40 searchers scoured rugged terrain while two groups completed portions of the hike and another reached Manzano on schedule. Trainees include Mitchell, Jacobs, McCracken, West, Whitmore, Johnson, Selbin and Pastreich.
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Manzano
N.M
Peace Corps
Manzano Mountains
New Mexico
Belen
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Mike Mitchell
the Bronx
New York City
Tom Jacobs
Columbus
Ohio
Bruce McCracken
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Linda West
Hurst
Tex
Jane Whitmore
Manhasset
Judy Johnson
Ex-MP Linked With Klan Said to Have Died by Self
The Rowan County coroner said Grady B. Mars 41 a retired military policeman linked to the Klu Klux Klan may have died by his own action after a gunshot wound to the head in his Granite Quarry home. Mars had refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. His wife reported his long standing despondency. a formal ruling awaits BOI lab results and will be issued Tuesday.
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N.C
Rowan County
Grady B. Mars
Klu Klux Klan
Mars
Rufus Honeycutt
Jean
House Committee On Un-American Activities
State Bureau of Investigation Lab
Raleigh
Honeycutt
Donald T. Appell
United Klans of America
1000 Viet Cong Killed in Five Day Da Nang Fight
A U S Marines and Vietnamese troops battled the Viet Cong south of Da Nang in a five day operation. Casualties were reported at about 1000 enemy killed with 198 confirmed in the Da Nang area. The lull in major fighting continued despite airstrikes on targets north of Hanoi and in the region around Dong Hoi.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Que Son
Viet Nam
Air Force
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
Leathernecks
Lewis Walt
Guam
Walt
Chu Lai
U. S
Freezing Rain and Snow Hit Upstate New York Roads
Snow sleet and freezing rain left Upstate New York slick with at least one death reported after a Greyhound bus left Route 7 east of Troy and struck a tree injuring several. A light plane crash near White Plains in fog killed its pilot as flurries continued.
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Albany
N.Y
Upstate
New York
Buffalo
Greyhound
Troy
White Plains
New Orleans
Pensacola
Fla
Air Canada
O'Hare International
Chicago
Toronto
Ont
Labor Demands Wage Increases and Price Controls
AFL CIO leaders at the 10th anniversary convention urged higher wages and a 50 percent boost in Social Security benefits. They called for federal price controls on key goods, tax cuts for low and middle income families, and elimination of taxes for those under $3,000 yearly. They proposed raising the Social Security tax base from 6 600 to 15 000 a year with Treasury support.
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San Francisco
Afl-Cio
White House
Johnson Back in Capital for Three Foreign Leader Meetings
President Johnson returns to Washington after a Texas trip to begin budget sessions and prepare for diplomatic talks with Pakistan president Ayub Khan Britain prime minister and West German chancellor. Moyers noted intelligence briefings and staff huddles as meetings set to begin Tuesday in the capital.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Texas
Pakistan
Britain
West Germany
Bill D. Moyers
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Department
State de
Republicans Confront Birch Society Dilemma At GOP Meet
Top Republicans debate disavowing the John Birch Society at the Republican Coordinating Committee session. Barry Goldwater sidelined by family illness. Rep. John Rhodes to present his position. Idaho Governor Smylie pushes to disassociate the party from extremist groups. Senator Hugh Scott urges formal repudiation at the 1964 convention. Meanwhile a winter storm batters New England with snow sleet and freezing rain, affecting travel and power.
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Washington
John Birch Society
Republican Coordinating Committee
Barry Goldwater
Birch Society
Phoenix
Goldwater
the Birch Society
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Scott
Communists
Ku Klux Klan
Duryea Beats Ingalls for GOP Assembly Leader
Perry B. Duryea of Suffolk County won the Republican minority leader post over incumbent George L. Ingalls of Binghamton at a closed door conference in Albany. Duryea secured 42 votes, four more than needed, as Ingalls drew Westchester support and Duryea kept the New York City metropolitan bloc. The party will hold 75 seats in the Assembly to the Democrats 90 in the session beginning January 5.
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Albany
N.Y
Perry B. Duryea
Suffolk County
Republican Assembly
George L. Ingalls
Binghamton
Duryea
Ingalls
Westchester County
New York City
Two East German Soldiers Flee to West Across Elbe
Two East German army sergeants swam the flooded Elbe River border at night and sought asylum in West Germany. In the past 24 hours seven East German workers escaped across the mine infested northern Iron Curtain frontier, authorities said.
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Brunswick
Germany
Elbe River
West Germany
Iron Curtain
British Author W. S. Maugham At Deaths Door
British author W. Somerset Maugham lay in a coma in a hospital at Cap Ferrat and was given less than 24 hours to live after a Saturday stroke. Dr Georges Rosanoff said the 91 year old was in the death agony with rising temperature and pulmonary congestion. Three doctors reported the condition stationary without aggravation and noted no change since the prior evening, offering no hope for recovery.
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Nice
France
W. Somerset Maugham
Cap Ferrat
Georges Rosanoff
Maugham
Rome Man Killed in California Crash
Indio California AP reports Cletus Witchley 22 of Rome was killed when a car left a desert highway and fell into a gully. The California Highway Patrol said the vehicle appeared to be traveling about 80 mph. three other occupants also died in the crash.
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Indio
Calif
Cletus Witchley
Rome
California Highway Patrol
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