U.S. Jets Heavily Damage Viet Cong Supply Depot
Thirty three American jets hit the Vinh supply depot in North Viet Nam with heavy damage reported despite intense antiaircraft fire. The raid followed Monday’s strike on the same depot as planes returned safely.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Vinh
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Winh
Navy
Co Dinh
Thanh Hoa
Ron
Lan van
da Nang
Chu Lai
U.S
Canberra
North
Viet Nam
Bon Homme Richard
Lawmakers Seek Higher Albany Expense Allowances
Legislators in Albany plan to raise their supplemental expense allowances known as lulus as the long 54 month session strains finances. The increase, to be included in the upcoming supplemental state budget before June 17, could range from five hundred to a thousand dollars, on top of the existing $1,000 monthly allowance and $10,000 annual salary.
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Albany
N.Y
Associated Press
Safety laws spread as highway deaths rise nationwide
State legislatures move to curb highway hazards amid rising traffic fatalities. Front seat belt mandates pass in several states with models from 1962 onward, while Maryland Nevada and Nebraska also enact road safety measures.
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Chicago
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Montana
North Dakota
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Iowa
Jan. S
Ohio
Nebraska
Maryland
Nevada
House panel limits VA power to close hospitals
The House Veterans Affairs Committee unanimously approved a bill to strip the Veterans Administration of authority to close veterans hospitals, prompting a White House intervention. The measure would let Congress decide on VA facility closures as President Johnson opposed the move after a committee vote. A presidential study panel is expected to report soon with recommendations to close several but not all proposed hospitals.
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Washington
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Veterans Administration
White House
Johnson Administration
Johnson
Olin Teague
D-Tex
Teague
GOP Assemblyman Grant Johnson Dies After Stroke
Albany report says Grant W. Johnson, 61, Ticonderoga Republican and longtime assemblyman since 1952, died after a stroke at Albany Medical Center Hospital. He chaired the New York Vermont Interstate Commission on the Lake Champlain Basin. Born in Ticonderoga and a 1926 Middlebury College graduate.
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Albany
N.Y
Grant W. Johnson
Ticonderoga
Johnson
New York-Vermont
Lake Champlain Basin
Albany Medical Center
Middlebury College
Vermont
Navy Seeks Extension of Enlistments to Add 11000
The Navy plans to extend enlistments and active duty tours by up to six months to boost strength by about 11,000 personnel amid Viet Nam demands. Pentagon levels show resistance as fewer than 300 volunteers have signed on, while the service remains roughly 6,000 short of its target.
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Navy
Washington
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Pentagon
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Nitze
Lenge
Secretary of Defense
Pacific
Gemini At A Glance
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II achieved a four day Gemini mission. They launched Thursday at 10 16 a m EST and splashed down Monday at 12 30 p m EST after 62 orbits covering 1 609 684 miles. White conducted a 20 minute spacewalk during the flight.
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Associated Press
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
White
Soviet Union Launches New Moon Rocket
Tass reports the Soviet Union launched Luna 6 an automatic space station toward the moon in what may be their second attempt in a month at a soft lunar landing. The flight, expected to last about 3.5 days, follows Luna 5 which crashed on May 12 after a May 9 launch.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Earth
Moon
Lawford Denies Marital Split Amid Reports
New York AP report quotes Peter Lawford denying a separation from wife Pat Kennedy Lawford. He cites a geographical work conflict and says no plans to divorce. Time magazine had claimed a 11 year marriage was ending with three children affected.
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New York
Peter Lawford
Lawford
Hollywood
Earl Wilson
New York Post
Wilson
Pat Kennedy
Time Magazine
Pat
Time
John F. Kennedy
Peter
Search for plane and 10 men extended over vast sea area
A C119 Air Force cargo plane with nine hours of fuel vanished after leaving Homestead AFB toward Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. The last position was Cricket Island about 100 miles from Grand Turk. Weather forced a large multi-service search across more than 100000 square miles using 22 aircraft and two Coast Guard cutters.
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Miami
Fla
Homestead Air Force Base
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
Cricket Island
Grand Turk
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Gemini Twins Return Fit After Four Day Space Flight
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II on USS Wasp endure medical checks and discuss weight loss and postflight recovery. Dr. Charles A. Berry reports light effects, stable cabin temps, and no faintness during water recovery and initial reentry adaptation.
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Uss
Wasp
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Charles A. Berry
Mercury
Berry
Gemini
Jim
McDevitt and White
Hubertus Strughold
Aerospace Medical Center
Brooks Afb
San Antonio
Texas
Strughold
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Wives of Gemini 4 Astronauts Jubilant After Space Flight
The wives of Gemini 4 astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White await a reunion with their husbands after the 98 hour mission. They praised the crew's safety, shared pride, and discussed LBJ Ranch invitations and weekend plans amid emotional scenes.
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Houston
Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
America
LBJ
Pat White
Eddie
Bonnie Lynn
Pat McDivitt
McDivitt
Mike
Patrick
Ann
Mrs. White
Gemini 4 shows White in space with sunlit Earth view
Color film from June 3 captures Edward White outside the Gemini 4 capsule during a spacewalk. He propels himself with a jet-like gun, grips a golden lifeline, and salutes while Earth glows beneath in the blackness of space.
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White
Space Capsule Gemini 4 On USS Wasp Deck
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White observed competition from their Gemini 4 capsule displayed on the deck of the aircraft carrier Wasp. The scorched craft, after its 1.6 million miles in four days at 17 500 mph journey, sits on a shipboard dolly with a speed limit sign.
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Uss Wasp
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Wasp
Dominican Rebels Name Peace Negotiator Team
The six man rebel negotiating team is led by Col. Francisco Caamano Deno and includes Hector Aristy Foreign Minister Jottin Cury Atty. Gen. Salvador Blanco and Senate President Anibal Campagna. The sixth member remains unnamed. The OAS mediators led by Ellsworth Bunker Ilmar Penna Marinho and Ramon de Clairmont Cuenas press for a constitutional return to 1963.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamano Deno
Hector Aristy
Caamano
Jottin Cury
Atty
Salvador Blanco
Senate
Anibal Campagna
Organization of American States
OAS
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Ilmar Penna Marinho
Brazil
Ramon de Clairmont Cuenas
el Salvador
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Billie Sol Estes
U. S. Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
el Paso
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Gop Assemblyman
Gordon Cooper
Houston, Tex
Edward White
Space Agency
Edward H. White I
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Kennedy
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
Gemini Medical Operations
Valery Bykovsky
McDi
Dominican Rebels
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