Joyful reunion as astronauts return to families
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White arrived home to Houston after a four day space mission aboard the USS Wasp. They hugged wives and children, celebrated McDivitt's 36th birthday, and spoke of the voyage's wonders before heading to Houston for private family time.
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Pope Paul II visits Pisa amid huge crowds in Italy
Pope Paul VI traveled to Pisa for the Day of the Priesthood at the Italian Eucharistic Congress drawing an estimated half a million people to the Square of Miracles. The first papal visit to Pisa since 1857, amid throngs of locals and visitors, marked his fifth major trip outside Rome.
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Reckless Driving Charged After Car Jumped Curb
Police charged 39 year old Harold Flowers with reckless driving and destruction of property after his car jumped a curb and struck two houses in Kansas City Kansas. His 12 year old daughter Susan was steering at the time, and damage to the second house was estimated at $2000. Officers quoted Susan saying her father crabbed the wheel when she turned a corner.
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Plea Issued For Return Of Missing Boy’s Artifical Hand
Mrs. Neal Nalley of Olathe Kansas asks for help locating a paper sack taken from a lunch counter in downtown Kansas City. The sack held her son Terry's baseball glove and his artificial hand, removed while they ate.
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Olathe
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Judge Sentences Huge Dog To Life In Chicago Prison
AP reports Bernardo the St Bernard, 15 months old, becomes Cook County Jail’s youngest inmate after a judge sentences him to life for mopery with intent to gawk. The 150 pound dog received mug shots, a bath, paw prints, and a news conference amid a muddy crowd.
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Apaches to Honor Lynda Bird on Grasshopper Visit
Lynda Bird Johnson will join 21 students for a peaceful intrusion into Grasshopper region. She will be made a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe during a two week stay to study an ancient pueblo site near Cibecue. Secret Service guards oversee the operation.
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Patman Urges Martin to Quit Federal Reserve
Rep. Wright Patman urged Federal Reserve chairman William M. Martin Jr. to resign and let President Johnson replace him with a new appointee. He accused Martin of challenging policy, triggering a stock market drop, and pursuing monetary tightness that, Patman says, mirrors 1929 and risks recession.
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New York Stock Exchange probes Johnson rumor impact
The NYSE investigates a rumor that President Johnson suffered a heart attack as market volatility surged midday. Prices recovered briefly after the rumor was debunked but declined again with rapid trading. The Dow fell 9.21 to 879.84 and the AP 60-stock average dropped to 320.5.
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Oklahoma Boy Wins National Spelling Bee
Michael Kerpan Jr a 12 year old Boy Scout from Tulsa Oklahoma wins the 38th National Spelling Bee after 17 rounds among 70 contestants for 5700 dollars in prizes Judy Marie Guarr from Topeka Kansas takes second. Michael earns 1000 first prize a New York trip and a TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. He spelled larghetto correctly after Judy misspelled it as largetto in round 17 then correctly spelled eczema to seal the win.
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Powell agrees to settle tax case with IRS
The Internal Revenue Service says it will settle its tax case against Rep Adam C. Powell Jr. for 27834 dollars, down from 41014 dollars in back taxes penalties and interest for 1949 to 1955. The reduction comes after negligence penalties replaced fraud penalties after a New York federal court discarded tax evasion charges.
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U.S. Forces Hit by Major Dong Xoai Attack
Viet Cong forces overran Dong Xoai and attacked a nearby special forces camp as U.S. troops and Vietnamese reinforcements clashed. Officials reported heavy American losses with conflicting tallies while Vietnamese fighters suffered large casualties in a dawn to midafternoon battle.
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Johnson discusses Vietnam war with Taylor in Washington
President Johnson held an informal briefing with Ambassador Maxwell Taylor and top advisers to review South Vietnam and Taylor's talks with federal agencies. Taylor will meet again with the National Security Council as Taylor returns to Washington.
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Defense
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Cyrus R. Vance
William P. Bundy
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Mystery satellite likely to stay unsolved
Houston AP reports the mystery satellite sighted on the Gemini 4 flight remains unsolved as space officials cannot locate pictures taken by astronaut James McDivitt. Julian Scheer of NASA said technicians reviewed every frame of McDivitt’s film and found no satellite image.
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Ike displeased with L A space program
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower said Wednesday that despite the Gemini 4 space flight success he is displeased with the US space program and thinks too much money is being spent on it.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Baby's body found in Amsterdam telephone booth
Police found a bruised infant dead in a sidewalk telephone booth on Pearl Street off West Main after an anonymous call. The body showed head injuries and blood. an aged infant, not newborn, was reported with a zippered canvas bag nearby.
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West Main
Matched Couple Wed After Computer Pairing
Michigan State University seniors Paul Nelson and Sandra Titus wed after the computer matched them for a campus dance. They say the machine found more similarities than noted, though they disagree on housing and interior tastes. The couple, now married March 20, live in MSU housing and recall shared preferences in toothpaste, cuisine, and politics.
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