Chicago Honors Space Twins Amid Civil Rights Tensions
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II are greeted by about 2,500 Chicagoans at a heroes parade with Vice President Humphrey and Gov. Kerner in attendance. Civic welcome includes honorary citizenship, school Q and A sessions, a Daley dinner, and a fireworks show, while civil rights protesters march downtown demanding actions on school desegregation.
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Chicago
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
O'Hare International Airport
Hubert H. Humphrey
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
la Salle Street
City Hall
McDivitt
White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E. Mueller
Charles W. Matthews
Gemini
McCormick Place
Daley
O'Hare
Lake Front
Benjamin C. Willis
Albert Raby
Dick Gregory
Col
Jack Reilly
Houston
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Rain and cold blast hit wide swath of U S
Heavy rain drenched parts of the South and Midwest while the Northeast faced unseasonably cold air. Meridian Mississippi logged 1.57 inches in six hours ending at 1 a.m. Missouri’s Rich Hill saw 22 inches in 45 minutes. A severe hailstorm damaged Broadus Montana with roughly 100000 dollars in losses. Temperature lows ranged from 34 at Marquette County Airport Michigan to 86 at Needles California.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Meridian
Miss
Rich Hill
Westcentral
Missouri
South Dakota
Broadus
Montana
Marquette County
Mich
Needles
Calif
Youth describes flood battle that claimed family in Texas
Michael Johnson, 12, told how a flash flood swept his family from a Sanderson motel roof as moments later 15-foot walls of water surged through the canyon. His parents and five siblings were missing or dead, with a total toll of 15 dead and 35 injured across the storm's devastation.
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Michael Johnson
Texas
Ft. Stockton
Here
Mike
John Wesley Johnson
Sanderson Canyon
Johnson
Terrell County
Bill Cooksey
Sanderson
San Antonio
el Paso
Cooksey
Red Cross Salvation Army
U.S
Richard White
Johnson Returns to Desk After Texas Weekend
President Johnson resumes duties after a Texas ranch weekend. He nominated Edward A. Clark to be ambassador to Australia and signed a 15.4 billion military appropriations bill including 5.8 for aircraft 1.4 for missiles 1.7 for naval vessels and 6.4 for research. He appointed 12 public members to the Consumer Advisory Council and chose Richard H. Holton as chairman. An IRS report showed a reversal in math error trends in favor of the government. Kilduff resigns as White House aide to start a Washington PR firm.
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Texas
Edward A. Clark
Australia
Consumer Advisory Council
Richard H. Holton
Commerce
University of California
Internal Revenue Service
Malcolm _ Kilduff
White House
Washington
Accidents Claim 26 Lives in New York State Over Weekend
Mis haps on highways and in water caused 26 deaths in New York State over the weekend. Eighteen died in highway crashes and five children drowned. A Saturday collision near Clyde, Wayne County killed John Carson 72 of Lyons Marcus Frison 38 of East Williamson and Joseph Smith of Williamson.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Clyde
Wayne County
John Carson
Lyons
Marcus Frison
East Williamson
Joseph Smith
Williamson
Burglar Advises Judge in Nighttime Break-In
A burglar entered Superior Court judge R. C. Stanford's bedroom in Phoenix at 4 a.m. Sunday and told him, Dont be a fool, before fleeing empty-handed. No one was hurt and no arrest reported.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Superior Court
R. C. Stanford
Stanford
Judge to Name Counsel for Man Held in Slaying
Duane Pope, tied to a three‑kill bank robbery in Big Springs Nebraska, awaits a preliminary federal hearing. Judge John W. Oliver may appoint J. Whitfield Moody to represent Pope while he remains in Missouri. Pope faces $100,000 bond and possible dual prosecution by state and federal authorities. Pope’s parents and siblings visited him in jail after surrendering to Kansas City police.
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Kansas City
Duane Pope
Big Springs
Neb
John W. Oliver
J. Whitfield Moody
Pope
Missouri
Moody
Jackson County Legal Aid Committee
F. Russell Millin
U.S
Western Missouri
McPherson
Kan
Robert Richards
Devel County
Theodore Richling
Omaha
Nebraska
Pope Richling
Dennis
Elle
Roxbury
Polio victim walks at Baldwin Wallace college graduation
Nancy Malinosky a polio victim confined to a wheelchair for 15 years began walking last January behind closed doors and surprised her parents by crossing the Baldwin Wallace College stage to receive her diploma as the top student in her class. She practiced on the stage last week and even informed President Alfred B Bonds Jr to ensure safe guidance if needed.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Nancy Malinosky
Nancy
Baldwin ~ Wallace College
Baldwin Wallace
Alfred B. Bonds Jr
Flaming Collision Kills Four On Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
A tractor-trailer tire blowout caused a two-vehicle crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The fire killed four people in a car with Connecticut plates. It was the first fatal accident since the bridge tunnel opened a year ago, part of U.S. 13 linking Kiptopeke to Norfolk.
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Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Bay
Connecticut
Kiptopeke
Virginia
Norfolk
Petite Blonde Sets Sail Solo for Hawaii in Small Sloop
Sharon Sites, 34, sails the Sea Sharp a 25 foot sloop with no radio and no fuel, from Los Angeles toward Hawaii. The independent voyage aims to make her the first woman to sail solo to the islands, with about 2300 miles and 30 to 40 days predicted. Her craft carries 6 days of food and 90 days of water despite the missing comms.
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Los Angeles
California
Hawaii
Sharon Sites
Catalina Island
Soviet and Peking Clash OverVietnam War Split
Moscow presses for a showdown meeting with Peking over the Vietnam war and world Communist party unity. Pravda reports a pro-Soviet Portuguese party resolution calling for a conference as Beijing condemns Soviet covert moves.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Peking
Kremlin
Pravda
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
London
Paris
Viet Nam
U.S
Soviet Union
Mariner 4 Adjusts Canopus Fix on 325-Mile Journey
A radio signal traveling 107 million miles informed engineers that Mariner 4 completed its final Mars tasks before July 14 photographic work. At 8 50 am the 575 pound spacecraft issued commands to fix its Canopus steering and signals arrived at 9 am at Jet Propulsion Laboratory which built and guides the mission through global tracking stations.
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Mariner
Canoplus
Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mars
Canopus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Screvane Enters New York Mayoral Race
Paul R. Screvane, 50, City Council president and longtime public servant, announces his bid for mayor of New York. He is viewed as Mayor Wagner’s preferred successor among the Democrats seeking the post.
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New York
Paul R. Screvane
Robert Wagner
Crevane
Legislative Council
Wagner
Legislature Faces Major Delay in Summer Adjournment
In Albany the legislature threatens to stay in session through summer as adjournment plans collapse over New York City finances. Mayor Wagner seeks a 1967 real estate tax hike and a $300 million loan to balance the city budget, complicating a vote on a state lottery and birth control sales limits.
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Albany N.Y
Senate
Joseph Zaretzki
New York City
Assembly
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Congress Faces Delay in Plans For Adjournment
After six months of smooth sailing Congress faces delays as voting rights, health care, base closures, reapportionment and pay raises loom. None of the 12 annual appropriation bills have reached the President, though most cleared the House. A Labor Day adjournment remains uncertain with Senate changes ahead on foreign aid and excise taxes.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Moon Partial Eclipse Occurs Sunday Night
A partial lunar eclipse occurred Sunday night with 18 percent of the moon covered by Earth's umbra at its maximum at 9 19 pm EST. The event was described as a minor eclipse with limited shading on the lunar disk.
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New York
100 Slain S. Viet Soldiers Found On Rubber Plantation
Vietnamese rangers uncovered about 100 bodies from the 7th Airborne Battalion on a rubber plantation near Dong Xoai as combat raged across Viet Nam. U.S. forces reported heavy air strikes and casualties while Phuoc Vinh airfield was bolstered to protect air operations.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dong Xoai
7Th Airborne Battalion
U.S
173Rd
U.S. Airborne Brigade
Phuoc Vinh
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
North
Ban Xom Lom
Hanoi
Ba Bon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Navy
Marine Corps
U.S. Army
Chu Lai
Phuoc Binh-Thanh
Thuan Loi
Dong Xo Ai
Thuan Loi Sunda
U S
William C
White House Hosts Mammoth Festival of Arts
June at the White House features the 12 hour Festival of the Arts with performances on the East Room stage and sculpture and jazz on the South Lawn. Mrs. Johnson opened the event praising creators who give beauty and meaning to American life.
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Washington
White House
Fast Room
South Lawn
Alexander Calder
Helen Hayes
Johnson
Johnsons
Texas
East Room
GOP plans drive to gain House and Senate seats
Republicans forecast gains by focusing on the Midwest and West next year. They expect to recoup House seats lost in 1964 and add Senate seats, aided by President Johnson's farm program woes. Senators Morton and Mundt stress farm policy and urban swings as electoral factors.
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GOP
Senate
Washington
Midwest
West
Johnson
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Republican
Iowa
Karl E. Mundt
Rl.d
Metromedia
Levitt Declines Run for New York City Mayor
State Comptroller Arthur Levitt a Democrat, announced he is not interested in NYC mayoral race. He said he has been besieged by calls but will remain focused on state work and hopes to serve another six years as comptroller.
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Rochester
N.Y
Arthur Levitt
New York City
Levitt
New York State
Robert F. Wagner
Train-Weary Bay Area Couple Buys Tiny Nevada Town
Kenneth Krueger a train weary San Francisco Bay area commuter and his wife Jeannette purchase Currie a 50 resident town in northeast Nevada for 85 000 They plan to run the general store service station bar and trailer park while Krueger becomes town mayor sheriff fire chief and more The sale includes 75 acres and a handful of homes as Currie shifts from cattle ranching to hunting and fishing tourism along U S 93 north of Ely.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Nevada
Kenneth Krueger
San Francisco Bay Area
Currie
Jeannette
Krueger
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
San Francisco
Goshute and
Ruby Mountains
U.S. 93
Ely
Kruegers
Suburbia
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