Gemini 9 Trip Exposes Spaceflight Challenges and Next Steps
NASA plans intensified studies of spaceflight mysteries after Gemini 9 fell short of major objectives. NASA officials outline Gemini 10, 11 and 12 as data gathering missions ahead of Apollo lunar flights. Gemini 9 pilots Stafford and Cernan discussed rendezvous failures and a spacewalk cut short by fogging faceplates.
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Gemini
Houston, Tex
National Space Agency
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Bles
Seamans
Space
Raborn resigns as CIA director. Helms named successor
President Johnson announced the resignation of Admiral William F. Raborn as CIA director and said his deputy Richard Helms will succeed him. The surprise move came at a prearranged news conference in the Oval Office as Johnson outlined routine personnel changes. He expressed regret at Raborn's departure and noted unhappiness within the agency about Raborn's leadership.
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Washington
Johnson
Adm
William F. Raborn
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard Helms
Oval Office
Raborn
CIA
Super Secret Agency
Vietnam
U.S
Pentagon
United States
South
Viet Nam
Hanoi
France
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
Haiphong
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
McNamara
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Big Question Washington Analysts Believe Soviets Have Silenced Castro
Washington analysts weigh whether the Soviet Union ordered Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro to step back amid rising dissidence. State Department officials note Castro has not been prominent since May 1 and reports say he recently completed a provincial inspection trip.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
State Department
Castro
Canopy of Cool Air Lowers Thermometer Across U S
A vast mass of cool air settled over the eastern two thirds of the United States, driving temperatures to record lows. In St Marys Pennsylvania the thermometer hit 31 above zero as frost formed on windshields and bird baths. Springfield Missouri registered 47 tying its coldest June 18 on record. St Joseph Missouri saw 50 and Topeka Kansas 52. Tornadoes swept the Texas Panhandle and Plains with hail, floods and winds reaching 94 mph.
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United States
St. Marys
Pennsylvania
Springfield
St. Joseph
Topeka
Kan
State Police Raid in Amsterdam Yields 13 Arrests
State Police and city officers raided 10 gambling sites in Amsterdam Mohawk Valley. Twelve people were jailed, nine pleaded guilty to misdemeanor gambling material charges and face City Court sentencing. two pleaded not guilty and were released on bail. Dominic Argesta and Victor Cisarette charged with maintaining a policy operation, each bail set at $2000. Preliminary hearings set for June 23 and June 27.
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Amsterdam
N.Y
Mohawk Valley
Dominic Argesta
Victor Cisarette
Argesta
Cisaretti
Arabian Nights Setting For Ford Debut
DETROIT AP Amid an Arabian nights backdrop Eleanor Clay Ford debuted Friday at the Little Club in Grosse Pointe. More than 600 Detroit society members attended. Ford, granddaughter of Mrs Edsel Ford and the late Henry Ford’s founder, wore a white Swiss organza gown with a brown eyed, brunette look.
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Detroit
Eleanor Clay
Nonie) Ford
Walter Buhl Ford I
Grosse Pointe
Miss Ford
Edsel Ford
Mr. Ford
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Automotive
Deb
Adventist Church Elects New World President Robert Pierson
Robert H. Pierson, 55, formerly head of Adventist missions in Africa, is elected world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church by delegates at the 50th World Conference in Detroit. He succeeds Reuben R. Figuhr and vows to expand evangelization publishing and medical and educational programs worldwide. Pierson, a Salisbury Rhodesia resident born in Brooklyn Iowa, holds a PhD from Andrews University and has authored 13 religious books. He and his wife Dollis have two sons, John Duane and Robert.
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Detroit
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Robert H. Pierson
Adventist Missions
Africa
World Conference of Adventists
Pierson
Reuben R. Figuhr
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Brooklyn
Iowa
Ocala
Fla
Dollis
Southern Missionary College
Tennessee
Our University
Andrews University
Berrien Springs
Mich
John Duane
Morristown, N.J
Robert
Solusi College
Satellites Set to Relay Defense Messages from Orbit
The Defense Department plans seven satellites 21 000 miles up to relay military commands to Viet Nam by late summer. Atlas Titan launch from Cape Kennedy successfully deployed the system with jam resistant, coded signals and a Viet Nam terminal expected by summer’s end.
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Washington
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Earth
Defense
Cape Kennedy
Air Force Titan
Air Force
Harold Brown
U. S
Brown
Pentagon
Saigon Buddhist Institute sealed after policeman’s killing
In Saigon, troops and riot police sealed off the Buddhist Institute after a policeman was killed by a gunman from an anti government mob and another officer was beaten. The incident accompanied the first anniversary of Ky’s military government as curfew was eased for Armed Forces Day events. Hue also saw government troops seize control of the Dieu De Buddhist pagoda.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Viet Nam
da Nang
Dao Thi Tuyet
Buddhist Institute
Phan Huu Tran
Dieu de Buddhist
Dance Sedate Foxtrots and Best Dressed Man Award
In Los Angeles the Costume Designer's Guild held its first annual dinner dance at Century Plaza Hotel. George Hamilton, bearded, won a six inch gold plated butterfly award as best dressed American male entertainer while dancing with Lynda Bird Johnson. Proceeds benefitted the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation.
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Los Angeles
George Hamilton
Lynda Bird Johnson
Magnificent Century Plaza Hotel
National
New York Adopts Record 4.5 Billion Budget
The Board of Estimate and City Council approve a record 4.553 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year, adding 134.5 million from Lindsay recommendations. They seek to shift 84.3 million to the Transit Authority to cover transit costs while new income tax funding replaces the payroll tax.
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New York
Board of Estimate
City Council
John V. Lindsay
Robert F. Wagner
Transit Authority
Murray Drabkin
Albany
Drabkin
Man Dies From Stings by Wasps in Dutchess County
A 65 year old man, Edgar Sanderleaf of Unionvale, was attacked by a swarm of wasps nesting in an abandoned car. He ran, fell, and was stung on the face and head, dying of shock at Vassar Hospital. County medical examiner Dr. Chester H. Golding ruled the cause of death.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Dutchess County
Edgar Sanderleaf
Unionvale
Lawrence Quinlan
Sanderleaf
Vassar Hospital
Chester H. Golding
Kennedy Meets Pope in Long Rome Audience
Sen Robert F Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy met Pope Paul VI in a 35 minute private audience in the Vatican library during a Rome stopover from Athens. The Vatican called the meeting cordial and Kennedy noted the rights of man as he answered reporters.
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Vatican City
Robert F. Kennedy
Paul VI
Kennedy
Vatican
New York
Viet Nam
South Africa
Rome
Ethel
Athens
Kennedys
Amleto Cardinal Cicognani
St. Peter’s Basilica
Apostle Peter
Dixieland Banjo Player Johnny St Cyr Dies at 76
Los Angeles death reports Johnny St Cyr, famed Dixieland banjoist who played with Kid Ory, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. He remained active until weeks before his leukemia death Friday. Born in New Orleans, he led Johnny St Cyr's Hot Five and later performed on the Disneyland riverboat. He toured Chicago and New Orleans with various bands, spanning more than 50 years in jazz.
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Los Angeles
Johnny St. Cyr
New Orleans
St. Cyr
Kid Ory
King Oliver
Jelly Roll Morton
Louis Armstrong
Martin Gabriel
Brownskin Babies
Chicago
Disneyland
King Moves to Jackson Mississippi March Ends Next Week
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged Mississippi march supporters to join at Jackson when the trek ends in a week. He announced planned entertainment by Sinatra, Brando, Lancaster, Davis Jr., Peck, and James Brown. Hosea Williams urged voting as King warned of personal risk in Mississippi.
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Itta Bena
Miss
Martin Luther King Jr
Mississippi
Jackson
Greenwood
King
Frank Sinatra
Marlon Brando
Burt Lancaster
Sammy Davis Jr
Gregory Peck
James Brown
Hosea Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Viet Nam
Williams
Memorial to Churchill Rebuilding London Church on College Campus
The 12th century Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury was relocated from London to Westminster College Fulton Missouri as a Churchill memorial. The brick church, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was shipped after wartime damage and reconstruction on the college campus recalls Churchill and Truman’s 1946 Iron Curtain speech.
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Fulton, Mo
St. Mary Aldermanbury
Love Lane
Aldermanbury Street
London
Westminster College
Winston Churchill
Harry S. Truman
Soviet Union
Sir Christopher Wren
Britain
Churchill Inspired Church Move Opens Public Drive at College
President Johnson launched a fund drive to relocate the church to a Presbyterian college campus. Officials report 18 000 contributors totaling 1 141 000 toward a 144 million goal. Anglican authorities granted permission, noting many churches in London’s banking district. The Missouri city of 13 000 residents follows the reconstruction with pride.
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Churchill
Johnson
Presbyterian College
London
Missouri
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Greenwood, Miss
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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
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Stone Street School
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Plains Country
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Lynda
All of Me
Les Brown
Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
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Pope
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