Spacewalk by Aldrin Ends Two-Year Hatch Break Record
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. steps outside Gemini 12 for a solar system and Earth photography session lasting about 52 minutes. Lovell notes extra fuel use as he captures sunrise and Milky Way images, extending space exposure to five and a half hours. The mission ends with plans for the next U.S. space walk in 1968.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Milky Way
Earth
U.S
James A. Lovell Jr
Aldrin
Mission Control Center
NORAD
Lovell
North American Defense Command
United States
Space Agency
America
Australia
Pupiter
Sahara Desert
James A
Defense Rests In Sheppard Case As Jury Seeks Verdict
The defense halted its presentation in the Samuel H. Sheppard murder retrial after three weeks of testimony with the defendant not taking the stand. Dr. Charles Elkins described medical findings hours after Marilyn Sheppard’s death and noted reflex changes suggesting a concussion rather than severe contusion.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Charles Elkins
Tucson
Ariz
Marilyn
Elkins
Bay View Hospital
Marilyn Sheppard
Samuel R. Gerber
Gerber
Shepp
Cuyahoga County
F. Lee Bailey
Archbishop Dearden Elected Head of RC Conference
Archbishop John F. Dearden of Detroit was elected president of the Roman Catholic bishops and cardinals conference in a historic move signaling decentralization. In Vietnam, B52 bombers attacked near the Cambodian border as U S infantry faced heavy casualties from a North Vietnamese assault near Plei Djereng, with 26 enemy dead reported and continued ground skirmishes districts.
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Washington
United States
John F. Dearden
Detroit
Episcopal Conference
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Plei Djereng
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
North Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Green Beret
Catholic Bishops Conference Opens With Reform Talk
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops convene a five day conference to align church practices with modern needs. Predictions run on easing or abolishing the Friday meat rule and curbing expensive church building to direct more funds to the poor. The 261 prelates will elect a president and vice president, a first deviation from the previous seniority system.
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Washington
Fulton B. Sheen
Goldwater denies joining Nixon to halt Romney bid
Barry Goldwater says it is not true he and Richard Nixon are plotting to block Michigan Governor George Romney from seeking the 1968 Republican nomination. Romney says he has not decided whether to run, while he works to reconcile past differences with Goldwater.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Goldwater
Romney
ABC
Nixon
Dick Nixon
NBC
Meet the Press
American Falls Returns to Normal Flow After Study
Niagara Falls engineers restored the American Falls flow to about 60 000 gallons per second after a partial shutdown to inspect erosion and rock debris at the 162 foot cataract. The test diverted water to Horseshoe Falls and hydroelectric reservoirs as part of a $50 000 federal study to prevent rockslides and possible long term damage. A final report is due early next year.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
American Falls
Army Corps of Engineers
Niagara River
Horseshoe Falls
U.S
Young Slayer of 5 Persons Undergoes Psychiatric Care
Robert Benjamin Smith, 18, in Mesa Arizona, underwent psychiatric evaluation after five women and two children were shot at Rose Mar College of Beauty. He said he fired to see his name in headlines before he died, inspired by mass killings in Chicago and Austin. He faces five counts of murder with a preliminary hearing slated for December 15.
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Mesa, Ariz
Robert Benjamin Smith
Chicago
Austin
Tex
Maricopa County
Mesa
Justice of the Peace
Rose-Mar College of Beauty
Smith
Joyce Sellers
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
Johnson Optimistic About Surgery Ahead
President Johnson says he feels optimistic about the Wednesday throat growth removal and hernia repair at Bethesda. He plans a short hospital stay and will return to Texas before Congress reconvenes, noting recent Republican gains but seeing no national decline.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
White House
Fredericksburg
Texas
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Congress
Kidnapped Infant Returned Safely in Denver
After a 41 hour search by police and FBI agents, a 3 day old boy abducted from Colorado General Hospital was returned to his parents. Susan Douglas, 29, is held for investigation of kidnapping. she reportedly admitted taking the child. The infant weighed 9 pounds 13 ounces and was in good condition with a cold. Detectives cited legwork and reviewing taxi trip tickets among the clues.
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Denver
Colo.ap
FBI
William Bacon
Colorado General Hospital
Susan Douglas
Jack Groginsky
Denver Dist
Atty
Bert Keating
Bacon
Rebecca
Dick Rennick
U S Made Bombs Dropped On Cuban Plant
The Cuban Armed Forces Ministry says an unidentified northbound aircraft dropped three American made bombs on the Cepero Bonilla chemical plant in Matanzas before dawn Sunday. Granma reports minimal damage to a warehouse roof. MIRA affiliates in Miami attribute the attack to the group led by Dr. Orlando Bosch.
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Havana
Cuba
Armed Forces Ministry
Cepero Bonilla Chemical
Matanzas
Communist Party
Granma
Nuevitas
Miami
Revolutionary Insurrectional Recovery Movement
MIRA
Orlando Bosch
Bosch
Turmoil in Adana as mob attacks U S consulate and cars
A mob in Adana, Turkey damaged the U S consulate and vehicles after eight U S airmen from the Incirlik base allegedly accosted Turkish women. Police, troops and consulate officials arranged protection, with no injuries reported.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U. S
Adana
Strategic Air Command
Incirlik
12-Year-Old Girl Escapes Blazing Oswego Home Fire Tragedy
A Oswego County blaze gutted a story-and-a-half frame house on Kingdom Road Oswego that claimed five Mack family members Marilyn Ann Marie Cynthia Michael David M Dominick and a resident Michael Susino 39. A 12-year-old girl escaped by jumping from a second story window into a neighbor’s arms Linda survived with serious injuries after leaping to Foster Rockwood 10 minutes away. Fire officials identified the victims and noted the earlier county fire death toll record set in 1965.
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Everett W. Dona
Scriba
Kingdom Road
Oswego County
Petrie
West Fifth St
Minetto
Raymond Cotton
James McDermott
Marilyn Mack
Ann Marie
Michael
David M
Dominick
Cynthia
Cindy
Michael Susino
Linda
Foster Rockwood
Mack
Fatal fire claimed four children and parents in Oswego County
A two alarm blaze on a wooden house near Route 57 in Oswego County killed Cindy Mack and her three siblings after a fire started near a stove. Firefighters from Scriba Minetto Volney and Oswego County units battled the flames, pulling the victims from bedrooms and the living area. coroner Dr Umbert Cimildoro pronounced the four deceased at the scene.
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Scriba Volunteer Fire Dept
Paul Taylor
Rockwood
Scriba Fire Dept
Scriba
Taylor
Oswego County Mutual Aid System
Minetto
Volney
Cindy
Donald Manwaring
Mack
Susino
Umbert Cimildoro
John R. Murray
Dain Funeral Home
Linda
Rockwoods
Samuel Mack
Byrne Heights
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Green Beret Camp
Supreme Court
Richmond
John W. Knowles
Norman Thomas Marshall
Robert D. Shoffner
Charlottesville
Salvatore Federico
Arlington
RC Conference
Kingdom
Martha Thompson
Everett Dona
Pall-Times
Catholic Bishops
Bubbles
New York
Bubbles Smollen
Theresa Smollen
Bronx
Bubbles Margaret
William
Florida
Hugo Black
Black
Tallahassee
Mack House
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