Early Bird satellite opens commercial operations
President Johnson inaugurated the first commercial satellite service with the Early Bird project. He called it a milestone in international communications and noted the venture was a joint effort of 44 nations. Calls and news exchanges began between Washington and European capitals.
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UPI
Johnson
World
Boumedienne
Marshal Abdel Hakin Amer
Abbas
6Bh
Preindependence
Bliss Vows to Fight GOP Splinter Fund Groups
Republican National Committee chairman Ray Bliss told lawmakers he will oppose rival bodies seeking party funds. He urged unity in fundraising while noting the need to finance the committee’s operations amid a broader struggle over splinter organizations.
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GOP
Washington
Ray C. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Legislators Seek Quick End to Arizona Special Session
A high level meeting in Phoenix aimed to wrap up Arizona's third special legislative session. Leaders discussed appropriations for universities, land acquisitions, and construction for the next fiscal year, plus a possible measure to raise the bond debt limit with voter approval.
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Arizona
Goddard
River Sith Senate
House
Dutch Princess Beatrix Engaged to Claus von Amsberg
Beatrix, 27, announced engagement to Claus von Amsberg, 38, a West German diplomat. The queen said doubts remained but love prevailed and Beatrix would wed after testing the choice. Von Amsberg to be made prince of the Netherlands with an annual income of 300000 guilders.
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Claus von Amsberg
Claus
Juliana
von Amshberg
von Amsberg
Italy
West
U.S
Man Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bonn
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Nightmarish Turnpike Stretches Amid Shrapnel Shavings
A 29 mile westbound stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Everett caused a traffic nightmare as steel shavings from a leaking truck tailgate peppered at least 50 cars. Police will charge driver George Steiner of New Stanton under vehicle code leakage provisions.
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Everett, Pa
George Steiner
New Stanton, Pa
Steiner
California brush fire scorches 700 acres near Sespe Canyon
A major brush fire raced along the Sespe River in Los Padres National Forest about 11 miles north of Fillmore. It burned roughly 700 acres at the north edge of Sespe Canyon in a remote wildlife area home to remaining condors.
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Fillmore
Calif
Upi
Sespe River
Los Padres National Forest
Here
California
Sespe Canyon
America
Valley Weather Turns Warm With Bright Skies
Sunny skies brighten the valley as temperatures rise. Overnight low near 63 degrees with tomorrow’s high around 102 degrees.
Udall Talks Potomac Basin Plan With Three Governors
Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall meets with Maryland Virginia and West Virginia governors in Washington to discuss President Johnsons proposal to make the Potomac River Basin a national conservation model.
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Washington
UPI
Stewart L. Udall
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Johnson
Potomac River
Heat waves scorch Italy with extreme sun temps
Rome logged a high of 99 degrees as Italy sweltered. Officials at Venice's Lido Beach reported 135 degrees in the sun, underscoring record heat across the country.
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Rome
Italy
Lido Beach
Venice
Yacht sinks with four aboard off Bahamas
A 104 foot yacht named Lake St John sank in the Bahamas with at least four people aboard. The Coast Guard reported one survivor rescued by a passing freighter. Passengers' identities were not immediately available. The vessel departed Miami on June 25 bound for the Virgin Islands.
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Miami
UPS
Bahamas
Coast Guard
Lake St. John
Virgin Islands
Dirksen Demands Viet Specifics on Concessions and Coalitions
Senator Everett Dirksen challenged any talk of U S concessions in Vietnam and urged specifics. He warned against a South Vietnamese coalition including Communists citing past Geneva flaws and veto powers. Dirksen named Fulbright and Secretary Rusk, noting calls for negotiated settlements should avoid coalitions with Communist participation.
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Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Fulbright
Viet Nam
Rusk
International Commission
South Viet Nam
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