Diplomats to Inspect Roswell Brackish Water Plant
Foreign diplomats from about two dozen nations will visit Roswell with Sen. Clinton Anderson and Gov. Campbell to inspect the brackish water conversion plant. The group includes Frank C. Di Luzio Stuart Udall Lloyd Hand and Jack Valenti, with a luncheon at the John M. Kelly farm.
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Roswell
Clinton P. Anderson
Freeport
Tex
White House
Sen. Anderson
Frank C. di Luzio
Interior
Stuart Udall
State Department
Lloyd Hand
Jack Valenti
Trav
Jack M. Campbell
Paraguay
Senegal
India
Greece
Yugoslavia
Venezuela
Guinea
Gabon
Iraq
Chad
Philippines
Argentina
Togo
Uganda
Korea
South Africa
Bolivia
Walker Air Force Base
John M. Kelly
East Grand Plains
Kelly
Gemini 5 crew notes missile launch during eight day space mission
Gemini 5 astronauts observed a 58 foot solid propellant missile launch as they pursued a world record eight day flight. Charles Conrad Jr. and L. Gordon Cooper Jr. described the sight and reported heat readings while continuing the space voyage and orbit milestones.
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John Barbour
Houston
Tex
Gemini 5
Plist
Charles Conrad Jr
Pacific Coast
Conrad
Jacksonville
Fla
Texas
Cape
Kennedy
Miami
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
U.S
Christopher Kraft
Kraft
Gordo
Peace Corps bill signed expands global aid and funding
President Johnson signed a peace corps bill extending the program for another year and authorizing 115 million dollars for expenses. House Republicans seek to cap immigration from Canada Mexico and other Western Hemisphere nations in a major policy bill. Viet Cong seek Red Cross aid for dwindling medical supplies in Viet Nam. North Viet Nam demands U.S. troop withdrawals before talks. A district court motion seeks to quash a grand jury indictment of former Sheriff Lester Hay and ex-officer Norman Mang for 1962 63 embezzlement.
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Washington
Johnson
Globe
America
House
Canada
Mexico
U.S
Geneva
Viet Nam
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Albuquerque
Lester Hay
Hay
Norman Mang
Campbell Emphasizes Water Need and Air Link
Gov. Jack Campbell of New Mexico spoke in Houston for Albuquerque’s bid to add Pacific Northwest-Southwest air service before a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing. He warned that arid Southwest water will be shipped from the Pacific Northwest and praised a Los Alamos nuclear research center, saying it will require robust air service for scientists worldwide.
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Houston, Tex
Jack Campbell
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Pacific Northwest
Campbell
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Pacific Northwest-Southwest Air Service
Western States Water Council
House
Senate
Los Alamos
West
Nevada deputies end hostage crisis with surrender near Fernley
Two heavily armed men surrendered after a more than three hour siege at a farmhouse 40 miles east of Reno. A high speed chase preceded the standoff as hostages including six children were inside the home. The FBI identified the suspects as James Gourlay and John Colvan amid an armed robbery and kidnapping case from San Jose.
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Fernley
Nev
Reno
Nevada
San Jose
Calif
Nevada Patrol
FBI
James R. Gourlay
San Francisco Presidio
John D. Colvan
Gourlay
Pfc
Omar D. Ponder
Wanda
Ponders
Jim Struemph
Walt Hines
Gil Clements
Sheriff's Office
Clements
Lyon County
Art Lucas
Alice
the Ponders
Lucas
Sheppard Appeals to Supreme Court in Slaying Case
Dr Samuel Sheppard a Cleveland osteopath sentenced to life for his wife Marilyns murder in 1954 appealed to the Supreme Court arguing pre trial publicity biased jurors. The court previously refused review and Ohio and federal courts denied trials but left him free pending appeal.
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Washington
Samuel Sheppard
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Sheppard
High Tribunal
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marilyn
Troop Morale Hit by Peace March Protests Says Escaped Sergeant
Sgt. J. C. Isaac Camacho, a 10 year Army veteran and the first American to escape Viet Cong captivity, says antiwar protests hurt U.S. troops morale as they face danger in Viet Nam. He describes his captivity, treatment, and escape on July 13, and cites protests as worsening matters for the American people and President Johnson's Viet Nam effort.
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EL Paso
Tex
Viet Nam
U.S
J. C. Isaac Camacho
Johnson
Camacho
South
U.S. Troops Halt Viet Cong Torture at Montagnard Village
U.S. soldiers from the 1st Division halted a Viet Cong torture session at Plei Bon, east of Pleiku. The VC killed the village chief's son, tortured the chief's wife, and wounded two Montagnard women as they pressed villagers for supporters of the government. The Montagnard strike force fled as Americans arrived by helicopter.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Pleiku
Central Highland
Plei Bon
White Paper Battle Involving Viet Nam Papers
A White House 27 page pamphlet Why Viet Nam challenges Republican plans for a counter white paper. Eisenhower letters 1954 1960 are cited as backing U S aid to South Viet Nam. Republicans plan a Wednesday news conference as the White House lines up a defense with documents and speeches.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Viet Nam
Johnson
House
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Viet Nam
White House
Eisenhower
Churchill
Diem
United States
Charles E. Goodell
New York
Republican Planning and
58 Feared Killed in Hong Kong Plane Crash
An American transport plane carrying 71 aboard to Da Nang and Saigon crashed into Hong Kong harbor shortly after takeoff. Officials said 13 survivors remain, with divers pulling bodies from the wreckage and cranes lifting the fuselage after hours in 30 feet of water. Eyewitnesses described rescue attempts by local workers amid burning oil.
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Hong Kong
U.S
Viet Nam
Royal Air Force
Ng Kam-shing
Sampan
Flood Strikes Las Cruces Area After Marine Plane Crash
Mayor T J Graham reports no flood or water damage insurance locally as 16 homes, a trailer park, streets, a drive in theater, and 200 acres of cotton drown. City damages pegged at about 75000 dollars. two Navy sailors and several Marines aboard a Hercules perished or were injured after a crash near Hong Kong. Survivors transported to Queen Elizabeth Hospital with injuries, identity withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Las Cruces
T.J. Graham
da Nang
Saigon
Hong Kong
Marine Corps
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon
Next of Kin
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Udall
Kelly Farm
Steve Reynolds
Jim Jennings
Moscow
North Viet Nam
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Pete Conrad
Seabrook
Hotel Astor
Rhonda Lee Lylesby
New York City
Rhonda
Arkansas
UPI
N. M
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Graham
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