Gemini Plans Little Rascal Rendezvous for Gemini 5 Flight
Cape Kennedy reports Gemini 5 mission will test the first space rendezvous with REP satellite. Cooper and Conrad aim to 121 orbits in about eight days, catching REP within 20 feet on orbit 4 while conducting 17 experiments.
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L. Gordon Cooper Jr
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Charles Conrad Jr
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Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
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Conrad
Globe
Schirra
Stafford
United States
McDivitt
White
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Earth
M. Scott Carpenter
Pacific
Indonesia launches second research rocket from Japan
Indonesian sources report a second Japanese made research rocket launched in Indonesia. Witnesses say the rocket reached about 118 miles in altitude with another earlier flight reaching 197.4 miles. Indonesia has imported 10 rockets from Japan and they were assembled by Indonesian experts.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Japan
British navy sank Indonesian sampan in Singapore waters
In Singapore territorial waters a British navy vessel fired on and sank an Indonesian sampan late Wednesday night, according to a navy spokesman. The incident was confirmed by the spokesman stating the action occurred within sovereign Singaporean waters amid ongoing regional tensions.
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Singapore
Navy
Weather summary for Texas regions Wednesday forecast
North Central Texas parts stay partly cloudy with 40 percent showers Friday. highs 90 to 100. lows 67 to 75. Northeast Texas cloudy with showers Friday. lows 60s to 70s. highs 90s. Northwest Texas clear to partly cloudy. lows 56 to 72. highs 88 to 100. South Central and Southeast Texas partly cloudy with 20 to 30 percent showers. lows 68 to 78. highs 65 to 98. Southwest Texas clear to partly cloudy with 20 percent showers. lows 65 to 76. highs 94 to 100.
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LBJ Refutes Report On Lodge Viet Nam Pledge
Washington AP reports President Johnson rejects claims that Ambassador Lodge urged withdrawal in Viet Nam. Johnson says US would not sacrifice South Viet Nam forces unless needed and that aid would continue with Saigon requesting it. Lodge, back in Saigon for a second tour, declined to confirm troop withdrawal.
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Johnson
Henry Cabot Johnson
Lodge
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Viet Nam
Jare
United States
Saigon
Dean Ruskwee
GOP
LBJ Plans Stamp Tour
President Johnson plans no foreign travel this year but hopes to schedule speaking tours across the United States after Congress adjourns. White House aides rule out formal planning yet and consider geo distributed talks to report to the people with possible farmer student and labor group meetings. A ranch stay at the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City, Texas is possible but no trips are scheduled.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Texas Ready for Merger of Army Reserve Units
Texas is prepared to merge Army Reserve units with the National Guard if Congress approves. Maj. Gen. Thomas Bishop says plans are completed and can be implemented rapidly once approved while the Guard maintains maximum mobilization readiness through ongoing training.
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Texas National Guard
Deadline for changes at Snyder High School
Principal Ben Brock reminded Snyder High School students Friday is the last day to change schedules. A second deadline reached today marks the final date for registration of new transfer students. Some students moving to the senior high from local junior highs were pre registered.
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Snyder High School
Ben Brock
US and Vietnamese forces lift 70 day siege at Duc Co
U S and Vietnamese troops broke the 70 day siege of Duc Co in the central highlands as operations aimed to clear Viet Cong from jungles flanking a 40 mile highway. A Navy Skyhawk was shot down near Hanoi, with the pilot presumed killed, while three other planes in the flight returned safely.
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Lai
Gon
No Amert
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Central Highlands
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Pleiku
Truce Team Intervenes In Syrian-Israeli Clash
A three hour tank and artillery clash on the Syria Israel border ended after U N truce supervision intervention. Syrian and Israeli planes flew over without contact. The Syrian spokesman said four soldiers and two civilian workers were wounded.
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Syria
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Sea of Gallee
Jordan
Senate Acts Fast On Johnson Agenda In Bashful Deluge
The Senate, at speed unusual for the body, passed a housing and urban development department bill by 57 to 33, creating an 11th Cabinet post after a decade of controversy. A unanimous 89 to 0 vote approved a $1 billion pay raise for 4 million service personnel, more than double Johnson’s request. Abe Fortas was confirmed to the Supreme Court along with Thurgood Marshall as solicitor general and John W. Gardner as health secretary. The chamber also approved 15 other nominations and several minor bills while a House committee killed a plan to streamline Army reserves.
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Johnson
Senate House
Sargent Shriver
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
John W. Gardner
New York
Senate
House Armed Services
Secretary of Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
National ‘Guard
Federal water crisis team to map Northeast drought response
President Johnson orders a drought task force led by Interior Secretary Udall and Lt. Gen Cassidy to meet in Philadelphia Camden Newark and New York with state and local officials. The plan includes a $4 million study and an $185 million fast track to convert salt water to fresh water and speed reservoir work.
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W. F. Cassidy
Army Enginers
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Camden
N.J
Newark
New York City
Johnson
White House
Congress
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maine
Virginia
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Cassidy
Flood Toll Heavy Report From Bhopal India
Flood reports from Bhopal India indicate significant damage and loss as waters rise. Authorities urge caution and anticipate further updates on casualties and relief efforts.
Goldberg Opens U.N. Conference on Article 19 Crisis
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg opens U.N. talks amid hopes to define U.S. policy on Article 19 and the peacekeeping dues dispute. He and Secretary Rusk prepare a revised plan for Johnson’s administration as Congress pledges to contest changes.
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Arthur J
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Goldberg
United States
Soviet Union
U.N. Char
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Assembly
Conberg
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Dean Rusk
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E. Stevenson
France
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Joha Lo
Armed agents killed by South Korean forces in Kangwon
The South Korean army reported that troops and national police killed five armed agents from Communist North Korea in Kangwon Province since August 2.
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North Korea
Kangwon
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