No Need To Worry About Weightlessness Says Gemini 7 Pair
Gemini 7 astronauts Lovell and Borman told a Houston news conference that weightlessness poses no threat to human life and future ships should prioritize crew comfort. They recalled the two week mission and the historic rendezvous with Gemini 7, noting a fuel cell issue nearly cut the flight short and praising the absence of disorientation in weightless conditions.
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Lovell
Borman
Ronald Thompson
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Frank Borman
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Manned Spacecraft Center
Schirra
Stafford
Gemini
Earth
United States
Space Agency
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Fila
Donald K. Slayton
Mercury
Slayton
M. Scott Carpenter
Negro Atty Gen Brooke Seeks U S Senate Seat
Boston AP Edward Brooke Massachusetts attorney general announced his bid for the U S Senate becoming the first Black major party candidate here this century. He seeks the Republican nomination to replace retiring Sen Leverett Saltonstall. Brooke, 46, expects cross party support and pledged a campaign through next November.
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Boston
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Senate
Mississippi
Hiram R. Revels
B. K. Bruce
Brooke
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Saltonstall
Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Massachusetts Crime Commission
House
John A. Volpe
Volpe
John F. Collins
Endicott Peabody
Foster Furcolo
Living Costs Rise Sharply In November
Living costs rose two tenths of a percent in November, pushing the government consumer price index to 110.6. Deputy Commissioner Robert J. Myers noted a psychological risk in price hikes, with food flat while other items climbed. Wages kept pace as after tax weekly earnings reached record levels, and over 200,000 workers under labor contracts gain cost of living raises pegged to the index.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
Viet Nam
Windy Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania sees mostly cloudy breezes and warm temperatures Friday with highs from 58 to 62. Saturday brings occasional rain and cooler conditions though still mild.
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Pennsylvania
New Year Highway Safety Reminder Urges Caution
The piece urges careful driving during the New Year weekend and condemns highway fatalities. It recalls Harold avoiding tragedy after drinking by locking his car and taking a cab home, stressing the value of responsible choices to protect lives.
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Harold
Rue
U S Reveals Communist Slaughter of Eleven Prisoners
AP report details the killing of 11 prisoners by North Vietnamese regulars amid ongoing battles in South Viet Nam. The atrocity involved three American Marines and eight Vietnamese soldiers, with updates on gunship actions, heavy fighting near Da Nang, and Viet Cong offensives in Chau Doc Province. A Vietnamese journalist was killed by gunmen, while a patrol recovered the bodies of 14 U S Special Forces advisers.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
da Nang
Chau Doc
Post One
Chinh Luan
Tu Chong
Ba To
USS
Somerset County to gain from state highway funds plan
State Senator Stinley G. Stroup announced that Somerset County will receive about 3 million dollars in highway funds over six years, roughly four and a half times its population share of 19.4 million. The distribution covers primary urban and interstate projects with secondary road funds yet to be finalized.
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Stinley G. Stroup
Somerset
Senate
Stroup
Department of Highways
District 9
Somerset County
Bedford
Fulton
Scranton
Pennsylvania
GI Joe Is World’s Most Mixed Up Guy
AP profile by THOMAS A. REEDY spotlights a 21-year Army veteran in South Vietnam, highlighting the paradoxes and daily absurdities of modern conflict. Through scenes aboard Tan Son Nhut and in the countryside, the piece portrays shifted loyalties, stalled peace talks, and the soldier’s grit as he faces a year-end outlook and the endless wait.
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GI Joe
Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
United States
Charlie
Hanoi
Tan Son Nhut
101St Airborne
Goldberg Harriman Are Different Hold Some Job
New York AP two Americans of sharply different social origins lead the diplomatic probe to halt the Viet Nam fighting. W Averell Harriman 74 longtime diplomat and former New York governor built on wealth while Arthur J Goldberg 57 son of Russian immigrants rose from labor law to secretary of labor and Supreme Court appointment. Both served as ambassadors at large under Johnson and Kennedy respectively, with Harriman aiding major conferences and treaties and Goldberg shaping labor law and steelworker negotiations shaping U.S. posture on international affairs.
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Viet Nam
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Harriman
E.H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Alfred E Smith
Franklin D Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
London
Roosevelt
Britain
Moscow
Harry S. Truman
Quebec
Tehran
Yalta
Potsdam
Winston Churchill
San Francisco
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John F. Kennedy
Goldberg
Chicago
de Paul University
Northwestern University Law School
American Newspaper Guild
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
CIO / AFL
Kenny
Felix Frankfurter
U.S. Supreme Court
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South China Sea
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Bureau of Yards and Docks
Third Reich
Weit Nam
News Daily
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Laos
Rome
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