Fabulous Year in Space Yields Skills for Moon Trip
Space Center Houston reports Gemini flights in 1965 achieved major goals including long duration spaceflight and spacewalks with rendezvous demonstrated. docking with Agena not yet achieved. Plans call for Gemini 9 to 12 in 1966 and Apollo lunar landing aimed for 1969, possibly 1968 if no hitches.
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Howard Benedict
Associated Press Space Center
Houston
Tex
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
United States
Tor
Charles Mathews
Mathews
NASA
Gemini 7 Sets Pace In Space After Historic 14 Day Flight
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell Jr. return to Earth after a 14 day mission the longest to date, highlighting a rendezvous with Gemini 6 and setting new manned spaceflight records. They splash down 565 miles southwest of Bermuda and are recovered by the carrier. Moscow and Tass hail the rendezvous as a step toward future joint and docking piloted missions.
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Walter M. Stafford
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Schirra
Elliott M. Lee Jr
Air Force
Charles A. Bassett II
Borman
United States
Lovell
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Space
Pacific Ocean
Earth
Gemini 7
Atlantic
Bermuda
Stafford
Wasp
Gemini
Globe
America
Europe
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Tass
Peace feeler claims roil Hanoi diplomacy in Florence
Italian academics say Ho Chi Minh told translator he would meet for peace negotiations while Hanoi denies the reports. Critics blame Rusk for publicizing the claim, while observers note language issues and mixed official reactions. Diplomatic back and forth sharpens amid Vietnam talks.
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N. Y
Hanoi Radio
Mario Primicerio
Dean Rusk
Primiceri 0
la Pira
Johnson
Lan
Fair Weather With Late Night Temperatures Forecast
Fair southern Illinois conditions with no major temperature change through Monday. Highs 38 to 44, lows 27 to 35. Light variable winds. Washington may pass a message to Hanoi via Amintore Fanfani as North Viet Nam refrains from negotiations until U S actions meet Hanoi’s peace terms including a ceasefire and Geneva 1954 framework.
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Pham van Dong
U.S
North Viet Nam
Washington
Illinois
Hanoi
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Italy
United Nations General Assembly
North
Viet Nam
United States
China
Viet Cong Fire Mortars On Saigon For First Time
Viet Cong mortar attack hits a Saigon district just before midnight marking the first use of mortar fire against the capital in the war.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Viet hill tribes revolt in central highlands
Dissident Montagnard tribesmen in the central highlands north of Saigon attacked and killed Vietnamese officials and seized a district capital. The uprising involved members and sympathizers of the Unified Front for the FULRO seeking autonomy for about 700,000 highland tribesmen.
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Neil Sheehan
New York Times
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Highlands
Unified Front For the
FULRO
Johnson Praises Gemini Astronauts and Awards Promotions
President Johnson sent personal congratulatory letters to four Gemini astronauts after successful Gemini 6 and 7 missions. He approved promotions for Lovell to captain, Borman to colonel, and Stafford to lieutenant colonel, aligning with the policy of raising astronauts after first flight. Shirra had already been promoted after a prior spaceflight. Johnson watched the Gemini 7 splashdown at the White House.
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New York Times
Washishington
Johnson
Air Force
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Frank Borman
Thomas P. Stafford
Walter N. Shirra
Space
White House
South Seven lead at stake in Carbondale Benton clash
Carbondale and Benton battle Tuesday for the South Seven lead as season pushes toward key games. The contest highlights regional standings with potential divider effects on the league race.
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Wichita
Carbondale
Benton
South Seven
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