Encouraging Gemini Flight Advances Moon Mission Plans
The Gemini 4 mission yielded data boosting confidence in longer spaceflights and Apollo plans. Key findings include effective extravehicular activity, need for rendezvous aids, preserved alertness in weightlessness, and low humidity inside the capsule. Medical data will guide seven and fourteen day mission feasibility.
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Howard Benedict
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Moon
James A
Astronauts Safe At Sea After Hot Re-Entry Ride
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White landed safely in the Atlantic after a 97 hour 57 minute four day Gemini 4 flight covering 1.61 million miles and 62 orbits. They reported feeling fine and were picked up by helicopter and the U S S Wasp for medical checks after a high heat re entry.
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Berry
Earth
Chris Kraft
Kraft
White
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
Joseph Shea
Houston
Tex
James McDivitt
Edward White
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
U.S.S
McDivitt
Roger
Jim
Gemini 4
Wasp
Howard Minners
Inital
Arizona
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Birth Control Ban Struck Down by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court invalidated Connecticut’s ban on contraceptives and advice about birth control. In a 7 to 2 decision Justice William O. Douglas said the law intruded into a zone of privacy protected by constitutional guarantees. Justice Potter Stewart dissented joined by Justice Hugo L. Black.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Connecticut
William O. Douglas
Potter Stewart
Hugo L. Black
Douglas
Youth shoots self after setting fire to grain office
In Newton Illinois a 19 year old Don Charles Meeker of Hidalgo was listed in fair condition at Mattoon Memorial Hospital after setting fire to his father's grain bin sales office and then fatally wounding himself with a 22 caliber rifle. The youth's sister Twinkle said he told her shortly before the blaze that he would burn the office and kill himself.
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Newton
Mattoon Memorial Hospital
Roy Wood
Charles Meeker
Hidalgo
Sheriff Wood
Twinkle
Dono
Fair for Southern Illinois Weather Tonight and Tuesday
Fair conditions expected for Southern Illinois with little temperature change. Low temperatures near 60s tonight, with a partly cloudy sky and a slight warmup on Tuesday reaching the 80s.
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Illinois
Minority Criticizes Illinois Crime Commission Report
A minority of two members, Prentice Marshall and Harrington Wood Jr., criticized the majority Illinois Crime Commission report for not making public its investigation of four alleged unethical legislative acts. They cited a commission rule shielding the minority’s evidence and facts.
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Springfield
Illinois Crime Commission Today
Cochairman
Prentice Marshall
Wheaton
Harrington Wood Jr
Marshall
Wood
Commission
Illinois General Assembly
Survey Finds Viet Cong Morale High
Surveys of Viet Cong prisoners and defectors show high morale and belief the war will end by exhaustion of opposing forces. They cite improved living conditions and a valorized liberation army ethos while few grasp Hanoi's role. many deny being Communist. McNamara confirms draft remains needed, with 60 percent of new enlisted men drawn by military service. American forces in South Viet Nam total about 51,000 as of June 3.
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New York Times
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Liberation Army
Hanoi
McNamara
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Taylor Returns After Talks On Viet Nam Role
U S ambassador Maxwell D Taylor returned home for consultations with President Johnson and left open the possibility of an expanded combat role for U S forces in Viet Nam He said U S forces will do their duty to stabilize the situation and would not predict the future Taylor will meet Johnson after talks with State Secretary Rusk and adviser Bundy on matters in Saigon and the region. Military action in the region included air strikes on North Viet Nam targets and ground operations by Marines with significant casualties and a helicopter collision loss.
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Washington
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Johnson
Viet Nam
Andrews Air Force Base
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
Saigon
Taylor
Phan Huy Quat
Vinh
South China Sea
Fred S. Hoffman
Associated Press
North
Defense Department
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
Estes Case Court Voids Televising of Criminal Trials
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that televising criminal trials violates a defendant right to due process. Justice Tom C Clark said TV coverage injects an irrelevant factor and may cause unfairness. the ruling concerns Estes swindling trial in Tyler Texas and clarifies TV's impact on courtroom proceedings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Tom C. Clark
Estes
Tyler
Tex
Potter Stewart
Hugo L. Black
William J. Brennan
Byron R. White
Clark
el Paso
Leavenworth
Kansas
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