First Infantry Division Lands in Viet Nam
The 1st Infantry Division of 3,900 men began landing at Cam Ranh Bay as the U.S. total troops in Viet Nam rose to 71,000. Col. James Simmons described initial missions to protect harbor work and later pursue Viet Cong. U.S. air strikes targeted Yen Bai and Yen Se depots, Hon Nieuw Island radar, and estuary barges, with 1.5 million propaganda leaflets dropped on southern cities.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Viet Nam
Cam Ranh Bay
U.S
James Simmons
35Th Engineer Group
Hanoi
Yen Bai
Yen Se
Hon Nieuw Island
Vinh
Phat Diem
Lyan Han
Tri Dong
South
First Division
Rescue 11 airmen at sea find bodies of 8 others
Coast Guard and Air Force report 11 survivors and eight bodies from a 19 man Air Force radar plane down in fog off Falmouth Massachusetts. Survivors taken aboard American and German destroyers, with helicopters from the carrier Wasp aiding in rescue.
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Falmouth
Mass
Coast Guard
Air Force
North Atlantic
Otis Air Base
Cmdr
William T. White
Salem Coast Guard
U.S
Barry
Newport
R.I
Wasp
Mod
Erate
Anthony
Ringgold
Wadsworth
Nantucket
Atlantic
Rusk warns Red China sanctuary dead in Vietnam war
Secretary of State Dean Rusk tells ABC that Red China and any nation choosing to join the Vietnam conflict must understand sanctuary is dead. He notes five Hanoi missile sites are not yet operational and have not caused American casualties, stressing future actions depend on the other side.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
China
Viet Nam
ABC
Radiotelevision
Rusk
North
Hanoi
War on poverty funds face House vote this week
Congress prepares to consider a bill to double antipoverty funding as part of the administration's effort to end poverty. The House schedule includes a major $1.9 billion expansion across programs, with fierce political debates anticipated in cities and a vote likely Thursday. The week also features a silver coin bill removing silver from coins and authorizing copper centered replacements.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
U.S
Department of Agriculture
United States
President Johnson
Weather map update for Terre Haute region forecast
At 6 am temperatures were 60 with a 2 pm reading of 83 and river stage at 3.3 ft. Yesterday’s high reached 84 and low 59 with no precipitation. Outlook: Terre Haute sunny and warm today, fair tonight, partly cloudy Tuesday with highs in the 80s and a humid rise. Indiana fair, Illinois warm with possible brief thundershowers tonight or Tuesday. Street thermometer reads 42 at 6 am and 83 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Space officials discuss Gemini 7 astronauts flying without suits
Space officials weigh sending Frank Borman and James Lovell on a 14 day Gemini flight without space suits citing time constraints and potential safety tests. Borman notes light suits if approved and stresses operating at top efficiency. He and Lovell plan two weeks in orbit with cautious fuel use and no docking.
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Houston
Borman
Edward H. White
U.S
Navy
Cmdr
Lovell
Agena
Titan
Hartke Urges Air Service for Terre Haute
Senator Vance Hartke told the Aviation Subcommittee that Terre Haute is a major economic center harmed by inadequate trunkline air service. He urged CAB to weigh public needs of medium sized cities and rejected loss of service without replacement.
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Vance Hartke
Terre Haute
Aviation Subcommittee
Senate Commerce Committee
Hartke
Civil Aeronautics Board
TWA
St. Louis
Mariner 4 Near Mars Rendezvous in Cold Space
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 4, two days from its Mars picture date of July 14, endures extreme cold in space. A solar plasma probe heater failure caused garbled data, but engineers hope heat from the camera or plasma shocks near Mars may revive the instrument during the Mars encounter.
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Mariner 4
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
First commercial telephone exchange opened in New Haven
United Press International reports that the first commercial telephone exchange began operation in New Haven Connecticut in 1878 according to World Almanac records.
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New Haven
Conn
Weekend Death Toll Highlights Indiana Crashes
Ten people died in Indiana weekend traffic accidents. Ball State freshman crowned Miss Indiana. U.S. Army Big Red One begins Viet Nam landing. Rusk attacks sanctuary concept as policy shifts. Johnson program fights poverty in Congress. U.S. Japan Cabinet talks focus on Asia development. Rescuers recover airmen off Nantucket after plane ditching. Mariner 4 aims to reveal Mars data. Frank Borman seeks Gemini 14 without a space suit.
The Country Parson Quotes on Bible and Craftsmanship
The Country Parson declares preaching without the Bible is like attempting carpentry without a hammer. The remark emphasizes the Bible as essential tool for faith and practice.
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Mickey Medhal
New York
Red
Lady Bird
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ray Akin
First Christian Church
Johnson City
Ladybird
U. S. Weather Bureau
Harold R. Williams
A.P. Aerospace
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Pasadena
Calif
United Press International
Ball State University
North Viet Nam
U. S. Army
Japan
Southeast Asia
Frank Borman
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