Gemini 7 launch on schedule despite minor electrical issue
Engineers at Cape Kennedy reported a brief surge in the Gemini 7 guidance system was less serious than anticipated and should not delay the launch of Frank Borman and James Lovell on Saturday. A power unit replacement was briefly planned but then reversed after tests showed the old unit was adequately tested.
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AL Rossiter Jr
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Gemini
Space Agency
Elyman at Annapolis dies at 18
Midshipman Louis E. Smith of Elyria died at 18 in Philadelphia after a reception following the Army Navy game. A second year student at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, he suffered a cardiac arrest at Philadelphia Naval Hospital. He was born December 2, 1946, in Elyria, the son of Mr and Mrs Harold Smith, 108 Hope Court.
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Louis E. Smith
Philadelphia
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Midshipman
Smith
Harold Smith
Hope Ct
Elyria
Attempted strike in Rhodesia fails
SALISBURY Rhodesia UPT Another underground attempt to set in motion a general strike by African workers failed Monday.
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Rhodesia
Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPT
Weather drifting into winter snow squalls hit area
Weather drifts into winter with locally heavy snow squalls and windy cold today. Two or three inches likely with six inches or more in heavy areas and a high of 24 to 28. Partly cloudy with snow flurries and colder tonight, low 15 to 20. Tuesday remains partly cloudy and very cold with light snow flurries.
Where to Turn Telephone Firm to Break Ground
News items note a planned ground breaking by a telephone firm next month in the LaGrange area for an indoor riding range. Other briefs include a horse show win for a Grafton girl and reflections from a county wife.
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LaGrange
Grafton
Wooster
Rhodes eyes all fronts Lakes pollution fight
Governor Rhodes outlined Ohio's plan for a multi pronged attack to eliminate water pollution in the Great Lakes Area. He described major remedial projects and said water is essential to the state's future and an asset to industry.
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Cleveland
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Gov
Great Lakes Water Commission
Great Lakes
Britain to send RAF to patrol Zambia Rhodesia border
London reports say Britain will deploy Royal Air Force units to Zambia to patrol the frontier with Rhodesia after an urgent request from President Kenneth Kaunda. The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Harold Wilson approved the move as he faces opposition over sending troops to Rhodesia and considers tougher sanctions.
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London
API
Britain
Royal Air Force
Zambia
Rhodesia
Harold Wilson
Kenneth Kaurda
Kariba
Zambesi
Wilson
Commons
Japan Seamen Strike Hits 52 Ports Nationwide
Tokyo reports 134 members of the Japan Seamen's Union launched a 10 day strike at midnight to press wage demands. The action crippled 1509 freighters across 52 ports, though no foreign or passenger ships were affected.
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Japan
Tokyo
UPI
Japan Seamen's Union
McNamara Says U.S. Not Losing Viet Nam War
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara stated in Saigon that the United States has stopped losing the Viet Nam war as he visited battlefronts and briefed commanders. He announced plans to form new air cavalry divisions and warned of a long conflict, while tours highlighted helicopter lifted combat capabilities and intensified U.S. air power discussions.
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McNamara
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
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Mento
Vietnam
Tan Son Hut
Hanoi
Washington
George E. Smith
Chester
W.va
Calude E. McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
An Khe
1St Air Cavalry
Ia Drang
Chu Pong Mountain
Saigon
Secretary OF Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Harry Kinnard
First Air Cavalry Division
South
UPI
Klan trio's civil rights trial starts in Alabama
Three Ku Klux Klansmen faced federal charges in Montgomery as the night rider case tied to the killing of a civil rights worker and the shooting of Viola Liuzzo prompted the indictment. The defendants were Collie Leroy Wilkins William Easton and Eugene Thomas with Art Hanes defending them. The charges describe a conspiracy to violate civil rights but name no victim, a point dismissed as vague by the defense.
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Montgomery, Ala
UPI
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
U.S. District Court
Frank F. Johnson Jr
Collie Leroy Wilkins
William Easton
Eugene Thomas
Birmingham
FBI
Art Hanes
Highway death toll tops 600 over Thanksgiving weekend
United Press International reports more than 600 people killed in traffic during the holiday period. State tallies show California leading with 49 deaths, followed by New York 98, Texas 34, Ohio 31 and Pennsylvania 30. An airplane crash near Salt Lake City caused 13 deaths amid college football travel.
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Alaska
Nevada
National Safety
Council
UPI
Safe- Safety Council
Salt Lake City
Utah
California
Liuzzo
New York State
Texas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Historic council enters final week
Vatican City reports the Ecumenical Council began its final work week amid ongoing controversy over birth control. Three items await decisive votes including a decree to boost missionary drive to be voted Tuesday a set of priestly guidance resolutions to be voted Thursday and a major tract on the church’s role in the modern world scheduled for Saturday.
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Vatican City
UPL
Ecumenical Council
Santa to Lead Elyria Christmas Parade Tomorrow Night
Preparations are set for Elyria downtown Christmas parade sponsored by the Downtown Elyria Retail Merchants Association. The 7 30 p m event features 14 units with Santa on a reindeer float, police motorcycles, band, fire apparatus, and floats seen in a Pittsburgh parade. Parade routes run Broad to West to Second to Middle, ending near Middle and Broad. Parents should pick up children at the termination point. floats will be on display around Ely Park afterward for photos.
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Elyria
Elyria High School
Sanford
Maurice C. Flood
The
Merchants Association
Ridgeville High School
Pittsburgh
Park Ave
East Broad St
Broad St
West Ave
Second St
Middle Ave
Flood
Santa
Ely Park
Airlift Opens Major U.S. Cuban Policy Window
Washington reports the U S airlift of Cuban refugees to begin this week as the first major negotiated act since ties with Cuba were severed in 1961. The move signals no shift in U S policy toward Fidel Castro despite the operation slated to start Wednesday.
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Washington
UPI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
Army seizes Dahomey power in coup led by Gen Soglo
In Dahomey, the army seized power and forced the resignation of rival political leaders. Gen Christophe Soglo, the army commander, again took charge, marking a second military takeover in two years in the West African republic wedged between Nigeria and Togoland on the Gulf of Guinea. Dahomey has about 1.9 million people.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
UPI
Christophe Soglo
West Africa
Nigeria
Togoland
Gulf of Guinea
Action on 14B slated for January
Washington reports AFL-CIO legislative chief says Congress will move quickly in January to repeal Taft-Hartley Section 14-B nullifying state right to work laws. Andrew J. Biemiller predicts supporters will overcome Dirksen efforts to block the bill in the Senate.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
Congress
Andrew J. Biemiller
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
iIt
Hit-skip charge seen in Cleveland death case
Police expected to charge Joseph Amberik Jr., 28, of Cleveland, in the hit-skip death of Nicholas Ruggiero, 38, of Willoughby Hills, on Saturday.
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Cleveland
UPI
Joseph Amberik Jr
Nicholas Ruggiero
Willoughby Hills
Bambi rescues note to Santa comic adventure begins
Bambi and woodland friends undertake a Christmas adventure to deliver a note to Santa at the North Pole. Walt Disney presents Bambi's Christmas Adventure on the comic pages as readers follow Bambi, forest friends, and helpers in a hopeful holiday tale.
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Santa
Santa Claus
North Pole
Big Bad Wolf
Walt Disney
Mother
Ded
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