Gemini 8 astronauts rest after perilous spaceflight
Neil Armstrong and David Scott earned a rest day at Cape Kennedy after guiding the crippled Gemini 8 capsule to a safe landing. They reviewed flight films, then prepared to fly home to Houston Monday morning as space officials traced the malfunction to a short circuit in the maneuvering rocket system.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Houston
Space Agency
Cape
Gemini
Armstrong
Scott
Agena
Misery Loves Company as Boy Recovers With Family Dog
Gary Brown four sports a real eye catcher as he receives solace from the family basset hound Winnie who has a shiner of her own Gary toppled from the kitchen cabinet at the
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Gary Brown
Winnie
Gary
Gemini 8 Flight Drama Shapes Gemini Program Outlook
Houston report on the Gemini 8 emergency near disaster notes how a stuck control jet caused an abortive linking with Agena and set the stage for a broader evaluation of flight systems. Neil Armstrong and diver Scott completed a debriefing at Cape Kennedy as officials examine tape and film to fix the problem before four more Gemini missions this year.
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Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Earth
Agena
Armstrong
Gemini
Scott
Cape Kennedy
Scott Hart, Former Montana Highway Engineer, Dies at 76
Scott P. Hart, a former Montana state highway engineer, died Sunday at age 76 after years as a rest home patient. He led the Montana Highway Department twice, first in 1948 for 14 months, later from 1953 until his retirement in 1957. Hart also worked for the Alaska Road Commission and served as a World War II colonel. He is survived by his widow Theresia, three daughters, and several grandchildren.
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Scott Hart
Montana
Helena
Scott P. Hart
Hart
Montana Highway Department
C. E. Stahl
Troy Carmichael
Stahl
Harmony
Carmichael
Scott
Gov. J. Hugo Aronson
Highway Department
Mrs J D Murphy Dies After Long Civic Work In Butte
Mrs J D Murphy longtime community helper in Butte dies Sunday after extended illness. Widow of J D Murphy former assistant secretary of the Anaconda Co and aide to its VP. Survived by two daughters, a brother, seven grandchildren and many nieces. Body at Dolans Mortuary with Parish Rosary Monday night and Requiem Mass Tuesday at St Patrick Church. Interment in St Patrick Cemetery.
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J. D. Murphy
Butte
Rocky Mountain Garden Club
Butte Girl Scout
St. Patrick
Bruce Stimson
Grandview
Wash
Dolan’s
St. Patrick Church
St. Patrick Cemetery
Final vote due soon on defense money
Senator Richard B. Russell says he expects little Senate opposition to the Monday passage of the 13.1 billion emergency Viet Nam defense bill. The measure, approved 389-3 in the House, grants broad authority to transfer funds for Viet Nam hostilities with limited congressional oversight.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Russell
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
House
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Viet Cong used 75 mm pack howitzers in Viet Nam battle
UPI reports in WAR ZONE D that the Viet Cong for the first time employed 75 mm pack howitzers against American paratroopers northeast of Saigon. Despite a reinforced VC assault, US forces defended a major HQ and weapons cache, leaving over 300 VC dead, with light American casualties. Evidence included shell fragments and powder-strip increments found on the battlefield.
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Viet Nam
UPI
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Troops Engage Reds Across Three Sectors
U.S. Marines infantrymen and paratroopers clash with Communist forces on three fronts including near the North Viet Nam border. About 50 Viet Cong killed amid confirmed use of 75 mm pack howitzers against American paratroopers. Coast Guard cutter aided a Green Beret patrol ambushed on Phu Quoc Island, firing mortar rounds to cover their withdrawal. Marines also fought a heavy engagement 15 miles northwest of Hue with initial reports of 11 enemy dead.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
U.S. Coast Guard
Phu Quoc
Gulf of Siam
Point Garnet
Green Berets
Indonesian regime grounds air force and arrests ex-chief
Reports from Jakarta say the new Indonesian military regime has grounded the air force and detained former air force chief Air Vice Marshal Suryadama to head off a possible coup. Troops were sent to airports, engines damaged, and tires slashed to prevent attacks.
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Singapore
Indonesia
Jakarta
Air Force
Suryadama
Omar Dhani
Cambodia
Radio Jakarta
Nationalist Party
Sukarno
Strongman
Suharto
Signs of spring across the nation in 1966
The Associated Press piece notes spring arriving by time and tradition from Las Vegas to Capistrano to Washington D C. It contrasts vernal equinox science with romantic myth and highlights regional signs including blooming deserts in California, swallows at San Juan Capistrano, snow at Nevada ski slopes, warm Virginia temperatures, a mild St. Patrick s Day in Michigan, and extreme cold in Alaska and Oklahoma wheat fields turning green as signs of spring.
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Louise Levitt
Associated Press
Las Vegas
California
Capistrano
New York
Washington, D.C
Johnson
White House
Persephone
Netherland
St. Joseph's
San Juan Capistrano
Nevada
Virginia
State Highway Department
Michigan
Irene Vaisanen
Houghton Mining Gazette
Upper Peninsula
St. Patrick's Day
Alaska
Fairbanks
Oklahoma
Spring arrives with snow squalls across Montana state
The Associated Press notes the official arrival of spring as snow squalls hit Montana Sunday evening. Motorists are advised to fit tire chains on MacDonald Pass, with overcast skies and a forecast of continued cloudiness and scattered snow flurries through Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to run 3 11 degrees above normal later in the week, with regional highs ranging from the 30s to mid 50s and scattered precipitation totaling under 0.25 inch.
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Associated Press
Montana
MacDonald Pass
Helena
Weather Bureau
West Yellowstone
Butte
Miles City
Broadus
Glasgow
Havre
Great Falls
Billings
Divide
Kalispell
Missoula
Earthquake Shakes Kampala Across Uganda
A rolling 15 second quake struck Kampala early Sunday causing hotel guests to rush outside and alarms to trigger. Tass reported a violent tremor centered east of Lake Victoria with a magnitude of 10 on a 12-scale, but no injuries or major property damage were immediately reported.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
East African Republic
Moscow
Tass
Moskva
Lake Victoria
South East Africa
Kenya
Tanzania
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