Wives Celebrate Gemini 4 Liftoff With Joy
Mrs. Edward H. White said she was thrilled to death after watching her husband blast into space aboard Gemini 4. Mrs. James A. McDivitt and their children watched from Nassau Bay and El Lago as Cape Kennedy launched the mission. The families planned to visit Mission Control during the four day flight and recalled earlier astronaut wives who joined the first Gemini flight.
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Houston
Tex
Edward H. White
James A. McDivitt
Cape Kennedy
Mike McDivitt
White
Bonnie Lynn
Edward III
Edward Jit
el Lago
McDivitt
Mike
Ann Lynn
Patrick
Nassau Bay
Mission Control Center
Manned Spacecraft Center
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Space-Flight
Astronaut White Performs First Solo Spacewalk
Edward White II stepped from the Gemini capsule for the first American spacewalk during a 62 orbit flight off the Pacific coast of Mexico. He drifted at 17,500 miles per hour wearing a pressurized suit while his partner McDivitt piloted above Houston. A planned rendezvous with the spent Titan 2 second stage failed due to limited maneuvering fuel.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Edward White II
White
Pacific
Mexico
Baptists Reject Vatican Observer at Council vote
In Dallas a record 15052 messengers at the Southern Baptist convention rejected a proposal to send an observer delegate to the Second Vatican Council saying it would imply recognition of beliefs they do not teach. The motion lost by a wide margin with about 100 supporters. In Los Angeles the article notes actress Hedy Lamarr obtained a divorce from her sixth husband Lewis W Boies Jr stating losses of 500000 and 20 pounds with claims of threats and an overturned table during their marriage.
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Dallas
Tex
Harry FE. Welch
Chattanooga, Tenn
Los Angeles
Hedy Lamarr
Lewis W. Boies Jr
Miss Lamarr
Boies
Boise
Panel urges nationwide effort to aid poor shoppers
A 37 member panel led by Esther Peterson urges a nationwide effort to help poor people get better value at neighborhood stores. The report says the poor pay more due to lack of education and shopping skills and their special need for affordable goods.
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Washington
Esther Peterson
McGeorge Bundy Seeks Results in Vietnam and Dominican Actions
Presidental aide McGeorge Bundy says U S policy in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic should be judged by its results. He spoke at an International Publishers Association luncheon, noting immediate approval is unlikely but that the end results and effects matter. He defended U S power as serving peace and the people involved.
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Washington
McGeorge Bundy
U.S
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
International Publishers Association
New Japanese Cabinet Formed by Prime Minister Sato
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato formed a new Cabinet to consolidate Liberal Democratic control ahead of the upper house elections on July 4. No policy changes were expected as cabinets are periodically shuffled by Japanese leaders.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Liberal-Democratic Party
Britain Labor tie on major tax reform bill falters
In London the Labor government faced a tied vote in the House of Commons as three Labor MPs were late. Two of the missing MPs were government members, underscoring divisions over the tax reform measure.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Tall Girl Shrunk to Get First Date in Britain
Anne Rowston 19, once 6 feet 7 inches, had four inches of bone removed from each leg and three and a half inches below knee to reach 5 feet 11. She will use crutches for weeks and has attracted pen friends including Bill Dicker 23 who hopes to take her on a first date. Anne learned drawing in Gobowen Hospital and aims to illustrate books and design Christmas cards.
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Hyde
England
Anne Rowston
Anne
Bill Dicker
Gobowen Hospital
Britain
Donald Foster
Viet Cong Ambush Kills 60 Troops Near Cheo Reo
In central Viet Nam the Viet Cong ambush killed about 60 government troops 215 miles northeast of Saigon. An American adviser was wounded and evacuated. Two Marine fliers died when their plane crashed near Da Nang. A second ambush damaged a government convoy 150 miles northeast of Saigon, with at least 10 soldiers killed. Two Americans, 2nd Lt. James M. Dilg and Sgt. Charles M. Curry, escaped unhurt.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Viet Nam
U.S
Cheo Reo
Phu Bon
da Nang
James M. Dilg
Casper
Wyo
Charles M. Curry
Watsonville
Calif
Road Death Increase Blamed On Radar Ban In Georgia
Georgia traffic officials report a 22 percent rise in urban fatalities in the first five months of 1965, rising from 108 to 132, linked to the ban on radar use by city police. Col. Lowell Conner calls for full enforcement support while noting potential radar abuse in isolated cases. Georgia overall shows an 8 percent drop in deaths in the same period.
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Atlanta
Department of Public Safety
Lowell Conner
Conner
Georgia
Senate clears excise tax cut bill after House vote
The excise tax cut bill advances through the Senate after a 401 to 6 House vote. The Finance Committee will start hearings Tuesday with Secretary Henry H. Fowler as the only witness. Democratic Leader Russell B. Long hopes passage by mid month. The bill would reduce prices on autos air conditioners cameras watches and more with about $900 million in cuts added in the House.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Blood science and tax cuts mix in divergent headlines
A fragmented column links blood disease to species blood chemistry while a political note outlines Johnson’s plan to phase out a 10 percent auto levy over four years. Proposed removals include fur and jewelry taxes and many consumer goods with eventual elimination of theater and admission taxes.
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Johnson
Titan 2 rocket lifts Gemini 4 crew on four day orbital flight
A Titan 2 rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 10 16 a m EST propelling James Mc Divitt and Edward White II and the Gemini 4 spacecraft into a four day orbit. White will space walk during the mission while millions watched on television and thousands lined Atlantic beaches. An electrical problem briefly halted countdown for one minute.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White II
White
McDivitt, White
Atlantic
Johnson
Plan Scrubbed On Rendezvous
Mission director Christopher Kraft Jr. cancelled the planned rendezvous of Gemini 4 with its burned out second stage booster. Command pilot McDivitt used about 50 percent of his fuel trying to maneuver toward the satellite as the Titan 2 booster hurled Gemini 4 into orbit. He started within 300 feet of the booster but was told to conserve fuel and not close in. He fired jets to adjust his speed by about 68 miles per hour, totaling 100 feet per second.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Mission Control Center
Houston
McDivitt
Control Center
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