Gemini 5 Engineers Ghost Satellite Chase in Space
Gemini 5 astronauts Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. conducted a 135 minute maneouver lowering their orbit to theoretically approach a ghost satellite. They logged 39 orbits by 11 04 p m EST while noting two technical problems and reporting strong health and sharp vision of Earth features.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
America
Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles ‘Conrad Jr
Delibate
Cooper
Conrad
Shad
Earth
Gerald Bostick
Florida
Bahamas
Cuba
Akay
Laredo
Outer Space
The
Space Center
James A. McDivitt
Mission Control
McDivitt
Houston Astros
Astros
National Baseball League
Heavenly Housekeeping
Plane crash in Hong Kong Bay kills many Marines
A US Marine Corps C130 with 71 aboard crashed into Hong Kong Bay after takeoff for South Vietnam. At least 13 survivors were hospitalized. divers found bodies inside the damaged cabin as rescuers searched the wreckage.
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Hong Kong
Marine Corps
Hong Kong Bay
South Viet Nam
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon
Vietnam War dam and hydro plant bombed for third day
U S planes targeted Ban Thach dam and Song Chu hydroelectric plant near Thanh Hoa in North Viet Nam for the third straight day. Jets struck twice at the plant and damaged the dam lock system while reports noted prior damage from weekend raids. Eleven planes hit Saturday and Sunday. no losses reported. A separate strike damaged a bridge near the Chinese border.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ban Thach
Song Chu River
Hanoi
Red Capital
Thanh Hoa
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
United States
U.S. Air Force
Why Viet Nam pamphlet details U.S. aims and history
The Johnson administration released a 27 page Why Viet Nam pamphlet outlining U.S. purposes and key documents. It includes letters from Eisenhower and Kennedy, and notes from Rusk and McNamara. The White House aims to explain commitments from 1954 onward and justify actions in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
U.S
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dwight D
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Winston Churchill
Britain
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Churchill
Southeast Asia
Diem
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Andrew J. Goodpaster
State Department
Defense Department
Eee
Two Bodies Found in July Plane Crash near Livingston Manor
State police reported the remains of two men found in the wreckage of a private twin engine Cessna 310 that disappeared July 22 en route to Texas. The victims Arthur Homeyer 33 Essex Falls New Jersey and Anthony Sica 35 Lincoln Park New Jersey were identified by investigators. The plane struck a stone wall in an almost vertical plunge and was found near Sullivan County community where debris scattered over a wide area. The pilot, a student, and his bartender companion were aboard the aircraft during the July flight.
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Livingston Manor
UPI
Texas
Sullivan County
Arthur Bruce Homeyer
Essex Falls
N. J
Anthony Sica
Lincoln Park
Seaboard
New Jersey
Shooting of white minister in Jackson linked to civil rights work
Police and FBI joined a probe after Rev. Donald Thompson 59 was shot in his Jackson apartment parking area. Investigators pursue civil rights motive amid hospital notes of buckshot injuries. Separate Alabama case left priest Richard Morrisroe 26 in critical condition and Jonathan Daniels 27 dead.
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Jackson
Miss
Donald Thompson
Thompson
Montgomery
Ala
South
Richard Morrisree
Chicago
Public Works Measure Advances in Senate Approval
The Senate approved a 4.327 billion public works bill funding the Atomic Energy Commission and multiple water projects across states. The measure, passed by voice vote, backs 2.4236 billion for the AEC and includes funds for Army engineers, Reclamation, power administrations, and the Panama Canal, with a conference committee to resolveHouse differences.
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Washington
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
House
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
AEC
Panama Canal
Bonneville Power Administration
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Delaware River Basin Commission
Interoceanic Canal Commission
Wiliam Proxmire
D-Wis
Cross- Florida
Early Chill An Augury Of Autumn
An early chill signals approaching autumn with morning temperatures from 38 to 50s in northern cities. Sunshine later cooled into the 60s and 70s as rain ended in the Northeast. The Weather Bureau reported up to three inches of rainfall in some spots, with more needed to ease drought.
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Chicago
Pellston
Mich
International Falls
Minn
Rockies
New England
Weather Bureau
Williamsport
Burlington, WI
First Silverless Quarter Minted At Philadelphia
The Philadelphia mint produced the first no silver 25 cent piece with a copper nickel outer shell and copper core. Despite its lack of silver the coin's value remains 25 cents. Treasury officials note similar changes will follow for dimes and half dollars to preserve vending machine compatibility.
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Philadelphia
Wallace
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
Worst Flood Strands Million In New York Subway
The New York City subway system faced its worst flood in history after a broken main released millions of gallons of water into downtown Brooklyn tunnels and stations. transit officials admitted restoration would take time and could not provide a clear timetable for service recovery.
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New York
WPS
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Soviet Astrophysicist Warns of Moon Landing Haste
Moscow reports Dr. Mstislav Keldysh of the Soviet Academy of Sciences cautioned that it is too early to discuss landing a man on the moon or a planet. He noted the United States targets 1969 but stressed we must finish preparations without haste or risk.
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Moscow
United States
Mstislav Keldysh
Keldysh
Soviet Union
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Union
Alexander Mikhailov
Moon
Earth
Mikhailov
Mariner 4
Federal Mediators Set For Steel Talks Role
In Pittsburgh nine days before a potential steel strike 450000 workers face possible walkouts Sept 1 as Federal Mediator William E Simkin meets with I W Abel and R Conrad Cooper. Simkin reports no change and ongoing separate talks with both sides. Big Pittsburgh locals begin planning orderly shutdowns and seek company meetings by Thursday.
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Pittsburgh
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
I.W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
Abel
Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Simkin
Washington
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Nha Trang
Vinh Long
FBI
Jonathan Daniels
Kenne, N.H
Thomas L. Coleman
Baptist Hospital
First Unitarian Church
Medgar W. Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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