Gemini 5 ends record spaceflight with successful return
Cooper and Conrad completed seven days eight hours fifty five minutes in orbit logging 3 338 200 miles and 120 Earth orbits. They landed in the Atlantic at 8 55 a m EDT and were recovered by Lake Champlain 900 miles east of Jacksonville. President Johnson praised their achievement and urged a world peace message. The pair will undergo medical checks and report writing before a possible world tour.
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Arthur Edson
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
America
Johnson
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles
Pete) Conrad Jr
Texas
Earth
Cooper
Conrad
Atlantic
Lake Champlain
Jacksonville
Fla
James A. McDivitt
McDivitt
Alabama
Roger
Space trio to Cape Kennedy for medical checkups
Geminauts the Champlain Cooper and Conrad will be flown to Cape Kennedy Florida today for medical examinations through Thursday before a technical debrief at the space center. If all stays on track, neither will see his wife for 11 days as they recover.
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Cooper
Conrad
Cape Kennedy
Fla
The
Space Center
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pope Paul VI
Gemini 5 recovery ends near miss after eight day test
Gemini 5 wrap up details a tense reentry after 12 equipment failures and a long ascent phase. Conrade Cooper and Jim McDivitt guided the craft through blackout and high heat, ending with a splashdown in the sea and a calm radio sign off.
Homecoming of Cooper and Conrad Ends Eight Day Orbit
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. return aboard the USS Lake Champlain after a record eight days in orbit. They are greeted by cheering crew, receive medical checks, and speak with President Johnson. The Gemini 5 capsule is hoisted aboard in good condition with visible U S markings and flag.
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Lake Champlain
Earth
Johnson
LBJ
Texas
Gemini Control
Houston
United States
Gemini 5 flight proves man is in space to stay declares Johnson
President Johnson opened a news conference in Texas praising the Gemini 5 eight day mission as proof of American leadership in space. He eyed future international astronaut visits and called space a quest for all mankind.
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Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Space Center
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Gemini
Man
Ten Aquanauts Begin Sealab 2 Endurance Test
Ten divers started a 45 day undersea endurance test in Sealab 2 at 205 feet off La Jolla California. They entered a 12 by 18 foot cylinder and reported they were rested and everything is going well after six hours sleep. Captain George Bond said the only change was a cooler water temperature set at 75 degrees instead of 90.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Pacific
M. Scott Carpenter
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Carpenter
Navy
Cooper
Charles Conrad Jr
California
George Bond
Blaze Claims Six Children in Sherbrooke Fire
A house fire in Sherbrooke Quebec killed six children aged seven to 17 from the Dupre family. Police said the fire started in the parents home and the cause had not been determined. Gerard 17 and Gerard 16 were among the victims along with Pierre 12 Carole 11 Jocelyne 8 and Marinage 7.
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Sherbrooke, Que
Montreal
Gerard Dupre
Gerard
Pierre
Carole
Jocelyne
Marienage
Periscope and Shippers Union Sign Pact
National Shippers Association and a leading union reach a collective bargaining pact. Details outline labor terms, wage scales, and grievance procedures for longshore and transport workers across major ports. Agreement signals broader labor stability for shipping industry sectors.
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National — Shippers
Viet Fighting Flare as Marines Battle Viet Cong Near Saigon
Fighting raged within 20 miles of Saigon and near Da Nang with Viet Cong losses reported heavy in one action. A Viet Cong platoon attacked Ba Hon and withdrew under artillery fire. Marines and regional forces fought across the Mekong delta with mixed results and air operations continued against Viet Cong targets.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
U.S
da Nang
Ba Hon
Mekong
Vinh Binh
Greek crisis deepens as cabinet loses confidence vote
In Athens King Constantine sought cross party unity as Parliament defeated Premier Elias Tsirimakos's makeshift cabinet 159 to 135 with six abstentions. Tsirimakos resigned but stayed as caretaker while Papandreou pressures for new elections that could threaten the monarchy.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
George Papandreou
Elias Tsirimokos
Tsirimokos
Top Po
Tsirimakos
Papandreou
Center Union Party
Crash Kills 4 Upstaters in Morrisburg Ontario
Four people from upstate New York died in a Route 40K crash near Morrisburg Ontario. The victims were George Tarbell 38 his wife Mary Jane 30 their niece Marcia Lyons 26 and Francis Connors 23 of North Syracuse. Police had no immediate details on the accident.
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Morrisburg
Ont
Upstate New York
St. Lawrence River
George Tarbell
Mary Jane
Marcia C. Lyons
St. Regis
Francis C. Connors
North Syracuse
Newburgh Man Charged With First Degree Murder
Police charged Evedias Land, 36, with first degree murder in the slaying of Clyde Robinson, 37, who was shot at 10:30 p.m. Saturday in front of 26 Smith Street. Robinson died at St. Luke's Hospital. Land, arrested at his home on 100 Landers Street, was arraigned at 2:15 a.m. and granted a continuance to obtain counsel.
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Newburgh
Evedias Land
Clyde Robinson
Robinson
Smith St
St. Luke's Hospital
Land
Landers St
Gemini 5 astronauts set eight day space endurance record
Soviet media hailed the Gemini 5 flight by astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad as proof of long duration space work. Tass noted the eight day stay and eight day mission design for future moon effort and called the flight an endurance record with 120 orbits before splashdown southwest of Bermuda.
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Tass
Moscow
Valery Bykovsky
How Chip
America
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Atlantic Ocean
Bermudas
Earth
Johnson shuffles top aides as Gronouski nominated ambassador
President Johnson named Lawrence F. O'Brien as post master general and announced John A. Gronouski will resign to become ambassador to Poland. Gronouski, the first Polish American in the Cabinet, will move to Warsaw with Dean Rusk's State Department approval.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Lawrence F. O’brien
John A. Gronouski
Poland
O’brien
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy Johnson
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Gronouski
Wisconsin
Europe
John Moors Cabot
Foreign Service
Warsaw Post
White House
Cabot
Pedernals
New Frontier
Wilson hails Gemini 5 flight as remarkable feat
Prime Minister Harold Wilson called the Gemini 5 flight a remarkable feat and a triumph of technology and courage. Kenneth Gatland said a safe postflight check could show a practical moon flight by 1970, noting added confidence for Apollo. He noted Americans lead the Soviets but expects a Soviet orbital attempt later this year.
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London
Harold Wilson
Kenneth Gatland
British Interplanetary Society
Harlem Man Found Slain
New York police said Dominick Petrone, 36, of 248 East 118th Street was found dead on an East Harlem street with a head injury. A bloodstained baseball bat was recovered at a nearby social club.
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NEW York
East Harlem
Dominick Petrone
E. 118Th St
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Marine
Sick Bay
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James C. Longino Jr
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Paul Waner
Tabby
Tiger
Charlie Brown
U.S. Air Force
North Viet Nam
Ban Nan Vuc
Dienbienphu
Harlem
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