First Mars photo shows desert region Elysium near equator
AP reports Mariner 4 captured its first close up of Mars from 10 500 miles showing a bright desert named Elysium around the equator. The frame includes half surface and half dark sky with smudges and a long 30 to 50 mile dark streak.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mars
Elysium
R. B. Layton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Mariner
Leighton
McNamara and Lodge Arrive for Vietnam Survey
U S Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Ambassador-designate Henry Cabot Lodge arrived in Saigon for a top level survey on Vietnam policy. The airport was guarded by hundreds of U S and Vietnamese soldiers as the pair prepared to discuss potential troop increases.
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McNamara
Lodge
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Henry Cabot Lodge
It's Official State Democratic Chief To Resign
William H. McKeon 45 plans to resign as state Democratic chairman at a July 27 meeting after leading since March 1962. He cites desire to care for six children and ill wife Ann 40 at Mercy Hospital Auburn. Mayor John Burns bids for the post as McKeon’s departure follows a stormy Albany power struggle with Mayor Wagner.
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McKeon
Robert F. Wagner
Albany
Auburn
Ann
Mercy Hospital
Wagner
Michael H. Prendergast
Haverstraw
State Committee
Binghamton
John Burns
Rockefeller
Mohawk Air Inaugurates Regional Jet Service
Mohawk Airlines formally inaugurated regional jet service becoming the first short haul line to offer a full jet schedule. The BAC 111 inaugural was largely ceremonial, with jets already flying intermittently in prior weeks. President Robert E. Peach says the carrier aims to prove a small regional can exit federal subsidy by using jets to compete with autos on short routes.
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UTICA
UPI
Mohawk Airlines
Mohawk
Robert E. Peach
Burns Seen As Party's Healer
Albany report says Binghamton Mayor John J Burns may become Democratic state chairman succeeding William H McKeon. Burns enjoys good relations with U S Senator Robert F Kennedy and New York Mayor Robert F Wagner, seen as peacemaker for a party torn by internal strife since February. The July 7 state committee vote will formalize his selection after he resigns as mayor to pursue the post.
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New York
UPI
William H. McKeon
Albany
Binghamton
John J. Burns
U. S
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Wagner
Kennedy
Wagner
McKeon
Burns
New Vietnam War casualty rules limit unit detail
U S authorities announced new casualty reporting rules for the Vietnam War. Casualties will be released as weekly totals with no unit identifications. Journalists were urged to withhold casualty figures and avoid naming units or mentioning troop movements. The rules, dated July 14, came from a U S Joint Public Affairs Office release in Saigon, following an agreement with the Vietnamese government.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Cong
Hanoi
McNamara Examines Vietnam Support During Saigon Trip
McNamara warned that Viet Cong forces have built up to harass government troops and mount a major offensive. During a four to five day stay he planned to review field operations with Vietnamese and American officials and discuss sending more logistic support and whether additional U S combat units are needed. He affirmed U S resolve to aid the Vietnamese government to defeat the Communists and fulfill that commitment. He noted a Viet Cong agent tried to kill him on May 10, 1964, by planting a bomb under a bridge near the Saigon airport, which was discovered and the assailant executed.
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U.S
McNamara
Saigon
Pope Paul I Cancels Audiences for Two Weeks
Pope Paul I, fatigued by overwork, cancels audiences for two weeks starting next Monday as he rests at the Castel Gandolfo summer residence near Rome.
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Vatican City
UPI
Pauli
Castel Gandolfo
Senate OKs $7.5 Billion Omnibus Housing Bill
The Senate passed a $7.5 billion housing bill after defeating Republican attempts to kill or curb rent subsidies for low income families. The measure, 51-30, moves to conference with the House, which approved a similar form on June 30. The package includes urban renewal funds, 240,000 additional public housing units, and a shift toward purchasing used housing for public sites. Grants up to $1,500 aid impoverished homeowners earning $3,000 or less annually.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tinue
Johnson
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Tower
Adlai Johnson Mourns Stevenson in Nation’s Rites
President Johnson mourns Adlai Ewing Stevenson as his body returns from London in a flag draped casket. The ceremony includes an Andrews Air Force Base arrival, a Washington National Cathedral service, state tributes, and plans for burial in Bloomington Illinois after services in Springfield and New York.
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Washington
Johnson
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
United Nations
Andrews Air Force Base
London
Dean Rusk
Hubert H. Humphrey
Stevenson
Adlai III
John Fell
Borden
Armed Services
John L. Rhea
Military District of
Washington National Cathedral
John Fell Stevenson
National Cathedral
Episcopal
New York
United States
State Department
Paul VI
Greece Faces Political Turmoil After Papandreou Resignation
In Athens King Constantine replaces Papandreou with George Athanasiades Novas provoking protests from Papandreou supporters who call it a coup. Thousands of students rally as security forces remain on high alert amid the royal move and the timing follows the birth of Princess Alexia in Corfu.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
George Papandreou
George Athanasiades-Novas
Papandreou
Center Union Party
Athanasiades Novas
Alexia
Corfu
Harriman Talks With Kosygin on Viet Nam and World Affairs
American diplomat W Averell Harriman conferred three hours with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Moscow about Viet Nam and global issues. He said he has significant information to report to President Johnson but would not disclose details. He planned further meetings with Soviet officials and promised a Washington cable with his findings.
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Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
Johnson
Kremlin
Harriman
U.S
America
Kosygin
Soviet Union
Geneva
Washington
Doar to Bogalusa to Help End Local Racial Strife
Assistant U.S. Attorney General John Doar rushed to Bogalusa Louisiana on White House orders to assess and help resolve a six month civil rights struggle. Officials and Negro leaders appealed for federal intervention after Gov McKeithen failed to quell violence and segregation tensions persist. The President intends a local solution with Doar's on the spot involvement.
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Bogalusa
U.S
John Doar
White House
Doar
John McKeithen
Washington Parish
Jesse H. Cutter Jr
Johnson
Ghana Leader Invited To Hanoi Talks
London AP reports President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana was invited by President Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi for talks on peace prospects in Vietnam. The invitation aims to press for a negotiated settlement, but officials doubt early results as Hanoi and allies reject a Commonwealth peace mission and Davies reports Hanoi believes victory is near.
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London
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Hanoi
Nkrumah
Harold Wilson
Peking
Moscow
House of Commons
Wilson
Harold Davies
Davies
United States
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