Ranger 7 Eyes Moon With First Close Shots Planned
Pasadena AP reports Ranger 7 neared the moon aiming to return the first close up pictures of the surface. six television cameras should relay more than 4 000 images from 1 100 miles as the craft speeds toward an 8 25 EST final pass. Scientists say the mission could map future landing sites and help propel U S lunar exploration.
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King Blasts Murphy Indifferent to Harlem Violence
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr denounced Police Commissioner Michael J. Murphy as unresponsive to Negro demands after meetings with Mayor Wagner. King urged round the clock talks with Black leaders on a nine point program to curb violence and push for a civilian review board to handle police brutality charges. Lt. Gilligan’s shooting of a 15 year old sparked riots. his grand jury case extended to August 28.
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Martin Junther King Jr
Michael J. Murphy
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Robert F. Wagner
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Brooklyn
Thomas Gilligan
Bey
Gilligan
Wagner
Negra Enders
New York City
U S Rejects Moscow Laos Geneva Summit Plan
The United States formally rejected the Soviet proposal for a new 14 nation Geneva conference on Laos. Secretary of State Rusk told Soviet envoy Kornienko that a meeting would be useless without a cease fire and the return of Laos to its May 16 status. Britain also refused the plan unless Western conditions were met as Khrushchev weighs options amid Beijing influence.
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Soviet Union
Laos
Dean Rusk
Grungi M. Karnienko
US State Department
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Kremlin
Russia
Britain
R. A. Buller
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
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Rusk
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German Vertical Jet Passes Tests
West Germany reports the VISIO vertical takeoff jet exceeded sound speed in a test flight. Developed by Roelkow Heinkel and Messerschmitt, the craft rises vertically by tilting its jets downward then pivots to forward flight by returning them to a horizontal position.
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Fatal launch disaster near Padma Meghna confluence
The Pakistan Observer reports a crowded launch broke up and sank after hitting a sandbar at the Padma Meghna river confluence. About 100 people, many women and children, are feared drowned.
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Pakistan
Padma
Meghna
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Pakistan Observer
Bohemian Grove guest Goldwater to relax off the record
San Francisco AP reports Senator Barry Goldwater will visit Bohemian Grove for a quiet weekend retreat. The 2000 acre redwood site hosts exclusive summer encampment with talks and a famed low jinks show performed by club members. Kennedy recently spoke to loud ovation at the lakeside gathering.
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Herb Coon
San Francisco Chronicle
Bobby Kennedy
State employment in June climbs to 7.42 million
Albany AP reports New York State employment reached 7,420,000 in June, up 55,000 from May but 95,000 below June 1963. Unemployment stood at 400,000, up 25,000 from May but 335,000 lower than a year earlier, with the May to June rise linked to summer job seekers leaving school.
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New York State
State Labor Department
Landis Found Dead in Home Pool
James M. Landis 64 adviser to three presidents was found dead yesterday in his backyard pool in Westchester County. A neighboring boy found the body and an girl assisted re suscitation without success. Landis previously dean at Harvard Law and served under Roosevelt Truman and Kennedy. His wife was in New York City at the time. A neighbor said Landis often swam after returning from his Manhattan office. A teen boy and his sister climbed the fence to swim and reported the discovery to police.
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James M. Landis
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Truman
Kennedy
James A. Farley
Public Health Service
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JM. Landis
Vice President Race Narrows in Democratic Delegates
AP poll shows Hubert Humphrey leading with 341 first choices, Robert Kennedy 230, among 4,052 pledged delegates. Johnson declined to choose a running mate publicly, noting desire for an attractive, prudent, progressive VP. He also said he eliminated six cabinet figures from consideration, including Kennedy and Rusk.
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New York
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson narrows vice president pick by excluding cabinet
President Johnson announced he will not consider Cabinet members or regular Cabinet aides as his vice presidential running mate. He said he informed Secretary of State Rusk, Defense Secretary McNamara, Attorney General Kennedy, and Agriculture Secretary Freeman, and that the list is now greatly narrowed. He vowed no decision yet on a running mate and will announce later.
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Rusk
Deefense McNamara
Atty
Gen. Kennedy
Agceniture
Freeman
United Nations
Johnson Urges Equal Opportunity in School Leaders Meet
President Johnson told more than 400 public school officials at the White House that he will push for full constitutional rights. He invited superintendents from across the nation, 319 accepted including 124 from the South, and urged educators to lead toward peaceful obedience to law and human rights. He met attendees in the Blue Room and spoke in the East Room with a handshake for each.
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Johnson
Olue Ammetican Glen
White House
South
America
World Communist Split Nears Formal End This Year
A Reuters dispatch from Peking describes a looming break between Moscow and Peking over a planned world conference. Beijing warns a meeting could end the world movement’s unity and Moscow warns of severe consequences. The letter to Khrushchev labels the crisis grave and accuses the Soviet leader of inciting a fatal rift.
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Khrusichev
Texans Eye Imported Meat Curb in Senate Vote
Texan cattlemen cheer a 72 to 15 Senate approval of a meat import quota bill that would cut beef veal and lamb imports by about 30 percent. Some label the action a joke while TSCRA president Fred Wolff of Brady says the House fight is just beginning as supporters plan pressure in Washington.
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Brady
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Massers Association
TSCRA
Washington
House Passes Landmark Parks Conservation Bill
Washington reporters say the House approved a landmark conservation bill in a 273 to 1 vote with Rep. Joe R. Pol of Texas the sole opponent. The measure would fence nine million acres now and allow future inclusion of up to millions into the wilderness system while awaiting Senate action. A California ski development provision was removed from the bill.
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Joe R. Pol
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San Becnardino National Forest
GOP Assumes Keating Set to Run for Senate Again
Albany AP reports New York Republicans, led by Fredo Young, assume Kenneth B. Keating will seek re election as U S senator. Keating has not decided yet but party leaders see his incumbency as a major asset. Democrats prepare for a September convention to nominate.
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