Gemini 4 Blastoff Nears From Cape Kennedy
Technicians prepared the 109 foot Gemini 4 spacecraft to launch two U S astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White. The planned 62 orbit flight could include White stepping into space and possibly touching another satellite as a historic step in the moon race. A 13 nation audience linked by a communications satellite awaited the 10 a m launch.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
U.S
America
James McDivitt
Edward White
Earth
White
McDivitt
Kraft
United States
Negro Not Selected For NASA Astronaut Training
Washington AP The Pentagon said Capt. Edward Dwight Jr the first and only Black graduate of Air Force space pilot school was recommended for astronaut training but not selected by NASA for the program. A Defense Department statement asserted equal rights privileges and treatment during the Air Force schooling.
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Washington
Pentagon
Edward Dwight Jr
Air Force Space Pilot School
Civilian Space Agency
Defense Department
Air Force School
Zimmer Murder Trial Witness Recalls Beating Details
Susie Johnson testified for hours about the Zimmer murder, naming defendants James Andrews Robert Lacy and Jerry Washington as the attackers on October 14 on a downtown street corner. She described witnessing the beating and robbery and discussed multiple police statements and prior counsel interactions.
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Susie Johnson
Etold
James Andrews
Robert Lacy
Jerry Washington
Beat
Kick
Rob
William J. Zimmer
Shake” Jancer
Pierce H. Russell
Johnson
Troy
Zimmer
Federal Street
Fifth Avenue
Russell
Thomas J. O'Connor
John P. Weatherwax
Arnold G. Peer
Washington
Edward M. Segal
Albany
Harold Harriman
Court House
Michael J. Bruno
Harry McKenna
Rebels Reject Election Plan in Dominican Crisis
Dominican rebels led by Col. Francisco Caamano rejected a junta plan for elections under the 1963 constitution. The junta headed by Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera proposed early elections supervised by the OAS. Brazilian troops opened a security zone around the presidential palace, reducing rebel-junta clash potential as they encroached toward the palace amid street damage and heavy press attention.
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Antonio Imbert Barrera
Organization of American States
OAS
More Amendments Delay Vote On Ethics Bill Until Today
Albany AP reports further surgery on the ethics bill delays a Senate vote to today. Gov Rockefeller's counsel cites drafting flaws including a sweeping financial disclosure rule affecting 124000 executive branch employees. Opposition and reformers push updated amendments for passage.
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Charles Dumas
Albany
Senate
Assembly
Rockefeller
New 1.50 Minimum Bill Sent To Rocky
Albany RP A bill to raise New York state minimum wage to 1.50 an hour passed the Assembly 110 to 31 and was sent to Gov Rockefeller who has said he will veto it. The measure includes an effective date of Jan 1 and waits on Congress action for possible federal parity.
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Albany
Assembly
Rockefeller
New York State
Congress
New York
Senate
Body Found in Erie Canal Riverside Section
The body of 19 year old John P. McCormick of Buffalo was found floating in the Erie Barge Canal in Buffalo's Riverside section yesterday.
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Buffalo
UPI
John P. McCormick
Erie Barge Canal
Riverside
First Negro astronaut denies bias in space program
Capt. Edward Dwight Jr., the nation’s first Black astronaut, denied yesterday that he was eliminated from the space program because of his race in a statement from China Lake, California.
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China Lake
Calif
Dwight’s Astronaut Screening Bias and Selection Rates
The Pentagon reported that the Air Force recommended 26 candidates for astronaut training, but only seven were accepted. Two classmates of Dwight were chosen, while five others were not. NASA said 136 highly qualified aspirants across services were considered, with about 14 or 10 percent selected.
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Pentagon
Defense Department
Air Force
NASA
Army
Navy
Polish Magnate Wins Seat in Sejm Election
Mystery millionaire Boleslaw Piasecki won election to the Polish parliament Sejm in national elections. Piasecki heads the Pax Catholic organization which supports the Communist regime.
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Warsaw
UPI
Boleslaw Piasecki
Sejm
Piasecki
Pax” Catholic
Senate Approves $5.2 Billion Space funding Bill
The Senate yesterday passed a large space program authorization totaling 5.2 billion dollars. The measure funds efforts to land a man on the moon and return him by 1970 or earlier.
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Washington
Senate
Lion of Kashmir asks for staff as interned
Sheik Mohammed Abdullah called the Indian captors asking for a Moslem cook a Tamil language tutor and a Kashmiri stenographer. He received all three.
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Ootacamund
India
Sheik
Mohammed Abdullah
Lion of
Kashmir
Lansingburg Board Adopts 1965 66 School Budget
The Lansingburg Board of Education adopted a 1 982 563 budget for 1965 66, up 147 200 from last year, with a tax rate hike in all four divisions. Increases in teachers salaries and an expanded workforce plus higher insurance costs drive the allocation.
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Lansingburg Board of Education
Lansingburg
Brunswick
Schaghticoke
Howard E. VerGow
VerGow
Vernon
Knickerbocker Junior High School
Richard N. Clarke
Clayton I. DeWitt
Johnsons 4.8B excise tax cut sails through House
The House approved 401 to 6 a 4.8 billion excise tax cut bill backing removal of federal sales taxes on about 40 items including appliances jewelry cosmetics fur coats cameras and music gear. Taxes drop July 1 with two cuts retroactive to May 15. Senate Finance panel to hear Fowler next Tuesday.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Marines Kill 20 Viet Cong In Chu Lai Ambush
U S Marines claim a tactical win near Chu Lai after killing 20 Viet Cong guerrillas with no Marine casualties. The day saw heavy air raids and claims of Viet Cong losses across multiple provinces near Da Nang and Pleiku.
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U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Chu Lai
da Nang
Pleiku
le Thanh
Viet Nam
Woman Who Killed Four Husbands Dies in Prison
Oklahoma City report says Nannie Doss died in University Hospital at 60 from leukemia on the 10th anniversary of her life in prison. She admitted poisoning four husbands with rat poison to collect life insurance payouts, and was serving a life term for the murder of her fifth husband Samuel L. Doss.
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Okla
Nannie Doss
University Hospital
Kansas
North Carolina
Alabama
Doss
Eastern Oklahoma Hospital
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