Gemini 11 reaches record altitude and sees world from space
Astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon post an 835 mile high orbit, photographing stars during a 140 minute space stand in open hatch. They describe a panoramic view spanning Australia to India, setting speed records and planning a docked cartwheel maneuver with the Agena rocket.
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Atlantic
Agena
Austraia
Conrad
Australia
India
Borneo
Gordon
Fearful Mississippi school children escorted by agents
Situation quiet at Grenada Mississippi as FBI agents and state troopers guard 87 Negro students after violent attacks. Officials under court orders protect the frightened children who gather at Bellflower Baptist Church before marching in four groups to Lizzie Horn Elementary and John Rundle High schools.
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Grenada
Miss
UPD
FBI
Mississippi
Bellflower Baptist Church
Lizzie Horn Elementary
John Rundle
Hughes urges tax changes in Iowa
Governor Harold E. Hughes urged eliminating personal property taxes on household goods and expanding Iowa homestead credits for seniors at the Iowa Federation of Labor convention. He attacked Governor Murray’s income tax refund plan and proposed a new 65 plus property tax relief, extending credits to renters and tying aid to income and property value. He said the plan would use state revenues to local needs without raising overall taxes.
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Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Lowa Federation of Labor
William G Murray
Ames
Murray
Treasury
Probate of Wills and Executors Appointed
Notice of probate of the wills of Frank Ewing Gault and Emma Stout and the appointment of executors. Details of filings, court handling, and dates for inheritance actions in the county probate court.
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Frank Ewing Gault
Emma Stout
Soviet Expels U.S. Envoy Aide Lesh in Retaliation
The Soviet Union ordered the expulsion of Donald R. Lesh second secretary at the U S Embassy in Moscow citing diplomatic status violations. The Tass report followed U S charges against Russian Third Secretary Valentin A Revin for espionage. Also noted were a Peace Corps member arrested at the Caspian Sea and a defector priest, Harold M Koch, who praised the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Donald R. Lesh
United States
Tass
Lesh
Valentin A Revin
Russia
Thomas R. Dawson
Annapolis
U.S
Peace Corps
Iran
Caspian Sea
Harold M. Koch
Johnson
Viet Nam
Georgi Kornienko
Koch
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Lorienko
Soviet Foreign Ministry
David E. Boster
Boster
Illinois
Rochester
Harvard
Moscow Univer
U.S. Navy
Robert Madden
Andriana Fowerman
Ohio University
Charles Merlock
Princeton
Columbia
Schwengel Criticizes Johnson Inflation Policy in Davenport
Fred Schwengel told the Davenport chapter of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees that government inflation is eroding pensions for about 20 million Americans on Social Security and retirement programs. He advocated raises in social security and retirement payments and noted past support for such increases while in Congress.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Fred Schwengel
Johnson Administration
Schwengel
National Association of Retired Civil Employes
United States
Johnson
Congress
John Schmidhauser
U.S
House of Representatives
Weather in Iowa Partly cloudy with cooler nights
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a chance of widely scattered showers in the extreme southeast. Generally fair Thursday with lows tonight in the 40s to 50s and Thursday highs in the lower 70s to mid 70s, warmer south.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission lowers rural speed limits and weighs belt line widening
The Iowa Highway Commission reduced speed limits on 82 rural stub routes and short segments from 70 to 25 60 mph with many at 45 mph to improve safety. It authorized a feasibility study on widening the Des Moines belt line I 80 35 around the city with possible extra lanes and modified exits. The plan includes examining six interchanges and approving right of way purchases and hiring 48 maintenance workers to support interstate and primary highways.
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Ames
Towa
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
Des Moines
Harold C. Schiel
Commission
Harry Bradley Jr
14Th
2Nd Streets
U.S. 59
Iowa
Dexter
Wisconsin
U.S. 218
Stacyville
Osage
The
Dairy and Power Cooperative of
la Crosse
Wis
France Withdraws From NATO Military Committee
France announces withdrawal from the NATO Military Committee in Washington as part of President de Gaulle’s effort to reduce dependence on the alliance. The move shifts France to a liaison group and prompts partner nations to decide status while SHAPE is moved to Belgium and the NATO Defense College to Rome.
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Paris
UPI
France
NATO
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Iceland
NATO Permanent Council
Pierre de Lousse
Manlio Brosio
U.S
Harlan Cleveland
Belgium
Andre de Stercken
Supreme Allied
SHAPE
Roquencourt
Aris
Chievres-Casteau
Rights measure defeated in Senate bid by Johnson
President Johnson failed to sway Republican Everett M. Dirksen in a late night White House meeting as the civil rights bill headed for a crushing Senate defeat. Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield and Attorney General Katzenbach attended the session.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Everett M. Dirkser
Senate
Dirksen
White House
Mike Mansfield
Nicholas Katzenbach
Empty foxholes mark heavy U.S. search in Central Highlands
Thousands of U S troops conducting the largest helicopter assault of the Vietnam War scoured the Central Highlands near the crow s foot but found only empty Viet Cong and North Vietnamese positions. Air Cavalry reported two helicopters and an F 100 shot down while 21 enemy dead and two prisoners were counted in the hunt.
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Saigon
1St Air Cavalry Division
Hanoi
1St Air Cavalry
Yellow Star
Song Kim Son
U.S
USS
Guam
Viet Nam
Thu Duc
Rmk-Brj Construction Company
Xuyen Tra
Quant Khe Sam
Dong Hoi
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Poydras
UPI Telephoto
Gemini
Earth
CSA
ABC
David
Jennifer Knight
Jesse Knight
Journal
Tom Kuncl
South Viet Nam
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