Ranger 7 Spacecraft Set for Moon Flight
The United States plans to launch Ranger 7 from Cape Kennedy on an 11:32 am to 1:42 pm EST window to image the moon. The 806 pound craft will perform maneuvers and, after a 681 hour 230992 mile voyage, fire a payload motor to collide with the moon and transmit over 4000 pictures to Goldstone California. If successful the mission ends a six year gap in lunar photography and aids Apollo planning.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Dashland
Ranger 7
Goldstone
Calif
Police Lose Race to Prevent Leap at Golden Gate
San Francisco AP report notes that Richard H. Gillespie Jr., 24, leaped 200 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge just as officers closed in. He left a note for his mother saying he must end his life to stop harming others. Gillespie was the 266th suicide at the bridge.
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San Francisco
Richard H. Gillespie Jr
Golden Gate Bridge
Gillespie
Heatwave to driven escapes prompt statewide travel
Forecasters warn temperatures across the state will reach 85 to 90 degrees with possible thunderstorms on Wednesday. A blue parakeet named PRETTY BOY is lost and may respond to its name. contact the owner at MO-2-7168 if seen.
85 Holidayers Killed in Portugal Train Wreck
In Oporto Portugal a speeding two car diesel train packed with holidaymakers derailed near Custolas. At least 85 dead and more than 100 injured as officials probe cause. A company spokesman said the rear unit snapped its couplings and plunged down an embankment. Passengers in the front car were spared.
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Oporto
Portugal
APA
Custolas
Castro Denounces OAS Sanctions as Unjust
Cuba rejects the OAS action as impudent and unjust after the conference of American foreign ministers approved a 15 to 4 sanctions package against Castro. The move included a diplomatic break and trade embargo with Cuba and a potential path to armed intervention if repression continues.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Thomas C. Mann
Inter American Affairs
Organization of American States
Castro
OAS
Santiago de Cuba
Tass
United States
Miami
Venezuela
Mexico
Chile
Bolivia
Uruguay
Foreign Ministers
Falcon
Night Roaming Ghoul Steals Skokie Girl’s Body
Police hunted a night roaming ghoul who stole 24 year old Theresa Koertgen’s body from a Skokie funeral home and left it slashed and naked in an alley after a window break. An Evansston motorist found the corpse early Sunday and a yellow dress was later discovered in a Chicago alley. The body, initially deemed a burglary, was described as unbelievable by Capt. Edward Caulfield as investigators pursue a demented suspect. Theresa died from a cerebral hemorrhage after collapsing at a Skokie pool.
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Theresa Koertgen
Ine Truder
Evaneston
Chicago
Edward Caulfield
Theresa
Leo Koertgen
Margaret
Skokie Valley Community Hospital
Sniders Electrical Service Vacation Notice
Sniders Electrical Service announces closure for vacation the week of July 27. Customers are advised to plan ahead for service requests and contact alternatives during the downtime.
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Sniders Electrical Service
Castro denounces OAS as garbage in Santiago speech
Fidel Castro condemned the Organization of American States calling it garbage on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the 26th of July movement. He rejected OAS sanctions as impudent and unjust and urged equal rights to aid revolutionary movements.
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Santiago, Cuba
Fie del Castro
Organization of American States
Cuba
Oriente University
OAS
United States
Caribbean
Castro
Santiago de Cuba
Rochester Sees Guardsmen Stabilize After rioting weekend
Rochester battles left four dead and hundreds injured as National Guardsmen arrive to restore order. Governor Rockefeller activates 1,000 troops as dozen truck detachments patrol riot zones. several fatalities and 600 arrests reported amid widespread looting and clashes.
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Asy
Police Patrols Reduced in Harlem and Brooklyn
Police patrols in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant were cut back as calm returned after rioting last week. City officials urged action on jobs housing and schools to address underlying Negro unrest while a protest march led by William Epton was dispersed and Epton was charged with unlawful assembly.
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New York
Harlem
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Suneday
Arthur J. Katzman
Robert F. Wagner
Michael J. Murphy
Citizens Review Board
William Epton
Harlen Negro
Murphy
Epton
Harlem Defense Council
Progressive Labor Movement
Conrad J. Lynn
Virginia delegates undecided on vice presidential pick
Virginia's 53 delegates to the Democratic Convention were largely undecided about a VP choice with only a minority naming a favorite. Sargent Shriver led with five supporters, followed by Humphrey and McCarthy with three each, and Stevenson and McNamara with two apiece.
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Richmond
Virginia
Gary
Peace Corps
Minnesota
Hulbert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Adlain Stevenson
Defense
Robert McNamara
Arraignment in stab slayings of Hoover and Snow
Luther Durham Jr. and Otho Howard were arraigned in Circuit Court over the February 25 1963 double stabbing deaths of Mrs. Waltrie Naomi Hoover and her mother Mrs. E M Snow at their Double Toll Gate home. Both defendants lacking funds asked for lawyers.
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Luther Durham, Jr
Greensboro
N.C
Otho Howard
Raleigh
Waltrie Naomi Hoover
E. M. Snow
Aontesnyehic
Durham
Howard
The
Commonwealth
Circuit Court
Elliott Marshall
Corporation Court
F. L. Woolf
Marshall
Joseph White
Carl E. Germelman, Jr
Hoover
State Penitentiary
Richmond
Virginia Weather Outlook Brings Warm Weekend
Richmond AP reports after days of clouds and rain a developing high pressure ridge will produce southwest winds. Temperatures rise to the 80s today and reach the 90s tomorrow in central Virginia including Stephens City and surrounding areas.
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Richmond
Virginia
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