Last Body Recovered as Debris Clean-Up Begins
The body of Sgt. Rickey K. Griffith of Cedarville New Jersey, the last missing crewman from a B 52 crash, was found at 4 15 p m Friday in the debris area near the other two recovered bodies. Four crewmen parachuted to safety and are in the Dwight David Eisenhower Medical Center at Fort Gordon in excellent condition. Heavy equipment moved in to begin removing plane parts while data will be taken to the Strategic Air Command base in Omaha for crash cause determination.
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Montmorenci
Rickey K. Griffith
Cedarville
N. J
Dwight David Eisenhower Medical Center
Fort Gordon
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
New Ellenton
Reagan to Enter Race for GOP Nomination Before Thanksgiving
Sen. Paul Laxalt stated Reagan will announce his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination before Thanksgiving and challenge Ford in the primaries. He said Reagan would not pursue a conservative third party and would back Ford if he fails to secure the nomination.
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Washington
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Citizen's Committee
Reagan Laxalt
Reagan
National Press Club
Laxalt
GOP
No Evidence Of Manson Action In Fromme Case
In Sacramento AP reports prosecutors see no conspiracy in Ly nette Fromme’s attempt on President Ford. The Fromme case ties to Charles Manson, though he remains in prison after murder convictions. Fromme, 27, faces attempted murder charges for pointing a .45 pistol at Ford near the State Capitol.
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Sacramento
Calif
Charles Manson
Lynette
Fromme
Ford
Manson
Miss Fromme
Colombian Army Inspector General Killed in Ambush
Terrorist gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed Gen. Ramon Arturo Rincon Quinones as he traveled to the Defense Ministry in a limousine. Rincon led a harsh campaign against leftist guerrillas. The chauffeur was seriously wounded.
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Bogota
Colombia
Ramon Arturo Rincon Quinones
Defense Ministry
Rincon
Ford backs 45 day oil price extension in Senate talks
President Ford endorsed a 45 day extension of oil price controls as GOP senators signaled support to sustain his veto of a six month extension. He met with nine Republican senators at breakfast and with congressional leaders to push a policy compromise. Roth and Weicker said they expect a vote Wednesday on upholding the veto but warned the tally could be close.
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Washington
Ford
GOP
William V. Roth
Delaware
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Roth
Senate
Search for B 52 Crash Debris Continues With Civilian Aid
Some 300 civilians joined the ongoing effort to recover pieces of the crashed B 52 at the site. About 25 to 30 military personnel and local guides are cataloging wreckage as Lt. Col. Arthur Aviles notes. Civil Defense official L C Greene estimates 200 total personnel including volunteers, with no overtime paid.
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Aiken County
Center Fire District
Montmorenci
Arthur Aviles
Col. Aviles
Civil Defense
L.C. Greene
Greene
Boston School Attendance Generally Good in First Day of Integration
More than 100 people were arrested on the first day of classes under a broad busing plan to integrate Boston public schools. About 40 were believed to be in the Probing Committee Against Racism, taken to a police station in South Boston as 60 more demonstrated and were arrested. Attendance across Boston's 75,000 public school children was reported generally good, though figures were not available.
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Boston
Police Department
Steve Dunleavy
Probosing Committee Against Racism
South
Hyde Park
Roxbury
Farmers Market Agenda At Aiken City Council Meeting
The council agenda includes the second reading and public hearing for an ordinance to govern the Farmer's Market with ratification of the Market Commission by resolution. Other old business covers traffic lights at Whiskey and Boardman and at Silver Bluff and Pine Log Roads, zoning fines, housing project site, and a public housing loan application. New business items include rights of way rules, election timing, building code updates, utility code adoption, and a court action against United States Fidelity regarding Phase II drainage. Public parking, garden club banners, and directional signs are also proposed.
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Aiken
Farmer's Market Commission
Whiskey
Boardman Roads
Silver Bluff Road
Pine Log Road
Melford C Tinsley
City of Aiken
United States Fidelity and Casualty Co
Bomber Crash Remembered Near Daniel Field
Larry Murphy recalls a World War II bomber that caught fire and crashed in Edgefield County near the Aiken line, killing all aboard. Police investigated rumors about a bet to shoot it down, but the suspects were abroad at the time. Local concerns unfold over missing gazebo baskets in Aiken’s park system.
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Larry Murphy
Daniel Field
Augusta
Timberland
Edgefield County
Aiken
Murphy
Cr. Gingrey
Dick Steele
Eureka
Gingrey
Steel
Washington
New York
Weather outlook shows scattered showers and warm temps
The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of rain through tomorrow with thundershowers today tonight and tomorrow. Highs reach upper 80s and lows upper 60s. Wednesday through Friday expect mostly warm partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers Friday and highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s.
Boston School Integrations Amid Patrols and Police Guard
About 26,000 pupils were bused to different neighborhoods under a federal integration order. One thousand nine hundred policemen and one hundred U.S. marshals guarded routes and campuses while National Guardsmen aided open schools. Nearly all officers reported for duty signaling a pause in the sick-out. Buses to Charlestown, Roxbury, Hyde Park, and South Boston arrived with mixed occupancy and no major incidents.
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U.S
Charlestown High School
Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association
National Guardsmen
South Boston
Hyde Park
Charlestown
Roxbury
Carr
Boston
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Sinai
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Beirut
Gidi
Mitla
United States
Israel
Aiken Garden Club Council
District Garden Club
Laurens Street
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