Carrier Lights Query Raised At Hearing
Sub Lieutenant Vorobieff testified the Melbourne lights were on eight minutes before the collision with the Evans causing 74 deaths. Lt. Mawson saw bright deck lights but no navigation lights. Witnesses dispute ship positions and Melbourne turning to avoid impact amid conflicting testimony.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
Melbourne
U.S
Frank E. Evans
Evans
J.g
James A. Hopson
Viacheslav Vorobieff
Vorobieff
Thomas Mawson
Plymouth
Mawson
Hopson
John P. Stevenson
Navy
Fulbright Warns U S Heads Toward Elective Dictatorship
Senator J William Fulbright chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned the United States is on a path toward elective dictatorship. He opened debate on a resolution asserting Congress role in foreign policy and cautioned unilateral military action could lead to endless foreign entanglements and a militarized American life.
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Washington
UPI
J. Wiliam Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Fulbright
America
Purdue studies Indiana 1969 wheat yield forecast
Purdue University statisticians project Indiana will harvest 913000 acres for a 1969 wheat crop of 36.5 million bushels, averaging 40 bushels per acre, about four bushels under the record rate. Harvesting will begin soon.
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Lafayette, Ind
Purdue University
Indiana
Six American War resisters granted asylum in Sweden
The Swedish Aliens Commission announced that Robert Walter, 19, of Danville Illinois, son of a Covington Indiana man, is among six self proclaimed American Vietnam War resisters granted asylum in Sweden. Walter listed his father's Covington rural route address.
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Stockholm
UPI
Covington
Ind
Sweden
Swedish Aliens Commission
Robert Walter
Danville
Ill
First Bridge Across the Mississippi Built in 1854
Davenport reports the construction of the first Mississippi River bridge in 1854 marking a pivotal transportation milestone.
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Davenport
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