Seven die as B52 crashes into homes in Florida
A B52 bomber crashed during an emergency landing near McCoy Air Force Base in Ontario, Florida, killing all seven crew members and injuring eight people on the ground. Four homes burned, several cars damaged as a mushroom cloud rose from the conflagration. Civilians suffered multiple injuries, including several children. names of the military victims were withheld pending relatives’ ratification.
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Orlando
Fla
UPI
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
McCoy Air Force Base
Ontario
Runnwau
Silver Beach
James Reeves
Ie Air Force
John Meacham
Uhé
McCoy
Meacham
Blaine Ruaich
Mine union leader guilty in fund case
United Mine Workers President Tony Boyle was convicted on all 13 counts for diverting union funds to political campaigns including Humphrey’s bid, a landmark case under federal labor statutes. Two aides were acquitted. The verdict carries up to 32 years in prison and fines, with possible disqualification from union office.
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Washington
UPL
United Mine Workers
Tony” Boyle
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Labor
Landrum Griffin
Boyle
Labor
NonPartisan League
U.S. District Court
Cartroom
Fras
War hero laid to rest near Gettysburg battlefield
Harry Kauffman, after dying on his deathbed plea to lie at Arlington, was buried at Gettysburg National Military Park. A brief ceremony observed with six Army pallbearers and Taps, while relatives and officials faced limited options after Nixon denied Arlington burial.
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Gettysburg
UPV
Harry Kauffman
Arlington National Cemetery
Congress
Willy Pres
Nixon
Ka Wan
Abington
Ree Kauffman
Robert
Philadelphia
Miami
Coast Guard
Kauffman
Arlington
Nent Exservicemen
Claude Pepper
Dfla
Kaufman
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Washington, D
Gettysburg National Miliary Park
The
Nations Park Service
Gale winds sink Japanships. sailors lost at sea
A Pacific storm battered Japan's coast with gale winds and high seas. The Maritime Safety Agency reported at least eight sailors dead and some 43 ships wrecked or sunk. dozens more missing. Survivors described nightmarish waves and darkness as rescuers searched remote waters near Tokyo Bay and Nemuro.
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Japan
FORYO
UPI
Pacific
Maritime Safety ‘Agency
MSA
Central Meteorological Agency
Iwaki City
Nemuro
Isand
Hokkaido
Japanese Maritime Safety Agency
Archaeologists warn U S resources vanishing fast
Long Beach California leaders at the Eight State Southwestern Anthropological Association meeting warn that up to 4 the U S archaeological resources may already be destroyed and research could be limited to about 22 years. UC Riverside archaeologist Thomas King and others call for stronger state and federal protection laws and funding to save endangered sites amid urbanization and development plans in California and nearby states.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Archaeologice
U.S
University of California
Illiam Clewlow
University of
Southwestern Anthropological Association
California State College, Long Beach
Tle
Missouri Velley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
Thomas F. King
UC Riverside
Agist
Cavation
Clewlow
Indian Well
Solana County
Winters
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Hies
William Garland
Billy
Dan
Florida Hospital
Charles
Anthony
Pilingica
Upa Tempaeh
Saver
U.S. Parole Board
UMW
John L. Lewis
Montana
Coalworkers Union
John Owens
Humphrey
Wayne Hays
D-Obiv
Jobo Saylor
R-Fa
Wayne Marse
Dine
Amos Olsen
TeMent
Joseph A
Joel" Yablonski
Yablonski
George J. T‘er
Beckley, W.va
Arlington Grave
Mies
Hirotaki Yamazaki
Buko ‘Mata
Tokyo Bay
Yamaaki
Yamazaki
Johannesburg
South Africa
Railways
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Ronald Reagan
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