Four Die When Jet Crashes Into Tucson Supermarket
An Air Force jet crashed into a Tucson area supermarket rear, igniting flames that destroyed nearby homes. Authorities later revised the death toll to four with nine missing. believed all missing were accounted for after searches. Pilot Flight Lt. Jack R. Hamilton and navigator Capt. Gary L. Hughes bailed out near Davis-Monthan AFB, with the plane containing 17,000 pounds of fuel. Names of the victims include Sherry Tilton, 19, a resident of a blazing house. Mrs. Glenn Bush, 34, a meat packer in the market. Mrs. James O. Palmer, 55, a shopper. and a 17-year-old Mexican-American shopper whose identity was withheld. The incident is described as a routine training flight by the Air Force.
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Tucson
Ariz
Meat Department
Jack R. Hamilton
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gary L. Hughes
U.S. Air Force
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Sherry Tilton
Glenn Bush
James O. Palmer
Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Explosives Use Out At Present
POINT PLEASANT The body of another victim of the Silver Bridge disaster was recovered from the Ohio River this morning bringing to 20 the known dead. An estimated 40 are still missing. The latest victim was not immediately identified and the body was removed to the temporary morgue at the National Guard Armory north of town. Major Brown of the Corps of Engineers explained explosives were only a backstop measure and not currently used in recovery. Spectators lined riverbanks as sonar and divers aided salvage while Coast Guard and Civil Defense crews dragged the river bottom.
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Point Pleasant
Silver Bridge
Ohio River
National Guard
Lillian Wedge
Charles T. Smith
Oma
Bidwell
Roy A. Brown
Corps of Engineers
Major Brown
Mrs. Wedge
Ohio
Kanawha
Wedge
Paul
Coast Guard
Cost Guard
Gallipolis
West Virginia
Civil Defense and Fire Department
Gallipolis Dam
Pomeroy
Middleport
Racine
Syracuse
Belpre
Spencer
Ravenswood
Ripley
Cottageville
St. Albans
Charleston
South Charleston
Dunbar
Huntington
St. Marys
W.va
State Road Commission
C. R. Gerber
Gerber
St. Marys Bridge
Parkersburg
Pomeroy-Mason
Appalachian Co
Robert Bosworth
Point Towing Co
H. R
K. D. Boone
Lexington
Bosworth
Molten pig iron spill kills three at Armco mill
In Houston, a spill of molten iron at 2800 degrees Fahrenheit from a giant ladle sent molten metal 40 feet and splattered 120 feet, killing three men and injuring 30 at the Armco steel mill. Four hundred workers faced casualties as authorities investigated the accident and the scene was secured.
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Houston
Tex
Armco
Athens City Council ends 1967 session in brief
Athens city government closes its final 1967 meeting as the community heads into year-end activities. The city prepares to address education, funding, and local projects in upcoming agenda items.
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Athens City Council
Athens City
Washkansky in serious condition after heart transplant
Cape Town AP report says patient Louis Washkansky, 53, remains in a very serious state after his heart transplant. Doctors note a dramatic drop in white blood cells over 24 hours, plan a transfusion, and cite possible rejection affecting his lungs and blood cells rather than the heart. Pneumonia began late Saturday.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
M.C. Botha
Washkansky
Gorton Seen As Holt Successor in Australian Crisis
Canberra reports Sen John Grey Gorton emerged as a likely compromise successor to Prime Minister Harold Holt who disappeared while swimming. Johnson to attend Holt memorial in Melbourne with Thieu Marcos and Park, amid talk of a Vietnam War summit. Deputy PM McEwen sworn interim PM as Liberals decide next leader January 9. Gorton, a 56 year old farmer, announced candidacy to take Holt’s seat and lead the government.
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Gorton
Holt
Johnson
Canberra
Australia
Education and Science
John Grey Gorton
Harold Holt
Melbourne
Philippines
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
London
Harold Wilson
John McEwen
Country Party
Liberal Party
Liberal- Country
William McMahon
Liberals
McEwen
Mahon
United States
House of Representatives
McMahon
Six Lindsay Aide Named In Kickback Scandal
New York investigators acting on Mayor Lindsay's orders probe former aide James L. Marcus amid a Cosa Nostra linked city contract kickback scheme. Marcus and five others including Antonio Corallo face RICO charges over an $800,000 reservoir cleaning contract with $16,000 reportedly skimmed from a $40,000 kickback. Bail set at $10,000 for Corallo. others released for Dec 28 hearing.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
James L. Marcus
Cosa Nostra
Marcus
Antonio
Tony Ducks
Corallo
Seabury
James J. Walker
Constance Baker Motley
Henry Fried
S.T. Grand and Co
Herbert Itkin
New York City
Charles Rappaport
Daniel Motto
Greenwich, Conn
Bakery Workers Union
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Mary Hyre
George Lovell
Messenger
Saigon
North Vietnam
U. S
Oakland
Calif
Oakland Army Induction Center
U.N
United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Assembly
Soviet Union
Geneva Disarmament Committee
Editorial
Meee Eee
Eens Women
Heloise
Athens
Middleport Sneer
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Nguyen van Thieu
South
Vietnam
Ferdinand Marcos
The
Lindsay
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