Airliner Crash Near Newport Kills 39 Aboard
A United Air Lines Viscount turboprop crashed in the Great Smoky Mountains near Newport Tennessee eight miles from the North Carolina line. The late Thursday disaster killed all 39 aboard and triggered FBI inquiry. The Philadelphia to Huntsville flight had stopped in Washington and was due in Knoxville minutes after the crash.
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Goldwater Urges GOP Unity in Platform Speech
In San Francisco Barry Goldwater urged party unity and told platform writers he would not dictate plank wording. He urged the committee to craft a platform uniting the party on principle and to welcome healthy dissent while he pledged support for the final document.
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Government panel to aid low income consumers meets
Washington panel led by Esther Peterson plans its first meeting next Tuesday. The group aims to reach and teach those with little money to spend and to make every dollar count, and will hold an executive session to organize work and review current programs and resources.
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Esther Peterson
Peterson
Electric Contract Agreed On In Columbus
A two year contract between Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co and the electrical workers sets wage talks to reopen July 1. Fringe benefits and job duties in many classifications are clarified. An enhanced insurance plan includes hospitalization for retired employees. Wages rise 6 to 11 cents per hour retroactive to July 1.
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U S Missile Sites Ready In Europe
The U S Air Force reports first steel reinforced concrete missile sites in Central Europe are operational defending the Mace B missile. The surface to surface weapon has a 1200 mile range and can carry nuclear or conventional warheads. In Boston doctors say Senator Edward M Kennedy is in excellent condition after a 100 mile ambulance ride from Northampton.
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Harding letters reveal alleged affairs with Marion wife
New York Times reports a packet of over 250 letters by Warren G. Harding to Carrie Phillips of Marion Ohio. Historian Francis Russell says the letters support claims Harding had affairs while married and include requests for money to keep quiet.
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FBI Agents Sent To South Permanently
President Johnson announced 50 FBI agents will be permanently assigned to a new Mississippi office in Jackson. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover planned to visit to discuss race relations as the search for three missing civil rights workers in Mississippi remains unresolved. Police used tear gas in Tuscaloosa during an integration protest linked to Jack Palance.
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Gallipolis church marks 150th anniversary
The Messenger notes First United Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis plans a 150th anniversary celebration. Page 5 mentions the milestone.
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Nitro Crash Kills Driver From Leon
NITRO West Virginia Paul P Harless 31 of Leon Route 3 was killed in a head on collision near Nitro Friday morning The other driver Elizabeth M Shanklin 34 also died A Charleston man Orville Harding 26 was seriously injured A third car driven by John Vance collided with the wreckage He was treated at a South Charleston hospital and released
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Elderly shopper’s baffling exit from Athens market
An elderly woman in an Athens supermarket struggles to locate a buzzer and inspect tomatoes at the produce counter. A bystander reports seeing her place groceries in a car, then she appears to drive away, leaving witnesses puzzled by the sequence.
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Billy Graham Opens Columbus Crusade At Ohio Stadium
Thousands of Ohioans are expected to attend Billy Graham's 10 day Central Ohio Crusade at Columbus' International League stadium with traffic plans in place. Graham arrived Thursday and spoke to the Central Ohio Sigma Delta Chi dinner, urging a global moral awakening and noting civil rights progress while avoiding political endorsements.
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Coffman Stair Workers Vote to Unionize at Two Logan Plants
Production and maintenance workers at Coffman Stair Co. voted 92 to 54 to make the National Carpenters and Joiners Union their bargaining representative. About 175 workers were eligible, with 145 at the Washington D C plant. Balloting at Logan ended around 10:30 a.m under NLRB supervision. the sister plant vote followed later. Coffman’s Logan area saw a second new plant unionized in a month after the Logan Goodyear plant backed the United Rubber Workers on June 16.
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Khrushchev's Successor? Brezhnev Emerges as Front-Runner
Moscow report outlines the inner circle around Khrushchev including Brezhnev, Podgorny, Mikoyan, Suslov, and Kosygin. It notes Kozlov's decline due to health and suggests Brezhnev is the likely successor if a change occurs now.
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Man Falls 35 Feet From Dam At Locks and Dam Project
Reedsville Kentucky man Carl Kazee, 26, fell 35 feet into the lock chamber at the Reedsville Belleville Locks and Dam. He suffered rib, pelvis, and shoulder fractures and possible internal injuries. He was transported to Camden Clark Hospital in Parkersburg for treatment after slipping on a ladder during rain.
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National Banks Report June Conditions Call Issued
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks as of the close of business on June. Five day forecast notes temperatures from Saturday through Wednesday averaging 5 to 7 degrees below normal with warm Saturday and cooler Sunday and only minor changes through midweek.
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