Plane crash and train delay kill 19 in Miami
A slow freight train blocked N W 36th Street and a Dominican Airlines cargo plane crashed in a wall of fire, killing 19. Federal investigators seek mechanics who serviced the plane before takeoff and witnesses say one engine trailed smoke. Frank King creator of Gasoline Alley dies at 86 in Florida. Stanley Andrews, 77, Old Ranger on Death Valley Days, dies in California.
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Miami
N. W. 36Th Street
Dominican Airlines
Los Angeles
Stanley Andrews
Death Valley
Attorneys Prepare New Oral Arguments in Laskey Case
In Cincinnati two defense lawyers Burton Signer and Donald Roney were notified to file additional oral arguments before the Ohio Supreme Court. The court had upheld Posteal Laskey’s first degree murder conviction last November amid a case that has kept him under threat of the electric chair for almost two years.
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Cincinnati
Posteal Laskey
Ohio Supreme Court
Highs
Burton Signer
Donald Roney
Laskey
Hayes Aims For Solace In Harvey With James Stewart
Helen Hayes, 68, told 800 librarians at the American Library Association convention she will star in Harvey this fall with James Stewart. She said she wants to give theater solace, not despair, and spoke of off Broadway work and resisting revolutionary plays that depress her.
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Atlantic City
Helen Hayes
Miss Hayes
American Library Association
Harvey
James Stewart
Africa
Havana
Judy
MGM
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Deans
Athens County Child Electrocuted
A report from Athens County details the death of a child due to electrocution. Authorities investigate the incident as neighbors react with shock and concern.
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Athens County
Vote On Surtax Delayed In Washington
The House delayed a vote on Nixon's surtax extension bill after head counts showed likely defeat. Emergency legislation would extend withholding at present rates until Congress finalizes the extension. The Ways and Means Committee plans broader tax reform with August action aimed at closing loopholes.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House Ways and
Means Committee
House
John McCormack
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Milla
Dark
John W. Byrnes
R-Wisc
Hale Boggs
D-La
House Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Black Panther member says Panthers jailed in Cuba
Raymond Johnson a Black Panther lieutenant says he and others in Cuba face isolation and labor camps, with arrests possible and orders to avoid Cuban Afro cultural expression, as he seeks US support and mentions other Panthers in exile. The report cites hijacking past and FBI notes on a Miami hijacker.
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Havana
Cuba
Eldridge Cleaver
Raymond Johnson
Alexandra
Johnson
Black Panther Movement
National Airlines
New Orleans
United States
Southern University
Baton Rouge
Omar Talif
New York
Byron Muese Booth
Los Angeles
Calif
Earl Farrow
Denver
Colo
Charles Rhaim Smith
James Akili
Cleaver
Miami
FBI
Statehouse scene as union protests in Ohio Capitol
About 400 members of the State Employee Union converged on the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus to demand a 1500 annual pay hike. They disrupted a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the $4.17 billion state appropriations bill before adjournment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Statehouse
Senate Finance Committee
Robert R. Shaw
Shaw
al Bilik
Government Prepares Smoking Health Report
The federal government finishes a smoking health report due to Congress next week. It may present new evidence linking smoking to cancer heart disease and bronchial problems and other illnesses. The report is part of a continuing effort following the 1964 Surgeon General’s finding.
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Washington
Congress
Daniel Asnes
National Clearinghouse On
Asnes
Federal Trade and Communications Commissions
FTC
FCC
House
Senate
Frank Moss
Utah
Commerce
Surgeon
Betty Gilkey's ad rents 3-room Athens apartment instantly
Betty Gilkey of 19 Hudson Ave Athens reports her furnished three room apartment rented immediately after placing an Action Ad. She notes she was well satisfied with the rapid result and that the ad worked before its run expired.
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Betty Gilkey
Hudson Ave
Athens
Betty
Troops Sent To Ben Het
Hundreds of American led South Vietnamese commandos reinforced the Ben Het Special Forces camp as North Vietnamese forces pressed the border post. A 15 minute jungle firefight occurred with no Allied casualties reported. North Vietnamese artillery continued a two month bombardment around Ben Het and Dak To.
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Saigon
Ben Het
U.S
Dak
Laos
Cambodia
Death of Singer Judy Garland Ruled Accidental
London AP coroner’s inquest finds Judy Garland’s Chelsea death accidental due to an incautious self overdosage of barbiturates. Evidence shows habitual barbiturate use, no alcoholism or suicide intent. Public viewing and private funeral planned. James Mason to deliver eulogy. Liza Minnelli to oversee arrangements.
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London
Judy Garland
Chelsea
Gavin Thurston
Miss Garland
Thurston
Deans
Michael de Vink
Judy
New York
Frank E. Campbell
Madison Avenue
Sit Street
James Mason
Egents
Liza Minnelli
Five Day Forecast A Warm Trend Through the Week
A warming trend starts Thursday and lasts through the five day period. Daily highs will average in the upper 80s to lower 90s, with lows in the mid 60s to low 70s. Precipitation totals around one to two inches, with showers likely early in the period.
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OMIO
Lews
Seven Children and Wife Slain by Jersey City Grocer
A 40 year old grocer Rafael Torres was arrested after calling his brother to report he killed his wife Maria 40 and six of their nine children in Jersey City. Victims include Lillie 9 Annie 10 Victor 11 Fay 12 Carrie 17 Ann 19 Maria 20. Raymond 15 in hospital with stab wounds and Rafael 14 was visiting grandmother. The killings occurred between 1 and 3 am with a hunting knife.
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Jersey City
N.J
Rafael Torres
Maria
Lillie
Annie
Victor
Fay
Carrie
Ann
Raymond
Jersey City Medical Center
Rafael
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Chicago
Frank King
Winter Park
Fla
Freedoms Foundation
King
Associated Press
Lars
Phillies
Richy Allen
Paneneee
Dirksen
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Mll
Capitol Building
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
Black Panther
Black Militant Organization
Panther
Panthers
Black Panther Party
United Nations
Covernment
National Clearinghouse
Messenger Action
Houses of Parliament
Mickey Deans
Willy Les
Ley
Jackson Heights
Queens
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