Audie Murphy among six killed in Virginia plane crash
Roanoke dispatch reports Audie Murphy, famed World War II hero and actor, among six fatalities when a twin engine Aero Commander crashed on Brush Mountain near Martinsville, Virginia. The six bodies, including Murphy, were recovered and sent to Roanoke morgue pending identification by dental records and X rays. The pilot was Herman Butler. other passengers included Claude Crosby, Raymond Prater, and Jack Littleton. the sixth occupant remained unnamed.
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Virginia
Europe
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Atlanta
Martinsville
Brush Mountain
Community Hospital
John Josko
Civil Air Patrol
Modular Management
Claude Crosby
Modular
Raymond Prater
Chattanooga
Lenoir Corp
Herman Butler
Crossville
Tenn
Outnumbered ARVN Driven From Cambodian Town Sauol
South Vietnamese forces abandoned Sauol after a five to one enemy advantage. ARVN says 700 Communists killed around Route 13. 1,079 Communists and 37 ARVN killed in five days. Withdrawal tied to monsoon season and new operations plan.
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UPI
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Snuol
U.S
Frederick C. Weyand
Vietnam
Geo Nguyen van Minh
Army of the Republic of
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Snnol
Four Aluminum Firms Reach Wage-Hike Deals with USW
Four of five major aluminum firms signed new three year contracts with the United Steelworkers, raising wages from about 3.60 to 4.22 per hour in the first year. ALCOA led settlements at a 6 percent lift, citing higher labor costs. Olin Aluminum remained in a brief strike at Hannibal Ohio. The settlements include cost of living clauses and fringe benefits, affecting roughly 32,000 workers across the industry.
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White House
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Reynolds Metals
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Ormet Aluminum
Olin Aluminum
Hannibal
Ohio
Can
Labor Department
M.C. Weston
USW Aluminum Industry Conference
Three churchmen praise Berrigan brothers in Greenwich Village
In a half hour service at the Bleecker Street Cinema three faith leaders Father Ned Murphy Rev Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick and Rabbi Philip Schecter praised jailed antiwar priests Daniel and Philip Berrigan who are in federal prison in Danbury Conn for destroying draft records Kirkpatrick called the brothers fighters for freedom and urged attention to the issues rather than the men.
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New York
UPI
Daniel and
Philip Berrigan
Greenwich Village
Ned Murphy
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick
Philip Schecter
Bleecker Street
Berrigan Brothers
Danbury
Daniel
Philip
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
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Manhattan
Congress Sees Long Night As Budget Bills Drag On
Washington lawmakers delay funding packages for federal agencies while awaiting continuing resolutions for the 12 months ending June 30, 1972. Sen. Magnuson pushes to split Congress into legislative and fiscal sessions, proposing deadlines for the President’s budget and annual appropriations.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Warren G. Magnuson
Bombings hit U.S. military homes in Cambodia
Communist militants in Cambodia detonated two bombs at U.S. military residences in Phnom Penh, injuring one American. The blasts targeted homes tied to the U.S. Military Equipment Delivery.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Oil firms eye Atlantic drilling in 1976
Humble Oil executive J R Jackson told a 76 New Bedford meeting that East Coast offshore drilling could start within three to five years if exploratory wells succeed. He warned the U S would remain only 38 percent self-sufficient by 1985 with most oil from unstable Middle East sources.
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UPI
J.R. Jackson
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Jackson
Middle East
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