Cruise Ship Yarmouth Castle Fire Kills 83, 82 Missing
Coast Guard reports 83 lives lost with 82 listed missing after the Yarmouth Castle burned and sank off Nassau. Survivors cite lack of crew alarms and panic during the five hour disaster. Bahama Star rescued 250 survivors. one passenger died in Nassau from burns. Captain Voutsinas implicated fire origin. board of inquiry to meet. eight ships involved in evacuation and recovery.
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Miami
UPS
Yarmouth Castle
Bahamas
U.S. Coast Guard
Nassau
Coast Guard
W.C. Niebergall
Niebergall
7Th Coast Guard
Fteal
Byron Voutsinas
G.T. Treffs
Carl Brown
Voutsinas
Sunday Fire Destroys Spa Convention Hall
Fire destroyed Historic Convention Hall and the 90 year old Columbian Hotel in Saratoga Springs after starting in a vacant hotel. High winds hampered crews lacking water pressure and an aerial ladder. Mutual aid from 10 communities brought 14 apparatus and 400 firefighters. both buildings were set ablaze within minutes.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Convention Hall
Broadway
St. Peter’s Hospital
Gibbs refuses to step down in Rhodesia showdown
Loyalist Governor-General Sir Humphrey Gibbs confronted rebel Premier Ian Smith at government house in Salisbury for 70 minutes. Gibbs, loyal to Queen Elizabeth II and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, refused orders to step down amid mounting opposition to the breakaway government.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Humphrey Gibbs
Ian Smith
Smith
Government House
Gibbs
Elizabeth II
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Sir Humphrey
Cecil Alderson
Mashonaland
Salisbury
Clifford Dupont
Desmond Lardner
Bulawayo
Wilson Warns Hands Off Queen as Rhodesia Sanctions Move
Parliament moved to approve Britain’s sanctions against Rhodesia and to treat the colony as under British control. Prime Minister Harold Wilson warned the Smith regime against expelling the governor or assaulting him, calling such acts treason. Rhodesia’s government, led by Ian Smith, faced opposition filibusters and a looming constitutional tightening as protests and a general strike attempt faced police resistance in Bulawayo.
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London
UPI
Britain
Harold Wilson
Salisbury
Labor
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Wilson
No. 10 Downing Street
Smith
Humphrey
Government House
African Bloc Demands Force Over Rhodesia Seizure
At the United Nations Afro Asian states press for Britain to use force against Rhodesia’s declaration of independence. The Security Council stalls over responses, with two rival drafts under debate, one British and one African led by Ivory Coast. Debate resumes at 10:30 a.m. EST as the bloc pushes for stronger action.
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United Nations
UPI
Britain
Security Council
Rhodesia
U.N
Ivory Coast
Parliament Demands Abolition of Indonesian Communist Party
Indonesian Parliament moved to abolish the PKI and its affiliates as a crisis following the Oct. 1 coup intensified. President Sukarno met with military leaders and prepared talks with regional commanders while Antara reported 5,000 prisoners and 7,000 rebels still at large. Officials raided a top Communist’s parliamentary office, finding a jungle uniform and a weapon.
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Communist Party
Radio
Jakarta
Singapore
Indonesian Peoples Parliament
Indonesian Communist Party
PKI
Sukarno
McNamara Plans Dissolution of 751 Army Reserve Units
Washington defense policy row deepens as Defense Secretary McNamara pushes immediate inactivation of 751 Army Reserve units involving about 55,000 personnel despite Senate Armed Services Committee pressure to defer action. The move eliminates division sized structures and ties to a broader Reserve National Guard merger rejected by Congress. Also disclosed is a trial run of the total package ship construction method FDS designed for rapid deployment and helicopter support, drawing protests from top Navy officials.
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Washington
UPD
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
McNamara
Drowning in Harriman Reservoir After Swamped Boat
A 34 year old Long Island man John F. Doyle of Syosset drowned when a small hunting boat on Harriman Reservoir was swamped by high waves. Doyle's companion Daniel Meyerson of Plainview survived, reaching shore despite heavy hunting clothes. Doyle's body was recovered about 25 yards offshore after 5 p.m. State police Wilmington Fire Dept Brattleboro Rescue Squad and local officials assisted. Separately Earl Cornell 50 of Groton Mass died from an apparent heart attack while being rushed to Gifford Memorial Hospital in Randolph.
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Wilmington
Long Island
Harriman Reservoir
John F. Doyle
Syosset
Meyerson
Doyle
State
Wilmington Fire Department
Brattleboro Rescue Squad
Atty
J. Thomas Moore
Milton Wolf
Earl Cornell
Groton
Mass
Bethel
Edward Armstrong
Gifford Memorial Hospital
Randolph
U S Troops and B52 Bombers Sweep Mountain Battle
American troops aided by B52 bombers mauled North Vietnamese regulars on Chu Pong Mountain near the Cambodian border. Reports say up to 1,000 enemy killed as 1st Cavalry Division advanced after the strike. One U S plane was shot down and a platoon was temporarily cut off.
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Saigon
APS
Chu Pong Mountain
1St Cavalry Division
UPI
Joseph L. Galloway
U.S
1St Cavalry
Supreme Court voids key provision of red scare act
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down a major part of the 1950 Subversive Activities Control Law requiring Communist party members to register with the federal government. Justice Brennan held the provision infringes an individual's right against self incrimination.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Soviet Union
William J. Brennan Jr
Inside Bennington Education Advances Editorial
A Bennington page analyzes recent education advances sparking debate on policy and funding. The piece previews a candidate series examining how education issues may shape upcoming political contests.
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Bennington
Advances
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