Crash Blamed on Human Error On Mt Washington Cog Railway Derailment
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission blamed human error for the Mt. Washington Cog Railway derailment that killed eight and injured 75. A switch at skyline station was out of proper position, with crew unable to stop the train. The commission will seek funds for a safety expert and continue an in depth study of factors contributing to the crash.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
State Public Utilities Commission
Mt. Washington
Skyline
Ellen Teague
William
J. Walker
Winslow Melevin
Melvin
Charles Kenison
Jefferson
Gordon Chase
Lincoln
Chase
Thomas Power
John W. King
Power
King
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Cairo
al Ahram
el Qantara
Yitzhak Rabin
Jerualem
Middle East
Rabin
Mahmoud Riad
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Riad
Paris
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Texas Rivers Flooded In Storm's Aftermath
Corpus Christi dispatch reports Beulah unleashed record flooding across a broad Texas region. Rivers rose to flood stage and beyond. 30,000 sq mi flooded, 100,000 in shelters, 35 dead overall. Evacuations occurred in Victoria San Antonio Three Rivers Port Isabel damage wide with federal aid tied to disaster declarations.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Beulah
Texas
Carla
U.S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Mexico
Laredo
Guadalupe River
Victoria
San Antonio
Nueces
Three Rivers
Falls City
Kenedy
Houston
Brownsville
Yucatan Peninsula
Caribbean
Linton
National Guard
Navy
Falfurrias
Encino
John Connally
South
Department of Public Safety
Port Isabel
Bernard Goldfine Dies at 76 Key Figure in 58 Gift Scandal
Bernard Goldfine Boston textile tycoon died at 76 after a life of wealth and gifts to Washington officials. His lavish gifts fed the 1958 bribery inquiry, Adams resignation, and his own tax evasion convictions. He served prison time, faced multiple tax suits, and recalled his fortune while facing contempt and other legal battles.
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Bernard Goldfine
Boston
UPI
Washington
Eisenhower
Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Adams
Danbury
Conn
New England
Congress
House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
Mildred Paperman
Internal Revenue Service
E. Bennett Williams
Washington, D.C
U.S. District Court
U.S. Public Health Service
Banner Announces New Women’s Page Friday
Inside Bennington County planning teams interview three consultant firms. The Banner begins a new women’s page on Friday. An editorial note applauds a nine gallon blood donor.
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Bennington County Planners
Hoff Proposes State Housing Authority
Gov. Philip H. Hoff announced plans to submit a bill to create a state housing authority. He said a HUD meeting indicated a low cost housing program could be developed for Vermont, with broader reach than Burlington’s program and aimed at rural areas.
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Hoff
Burlington
Marines under siege at Con Thien amid heavy Vietnam fighting
North Vietnamese forces renewed assaults on the Con Thien Marine border post, extending a siege into a fifth day. UPI reports heavy exchanges across the DMZ, with U.S. troops and eluding medical supplies amid mounting casualties and evacuations.
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Con Thien
Saigon
UPI
Dana Stone
Stone
U.S
Dmz
Coral Sea
Haiphong
Kien An _ highway
Johnson open to tax hike tied to spending cuts
Washington sources say President Johnson would accept a compromise linking a proposed 10 percent income tax increase to government spending cuts. Treasury chief Fowler floated a trial balloon suggesting Congress could require expenditure reductions as a precondition for any tax rise, with administration officials reluctant to elaborate publicly.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
House
Ways & Means Committee
House Committee
Vietnam
Capitol Hill
Peggy Rusk Marries Negro Army Reserve Officer at Stanford
Margaret Elizabeth Rusk aged 18 wed Guy Gibson Smith 22 a second lieutenant in the active Army Reserve in a private 15 minute ceremony at Stanford Memorial Chapel. The ceremony involved about 50 guests and followed a four year courtship. The couple faced potential racial and Vietnam era tensions with support from Dean B Davie Napier.
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Stanford
Calif
UPI
Dean Rusk
Margaret Elizabeth Rusk
Guy Gibson Smith
Stanford University Memorial Chapel
Peggy
San Francisco
Rusk
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Space Research Center
B. Davie Napier
Napier
Capitol District Bus Service Strike Halts Regional Transit
In Troy and surrounding Capitol District areas 350 United Traction Co. drivers and mechanics struck at 12:01 a.m. halting most bus service across multiple communities. Negotiators met at 2 a.m. with no progress. any deal would require ratification by union members before back to work. Hundreds of students and workers were left walking or seeking alternative transportation.
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Troy
N.Y
United Traction Co
Albany
Rensselaer
Cohoes
Watervliet
Menands
Green Island
Capitol District
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Bay Area
State Department
Smith
Clarence Smith
Army Correction Program
Washington Public Schools
Mr. and
Mrs
Guy Smith
Capitol District Bus Service
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