Ten Die In DuPont Blast At Louisville Plant
Rescue crews entered the ravaged DuPont Chemical plant after a daylong series of blasts and fires. Ten people killed, 30 injured, and property damage estimated at 5 to 10 million dollars. Two-mile evacuation zone ordered as a 500,000 gallon tank of explosive MV A and chlorobutadiene chilled by refrigeration failed. Coast Guard restricted river traffic. air traffic advised to bypass area.
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Louisville
UPI
duPont Chemical
du Pont Complex
Eugene Dodson
du Pont
Arnold Pohl
Jefferson County
Coast Guard
Ohio River
Army officers and privates complete basic courses
Second Lt. James C. Sweeney Jr and Pvt Raymond N. Galvin completed Army ordnance and topographic computing courses respectively. Sweeney, son of 505 Holmes Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground graduate of Lenox School and RPI, previously GE employee. Galvin, West Covina California native, completed 16 week course at Ft. Belvoir after basic at Ft. Polk, with map and photo reading and elevation work.
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Sweeney
James C. Sweeney Jr
Holmes Road
Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Ordnance
Army
Lenox School
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
General Electric Cor
Pvt. Galvin
Ft. Belvoir
Raymond N. Galvin
Elizabeth Galvin
West Covina
Calif
Jerome C. Galvin
Merrill Road
Army Engineer School
Pvt
Galvin
Ft. Polk
Mount San Antonio College
Walnut
Johnson rebuts Republican Viet Nam accusations in White House briefing
President Johnson said he has had excellent cooperation from Republican leaders in the war effort and argued that war and peace issues exceed party politics. The White Paper from House Republicans claimed Democratic policy and 1964 campaign rhetoric misled the public about U.S. aims, while tracing original involvement to Truman and Eisenhower.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
House
Barry Goldwater
Eisenhower
Truman
Judge Approves Boston Purchase of South Station
U.S. Circuit Judge Robert P. Anderson approved Boston's $6.9 million purchase of South Station by the Boston Redevelopment Agency. The seller, Boston Terminal Co., is owned by the New Haven Railroad and New York Central. Anderson oversees New Haven finances due to bankruptcy duties since 1961. The terminal will continue serving New Haven, New York Central, and Boston and Albany railroads.
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New Haven, Conn
Boston
South Station
Boston Redevelopment Agency
U.S
Robert P. Anderson
Boston Terminal Co
New Haven Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Anderson
New Haven
New York Central
Boston and Albany
Four State Recreation Area Sought on Connecticut River
Senator Abraham Ribicoff proposed a four state Connecticut River National Parkway to study and plan a regional recreation area with minimal property impact in Connecticut Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He warned ongoing development threatens the river’s beauty and access.
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Connecticut
Washington
UPI
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Connecticut River
Senate
Ribicoff
New England
Secretary of the Interior
Connecticut River Valley
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
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Lenox
LBJ
Freezer
S&h
Ccttsfield Sucely
America
Larst Family
Robert Hall
England
Oarsmen’s
Dalton Avenue
State Police
the Berkshires
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