Victims Of Lake Michigan Crash Mourned In Chicago
AP reports 29 dead in United Airlines Boeing 7273 crash over Lake Michigan. Among the victims were Kay Brick 22 maid of honor in a New York wedding and Benjamin Roytman 39 sales manager from Hastings on Hudson. Six bodies recovered four identified including Kay Brick and Captain Melville Towle. Coast Guard Navy and private boats continue searching as investigators examine wreckage.
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Lake Michigan
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Air Lines
Coast Guard
Navy
Kay Brick
University of Chicago
New York City
Sylvia Brick
Kay
Renoir
Benjamin Roytman
Hastingson-Hudson
N.Y
Sheila
Boy Scouts
Daniel Poll
Elsie
Poll
Sanford Howitz
Great Neck
Long Island
Kal‘man Music
Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Charles Zabor
Greenwich
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Congress
Capitol
White House
Los Angeles
Dixie
Georgia
Barbara Battles
Hubby
Maine Liquor Board Expands Inventory With 103 Additions
Augusta, AP A Liquor Commission spokesman says 103 new items were added to the state monopoly inventory in the last year and a half, with six deletions. Chairman Willard Ellis says additions reflect buyer demand and there is no room for further growth.
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Augusta
Liquor Commission
Frank Robie
Willard C. Ellis
Legislative Research Committee
Ellis
Herman D. Stover
People who quit smoking substitute habits says experts
A reader notes that quitting smoking often leads to new habits such as bragging or showing off. General features from WRR and TM discuss how such substitutions arise in behavior after cessation.
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Fea, Corp
Pilot Towle Ties Maine Roots to Tragic Crash
Capt. Melville W. Towle 42 of Wyckoff New Jersey son of Philip and Mrs Towle former Biddeford Saco residents now Salmon Falls Maine lived in East Orange New Jersey after leaving area in 1916. He served in the US Army Air Corps in World War II before becoming a commercial pilot and left five children ages 19 years to 20 months.
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Wyckoff
N.J
Philip Towle
Biddeford-Saco
Salmon Falls
East Orange
Towle
Maine
Capt. Towle
United States Army Air Corps
Ruth Woodman
King Woodman
Biddeford
Paul Woodman
Saco
Perley Woodman
New Orleans
Sheridan Towle
Dallas
Tex
Marines Clash With Viet Cong In Largest U.S. Battle
U S Marines attacked a Viet Cong regiment south of Chu Lai in an operation described as the largest American assault of the Viet Nam war. Maj Gen Lewis Walt reported heavy casualties, with casualties reported on both sides and U S jets dropping napalm on Viet Cong positions.
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Viet Nam
U.S
Chu Lai
Lewis W. Walt
Walt
da Nang
Tim Page
Marine Corps
van Tuong
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Iwo Jima
Sai
Gon
von Tuong
Bo Lang
North Viet Nam
Big
Problems with a spacecraft power system threaten to delay flight
Spacecraft power issues threaten postponement of the eight day mission by astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. The crisis looms as officials weigh readiness for launch.
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L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad
Prentiss Named Mill Manager at Oxford Paper Co
G E Jim Prentiss was named the new mill manager for Oxford Paper Co in Rumford AP reports. The appointment places Prentiss at the helm of mill operations and leadership responsibilities.
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Prentiss
Rumford
G. E
Jim) Prentiss
Oxford Paper Co
Congress Eyeing Adjournment in September Push
Congress eyes adjournment around Labor Day as foreign aid talks end and conferees reach a compromise. Johnson requests total 3.469 billion dollars with 1.7 billion in military aid and the rest for economic aid. Debates remain on immigration, farm policy, sugar quotas, and Taft Hartley amendments before session ends.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Mansfield
Congress
House Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Rules
Gemini 5 faces fuel cell crisis ahead of Cape launch
Engineers wrestled with a troublesome Gemini 5 fuel cell power system at McDonnell St Louis and Cape Kennedy risking a 9 a m Thursday liftoff. If unresolved, a 5–10 day delay looms as hydrogen boiloff threatens mission duration. Cooper and Conrad prepare for final flight checks.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonnell Aircraft Co
St. Louis
McDonnell
U.S
Gunfight at Muslim Mosque Shatters Riot Area Peace
In Watts Los Angeles a predawn gunfight at Muhammad's mosque unleashed violence as police and National Guardsmen sealed a four block area. Eight Muslims wounded. 35 arrested outside and near the mosque as sniper fire and street clashes continued.
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Muhammad
Islam No
Watts
National Guard
R. S. Herrera
Neegro
Detroit
Chicago
National Guar
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