Wagner Orders Crackdown on New York Water Leaks
Mayor Robert Wagner launched a city wide effort to stop leaks in New York water mains aqueducts and reservoirs after reports of three to seven million gallons lost daily. He called in national experts to review leak detection and repair methods and pledged full mobilization of engineers clerks and laborers to plug breaks and prevent recurrence.
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Robert Wagner
New York City
Wagner
William F. Ryan
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Central Park
Armand D'Angelo
Ryan
D'Angelo
D’angelo
Congress
Sen
Hugh Scott
Delaware River Basin Commission
Scott
Delaware
Commission
Fifty-Eight Servicemen Feared Dead In Hong Kong Crash
An American official and witnesses described a C130 Hercules crash into Hong Kong harbor shortly after takeoff. Sixty-five passengers and six crew were aboard. 71 on manifest. Divers recovered bodies, while seven Marines survived. Survivors were treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kowloon for shock burns and injuries. The cause was under investigation with possible engine failure.
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U.S
Royal Air Force
Sdock
Viet Nam
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Sampan
Kaitak
da Nang
Saigon
Marine Crops
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon
Next of Kin
C. J. Davis
Hong Kong Aero Club
Divers Search For Beach Man
Six wardens from the Inland Fish and Game Department and two skindivers searched Lake Moose look megantic waters for the body of Edward D. Radley 51 Old Orchard Beach. Radley a poor swimmer drowned Sunday when a 15 foot fiberglass motor boat he and three others were using swamped. the other three reached shore safely.
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Lake Moose
Megantic
Edward D. Radley
Old Orchard Beach
Radley
Gemini 5 Crew Near Fire Spotting aids on Texas leg of record flight
Space Center Houston reports Gemini 5 and commander L. Gordon Cooper Jr. pushing toward an eight day world record mission. The crew, shivering in cooling suits, observed fires near Laredo to aid navigation while logging 45 orbits as Cooper set an American astronaut record of 98 hours in space.
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Jacksonville
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Florida
Miami
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Moon
Junta Considers Changes in Dominican Peace Plan
The Dominican Republic junta will study proposed changes to the Inter-American peace formula as rebels accept part of a new plan. It calls for civilian disarmament and a provisional government leading to general elections in nine months. Rebels seek OAS force withdrawal and guarantee that troops can be sent home.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Imobert Barrera
Organization of American States
Junta
U.S
John Cury
OAS
Spencer Confirmed As Court Appointee
Justice Armand A. Dufresne Jr. of Lewiston was confirmed as the Maine Supreme Court’s only Democrat and Roman Catholic member, succeeding the retiring Justice Francis W. Sullivan. Governor Reed also appointed Alton A. Lessard and Lincoln Spencer to the Superior Court, while Veronica Jalbert Flynn was sworn in as Lewiston Board of Registration chair.
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Kennebunkport
Abraham Rudman
Bangor
Rudman
Supreme Court
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Spencer
Veronica Jalbert Flynn
Lewiston
Denis A. Blais
Dufresne
Superior Court
Androscoggin
U.S
Maine
Biddeford
Kennebunk
Red China Staying Out Of War Says Rusk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk says Red China talks tough about Vietnam but avoids entering the war. President Johnson and adviser McGeorge Bundy also stress prudence to prevent a broader conflict, while U.S. aims for a Geneva style peace and unconditional negotiations with North Vietnam.
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Rusk
Washington
Dean Rusk
Red
Viet Nam
George Bundy
Bundy
North Viet Nam
U.N. Am
Arthur J. Goldberg
CBS News Special Report
China
Southeast Asia
U.S
South
Hanoi
United States
Goldberg
Ho ‘Chi Minh
White House enters Viet Nam white paper clash in politics
The administration released a 27 page Why Viet Nam pamphlet to rebut President Johnson's stance, while Republicans race to issue their own white paper. House Republicans plan a Wednesday news conference as the White House signals a possible Wednesday briefing amid an election year dispute.
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Viet Nam
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House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Viet Nam
White House
Eisenhower
Churchill
Diem
United States
Charles E. Goodell
New York
Republican Planning and Research Committee
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