Cattle Truck Slams Bus Killing Nineteen Near Fort Sumner
A cattle truck jackknifed on a narrow bridge striking a church youth group bus west of Fort Sumner New Mexico. Seventeen or nineteen killed with many injured from Woodlawn Baptist Church Austin Texas. Traffic blocked for hours as rescue workers searched the twisted wreckage on U S 60 84.
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Fort Sumner
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Here
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Austin
Tex
Frank Stanley
Clovis
Stanley
U.S. 60
New Mexico
Truman and Tribune mend frayed ties over 1948 Dewey headline
The Chicago Tribune recalls its famous 1948 Dewey defeats Truman front page and says its relationship with Harry S. Truman has mellowed. A plaque replica of the erroneous front page was prepared for the Truman Memorial Library, and the paper planned to offer it to Independence, Missouri.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Harry S. Truman
Dewey
Truman
the Tribune
Thomas E. Dewey
Independence
Freak Bomb Drop Kills 9 Civilians Near Saigon
A South Vietnamese fighter bomber accidentally dropped a bomb on a village 20 miles northeast of Saigon killing nine civilians and wounding 10. Six homes were destroyed. The incident near Bien Hoa Air Base is under investigation. The F5 jet had just taken off from the base.
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Saigon
Bien Hoa
Navy Buys Gap Instrument Stock to Save Firm
The Navy purchased all shares of preferred stock in Gap Instrument Corp for 1.7 million to keep the Long Island defense contractor in business. The firm, holder of a 3.1 million contract to build 31 fire control consoles for Navy destroyers, has suffered cost overruns and shown no profit in four years, making this the DoD’s largest single stockholding in a private company.
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Navy
Gap Instrument Corp
Long Island
New York Times
Times
Department of Defense
Department Gap
Aussies End Aid To South Vietnam
Australia’s new Labor government ends defense aid to South Vietnam and the training of Cambodian troops in Australia. Defense Minister Lance Barnard announced after the last Australian troops left Vietnam. The prior government had pledged about $12 million in defense aid over the next two years.
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Canberra
Australia
Labor
South Vietnam
Lance Barnard
Barnard
Vietnam
Pollution Health Study Enigma Draws Fire in AAAS Talk
Theodore D Sterling of Simon Fraser University accused U S industry health groups and government centers of secrecy that blocks essential data on pollution and smoking effects. He said published evidence is often from weak studies and underplays or overstates health impacts, hindering balanced conclusions.
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Washington
Theodore D. Sterling
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Sterling
Simon Fraser University of
Harvard Plans Five Year Study On Smoking Effects
Harvard Medical School announces a five year study costing 2.8 million dollars to assess smoking related risks for emphysema bronchitis lung cancer and heart vascular diseases. Funders include American Brands Brown and Williamson Lorillard Philip Morris RJ Reynolds United States Tobacco and Tobacco Associates. Dr Gary L. Huber notes other factors like air pollution and genetics may influence outcomes.
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Boston
Harvard Medica School
Gary L. Huber
Boston City Hospital
American Brands, Inc
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp
Larus and Brothers, Inc
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Zero King
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Orson & Timmie
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