Questions Unanswered On Crash In Connecticut Flight 485 Disaster
A year after Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 plunged into fog near Tweed-New Haven Airport killing 28 of 31 aboard, hearings by the NTSB raised questions on fault, regulation, and safety. Discussions noted lack of an ILS at the airport and ongoing lawsuits seek over 4 million dollars.
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Easthaven
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
New Haven
NTSB
James Malarky
Allegheny
Airline Pilots’ Association
Federal Aviation Administration
John Ferguson
Janet MecCann
Washington D.C
Norman Kelly
Waterford
Electric Boat’s
Groton
James Walker
Miners Trapped At Wankie Face Slim Survival Hope
Officials in Salisbury said more than 400 coal miners were buried underground at Wankie Colliery Rhodesia after a blast. Three bodies recovered and one rescued with injuries. 428 missing after check of absentees. Rescue hindered by explosions and rockfalls following a gelignite detonation.
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Wankie, Rhodesia
Wankie
Keith Acutt
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Coalbrook
South Africa
Postal Service probes aphrodisiac claim from Portsmouth firm
The U.S. Postal Service and Customs investigate Natural Imports run by Henry Michaud of Portsmouth over manula seeds marketed as the aphrodisiac of the ancients. Samples were sent to the FDA for analysis while promos list a 20 day supply at $10. Michaud claims personal tests and testimonials support the product.
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Portsmouth
N.H
U.S. Postal Service
Boston Postal Inspection Office
Postal Service
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Customs Service
Natural Imports
Henry Michaud
Michaud
Sai
Carrageenan to Remain Marketed Despite FDA Report
Marine Colloids, Inc says a government study linking carrageenan to birth defects in animals would not curb its use of the seaweed extract. The FDA removed carrageenan from its general list of approved food additives after lab results. The Rockland firm asserts test doses were far higher than typical human consumption and notes other potential nonfood uses are being explored.
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Rockland
Marine Colloids, Inc
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
Marine Colloids
U.S
FDA
France
Ireland
Stancoff
Stancioff
Owners To Cooperate In Study Of State Lands
AUGUSTA AP A paper industry official says timberland owners will cooperate in a study of public lots held in trust by the state. Morris R. Wing, Inter departmental Committee on Public Lands chair, praised long term forest management as a great renewable resource. He heads Maine Forestry District Advisory Committee and the Paper Industry Information Office.
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Augusta
Morris R. Wing
Committee On Public Lands
Wing
International Paper Co
Maine Forestry District Advisory Committee
Paper Industry Information Office
75 Suspects Freed By British In Belfast Peace Move
British authorities released 75 suspected IRA members from Long Kesh in a bid to bolsterCatholic support for peace. Gunmen attacked soldiers with over 200 shots in the New Lodge, killing one soldier and wounding a militiaman. A nurse’s home was hit and a car bomb damaged shops in Lurgan as violence persisted.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Catholic
New Lodge
South Falls
Lurgan
Irish Republican Army
Long Kesh
IRA
Ball Warned Escalation Could Widen Vietnamese War
George W. Ball warned in a 1964 memo read by President Johnson that expanding U S bombing and sending large numbers of ground troops risked failure. He argued an expanded air war would not win hearts in South Vietnam and could invite overt North Vietnamese invasion, making ground forces inevitable.
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George W. Ball
Atlantic Monthly
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Ball
Hanoi
Tupper Endorses Monks in Maine Senate Race
Former Maine congressman Stanley R. Tupper backs Rob ert A. G. Monks over Senator Margaret Chase Smith. The Washington attorney called Monks infinitely better qualified and cited his energy and ability to mobilize voters, while noting strained relations with Smith since 1960.
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Portland
Maine
Stanley R. Tupper
Senate
Robert A.G. Monks
Margaret Chase Smith
Tupper
Washington
Monks
Shredder mill on Kennebunk ballot
Kennebunk voters will decide on a shredder mill for the town dump at the June 19 election alongside state referenda and the primary. Herman Cohen's petitions with over 300 signatures push a repeat vote. Selectmen will announce the referendum wording and hearing date. the town previously rejected a mill at the annual meeting.
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Kennebunk
Herman Cohen
Protest Films Should Be Destroyed in Maine
The Maine Civil Liberties Union urged Gov. Kenneth Curtis and Atty. Gen. James Erwin to destroy antiwar protest films and tapes and halt use of state police to film dissent. MCLU leaders called the state’s surveillance and photo gathering on protesters inconsistent with civil liberties and questioned the police role in monitoring political activity.
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Portland
Maine
Maine Civil Liberties Union
MCLU
Hugh Calkins
Kenneth M. Curtis
James S. Erwin
Angus Ferguson
MCLA
Curtis
U.S. Army
Police surveillance at state party conventions sparks protest debate
Plainclothes state police filmed antiwar protests at the Republican State Convention in Augusta on April 29 and at the Democratic State Convention in Waterville on May 19. Four officers wore press credentials. Calkins argues such practices hint at political surveillance and urges preservation only for tapes tied to criminal investigations.
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Augusta
Waterville
Calkins
Submarine Squalus Sinks Off Portsmouth in 1939 Rescue
When the submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth New Hampshire in 1939, divers used a diving bell to rescue 33 of the 59 men aboard.
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Squalus
Portmouth
N.H
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