66 Feared Dead in British Jet Crash off Cyprus
A BEA Comet 4 jetliner crashed into the Mediterranean near Kastellorizon, 66 aboard presumed killed. The flight from London and Athens to Nicosia carried 59 passengers and seven crew, with no distress signal detected before disappearance. Naval, air, and U.S. forces aided the search as authorities noted it was the island’s second fatal crash in five months.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Turkey
Royal Air Force
British European Airways
Cyprus Airways
London
Athens
Dodecanese
Kastellorizon
BEA
U.S. Air Force
Katellorizon
RAF
Biddeford Fire Chiefs Offer Home Fire Prevention Tips
The Biddeford fire chief urges year round prevention during Fire Prevention Week Open House. He notes a moderate year for fires thanks to wet weather and calls for private home inspections, chimney cleaning, careful stove use, and professional help for fuse or electrical issues.
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Biddeford
Arthur King
King
Lumber Company
Leftists Predict Latin Revolutions Persist After Guevara Death
In Mexico City leftists say Guevara death is a discouraging blow but revolutions will continue until social and economic ills are eradicated. Editors and leaders cite ideas surviving the man and expect intensified fight for national liberation. Some see Guevara’s death as removing a scapegoat for revolutionary movements.
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Mexico City
Ernesto Che Guevara
Mario Menendez
Sucesos
Guevara
Fidel Castro
Latin America
Castrolte Guer
Federal Pay Raises Approved In House
The House approved a federal pay raise bill after clashing with President Johnson over spending. The plan would grant postal workers 6 percent and other federal staff 4.5 percent, with extra increases in the next two fiscal years. Critics led by Gerald R. Ford and Wilbur D. Mills urged rejecting future raises, but the measure passed 211 to 199. Costs run about 1.9 billion and 2.6 billion in the respective years. Johnson pressed to pass his 10 percent income tax surcharge as the White House warned about tight money.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
White House
Musmanno Claims Italians Discovered America Before Vikings
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael A. Musmanno says new evidence shows Italians reached America before the Vikings. He cites pizza foundries and Atlantic voyages as proof, while denying Leif Ericson ever sighted American shores.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Michael A. Musmanno
America
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
Newfoundland
Musmanne
Columbus
Leif Ericson
Musmanno
Leif
Ericson
American
Biddeford Referendum Question Draws Voter Attention
In Biddeford voters face three referendum questions on the City Charter. Question 3, dubbed a loaded question, bundles provisions increasing terms of office, reducing council size to seven, biennial elections, date changes, and a new Fire Department board. The ballot wording follows the State Legislature.
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Biddeford
Board of Education
Peace talks seem unlikely as dimmer peace prospects loom
In Saigon, officials say the past 18 months have darkened hopes for an early negotiated peace that would bar Communist control in South Vietnam. Factors include a strained allied military position, antiwar sentiment in the United States, and pressure for a halt to bombing in North Vietnam.
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Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
America
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
United States
Vietnam
South
Washington
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St. Anne Sodality
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