Chemical Explosion Evacuates 1000 After Arkansas Train Derails
In Camden Arkansas a tank car explosion after a Cotton Belt derailment prompted evacuation of more than 1000 residents for about 15 hours. Authorities feared toxic fumes from tetraethyl lead though no injuries were reported. Fire crews controlled the blaze by nightfall and residents returned home.
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Camden
Ark
South
Arkansas
U.S. Forest Service
Grover Linebaker
Linebacher
Oil Company
el Dorado
Here
Linebaker
Jake Mahan
Cotton Belt Railroad
Maben
G. B. Cole
Cotton Belt
Gemini 7 Circles Earth on 2nd Orbit as Prep Rises
Gemini 7 pilots Frank Borman and James Lovell report a calm second day in a 14 day mission. They describe sleep, meals, and comfort while Mission Control notes rapid work on Gemini 6 and a possible launch date shift to December 13.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Gemini 7
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Earth
Borman
Air Force
Kraft
Mission Control
Charles Berry
Berry
Frank
Space
the Atlantic
Emini.7
Dawson Seeks New Life After Viet Nam Escape
Donald Dawson 28 plans to move to Oregon to live off the land and deer hunt after malaria and four months as a Viet Cong prisoner slowed him. He hopes to find health and purpose amid family hardships tied to his brother Dan, a pilot missing since November 6, 1954, in Red territory.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
Donald Dawson
Dawson
South Viet Nam
Oregon
Viet Nam
Red
Dan
Don
Red Territory
Preston Hunter Dies In Deer Crossfire
A. J. Taylor, 78, was shot and killed while hunting near Valley Point in Preston County West Virginia. Authorities said a deer darted between Taylor and three other hunters, who all fired.
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Valley Point
W.va
Preston County
A. J. Taylor
Ex Prisoners Deny Campaign Talk After Viet Nam Return
Two American soldiers Sgt. George E. Smith and Spec. 5 Claude E. McClure arrived in Bangkok after two years with the Viet Cong and denied plans to campaign against the war. They said they would like to see efforts to end the war and would follow antiwar movements in the United States with interest. They appeared well and rested while undergoing medical examinations at a military base.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Viet Nam
George E. Smith
Chester
W. Va
Claude E. McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
Air France
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Smith
McClure
United States
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Jack Perkins
Perkins
Murray Fromson
Columbia Broadcasting System
Fromson
U.S
Strom
Donations Bump Bluefield Christmas Tree Fund Hopes
Donations to the Bluefield Community Christmas Tree total $623.65 toward a $6,900 goal. Organizers plan a Dec 24 party at Barrey Auditorium for 1,500 children and encourage gifts by mail to Bluefield Daily Telegraph or delivered to 412 Bland St.
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Bluefield
Barmrey Aditorium
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bland St
Two Pilots Lauded After NY Metro Collision Narrow Death Toll
Shaken survivors and investigators credit two pilots for saving many lives after two airliners collided over New York suburbs. One pilot died heroically over a rural hillside. the other guided a Boeing 707 to an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport. Four people were killed and 32 hospitalized.
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North Salym
N.Y
New York
Connecticut
Manhattan
Kennedy Airport
Charles J. White
Eastern Air Lines
Boston
Newark
N.J
Oscar Bakke
Federal Aviation Agency
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Thomas H. Carroll
Trans World Airlines
San Francisco
De Gaulle Falls Short in First French Presidential Round
Paris voters denied Charles de Gaulle a majority in Sunday’s presidential election. François Mitterrand placed second with 32 percent and Jean Lecanuet followed at 16 percent, triggering a runoff set for December 19 between De Gaulle and Mitterrand. abstention was low at 15 percent.
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DE Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises
Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Jean Leacanuet
Kennedy
Mitterrand
Francois Mitterand
Jean Lecannet
Gaullist
Lecannet
Europe
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour
Algeria
Pierre Marcilhacq
Liberal Party
Marcel Barbu
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Louisiana
Bernard C. Weaver
Bureau of Explosives
The
Amer
Laredo
Buffalo Bills
Cape Knnecy
Fla
Preston Hunter
Fred A. Harris
J. L. Clingenpeel
Kim "Rsminger
Ardess
George A. van Epps
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bernard E. Donovan
TWA
Eastern Airlines
White
Arthur D Lewis
Eastern
North Salem
N. Y
Harry Harris
French Kennedy
Lecanuet
Campagn
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