84 Marines Die In Airliner Crash At El Toro
An Air Transport Service four engine jet carrying Okinawa bound Marines crashed into a Santa Ana mountain ridge near El Toro California, killing all 84 aboard. The wreckage scattered over a wide area as Marines searched the slopes at dawn. The plane had left McGuire AFB New Jersey en route to Honolulu with a crew of 12 and 72 Marines recently processed at Camp Pendleton. Fliers said the aircraft was not on a normal flight pattern and investigators sought probable cause.
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EL Toro
Calif
Honolulu
Camp Pendleton
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
Elmer Park
Federal Aviation Agency
Viet Nam
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Air Force
John Andre
Korea
Los Angeles
Santa Ana Mountains
Marine Air Station
Bloody clash in San Francisco de Macoris pits civilians against junta forces
In San Francisco de Macoris armed civilians clashed with civilian-military junta forces, killing at least 13 civilians and one officer. The junta claimed eight rebels died and 30 were captured, while a rebel information office cited an early morning battle and reinforcements. The OAS sent Salvador Ortiz to investigate amid cease-fire tensions.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
San Francisco de Macoris
Fernando Fermin
Junta
Information Office
Organization of American States
Salvador Ortiz
U.S. 82Nd Airborne
OAS
Millionaire, 46, Weds 16-Year-Old in City Hall Ceremony
Roslyne Rothchild of Rydal, 16, married Charles Dormer, a Shell Oil Co. executive worth about 60 million dollars, in Philadelphia on May 6. Judge Joseph E. Gold officiated, noting the match is valid. Dormer has two daughters from a previous marriage. the bride’s mother arranged the ceremony after a March meeting in London.
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Philadelphia
London
Roslyne Rothchild
Rydal
Charles Dormer
Shell Oil Co
Joseph E. Gold
Common Pleas Court
England
GOP Chief Unruffled By Desk-Rifling Incident
GOP National Chairman Ray Bliss calls the desk rifling episode an internal problem solved and defers on firing details. William Cody Kelly, his aide, faced dismissal over rummaging Kovac desk amid speculation of spying for Barry Goldwater. Kovac claims he alerted media after his desk was entered twice without action.
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Washington
GOP
Ray Bliss
Bliss
National Committee
William Cody Kelly
Frank J. Kovac
Kelly
Kovac
Barry Goldwater
Five arrested in pep pill raid near Weirton
Five people including the cafe owners and three waitresses were arrested after a truck stop raid netted 11 000 pep pills. Police found about 6 000 amphetamines at the Country Cottage on Route 22 and 5 000 at the Weirton home of Raymond and Mary Ann Fullum. All charged with possession or sale of dangerous drugs and released on bonds.
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Weirton (Ap
Hancock County Grand Jury
Weirton
W. Va
Raymond Fullum
Mary Ann
Martha Highley
Sylvia Brandt
Rita Jean Shreves
Johnson UN speech condensed by Tass report
Tass in Moscow summarized President Lyndon B. Johnsons UN session address in 11 words while Ghanaian General Assembly President Alex Quaison Sackey dominated the remainder of the World Organization coverage.
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Moscow
Tass
Johnson
United Nations
Lyndon Johnson
United States
World Organization
General Assembly
Alex Quaison Sackey
Ghana
Governor to Seek WV Supreme Court Test on Constitutional Convention
Gov Hulett C Smith announced plans to bring a WV Supreme Court challenge on the legality of the 106 delegate convention to draft a new constitution. Atty Gen C Donald Robertson had said the 1965 act is legal though possibly unfair, and the convention would rely on equal representation principles.
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Hulett C. Smith
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Atty. Gen
C. Donald Robertson
Smith
Robertson
House of Delegates
Viet Nam War Lieutenant Faces Court Martial Over Refusal
The West Point graduate from the Class of 1962 challenged U S policy in Viet Nam and refused an assignment to a Special Forces A team. A U S general court martial led by Col John Beebe reconvened after a brief session with defense counsel. The maximum possible sentence included dismissal, forfeiture of pay, and five years hard labor. The defendant had served in Viet Nam since July 1964 and faced testimony from Lt Col Charles E Spraggins. His father said all he wrote was that he disobeyed a direct order.
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West Point
U.S
Viet Nam
John Beebe
Los Angeles
Conrad Courtney
Oak Park
Ill
Steinke
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Gia Vac
Charles E. Spraggins
Arlington
Saigon
Spraggins
Stenke
Milwaukee
Raymond
Saigon Terror Blasts Kill 29 at Floating Restaurant
In Saigon on Friday night two bombs exploded beside the My Canh restaurant on the Sai Gon River killing 29 and wounding about 100. Among the dead were five or six Americans and a French national. The blasts struck near the U S Embassy and followed a Viet Cong raid claim broadcast by Radio Hanoi.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
My Canh
Riverside Boulevard
U.S
Hanoi
Radio
Harold George Bennett
Perryville
Ark
Binh Gin
Contract Awarded For Nicholas Park
The U S Army Corps of Engineers awarded contracts for access roads parking areas recreation facilities and a boat launching ramp at Summersville Reservoir in Nicholas County. Bids total $398 759 and went to M L Sowards Construction Co Hurricane and Ralph Burns Paving Co Hillsboro as low bidders.
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Huntington
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Summersville Reservoir
Nicholas County
M. L. Sowards Construction Co
Hurricane
Ralph Burns Paving Co
Hillsboro
Taxpayers Group Threatens Suit Over County Zoning
Mercer County Taxpayers Association plans a court challenge and public demonstrations over county zoning. Attorney Walter V. Ross will assess if the county court violated law by not holding a public vote. Leader Robert Fulcher urged a yes or no referendum or five year pause, warning of large protests if ignored.
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Mercer County Taxpayers Association
Mercer County
Mercer County Health Center
Green Valley
Robert Fulcher
Montcalvo
Walter V. Ross
Bluefield
Fulcher
Princeton
Bluewell
Route 20
Summers County
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Air Transport Service
Millionaire
Hassle
Abby
Graham
Society
Eeree
Charleston
Gov
Cong
Bennett
North Viet Nam
Liberation Armed Forces
Pauline Bennett
Nicholas Park
Taxpayers Group
Will Will
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