Mother and baby survive Mt St Helens plane wreck
In a two day ordeal on Mt St Helens, Karla Little, 25, and her 2 month old daughter Laurie endured frostbite and a collapsed lung after a Mooney plane crash that claimed Karla’s father Grant Erickson and stepmother Dolly. An Army helicopter located the wreckage and rescued them as the family traveled from Seattle toward Norwalk California for a golden anniversary celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Karla Little
Mt. St. Helens
Loren Little
University of Washington
Little
Associated Press
Portland
Inlaws
Longview
Pital
Mrs. Dodd Faces Ethics Hearing Over Rugs and Gifts
Senate Ethics Committee resumes hearings on Grace Dodd and Senator Thomas J. Dodds alleged ties to Julius Klein. Testimony centers on three Oriental rugs in the Dodds home and possible gifts tied to a 1964 Germany trip. Also scrutinized are fund raising dinners and related column claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Grace Dodd
Connecticut
Senate Ethics Committee
O'Hare
Dodds
Georgetown
Dodd
John F. Sonnelt
Gerald Zeiler
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Germany
Klein
David Martin
Zeiller
Marjorie Carpenter
Pearson
Anderson
Chicagoan
Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Cooper
Thousands End Trek In Orderly Rally
Thousands of flag waving African Americans and a few whites gathered in Jackson Mississippi for a civil rights march ending with a quiet rally. James Meredith led, joined by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders, as police and National Guardsmen protected the Capitol grounds. Meredith denounced white supremacy and urged Gov. Johnson and President Johnson to confront the issue, noting his own shooting early in the march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Hearly Guard
Capitol
James H. Meredith
Martin Luther King
Meredith
Mardith
America
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
NAACP
National
Colored People
Inside Abby Add Years and Classified Listings
A compact read through various page items including Abby notes on years, classified briefs, comics by Dennis, an editorial, and listings touching on Goren, Princeton, and Society topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Dennis
Editorial
Goren
Princeton
Society
Family Of 6 Dies In Light Air Crash At Barnstable
A private single engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed while landing at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis mass killing a father Dr Arthur T Lugino 41 and mother Ruth 45 of Los Angeles and their four children Catherine 18 Victoria 14 Craig 12 and Sandra 8. Witness Merrill Bookstein 24 saw the craft plummet into woods about a half mile from the runway and rescue crews were guided to the scene by Bookstein and pilot Tony Alesi of SouthYarmouth. Three victims died at the scene and three died later at Cape Cod Hospital.
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Hyanns
Mass
Barnstable Municipal
Arthur T. Lugino
Ruth
Los Angeles
Calif
Eldren
Catherine
Victoria
Craig
Sandra
Bookstein
Tony Alesi
South Yarmouth
Thomas J. Harrington
St. Francis Xavier Church
Cape Cod Hospital
Tragedy In Bartley Drowns 8YearOld Pauline Davis
An eight year old girl, Pauline Davis of Bartley, drowned in Dry Fork near her home while her sister Christine Davis, 12, was rescued and revived. Their mother was hospitalized in shock as a mine rescue team found Pauline and she was pronounced dead at Stevens Clinic.
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McDowell County
Bartley
McDowell County Sheriff's Department
Pauline Davis
Charles Davis
Christine Davis
William Stinson
Pocahontas
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Davis
Welch Emergency Hospital
Fanning Funeral Home
Assembly Bills Go Into Effect
Virginia lawmakers implement most measures from the 1956 General Assembly with July 1 as the start for appropriations. Statewide sales tax collections begin two months after, teacher pay scales rise, workmen's compensation and unemployment benefits increase, and new park funding plus a $100 million capital outlay drive are approved. Driving age rises to 16, drunk driving penalties tighten, uninsured motorist fees rise, and a new child abuse reporting duty for clinicians is enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Assembly
Fire destroys part of Intermont Laundry in Narrows
A late Saturday fire at Inter mont Laundry Narrows Virginia started in a storage area for deliveries and trucks. The blaze damaged part of the building a truck and contents with losses estimated in the high thousands. Firefighters from Narrows Rich Creek and Pearisburg kept the fire from spreading to the dry cleaning plant office and chemical storage areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermont
Narrows
E. Mac Tabor
Insurance Adijustors
Rich Creek
Pearisburg
AMA Cheers As Nixon Urges Medicare Fight
Former Vice President Richard M Nixon won a standing ovation at the AMA convention in Chicago as he urged physicians to enter politics to fight the Medicare program. He warned of a one party Congress and urged tax credits for industry training and broader political involvement by doctors. The AMA president echoed calls for physicians to run for office to roll back socialist trends and defend freedom worldwide.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
American Medical Association
State Medical Society
Congress
Viet Nam
AMA
James Z. Appel
Lancaster
First National Names Jackson And Wilkinson
Basil L. Jackson becomes president of the First National Bank of Bluefield succeeding Ernest G. Otey who died of a heart condition. Richard W. Wilkinson is named executive vice president. The board cited their banking experience and leadership to assure smooth operation of Bluefield’s largest financial institution. Jackson, 42, a Portsmouth, Virginia native, began at Bank of Pocahontas in 1955 and rose to cashier, later serving as executive VP at Mercer County Bank and president there in 1963. He also led the Southwest Virginia Bank at Pocahontas and held numerous civic positions. He is a Virginia Tech graduate and worked with Ford and accounting firms earlier in his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil L. Jackson
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Ernest G. Otey
Richard W. (Buzzy) Wilkinson
Spokiesmen
Jackson
Portsmouth
Bank of Pocahontas
Southwest Virginia National Bank
Mercer County Bank
Princeton
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Princeton Idustrial Foundation, Inc
Pocahontas Lions Club
Ford Motor Co
Norfolk
John Heins and Co
Certified Public Accountants
Woman Dies In Wythe Wreck In Wytheville Crash
Joe Shelia Marie Dwyer twenty three of Memphis Tennessee died after a two car collision in Wytheville Wythe County Virginia at 1030 a m Sunday. She was driver of a 1995 compact car colliding with a 1958 Lincoln sedan driven by Frederick R Gentry Bristol Tennessee. Dwyer died an hour later at Wytheville Hospital. Occupants of the Lincoln were not identified. Trooper M W Killet investigated.
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Shelia Marie Dwyer
Memphis
Tenn
Wytheville
Wythe County
Frederick R. Gentry
Hale St
Bristol
Main Street
Wytheville Hospital
M. W. Killet
Drownings Across Bluestone Dam Area Over Weekend
An eight year old girl from Bartley McDowell County drowned while wading near Dry Fork. In Summers County James Edward Johnson 21 sank after diving at Bluestone Reservoir. Lonnie Cook 22 Fall Rock drowned in Bluestone River. Jerry Collins 11 Craigsville drowned while water skiing at Sutton Reservoir.
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Associated Press
McDowell County
Nicholas County
Summers County
Paline Davis
Bartley
Christine
Hinton
James Edward Johnson
Brooks
Bluestone Reservoir
Johnson
Bluestone Dam
Bluestone River
Lonnie E. Cook
Fall Rock
Lawrence G. Hanna
Jim
Summersville
Jerry Collins
Craigsville
Sutton Reservoir
Collins
Brock Run
Protest Breaks Up As Catholics Rally In Warsaw
In Warsaw police using truncheons broke up a 1,000 strong Catholic demonstration marching toward the Communist Party headquarters. Civil violence flared briefly at Nowy Swiat and Oly Cross streets with helmeted officers charging a largely young crowd. One woman and child were seen hit by rubber clubs as protesters regrouped and dispersed.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Party
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Nowy Swiat
Oly Cross
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Mirs
Erickson
Longview Hospital
Karla
Ericksons
Mrrs
Little and
Laurie
Norwalk
Mrs
Ray Erickson
Mrs. Dodd
Aftr Klein
Europe
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Assembly
Nixon
Medicare
House
Senate
Appel
Jackson and
Wilkinson
Basil L, Jackson
R. W
Buzzy) Wilkinson
Wythe
Joe
Donna Danzer
el Monte
California
Conatra Costa
Charlene Dallas
Danville
Donna
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