Wheel in Rail Disaster prompts lab tests
Salem reports that a wheel assembly failure is to be tested in a lab after a passenger train derailed at 90 miles per hour, killing eleven and injuring many. NTSB head Garner ordered the Illinois Central wheel assembly sent to Paducah for inspection with results due within months. Authorities said an electrical fault may have triggered wheel slip. track condition will be reviewed.
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Labora
Syheel Assembly
Noig
New Oreleans
Atom
Elmvier Garner
National Transportation Safety Board
Illinois Central
Paducah
Kty
Jim Law
Ti]lingis
Ilinois Central
Garner
Washington
Alan Boyd
Amtrak
Illeis Central
Suit for Million Instituted Over Dinner Remarks
Stamford based Arthur Ly Haynes, managing director of St John’s Towers, sues Connecticut National Bank and ex CNB executive Alfred Giuliani for 1 million dollars claiming at a May 23 dinner party he heard allegations of taking bribes tied to St John’s Towers apartments. The suit seeks 300,000 exemplary and 100,000 compensatory damages with a return date July 6 in Superior Court. Giuliani says he is no longer with the bank and confirms the May 23 dinner at the Half Way House in Darien hosted by the State Street Debating Society.
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Connecticut
National Bank
CNB
Arthur Ly -Haynes
St. John's Towers
Alfred F. Guitiana
Stillwater: Avenue
Haynes
St. _John’s towers
Emil Schipal
Trumbull
Bridgeport
Guillani
Superior
Joe Bennett
Ansonia Law Firm
Bennett, Kapusta and Coughlid
Giuliani
Joseph Zone
Zone and Bernstein
Bank
State Street Debating Society
Half Way House
Darien
Officer-Deserter Mulled the Deed A Long Time
Lt John R Vequist a West Point graduate who deserted from the Army in West Germany said the idea had been brewing for a long time and when he learned he was to be sent to Vietnam it came to a head. He and his wife Rose mary and baby Elizabeth drove from Thor Oberstein to seek political asylum in Sweden. Vequist absent without leave since May 20 from the 94th Artillery Group spoke in Stockholm today.
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John R. Vequist
West Point
West Germany
Vietnam
Vequist
Pittsburg
Kan
YMCA
Rosemary
Elizabeth
Thor-Oberstein
Sweden
NATO
Wilson and BBC clash over memoirs earnings details
Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson in a heated exchange with BBC interviewer David Dimbleby over the memoirs earnings. The network reportedly apologized and cut the taped segment after Wilson refused to answer. Estimates for memoir proceeds were cited at about 600000 dollars with serialization likely.
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London
Harold Wilson
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Wilson
Toye
David Dimbleby
Hatfield McGovern Senate Amendment Fallout Deepens
Debate drags in the Senate over an amendment to cut U S funding for Indochina after December 31 as supporters struggle to win votes. Polls show slim support in the Senate and uncertain House backing. McGovern and Hatfield face mixed signals as members delay votes and recuperating members return to the floor.
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House
Senate
Associated Press
Gordon Weil
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Mark C. Hatfield
Rove
Kinai
Lillien Nedzty
Charles Whalen
Ares
Thomas P. O'Neil
D-Mass
Fos
Washington
Florida
Harold. E. Hughes
South Vietnam
Hughes
Hatfield
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Claiborne Pell
John C. Stenkis
T.-Mixs
Seng
Thomas
J. ‘McIntyre
D-M.h
Joseph M. Montoya
Iiton
Ssle NM
von Ter de Elebt
Sens
Cecis i Aiken
Alan Bible
Bridgeport Considers Civil Defense Ordinance
Bridgeport council hears a proposal to establish a Civil Defense office director and advisory council modeled after Norwalk. Civil Defense Director Wesche argues an ordinance would standardize growth and provide a proper framework for disaster response. The measure, introduced by Alderman Brows, was referred to the ordinance committee for study.
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Civil Defense
Norrvalke Common Council
Diracine
Chris Wesche
George Brows
Wesche
Bridgeport
Norvalk
Bridgeport Civil Defense
Norwalk
Civil Defenses
Bridgeport Civil Defense Office
Wosche
Lee Grant Joins Cast for Warner Bros. Part Nobody's Complaint
Hollywood reports Lee Grant signs to join the cast with Richard Benjamin and Karen Black in the version of Part Nobody's Complaint at Warner Bros. The project aims to remake the Am version with the familiar trio together for the studio.
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Hollywood
Lee Grant
Richard, Benjamin
Karen Black
Partnoy
Warner: Bros
Hitchhiker Fined On Marijuana Charge
Michael W. Mason, 22, of 294 was fined 100 dollars on a marijuana possession charge in Cheuit Court Judge John Reynolds imposed the fine after he was arrested May 6 while hitchhiking in Stratford.
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Michael W. Mason
Guilsty
Chreuit
John Reynolds
Mason
Bavium Aventia
Stratford
Marifus Ang
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