Alaska air crash kills 39 on Wien Consolidated flight
An Alaska twin engine propjet crashed on Spotsy lake near an Eskimo village killing 39 aboard. Weather hampered recovery as FAA NTSB FBI and air force teams prepared to investigate. Plane was en route from Anchorage to Hiamna Big Mountain King Salmon and Dillingham.
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Alaska
Wien Consolidated Airlines
Air Force
FAA
National Transportation Safety Board
FBI
Hiamna
Big Mountain
King Salmon
Dillingham
Kambhoot
Wien Consolidated
Seattle
Wien Airlines
Northern Consolidated
Ray Peterson
Wien
Robert Hurt
Iliamna
Nixon Names DuBridge as Science Adviser for Nixon Era
President elect Richard Nixon named Dr. Lee A. DuBridge head science adviser to bridge political and intellectual communities. DuBridge will retire as Caltech president to join Nixon, aiming to boost basic university research and federal science programs.
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New York
UPI
Richard Nixon
Lee A. DuBridge
California Institute of Technology
DuBridge
Nixon
Caltech
America
H. Gufford Stever
Carnegie- -Mellon University
Pittsburgh
Charles Townes
University of California
Organizer And House Unit Clash
A congressman threatened to arrest a witness who used an obscene word before a House committee on un American activities. Thomas Hayden of Oakland, a National Mobilization Committee organizer, swore in protest after a panel questioned him about youth following him.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Thomas Hayden
Oakland
Calif
Hayden
Thord
D-Mo
Rep. Watson
R-S. C
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Car Servicing Urged as Antitrust Hearing Focus
Washington AP reports Senate antitrust hearings on auto repair costs reveal critics say car service is a consumer jungle. Leonard Hofstra University professor accuses manufacturers of pressuring dealers to sell cars and undercut service, while shares of franchised dealers have fallen as independent garages rise. He urges tougher franchise protections, better training, and FTC inquiry into parts distribution. Glenn Kriegel proposes licensed inspectors and mandatory pre delivery inspections for new cars.
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Senate
Leonard
William
Hofstra University
Hempstead
N. Y
Detroit
Federal Trade Commission
Glenn Kriegel
Auto Analysis, Inc
Denver
Chuckle on Birth Rates and Statisticians
A humor line notes that multiple births are more common in large families and jokes that statisticians are hard to fool. The quip ends with a playful copyright tag.
Fifth Victim Found in Maple Lake Snowmobile Tragedy
Divers recovered the fifth body from Maple Lake after a snowmobile carrying Carl Emanuelson and his three children Mentor Minnesota and his wife Mrs. Emanuelson plunged through thin ice 76 feet from shore Sunday. Juliae 8 Perry 7 Jodi 3 were previously recovered Monday and Tuesday.
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Crookston, Minn
Minnesota
Carl Emanuelson
Mentor
Minn
Maple Lake
Juliae
Perry
Jodi
Sam Sheppard sued for divorce amid threats allegations
Dr. Samuel Sheppard, once jailed for his first wife’s slaying and later acquitted, is sued for divorce by his second wife Ariane Sheppard. The petition seeks a restraining order claiming he threatens great bodily harm. Ariane, 39, married to Sheppard in 1964, says they lived in Bay Village until a week ago.
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Cleveland
UPI
Samuel Sheppard
Tuesday
Ariane Sheppard
Sheppard
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Germany
Ohio
Jerry Dempsey
Ariane
Sheppards
Bay Village
Soviet Blames Britain for Worsening Ties Over Czech Crisis
In Moscow the Soviet Union delivered a formal note accusing Britain of complicating and aggravating relations. Foreign Minister Gromyko summoned the British ambassador Sir Duncan Wilson to hand over the statement. The embassy in London said the accusation linked Britain to events in Czechoslovakia.
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London
UPS
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Moscow
Duncan Wilson
Foreign Office
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Border gun battle between Israeli and Jordanian forces escalates
Israeli jets silenced Soviet built heavy artillery after a dawn clash along the Jordan river truce line. Jordanian officials said 14 killed and 18 wounded including seven children in a village bombing. Military spokesmen disputed details and blamed Iraqi troops for heavy 122 mm guns.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Jordan River
Middle East
Israel
Amman
Jordan
lAvab
Kfar Assad
Sea of Galilee
455 Signs Of Hostile Zone Action
The U S command reported 455 indications of North Vietnamese activity in the DMZ since November 1 with American forces firing into the zone 122 times. Most incidents labeled insignificant. two machine gun attacks on a reconnaissance plane led to bomber strikes. The report notes ongoing activity and alert status by U S planes and ground forces amid mounting regional tensions.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Stolen Plane Ditching Ends Flight off Virginia Coast
A 22 year old John Hemphill of Bricktown New Jersey stole a Piper Cherokee from Lakewood airport. He tried four landings at Kennedy but ran out of fuel and ditched in fog fifty miles off Norfolk. Coast guard crews rescued him in good condition. FBI to take Hemphill into custody. authorities found his car at Lakewood with blood and a prior hospital visit.
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New Jersey
Kennedy Airport
Atlantic
Norfolk
Coast Guard
John Hemphill
Bricktown
Hemphill
Lakewood
Vance Randle
Elizabeth City
N.C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ocean County Aviation
Kennedy
Port Authority
Randle
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
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