Explosion Kills Five as Dynamite Truck Explodes in Georgia
Five men died and 39 were injured when a dynamite laden truck collided with a VW on U S 78 near Waco and Bremen Georgia. Army demolition crews scoured the area for unexploded charges as fires raged and homes were shaken seven miles away.
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Georgia
U.S
Bremen
Fort McClellan
Ala
A. W. Fielding
Fielding
Troy
Allen Doyal Bell
Cleve ‘Heath
Talmadge Adams
Adams
Volkswager
Birmingham
N. C
Oregon Ratifies 18 Year Old Vote
Salem Oregon AP The Oregon legislature ratified the 1R year old vote amendment to the Constitution Friday The senate passed the house approved measure 16 4 making Oregon the 52nd state to ratify the amendment Ratification by six more states would put it into effect
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Senate
House
Nixon touts countryside lure at McClellan-Kerr opening
In Tulsa Nixon praised the countryside lure as he opened the McClellan Kerr navigation system. He said the central region offers unlimited promise and could draw people away from congested cities. The waterway project has topped 800 million and may exceed 1.2 billion as it nears completion.
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Tulsa
Nixon
Great Central
America
Seaunt
Seeaioant
Rockets Hit U S Sites and Demilitarized Zone
Nixon praised a vast environmental project as an exceptional monument to regional resourcefulness. Siamese gunners bombarded positions near Saigon, while American troops reported the action and officials hailed a months-long, historic demonstration of daring. The project aims to turn inland towns into seaports via a 450 mile system, championed by senators McClellan and Kerr.
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Onte
Saigon
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Wi‘Johna
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Democratic
John’ McClellan
Robert Kerr
U.S
Dmz
Phir Loi
Japan to pay US 20 billion for Okinawa facilities
Tokyo sources report Japan has agreed to compensate the United States with 20 billion dollars for facilities to be taken over by Japan when Okinawa reverts. The payment is linked to the transfer of control and is described as a government-backed arrangement reported Saturday.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Okinawa
Boyish pilot stops hijacked jet from Israel mission
A 58 year old coal miner turned hijacker forced a United Air Lines jet to Newark after takeoff from Charleston West Virginia. Former combat pilot Glen Elmo Riggs held a pistol to crew and passengers for about three hours at Dulles airport before flight engineer Greg Colliton disarmed him. No one was hurt. FBI seized Riggs, charged with air piracy. Riggs had a history of mining work and claimed plans to go to Israel.
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Glen Elmor Riggs
United Air Lines
Robert Steeneck
Colliton
William Clerico
D. J. “Clayton
C.F. Leavitt
S. L. ‘Hamilton
Washington
Israel
Glen Elmo Riggs
Ashford
W. Va
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
Vietnam
Riggs
Dulles International Airport
Charleston
Newark
FBI
Dulles
Atlantic
Colinton
Greg
Charles
Appalachia
Shendyman
Stohs
eHethad
West Virginia
Jewel
Pauley
Cry’s
Couison
Leslie Heitnall
Union
N.J
William Glerico
Flamington
Heiman
Draft Extend Still Possible Two More Years
Washington AP reports Senate votes indicate Congress will likely extend the military draft for two more years with action near June 30. Debate spanned whether to fund Indo China operations and possible deferments for college students. Senator Gravel signals a filibuster while McGovern Hatfield revision seeks broader support.
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Senate
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U. S
Indo-China
Stennis
Miss
House
Highes
Iowa
Miller
Gravel
Alaska
Hoffa to Receive Lifetime Pension and Family Benefits
The Washington Post reports James R. Hoffa will receive a lifetime pension of about $75,000 a year and other benefits for his family after relinquishing the Teamsters presidency. If July convention approves, his ill wife Josephine would get $40,000 yearly, his son James P. could become general counsel earning $30,000 to $50,000, and Hoffa would remain a Teamsters lawyer for Local 299 and Joint Council 43 in Detroit while serving a 13 year prison term for related charges.
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Teamsters
Washington Post
Hoffa
Post
Josephine
Teamsters Women’s
James P
Union
Snk
Joint Council 43
Detroit
Drug antagonists touted as cure for heroin addiction
Congressional panel hears that a new drug family called antagonists may cure heroin addiction rather than merely substitute methadone. Trials on about 400 addicts show potential to end use. naloxone already approved for overdose. An advocate cites possible rapid rollout with funding, while a 25-year addict credits naloxone with long-term abstinence.
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Washington
Congress
Albert Kurland
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
House Judiciary Committee
Kurland
William McCord
Ex-Lifer Heads Juvenile Program In Baltimore
Eddie Harrison, 29, once condemned to death and later life imprisonment, will oversee a $500,000 juvenile rehabilitation program in Baltimore. Mayor Thomas D’Alejandro signed the contract, with funding from the U.S. Labor Department through Manpower Administration. Harrison, once a high school dropout who killed a neighbor hood loan shark, has since reformed, earned education inside prison, and served as a prison consultant before Nixon commuted his sentence.
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Eddie Harrison
Nixon
Thomas
Alejandro
U.S. Labor Department
Manpower Administration
Learning Systems, Inc
Riston
Washington, D.C
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Harrison
Peck
Decorah Woman Killed in Crash Near Decorah
Share Kay Elliott 24, of Decorah, died in a Friday evening crash three miles east of town after her car clipped a turning truck driven by her brother Dennis Gilbert 20. The pair had left Nashua after a wedding at Little Brown church Nashua and were returning to Decorah. Gilbert attends the University of Northern Town.
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Decorah
Litte Brown
Nashua
Here
Share Kay Elliott
Dennis Gilbert
Nashue
Cedar Falls
Gilbert
University of Northern Town
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