Seven Yanks Die in Karachi Cairo Air Crash
A Pakistani jet en route to London crashed near Cairo airport killing 121 of 127 aboard in desolate desert. Seven Americans perished including Mr and Mrs Lewis Howard and daughter Elizabeth of Sturgis Michigan. George Brock and Arthur Hill were among the victims.
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Karachi
Staten Island
N.Y
Lewis Howard
Elizabeth
Sturgis
Mich
Saudi Arabia
Howard
George Brock
Arthur Hill
Planned To Wed CAIRO Crash Victim Among Airline Guests
One Pakistani flight attendant slated to marry next week in Karachi died in the Cairo crash. The jet carried 116 passengers including 93 Pakistanis and 12 Chinese, with 11 crew members killed and six survivors all Pakistani. Captain Akhtar Aly Khan reported engine trouble before the landing. The plane had three prior pre inauguration flights before plowing into a sand hill in dense fog at 2 30 a m. Egyptian helicopters ferried dawn survivors.
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Karachi
Jerry Harris
Stamford
Conn
Donald Love
Riverside
Geneva
London
Akhtar Aly Khan
Galal Alkarimi
Hawkins Rips Belittling of Legislature
Democratic State Chairman Lex Hawkins accused Iowa Republicans of distorting the legislature’s record. He praised the 61st general assembly as making progress after 26 years of GOP rule, and countered claims that labor controls the agenda. He argued the GOP cites counts, not content, of bills to attack the Democrats.
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Gazette
DES Moines
Lex ‘Hawkins
Iowa
61St General Assembly
Towans
Hawkins
Iowa General Assembly
Hughes
Benton Threatening Resignation Over Vietnam Policy Attack
Thomas Hart Benton threatens to resign from the American Academy of Arts and Letters after a clash with Lewis Mumford who called U S policy in Vietnam a moral outrage. Benton, seated with other members, says a Dear Lewis telegram would reflect the academy's view unless it repudiates Mumford's stance.
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American Academy of Arts and Letters
Academy
Lewis Mumford
U. S
Vietnam
Benton
Kansas City
Lewis
Mumford
Academy.” Mumford Attacked the U. S
Indians Scale Mt. Everest
An Indian mountaineering expedition reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, with two Indian climbers standing atop the peak for about thirty minutes. They planted an Indian flag on a pole left by a U S team two years earlier, marking Everest’s third ascent by non-British teams.
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New Delhi
Mt.Everest
U.S
Everest
U. S
Armour Loot Hits $100,000
Three robbers forced their way into the Armour mansion in Lake Forest Illinois and stole about 100000 dollars worth of jewels after waking Mrs Armour in her second floor room and threatening her to reveal the hiding place. A first floor window was smashed to gain entry while three maids a butler a chauffeur and a gardener sleeping elsewhere were unaware.
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Lake Forest, Ill
Phillip Armour
White House affirms US troops neutral in Dominican crisis
The White House said US troops in the Dominican Republic remain under President Johnson's orders to observe neutrality between the junta and rebels. Press Secretary Reedy called reports of aiding the junta “operational matters” and said Deputy Defense Secretary Vance in Santo Domingo would answer questions.
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White House
U. S
Dominican Republic
Johnson
Reedy
Vance
Santo Domingo
New York Times
The
New York Herald Tribune
Arthur Sylvester
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Organization of American States
U.s.-Held
OAS
Antonio Imbert Barrera
U. S.-occupied
Kennedy Seeks Gun Curbs to Spare Families
Sen Robert Kennedy testifies before a Senate subcommittee urging immediate passage of Johnson administration gun curb legislation. He cites mail order guns as a major source of family heartbreak and recalls his brother’s assassination. Kennedy denounces a massive publicity campaign against the bill.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate Juveile Delinquency
New York Democrat
Dallas
Senate
Thomas ‘Dodd
D-Conn
Iowa Senate votes to repeal moneys and credits tax
The Iowa Senate approved repeal of five of six mills on the moneys and credits tax and shifts revenue to a 3/4 of 1 percent income tax increase for high earners. The plan, backed by the administration, would take effect next January and go to the House. The debate centered on fairness and effects on wealthier Iowa residents.
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Iowa
Senate
Richard Stephens
Rainsworth
Stephens
Max Reno
D-Bonaparte
Franklin S. Main
Lamont
Painting labeled fake in Rome theft case revealed
An anonymous "Friend of Art" claims the Dutch piece Agata Schoenhoven, once stolen from the Doria palace, is a fake. He says he swapped it with a copy and kept a true painting for inspection, noting a possible 1955 switch during a trip to Holland.
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Art
Agata Schoenhoven
Jan van Scorel
Il Messaggero
Lished
Orietta Doria Pamphili
Doria Palace
Friend of
H-oland
Holland
Boy Dies After Hayload Tragedy in Pewaukee
Eight year old John Thomas suffocated after being buried beneath about six inches of hay in a wagon on his father's farm in Pewaukee Wisconsin. He had been playing in the wagon when the accident occurred Wednesday night.
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Pewaukee
Wis
John Thomas
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