Dim Prospects as 78 Miners Trapped in West Virginia Mine
In Mannington West Virginia explosions and deadly carbon monoxide hamper rescue efforts for 78 miners trapped 700 feet underground after a Wednesday blast. Company executive and United Mine Workers officials express cautious hope amid worsening fires and rising gas.
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Mannington
W. Va
UPI
William Poundstone
Consolidation Coal Co
Poundstone
W. A
Tony) Boyle
United Mine Workers
Washington
Boyle
Alva Davis
Wallace
Davis
Mountaineer
Bandits Rob Booneville Bank in Striped Overalls
A gang in striped overalls and construction helmets robbed the Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Booneville of 7000 to 8000 dollars. Two armed men forced manager E. E. Cushman to empty the vault and locked him and customer Glenn Hartz inside the vault before escaping. Cushman opened the vault with a screwdriver in about 15 minutes. no one was hurt. Booneville lies about ten miles southwest of Des Moines.
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Booneville
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
E. E. Cushman
Cushman
Glenn Hartz
Des Moines
Marine recruiter and three teens killed in snowy crash near Buffalo
A Marine Corps recruiter and three teen recruits were killed when a car collided with a tractor trailer on a snow slick highway about 25 miles southwest of Buffalo New York. The crash occurred Thursday, leaving the victims identified as the recruiter and three young men. Local authorities investigated the highway disaster.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Marine Corps
Here
FAA proposes 18 new Iowa airports in five year plan
The FAA's 1968 National Airport Plan revision outlines 18 new airports in Iowa and improvements to 73 others over five years at an estimated 25.9 million dollars. Most funding from state and local authorities, with Iowa City highlighted for a future all airline service facility.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Iowa
FAA
United States
Federal
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Atlantic
Audubon
Cherokee
Corning
Dyersville
Eldora
Glenwood
Grinnell
Ida Grove-Holstein
Indianola Osage
Osceola
Paullina
Rockwell City-Manson
Sigourney
Tama-Toledo
Tipton
U S Aircraft Downed Near Da Nang Cause Casualties
Near Da Nang three U S aircraft were shot down causing eight American deaths and twelve wounded. A Marine helicopter, a Super Sabre, and a Phantom were lost with two crewmen killed on the Phantom and both pilots of the Sabre saved. Casualties reported light at First Marine Division HQ.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
First Marine Division
End Czech Sit In Ends Peacefully After Student Strike
A four day Prague sit in by about 100000 students ends quietly as leaders, workers, and local authorities face a split over freedom. Students abandon classrooms and say the move preserved the spirit of freedom after Soviet pressure.
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Prague
Greater
Czech Technical University
Slovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Communist Party
National Assembly Presidium
Combat deaths reach 127 as US and Viet Cong clash near Da Nang
American losses for the week total 127 dead and 393 hospitalized among 1 031 wounded. In a sweep near southwest Da Nang 33 miles from the city, 196th light infantry killed at least 20 North Vietnamese after a day of fighting. four Americans died and 10 were wounded. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces fired about 100 rounds into four towns and three camps, killing two civilians and wounding 40.
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Saigon
U.S
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
da Nang
U.S. Command
Winant Sidle
South Vietnam
Sidle
Nixon Plot Suspect Released on Bond
A $25,000 bond secured release in Brooklyn Supreme Court for Abdo Ahman Namer 19 indicted with his father Ahmad 43 and brother Hussein 21 on a conspiracy to assassinate Richard Nixon. Hussein remains jailed while Ahmad was freed last Friday.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Abdo Ahman Namer
Richard Nixon
Abdo
Hussein
Ahmad Namer
Oshkosh State students riot. 120 arrested after campus seizure
About 120 students, most of them Black, rampaged through Oshkosh State University’s administration building seizing the president’s office. Deputy and city police cleared Dempsey Hall after a two minute warning. Damages reached thousands. arrests to be charged at the county courthouse.
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Oshkosh, Wis
UPI
Oshkosh’ State University
Roger Guiles
Oshkosh
Black Students Union
Guiles
Nations near swap deal to shore up franc crisis
A crisis meeting of the 10 richest nations nears a $1 billion swap plan to bolster the franc and avert chaos. France faces large losses and Britain weighs devaluation as Germany moves to curb speculative money.
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Bonn
UPI
Switzerland
Franz Josef Strauss
U.S
West Germany
France
Britain
Washington
U. S
Germany
Harold Lever
British Treasury
London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Zurich
Second Heart Transplant Performed at Stanford
Stanford Medical Center announced the first successful second heart transplant. Surgeon Dr. Norman Shumway led the team, with both operations occurring within six hours. the patient Darrell Hammarl ey, 56, was reported in satisfactory condition. The first heart showed poor function due to an erratic rhythm.
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Stanford University Medical Center
Darrell Hammarley
Stanford
Norman Shumway
U.S
Johnson Warns of Water Shortages and Floods Across Nation
President Johnson forwards a sobering water report to Congress warning that by 2020 American water use will exceed natural runoff. The plan urges basin planning, intergovernmental cooperation, pollution controls, reservoir site studies, public health impact, and possible inter-basin transfers.
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Washington
UPI
America
Congress
Johnson
Water Resources Council
Interior
Udall
Reluctant Suitor Confesses Half Serious Marriage Plans
A joke from a newspaper feature: a young man says he and his girlfriend are only half serious about getting married, noting she is ready while he is not. The line captures a playful mood in a light humor column.
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