Detroit Primary Crowns Austin and Gribbs for Mayor
Detroit voters select Wayne County Auditor Richard Austin and Sheriff Roman Gribbs as top finishers in the nonpartisan primary for mayor. Austin led with 124 941 votes to Gribbs 105 640, Beck 71 065. winner to face in November. Austin supports liberal aims, Gribbs moderates, both backed by local papers and Civic Searchlight.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Richard Austin
Roman Gribbs
Mary Beck
Austin
Gribbs
Miss Beck
Jerome Cavanagh
Civic Searchlight Organization
Detroit Police
Truce Ends. Unclear If Red Attacks Resume Everywhere
A three day communist cease fire ended with no immediate reports of renewed attacks by the enemy. U S commanders signaled reduced offensive ops while Thieu rejected the cease fire and North Vietnam warned of continued aggression. Talks in Saigon and Washington stirred talk of troop withdrawals.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Samuel Berger
Thieu
Berger
Abrams
Washington
Storm Gerda Dips Inland After Fury Across Maritime Provinces
Hurricane Gerda moved inland over Quebec after dumping heavy rain and winds to 80 mph across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Early reports say damage appears minor as authorities assess affected areas.
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Halifax
Gerda
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Moon rocks reveal violent birth and peaceful end, AP reports
Apollo 11 samples show moon formed molten with Earth about three billion years ago. No life detected and no toxic or pathogenic soil. The moon cooled, died after 500 million years, offering little immediate economic promise. NASA prepared to release lunar material for study.
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Pacific Ocean
Earth
Shooting of Iowa City Youth Early Morning
A 17 year old, Donald Edelbrock of 806 Kirkwood Ave Iowa City, was wounded in the left abdomen in a shooting at the West Overlook area near Coralville reservoir at about 1 am Wednesday. He walked a half mile to a camp area where campers alerted deputies. Sheriff Maynard Schneider said details are scarce and the investigation continues. He was taken to University hospitals and reported in good condition.
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Iowa City
Coralville Reservoir
Maynard Schneider
Donald Edelbrock
Albert Edelbrock
Kirkwood Avenue
University Hospitals
Edelbrock
Sheriff's Office
Free Woman On Payment Of $200,000
Police search for kidnappers after a Toronto woman, daughter of a trucking executive, is freed unharmed. Her husband left $200000 in attache cases on a country road following ransom demands, then located his wife and later found the money had disappeared. Police set roadblocks to investigate.
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Toronto
Henry Nelles
Marshall Davis
Nelles
Claremont
Footes Bay
Plane crash kills 83 in Indianapolis and small craft
A Piper Cherokee piloted by Robert Carey collided with an Allegheny jet over Indiana, tearing the tail from the airliner and sending both planes into a soybean field. The crash killed 83 people aboard the jet and left Carey dead as well. Witnesses described bodies seen tumbling from the aircraft as it descended straight down. Carey had only 10 hours of flight time and sought a private license to fly his family.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Jack Frets
Frank Rehling
Shady Acres
Weir-Cook Municipal
Carey
Federal Aviation Administration
Allegheny
Bradford
Boston
Baltimore
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Allegheny Airlines
Asheville
N.C
American Airlines
Chicago
O'Hare
Washington
Dayton
TWA
FAA
Train Adds To Alaska Oil Drama
Alaska auction officials opened bids on roughly 1 billion dollars of Arctic oil leases as North American tycoons rode a secrecy wrapped 14 car CN railway to Anchorage. The Blue Sky Special train carried Continental Oil and Ashland Oil personnel amid tight security and a seven hour bid tally.
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Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska
Arctic
Continental Oil Co
Ashland Oil Co
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta
Anchorage
Continental
Ashland
Canadian National Railway
Keith Miller
New York
Near Misses Spotlight Air Collision Peril
Washington AP reports near daily near misses in U S airspace raise collision fear as 83 killed when Allegheny Airlines DC-9 collided with a private plane near Indianapolis. FAA notes 309 near misses last year. private and military aircraft common in incidents.
Fog snarls Los Angeles air travel across region
Thick fog grounded Los Angeles flights and forced arrivals to divert to San Francisco Arizona and Nevada. Outbound jets remained on the ground. The FAA counted 141 LA bound flights diverted. Major and suburban airports including Long Beach Ontario and Burbank were affected with overflow to Las Vegas and Phoenix.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles _ International
San Francisco
Arizona
Nevada
Federal Aviation Administration
Long Beach
Orange County
Ontario
Hollywood-Burbank
van Nuys
Las Vegas
Phoenix
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Gore Va
Abrams Trip
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Nixon
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Paul Recer
W. W. Kemmerer
Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Robin Brett
NASA
Oliver Schaeffer
The
State University of New York
Schaeffer
Hortense Myers
Weir Cook
Allegheny 853
Brookside
McCordsville
Federal Aviation Agency
Ohio
Trans World Airlines
Secretary of the Navy
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