Five Die in Head On Crash Near Institute WV
Five people die when a St Albans man crosses the center line on West Virginia 25 near the Union Carbide plant to collide with an eastbound NC car. Victims include Lewis Walker of St Albans and four North Carolina residents from Lincolnton Shelby Marion and Lincolnton. No speed evidence or skid marks found.
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St. Albans
W. Va
Union Carbide
Institute
North Carolina
Lewis Walker
Eva Crump Church
Linecolnton
N.C
Opie Ray Church
Lincolnton
Clayton Lail
Shelby
Walker
J. H. Umberger
J. Barber
Lail
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Good Shepherd and
Keller Funeral Home
Trent-Smith Funeral Home
Charleston
Kanawha Valley
U. 9
Out Mountain Road
Carbide Institute
J.H. Willis
Fire claims 12 in Bailey family in Parkersburg
A fast spreading blaze in Parkersburg Ohio killed Mr and Mrs Charles Bailey and ten of their 13 children early Sunday. Fire officials described the fire as nearly total and said the remains were burned beyond recognition. Two children escaped with their grandfather and sought help.
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Parkersburg
Charles Bailey
Dale Pringle
Ohio River
Bailey
Susan Bailey
Roger
Fire Department
Bill George
George
Boone Mishaps Claim Youth in River Crash Near Madison
Five Boone countians were injured in a sequence of wrecks Sunday evening near Madison. Freeland Dingess, about 20, of Greenview, died when his car plunged into Spruce River off U S 119. Officers Starcher and Rumbaugh were at the first wreck when a second car went off U S 19 into the river. Four youths were submerged in that car.
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Madison
Freeland Dingess
Greenview
Spruce River
U. S. 119
John Starcher
C. W. Rumbaugh
Shirley Ball
Ridgeview
U. S. 19
Nixon Thieu announce 25000 U.S. troops to leave Vietnam
At Midway on August summit Nixon and Thieu disclosed about 25,000 American troops would withdraw from Vietnam by August, with all parties pledging continued efforts for peace in Paris. They stressed no coalition government and noted South Vietnamese forces could shoulder more of the burden.
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Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U. S
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Vietnam
Paris
mid-Pacific
Thieu
Midway
Thien
Creighton W. Abrams
United States
Lung Cancer Claims Actor Robert Taylor at 57
Santa Monica California lung cancer took the life of actor Robert Taylor at St. John's Hospital He died at 10 30 am surrounded by his wife Ursula Thiess after a long career that spanned 1934 to last year He leaves a son and daughter with Thiess and was previously married to Barbara Stanwyck. He served in World War II as a Navy flier and later became a famed star of MGM epics and Westerns noted for The Detectives and Death Valley Days.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Robert Taylor
St. John’s Hospital
Ursula Thiess
Taylor
Miss Thiess
Barbara Stanwyck
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
The
Detectives
Irene Dunne
Joan Crawford
Camille
Greta Garbo
Oxford
Johnny Paget
van Heflin
Deborah Kerr
MGM
Hollywood
Beatrice, Neb
Beatrice
Arlington Spangler Brugh
National Commission to Issue Violence Policy on Campus
The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence will release a policy statement urging swift, decisive action against campus threats. It criticizes excessive force when quelling student unrest and calls for advance coordination with police, plus meaningful student involvement while preserving faculty supremacy.
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Washington
National Commission On the
Milton Eisenhower
Presidential Commission
Ask
Chicago
Moil
al Soe
Detroit man 81 plans high school after decades of work
Martin CAME, born in Austin DC, moved to Detroit in 1912 at 25, returned to schooling after retirement. He completed eighth grade Thursday and intends to enter high school in the fall through Eastern High School adult education, citing long breaks for work and mood shifts.
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Detroit
Taft Martin
Austin
D.C
South Carolina
Martin
Detroit Steel and Casting Co
Northwestern
Eastern High School
Mich
Viet Nam Hospital Attack Amid Surge In Enemy Fire
The period saw a drop in shellings after a five day upsurge with 20 overnight strikes. A rocket hit a ward at a U S Army evacuation hospital near Da Nang killing a Vietnamese child and wounding 34 others. Some U S servicemen were killed but numbers were not released. Analysts link the spike to influence the Midway summit though connection remains uncertain.
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Saigon
U.S
US. S
U. S. Army
U. S
da Nang
State Foretcast: Cloudy Cooler With A Shower Chance
Weather brief notes a cloudy cooler day with a chance of showers and highs in the 70s to 80s. Forecast highlights include periods of rain possible across the region.
World News in Brief from Global Conference and Domestic Politics
The report surveys Pope's stance on Biafra, Israel seeking U S aid in negotiations, Rockefeller urging alliance needs, pollution concerns, and a Senate policy debate. Nixon avoids attacking Douglas while Agnew criticizes political despair. Hechler suggests miners march. a reporter attends church. Jay and Sharon host a surprise picnic.
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Pope
Israel
U. S
Rockefeller
Senate
Nixon
Douglas
Agnew
Hechler
Airliner hijacked to Congo Republic with 11 aboard
An African hijacker armed with a gun seized a DTA Airliner on a Lisbon to Cabinda route and forced it to land in Point Noire, Congo Republic. The hijacker's identity and the fate of the plane and its 11 passengers were unknown. The twin-engine Dakota originated from Luanda, Angola.
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Lisbon
Congo Republic
DTA
Point Noire
Luanda
Angola
Cabinda
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