Jet fighter downs MIG21 over North Vietnam
An American supersonic jet shot down an MIG21 over North Vietnam in a brief dogfight northeast of Hanoi. The pilot ejected. the Sidewinder air-to-air missile was used. This marked the first MIG21 kill of the war and the eighth Soviet-built fighter downed. Nearby clashes involved two delta-winged fighters and two escort planes, with no U.S. or Soviet losses reported.
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Saigon
North Viet Nam
U.S
Asia
Hanoi
Fac
Hiphong
Cancer Swap Fails Ends Life of Former Baseball Player Griffith
PHILADELPHIA AP Harry T. Griffith 63 of Flourtown Pa former professional baseball player died Monday at Chestnut Hill Hospital after an experimental cancer swap operation at Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo New York. Griffith had osteogenic sarcoma and exchanged malignant tissue and blood with Robert F. Allen 29 of Tucson Ariz in hopes antibodies would target both cancers. Doctors led by Sigmond Nadler reported a similar case had occurred. Continued on Page Four.
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Philadelphia
Harry T. Griffith
Griffith
Flourtown
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
New York State
Cancer Research and Treatment Center
Robert F. Allen
Tucson
Ariz
Sigmond Nadler
Associake
Cancer Research Sur Giee
A Tal
Hearing Set For Killers Caught Here
Mercer County justice of the peace schedules a May 4 preliminary hearing for William Fawcett 15 Edward Fawcett 14 and Ronald Hardin 15 all of West Mifflin awaiting murder charges in the March 21 shooting of Greenville patrolman Rodney Wentling. The youths were captured in Corry after crashing a red block set up by police and ramming a stolen car into the Climax Building before surrendering at Mrs. Almon Foster’s home at 143 West Main Street.
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Greenville, Pa
Mercer County
Pittsburgh
Virginia Palmer
Fairview Township
Greenville
William Fawcett
Edward
Ronald Hardin
West Mifflin
Rodney Wentling
Corry
Almon Foster
West Main Street
Fatal rupture stymies artificial heart patient
Westville coal miner DeRudder, 1, died in Houston after six days in unconsciousness following implantation of a partial artificial heart device at Methodist Hospital. Officials cited probable rupture of a bronchial or tracheal passage as cause, with post mortem pending. Dr. Michael E. DeBakey led the surgical team.
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Houston
Tex
Mar
Westville
Methodist Hospital
DeRudder
Michael E. DeBakey
Doe Ridder
de. DeBakey
Belgium bakery truck driver charged after deadly schoolchildren crash
A bakery truck driver named Zatile Mheout, 43, was charged with manslaughter and drunken driving after a bakery truck killed about 10 children and injured others in a village near Brussels. Police said the vehicle rammed a group of nearly 20 schoolchildren studying road safety when the crash occurred as the driver was returning home from work.
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Walegem -Asse
Belgium
Brussels
Pollee
Zatile ‘Mheout
Cosmos No 218 Launched by Soviet Union
USTH Satellite in Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched Cosmos No 218 as part of its space research program. No animals aboard were mentioned in the official notice.
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USTH
Moscow
Soviet Union
Damage In Floods And Tornadoes Across Texas
A weather system lashed the Christi area with damage running into millions as at least five damaging tornadoes touched down in Texas. A packing plant was damaged in Marshall where a second tornado knocked down power lines and swept away a press box roof at a baseball park. Homes were destroyed on the Ross farm and earlier tornadoes hit Kenedy Range leaving about 250 people homeless. The Weather Bureau issued a tornado watch for east central sections and the Dakotas as two inches of snow spread over northern Minnesota and North Dakota.
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Christi
Texas
Marshall
Ross Farm
Kenedy
Range
Busines
Weather Bureau
East Central
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Lord Astor Leaves Estate Worth 839288 Dollars
London AP reports the late Lord Astor, linked to Britain’s 1963 Profumo scandal, left a net estate of 839288 dollars. Bankers note most of the fortune rests in trusts based in the United States.
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London
Lord Astor
Britain
United States
Auto Makers Back Federal Vehicle Safety Oversight
Ford Vice President John Bugas told a House Commerce Committee that auto manufacturers favor a strong federal role to set legally binding vehicle safety standards with a nationwide uniform system. He noted U.S. cars are the safest ever but urged federal authority and state adoption to cover the vehicle’s life. He also endorsed research into accidents and highway safety programs and criticized overly broad penalties in the administration bill.
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Washington
John 5. Bugas
Ford Motor Co
House
Congress
House Commerce Committee
Bugas
Asia
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Transportation
Souls Commerce Coffee
Corry School Board Eyes Millage Increase to Bridge Budget
Corry School Board tentatively approves a 1966 67 budget of 1 003 153 amid a near break even year with only 14 554 left in carryover. A four mill revenue increase is projected to cover higher costs chiefly from teacher salaries while they consider raising per capita tax or other revenue sources to ease burdens on property owners.
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Corry
Wright School
Harding School
City Firemen Face Pension Gap Under Local Rules
Corry firemen on the city payroll may retire without pensions under current law and ordinance. State law requires 25 years service and age 55 for eligibility, while the local ordinance requires 25 years and age 60. Only one of five firemen could qualify under present terms, with a retiree approaching in five years but at 18 years served. The group fears losing any pension with back pay only. Also Jan Berry of the Dean group remained in serious condition after an auto crash two weeks ago.
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Corry
Douglas Rozelle
Los Angeles
Jan Berry
Ucla Medical Center
Berry
Dean
Fireball Over Corry Identified as Meteor by Expert
An investment club meeting in Rogers Luke Steel Co office witnesses a bright fireball seen from Wayne Street to Columbus. Dr. Thomas C. Nicholson of the Hayden Planetarium in New York identifies the object as a meteor. Local staff, Civil Defense, City police, and State Police report the sighting across the East from the Carolinas to Canada.
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Rogers Luke Steel Co
Wayne Street
Columbus
UFO, Inc
Corry
Thomas C. Nicholson
Haydn Planetarium
New York
Corry Board Hands Rural Districts Another Bill
Five of the six districts in the Corry Area School Jointure tentatively approved increased budgets for the 1966 67 school year despite Corry School Board adding costs to rural districts. Millage rises include Corry 19 to 23 Concord Township 50 to 65 Elgin Borough 35 to 45 Spring Creek 36 to 49 Wayne Township 20 to 36. Budget trimming was planned to meet a 28 500 total cut. The Corry board announced it would stop paying the full 5 600 for salaries of the superintendent and business manager under the jointure.
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Corry
Thomas R. Shupe
5. E. Anderson
Jena Frank McKnight
Shupe
Anderson
Columbus
Concert Township
Elgin Borough
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