Frantic escape blocked in Ark missile silo disaster
Air Force Secretary Eugene Zuckert reports two workers jammed on a narrow ladder likely blocked escape routes at the Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas. Fifty three men died mainly from asphyxiation during underground modifications. Two workers escaped. Investigation ongoing.
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Washington
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Searcy
Ark
Johnson
White House
Zuckert
Titan
Little Rock
Arkansas
Goy
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Charles Strang
Air Force Accident Investigation Board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Air Force Office of Special Investigation
OSI
Trading Stamp Gorillas Settle In Erie Zoo
Two young gorillas Samantha a female and Henry a male arrived at Glenrod Park Zoo in Erie from Africa. The pair valued at 9000 dollars were subsidized by a public trading stamp campaign with Erie residents raising a good portion of the funds for their move.
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Suru
Samantha
Henry
Glenrod Park Zoo
Erie
Africa
Corry YMCA Offers Life Saving Swim Courses for All Ages
The Corry YMCA announces a life saving course for junior and senior candidates beginning August 23 and running through August list. Classes run 10 a m to noon on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday mornings with William B Cochran as teacher and examiner. No fee for members. a small charge for non members. Sign up by August 21.
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The
Corry
the Corry
American Red Cross
Wees
Fire Wrecks Three Stores In East Liberty
A general alarm fire in Pittsburgh East Liberty Thursday night wrecked three stores and damaged five more shops and an optometrist's office. Fire Chief Stephen Adley estimated losses at 160000 dollars. Three firemen were treated for cuts after the blaze began in a drug store and spread to a shoe shop.
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Pittsburgh
East Liberty
Stephen Adley
Shoe
The High Cost Of Poor Service In Auto Repair
A service column argues diagnosis matters more than guesswork in auto repair. It cites a luxury car owner saved from costly replacement by an ignition expert who found a faulty fuel pump vacuum. It emphasizes franchised dealers like Heberlein Motors offering flat-rated, factory-trained service with 60 years combined experience.
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Heberlein Motors
Restlessness Mounting In Dominican Rebel Sector
In Santo Domingo unrest grows as OAS peace talks stall. Ellsworth Bunker and Ramon de Clarimont were booed arriving at rebel HQ to meet Col Caamano Deno. A shot fired during a scuffle and a rebel soldier killed amid reports of internal strife signal rising tensions in the rebel camp.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States Peace Committee
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Ramon de Clarimont
el Salvador
Francisco Caamano Deno
OAS
Caamano
Bunker
Clairmont
Fire damages multiple downtown stores including drug store
Two women employees of the drug store helped try to quell a blaze that damaged the clothing store and another two story brick building. No one was hurt, though officials suspect faulty wiring as a probable cause.
Stolen Car Outs Its Driver In Chandlers Valley Case
Jamia Luni-Detective at Earl Thies of the Jamestown police seeks clues after a late model car owned by Calvin and Carol Eckert vanished from College Stadium parking Saturday night. The vehicle was found abandoned Sunday morning in a field, with skid marks showing high speed. Investigators say the driver may have left with a passing motorist between 11 p.m. Saturday and 10:45 a.m. Sunday and urge anyone with information to contact police.
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Jamia Luni
Earl Thies
Jamestown
Thies
Two Pa Brothers Killed In Car Crash Off Pittston Bypass
AP report says brothers Filipinn, 24, and Richard Jopling, 34, died when their car left the Pittston Bypass, struck an embankment, and rolled over. Another brother Thomas Jopling, 24, had perished in a 1962 crash. John Seeley, 22, was named as the driver at the time.
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Filipinn
Novert Jopling
Richard
Thomas Jopling
John Seeley
Pittston
Cousins Bowes-Lyon and Elphinstone Plan Pub Near Glamis
Timothy Bowes-Lyon and John Elphinstone, relatives of Queen Elizabeth II, announce plans to open a pub near Glamis in Scotland. Bowes-Lyon is the 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, aged 47, while Elphinstone is the 17th Baron, aged 51.
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Scotland
Queen Elizabeth II
Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon
Earl of
Dr King urges negotiations to end Asia war
Dr Martin Luther King Jr urging negotiations to end the Vietnam conflict, saying letters to government heads would not constitute negotiating but encourage talks. He cited the Logan Act and planned to write North and South Viet Nam, Russia, and the United States president. He urged a first step toward good faith and a pause in bombing, plus rebuilding villages to show U.S. interest in development over destruction.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
White House
United Nations
North Viet Nam
Russia
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Washington
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
United States
North
Viet Nam
King urges ceasefire, UN mediation at mass SCLC event
Civil rights leader addresses about 4000 at Municipal Auditorium urging nonviolence and negotiations over Vietnam. He drafted letters to Ho Chi Minh and Johnson urging withdrawal and UN mediation involving all parties including the National Liberation Front. The ninth annual SCLC convention crowd showed little reaction as it closes today. In Pittsburgh, Alonzo Johnson, 18, was found guilty of larceny for stealing 1500 dollars in rings from a local jewelry shop and faces 11 to 28 months in the workhouse.
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SCLC
Nas
Ho Chi Minh
North
Viet Nam
Johnson
Chow Eilat
Red China
South Vietnam
King
United Nations
National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
Pittsburgh
Alonzo Johnson
Hill
Samuel A. Weiss
Allegheny—County
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Crystal Coal Co
Maple Ave
Erie Zoo
Heberlein Motor Sales
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Bulova
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