Ten Missing Miners Feared Alive as Pumps Remove Water
In Hominy Falls West Virginia ten massive pumps drawing 3200 gallons per minute raised hopes of rescuing 15 miners believed alive in a flooded coal mine. Thirteen men near the entrance receive food water and blankets via conveyor while two foremen farther in and 10 others two miles in remain uncontacted as efforts continue.
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Hominy Falls
W.va
W. Va
Ers
Frank Davis
Edward Rudd
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Probers Hear Witnesses View Collapsed Span Plans
Federal investigators scrutinize Silver Bridge collapse as testimony begins. Witnesses describe traffic delays and traffic light issues at the Point Pleasant span, while an Ohio traffic engineer cites magnetic controls limiting wait times and notes partial checks after the disaster.
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Charleston
W.va
Silver Bridge
Point Pleasant
Ohio
U.S. 7
Paul Scott
Middlefork
Ohio Bureau of
Fred Tarbox
Kennedy Wins Key Delegation In District Of Columbia
In Washington Kennedy dominates in Negro areas and seizes the District of Columbia's 23 delegate votes to the Democratic National Convention. His supporters also win the party position races for national committeeman and committeewoman, and lead in control of the local party organization. No presidential preference vote was held. Kennedy campaigned alone in the capital.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert
Humphrey
District of Columbia
Kennedy
Corry Area GI Wounded In Vietnam
Sgt. Richard E. Goodwill, a Corry area Marine, was wounded April 29 near Quang Tri Province. He sustained neck chest and arm injuries from an explosive device. His condition is serious but prognosis is fair. He is at the Third Medical Battalion hospital after serving in Vietnam since early this year. He formerly lived in Corry and left Corry Area High School in 1965 to enlist. He was home last December then extended for six months. Two nights before injury his tanks survived a Viet Cong attack.
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Corry
Vietnam
Richard Goodwill
R. D
Marine Corps
Richard E. Goodwill
Quang Tri Province
Question of donor death in Texas heart transplant case
Houston officials reported the donor was dead as surgeons led a sequence of heart transplants. J M Stuckwish of Alpine received a heart from a 36 year old. Clarence A Nicks of Houston had his heart transplanted after a tavern beating. Everett Claire Thomas of Phoenix recovered enough to eat, while James B Cobb of Alexandria was breathing unassisted after receiving a teenage donor heart. As legal and medical examiners weighed death criteria, consent and autopsy questions surfaced amid the high profile operations.
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Houston
Tex
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Eaid
J. M. Stuckwish
Alpine
Clarence A. Nicks
Stuckwish
Everett Claire Thomas
Phoenix
Ariz
Denton A. Cooley
Harris County
Joseph—Jachimeaul
Nicks
Pedro Caran
St. Luke’s Hospital
Caran
Saigon Siege Death Toll Rises Amid Western Front Push
U S command reports 2,002 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead and 931 wounded over three days of fighting around Saigon as a Western sector curfew tightens. Allied casualties total 201 killed and 931 wounded, including Americans, South Vietnamese. Thieu visits battle zones as U S air and artillery strikes continue.
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Saigon
U.S
Samon
Tan Son Nhut
AUS
Asi
Demilitarized Zone
Nguyen van Thieu
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
SP Probe Burglary Of Area Cottage
Corry State Police investigate a cottage burglary three miles south of Wattsburg on Farmers road. Albert P. Spiridovich reports items stolen include a toaster, table radio, coffee pot, sofa, and mounted deer head. Loss and damage total 154 dollars as leads are pursued.
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Corry
John Evanko
Albert P. Spiridovich
Erie
Spiridovich
Evanko
Wattsburg
Farmers Road
Corry Girl Struck After Alighting Bus Behind It
A year old Corry girl Tina Ploss escaped serious injury after stepping into a car’s path behind a school bus on White Street. The car, driven by Harlan Burlingame of Corry, stopped and then moved as she emerged from behind the bus. Burlingame and the girl’s mother drove her to a physician where she received treatment for bruises.
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Corry
Tina Ploss
Burton Ploss
Johnson Street
Harlan Burlingame
Burlingame
White Street
Heart transplant patient dies after rare complications
Houston AP bulletin reports one of three men who had heart transplants within five days of each other died today. James B. Cobb of Alexandria Louisiana died eight hours after unexpected complications emerged. The transplanted heart had not been rejected and functioned well until the unforeseen complications occurred.
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Houston, Tex
A. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
James, B. Cobb
Alexandria
Talks Intensify Threaten Major Vietnam War Escalation
Washington officials report intensified talks could force greater U S fighting as a six member delegation led by Ambassador at Large Harriman prepares to go to Paris for preliminary negotiations with Hanoi. Hanoi signals cautious optimism while Saigon notes heavy communist troop infil tration into South Vietnam with no new reinforcements reported.
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Washington
Paris
Hanoi
Ell Harriman
Nam
Ha van Lao
Xuang Thuy
Yorum Peets
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnamese
Harriman
Cyrus R. Vafice
Defense
Andrew Goodpaster
Vietnam
State Department
William Jorden
Wall W. Rostow
Daniel Davidson
Sargent Shriver
Auto Union Faces possible ouster from AFL CIO
Washington AP Walter Reuther led United Auto Workers renews threats to quit AFL CIO as dues go unpaid. Auto Workers about 250000 behind in three months, facing automatic expulsion May 15. Meany and AFL CIO council consider action amid reform demands and escalating split.
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Washington
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers'union
Afl-Cio
The
Auto Workers
George Meany
Atlantic City
Reuther
Auto-Workers
Meany
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ter
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