Point Pleasant Silver Bridge Collapse Tragedy
A historic Ohio River span near Point Pleasant WV swayed and plunged into the river after hours of warning and heavy traffic. Rescue divers worked through near freezing water as families mourned, with James White missing and many from Point Pleasant and Gallipolis affected by the disaster.
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Frederick H. Treesh
Point Pleasant
W.va
UPI
Main Street
Ohio River
Ohio
Bright McCausland
Kanauga
Ohio Valley
Walter
Liver Bridge
W. Va
Jimmy White
Bobby Kennedy
Hoover Bridge
Stetson
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Gallipolis
Silver Bridge
Yatter 7
Tthe Courthouse
Shopaminit Grocery
Capital Finance Co
Sixth Street
Great Lakes
mid-Atlantic
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Tsa
Silver
James White
David
Rony
Hey
Pas Point Pleasant High
White
Gand Sooking
Point Pleasant ¢ High
Ahletic
Soviets Claim Victory Over U S In Spy War
Moscow reports from the KGB and Pravda boast that Soviet intelligence outwitted the United States in covert exchanges about military strength and Western espionage. It cites captured U S attaches at Orsha, denounces fabricated Western data, and promotes Harold Philby as a hero of communism while claiming parity with Western intelligence capabilities.
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Moscow
U.s
United States
Afonov
Chek
KGB
Pravda
Cmde
Robert B. Batherst
Robert E. Luchaw
Dake
Orsha
Soviet Union
Lzvestia
Harold A
Philby
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Money Needed to Fight Riots in U S Slums
In Washington, Senator Edward Brooke says Congress must spend heavily to relieve riot torn slums, likening the effort to the Vietnam War. Senator Fred Harris warns riots could recur next summer without changed social conditions, while Brooke and Harris discussed findings on NBC Meet the Press. Republicans plan a civil rights bill for the next session.
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Washington
Edward W. Trocke
Mass
Svisory
Congress
America
Brooke
Senate
United States
Civil’ Disorders
Comimisssion
Fred R. Harris
Rokla
Las
Harris
NBC
Meet the Press
Nam
Black Power
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Rap Brown
Herbert J. Gans
Columbia University
South Africa
Gans
House
Rickenbacker Venting at Toronto Airport Reception
Former World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker, 77, arrived at Toronto International Airport to promote his autobiography and was displeased by the turnout. He told a publisher's representative that the crowd was poor and complained that “you bums don’t know any turnout.” He had shot down 26 German aircraft and was decorated 14 times.
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Toronto
Dle Rickenbacker
Representa
Rickenbark
Joan Kennedy Narrates Child's Christmas Tale at Constitution Hall
Joan Kennedy wife of Edward Kennedy dressed in a yellow gown narrated the Christmas tale Peter and the Wolf with the National Symphony conducted by Arthur Fiedler at Constitution Hall. The Washington Post praised her poised delivery and maternal warmth, likening the reading to a late afternoon family gathering.
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Washington
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