Ceremony marks dive meet open
The International Age Group championships opened at Point Mallard with divers from five nations. United States athletes led by AAU officials were introduced as youngsters aged under 16 gathered for the week long competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Parham
Point Mallard Olympic
United States
Amateur Athletic Union
AAU
Gloria Thompson
Terry Chandler
Robert Pydre
Bill Levin
Ohio
Texas
California
Washington
New York
Michigan
Ann McDivitt
79 Aboard As Jetliner Goes Down Near Tahiti
Pan American jetliner with 69 passengers and 10 crew crashed into the sea after takeoff for Los Angeles near Tahiti. One survivor and 12 bodies recovered as authorities report the toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahiti
Papeete
Los Angeles
Explosions Rattle Port au Prince Palace Fire
Reports say explosions continued in the Port au Prince presidential palace district as a fire touched off a large munitions storage area. A Canadian survivor was rescued as searchers scoured the sea area near Papeete after a Boeing 707 crash from Auckland to Los Angeles.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Papeete
Teva
Auckland
New Zealand
Los Angeles
Pan American
Papeete Harbor
Jury Selected in Lampkin Murder Trial in Hartselle
A jury of 11 men and 1 woman was chosen to try Ellis Lampkin for first degree murder in the Oct 15 1972 shooting death of Reuben Orr at a Hartselle home during a dispute over $5 in a craps game. District Attorney Mike Moebes outlined the indictment and stated he would present witnesses. defense attorney Sherman Powell Jr. represents Lampkin.
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Ellis Lampkin
Danville
Reuben Orr
Hartselle
Dist
Mike Moebes
Moebes
Orr
J. W. Orr
Pennylane
Sherman Powell Jr
Queen Elizabeth II Names Four Women to Peerages
On This Date in 1958 Queen Elizabeth II named four women to peerages making them the first female peers to sit in Britain's House of Lords. The brief item notes the historic milestone and reflects on the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth iI
Britain
House of Lords
Nixon Denies Access To Tapes
President Nixon refuses Senate Watergate investigators and Archibald Cox access to White House tapes citing executive privilege. He writes to Sam Ervin that he will address publicly later, upholding separation of powers and protecting confidential presidential documents.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Watergate
White House
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate Watergate Committee
Congress
House
Counsel’s Office
Special Watergate
Archibald Cox
Cox
Charles Alan Wright
University of Texas
Wright
1 000 Amphetamines Taken In Drug Raid
Police seized more than 1 000 amphetamines and barbituates in a Southeast Decatur raid. Mrs Lennis L Curtis 43 1806 Martin St SE was arrested on illegal possession charges after a search warrant found drugs in the home.
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Decatur
Ken Collier
Lennis L. Curtis
Martin St. SE
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