U S Sergeant Flees With Hercules Transport From England
Sgt Paul A Meyer the 23 year old ground crew chief took a four engine 130 Hercules from Mildenhall overnight after drinking. He piloted over the English Channel then radioed his Virginia wife before communications ceased. Air Force presumes the aircraft down at sea with fuel exhausted and Meyer missing.
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London
U.S
England
3Rd Air Force
Air Force
Mildenhall Air Base
Paul A. Meyer
Poquoson
Meyer
English Channel
Cherbourg
France
Virginia
Sgt. Meyer
USAF
Apollo 10 Probes Lunar Landing Sites Ahead of Return
Apollo 10 astronauts Stafford Young and Cernan charted the Moon surface for future landings. They photographed sites and tested navigation and LEM operations while noting a camera jam and floating insulation. They expect to return to Earth Monday after a Pacific splashdown near Pago Pago.
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Mission Control
Cernan
Stafford
Moon
Pacific Ocean
Pago Pago
Stafford, Young and
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin A. Aldrin
Sea of Tranquility
Crater
Moltke
Press Barred From Awards Ceremony
Washington AP reports newsmen and photographers were barred from a White House ceremony where Nixon presented two posthumous Medals of Honor for Vietnam heroes. The event was labeled private by deputy press secretary Gerald Warren. Wesley Hosking accepted for his father Charles E. Hosking Jr. and Don L. Michael was honored, with his father Roy O. Michael receiving the second medal.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Gerald —L.warren
Oval Office
Warren
Wesley . Hosking
Allendale
N.J
Charles E. Hosking Jr
Medal of Honor Awarded Posthumously to Army Spec 4 Don Michael
President Nixon awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Spec 4 Don Michael of Lexington in Lauderdale County. Michael single handedly destroyed a well concealed enemy bunker with grenades under heavy fire before being killed.
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Don L. Michael
Roy O. Michael
Lexington
Ala
Army
Don Michael
Lauderdale County
Nixon
Michael
Johnny Carson Named Performer of the Year
Johnny Carson was honored as performer of the year by the International Radio and Television Society in New York. He recalled a past incident of being chewed out by a station manager for oversleeping and said he would someday have his own network show and win an important award.
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New York
Johnny Carson
International Radio and Television Society
Carson
Americana
Zarson
Dr Christiaan Barnard Sued for Divorce in Cape Town
In Cape Town Supreme Court Dr Christiaan Barnard was ordered to restore conjugal rights to Aletta Barnard by July 20 or show cause by July 30 why a divorce decree should not be granted. Barnard absent from court due to a European tour. Dr Philip Blaiberg, world’s longest surviving transplant patient, leaves Groote Schuur Hospital after setback with no sign of heart rejection.
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Cape Town
Christiaan Barnard
Barnard’s
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
See ASTRONAUTS on Page 5 Names Needed
Notices call for area residents to submit addresses of relatives serving in Vietnam. The Decatur Daily invites servicemen addresses by June 10 for a June 15 publication to honor them ahead of July 4. Included is a local Magnavox dealer ad for Robinson Furniture Co.
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Vietnam
P.O. Box
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Robinson Furniture Co
Second* Avenue
Lady
Neighbor Charged In Slaying In Decatur
An unemployed roofer was shot to death in front of his mother's home in northwest Decatur. Police charged 67 year old Dallas Moore with murder after the early morning shooting of James Eddie Vinson aged 38 on 12th Avenue NW near his mother's residence.
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John McBnride
James Eddie Vinson
Dora
Decatur
Dallas Moore
12Th Ave
Morgan County
John McBride
Vinson
Dora Vinson
12Th Ave. NW
James
Warren Calls Guidelines Conference for Judges
Chief Justice Earl Warren summoned the 11 member Court Administration Committee to a Saturday meeting to discuss proposed rules on judiciary financial dealings. The session aims to address public doubt after Abe Fortas's resignation and considers bills requiring disclosure of judges income and investments.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Abe Fortas
U.S
Warren
Court“ Administration’ Committee
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit
District Courts
Congress
Fortas
Lee Warren
Lindbergh recalls Goddard moon voyage idea in 1929
Charles A. Lindbergh says Goddard told him in 1929 a multistage rocket to the moon was theoretically possible though costly. He notes a rough $1 million price tag then and cites Apollo’s $2.3 billion 1969 budget as context. The remarks were made at an Air Line Pilots Association meeting.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Pioneer Aviation
Robert Goddard
Lindbergh
Goddard
U.S
Guard Troops Clear A and T Campus Amid Violence
About 600 National Guardsmen swept the North Carolina A and T University campus firing tear gas and gunfire, routing dozens of students. One guardsman was wounded and several buildings were secured though one burned as weapons were seized. Police reported injuries in Greensboro and one student killed earlier this week.
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National
North Carolina University
National Guard
Greensboro
N.C
Markets of New York at a Glance
Markets of New York show stocks down in slack trading. Cotton edges lower while Chicago wheat and corn lead liquidation across grains. Oats ease with corn. Soybeans fall on selling. Hog futures decline 25 to 50 cents with 4,500 receipts at 26.00 top. Slaughter steers hold steady to 50 cents lower with 4,000 receipts and top at 37.00.
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New York
Chicago
Sirhan Sirhan Arrives on Death Row at San Quentin
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, convicted killer of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, reached Death Row at San Quentin after an undisclosed predawn flight from Los Angeles. State bids set for a Mobile River tunnel project, potentially costing up to 50 million dollars, with a July 29 bid date. Titan 3 rocket launches from Cape Kennedy place five military payloads in orbit, including two Sentry satellites.
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San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
San Quentin Prison
Los Angeles
Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
Robert Kendall
Mobile River
Cape Kennedy
Fla
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Lunar
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter
Johnny
Mrs. Barnard
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Tennessee
Memphis
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THE
Associated Press
Lewis C. Dowdy
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