Six Die In Explosion At Reptile Farm Near Pocono Mountain
A predawn fire caused a 15 ton truckload of dynamite and explosive chemicals to detonate, killing six people and demolishing a reptile farm that displayed 150 snakes to visitors at Pocono Mountain resort. Ten others were injured and damage exceeded half a million dollars, including to an elementary school about 300 yards away.
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Lee Linder
Stroudsburg
Monroe County General Hospital
American Cyanamid Co
Albert Koda
Port Carbon
Koda
Albert Wada
Wada
Oil executives warn of government controls hindering industry
J G Pew senior vice president of Sun Oil Co told an oil meeting that growing government interference is the oil industry's major problem. He cited depletion allowances attacks, gas regulation, import restrictions and high taxes as hurting investment, jobs and profits.
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Shreveport
UPI
J.G. Pew
Sun Oil Co
Pew
International Oil Scouts Association
Arkansas Louisiana Weather Outlook
Arkansas clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change through Sunday. Southeast thundershowers possible late in the day. Louisiana partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with scattered showers near the coast and widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers elsewhere. Highs range from 88 to 96 in Arkansas and 88 to 94 in Louisiana.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Only Four On Primary Ballot For Democrats
Gov Orval Faubus faces three challengers in the Democratic gubernatorial primary Joe Hubbard of Russellville Odell Dorsey of Sheridan and R D Burrow of Walnut Ridge make the ballot the shortest in state history County and local contests appear on ballots but only the gubernatorial race has multiple Democratic candidates Harvey G Combs says certification law allows unopposed candidates to advance to November without additional ballots
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Little Rock
Orval. E. Faubus
Joe Hubbard
Russellville
Odell Dorsey
Sheridan
R. D. Burrow
Walnut Ridge
Constitutional
Harvey G. Combs
Western Big Three challenge Soviet East German treaty
The United States Britain and France charged that the Moscow East German treaty seeks to perpetuate Germany's division. They urged anew to pursue a reunified Germany in freedom, affirming a six point declaration on Berlin and Germany while expressing skepticism about Soviet willingness to move toward real reunification. The note reiterates Bonn as the only legitimate German government and limits on East German frontiers as a demarcation line.
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Washington
Soviet Union
East Germany
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Kremlin
Bonn
Bofin
East
Governor appeals Mississippi search for missing civil rights workers
Gov Paul B Johnson urged Neshoba County residents to aid the hunt for Michael Schwerner Andy Goodman and James Chaney missing since Sunday night Assuring cooperation among white Negro and Indian citizens he said sailors join the effort and warned the case may last long Authorities found the trio's burned station wagon northeast of town with questions lingering about their fate and possible Mississippi location
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Philadelpha
Miss
Paul B. Johnson
Red Clay Hill
Neshoba County
Johnson
Neshoba
United States
Mississippi
State Highway Patrol
Joe
White House
Here
Gwin Cole
Cole
Michael Schwerner
Andy Goodricah
New York City
James Chaney
Washington
Allen W. Dulles
New Chance on The Torch Is Passed Book Order
Daily News and Evening Times readers may place orders for The Torch Is Passed, a best seller on Kennedy tragedy. Mail orders to News-Times Box 350 El Dorado Arkansas or to Poughkeepsie New York address provided. One or more copies may be ordered.
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Daily News
Evening Times
Kennedy
News-Times
el Dorado
Ark
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Vietnamese Carriers Battle Viet Cong Near Tay Ninh
Vietnamese armored carriers charged a Viet Cong force near Tay Ninh in a major battle that lasted six hours and left possibly 100 enemy dead. Government casualties were five killed and 29 wounded as U.S. advisers reported the clash amid a war pace uptick.
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Bauco
South Viet Nam
Saigon
William C. Whetmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Tay Ninh
Thomas L. Ledbetter
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Special Services
Soui da
James L. Talley
Mesa
Ariz
Harry A. Walling
Spring Lake
Positio
Petitions Filed for Permanent Arkansas Voter System
Petitions gathered to place a permanent voter registration amendment on the November ballot total 47 749 signatures though 30 800 were required to qualify. The amendment would create a county clerk run free registration program with a July 2 deadline and could exceed 50 000 signatures.
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Little Rock
Secretary of State
H. D. Luck
Arkadelphia
Committee For Voter Registration
Bank Robbery in Marmaduke Ends With Arrests
A man and a woman robbed the Marmaduke Security Bank branch taking 498 dollars in 61 bills after locking a vault. A Michigan couple, Henry Ahlf and Shirley Furhman, were later arrested nearby on a county road three miles south of Boydsville, Clay County, aided by sheriff and state police.
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Henry Wallace Ahif
Wyandott
Mich
Hopewell
Here
Shirley Elaine Furhman
Lincoln Park
Davidson
Ahlf
Claudia Beaton
Clay County
Leon Beaton
Walnut Ridge
David Donaldson
State Game and Fish Commission
U.N. Takes Up Cyprus Plan After Talks Fail
U S Undersecretary George W. Ball reports to U Thant at the United Nations as Washington seeks a Cyprus solution after Greece and Turkey decline to negotiate. Ball meets Tuomioja, Inonu, and Papandreou, while Papandreou calls for unlimited independence for Cyprus.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
United Nations
Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
U.S
George W. Ball
New York
U Thant
Johnson
Washington
Ismet Inonu
George Papandreou
Ball
Sakari S. Tuomioja
Finland
U.N
Papandreou
Scranton Pushes Five Point Plan On Automation
Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton proposed a five point program to address automation. The plan calls for removing restrictions on automation, shared responsibility by labor and management, a nationwide retraining effort, education aligned to the new economy with added federal funds, and a national job matching clearing house. He criticized President Johnson and GOP ostrich remarks and timed remarks before a Detroit fundraiser as he lobbied Michigan delegates.
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Richard L. Graves
Detroit
Michigan
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Johnson
GOP
Scranto
Detroit Press Club
Lansing
San Francisco
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