Eight Puerto Rican Migrants Die As Car Plunges Into Creek
A carload of eight Puerto Rican migrants died when the vehicle plunged into a creek near Union Grove in Iredell County before dawn Sunday. The group on their way back from the Fiddler's Convention included families from Rocky Mount and Clayton. several other victims in North Carolina's Easter weekend toll were listed, with 31 deaths reported over the period and a yearly toll rising to 461.
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Puerto Ri-o
Santa
Francisco Sanchez
Soy
Thomas Wayne Amin
Cecil Edward Sharpe
Anford
Ronald Allen Lewis
Tocky Mount
John R. Lohmann
Feiffer College
Mack Weldon Mones
Dunn
Edwin Lee Od
Rt. 3
Kings Moun
Johnny R. Posten
China Grove
Otha Boddie
Louisburg
Lester Parris
Henderson
Marines Lose Aircraft in First Week of Combat
U S Marines reported losses during the initial week of combat. US bombers struck the A Shau Valley and central highlands near Kontum while authorities chased wreckage of two F111 aircraft. North Vietnamese claims conflict with US assessments of where wreckage remains and cause of losses.
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Five Children Die In Fire At Davisboro Home
In Davisboro Georgia five Holmes children died when a weekend house fire destroyed their residence. Sheriff J Buree Curry said parents Leroy and Mrs Holmes were away and the cause is undetermined. The victims were Tommy Lee 8 Geraldine 6 Willie 5 Kelley Denise 4 and Sylvia 2.
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J. Buree Curry
Washington County
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Tommy Lee
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Willie
Kelley Denise
Sylvia
Documentary Made In Durham Wins Film Festival Gold
An Atlanta International Film Festival award honors a Durham produced documentary No Handouts for Mrs Hedgepeth on poverty. The film portrays working poor life through Durham resident Mrs Fannie Hedgepeth and won best social welfare documentary.
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Colgate Ends Five Day Sit In Over Fraternity Discrimination
At Colgate University a five day sit in ends after 600 students and faculty leave the administration building. The settlement bars discrimination by fraternities and protects Phi Delta Theta members while suspending normal fraternity activities for two years.
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N.Y
Colgate University
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Phi Delta Theta
Barnett
Eighty-ThreeYear-Old Attacked on Way to Easter Mass
Charleston. An 83 year old man Andy Angelo was mugged Sunday near St. Francis Hospital chapel while en route to 6 am Mass. He was treated for facial cuts fat and other injuries at the hospital.
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North Vietnamese respond on prisoner exchanges during war talks
A Vietnamese official deflects questions on trading American pilots for North Vietnamese sailors. He stresses the main aim is to start talks and says releasing all American pilots is the ultimate goal once a framework is agreed. He rejects claims of mistreatment as unfounded.
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Hanoi
Forecasts by region with cooler outlook and ration notes
North and South Carolina see cooler shifts with lows in the 40s to 50s and daytime highs in the 60s to 70s through Tuesday. Virginia and Georgia follow a similar cool pattern with scattered showers likely Thursday. The note then covers ration details for cereals meat fish vegetables and clothing for prisoners while detailing limited prisoner exchanges and uncertainties about U S prisoner counts in North Vietnam.
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South Carolina
United States
Red Cross
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North Vietnam
Ambush Kills Four in DMZ Near Panmunjom Site
Two Americans and two South Koreans were killed in a cross DMZ ambush by North Korean forces near Panmunjom. Two American soldiers were wounded as two vehicles were fired on with heavy weaponry. The United Nations Command called the attack a grave violation and ordered a joint investigation.
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U.N. Command
Panmunjom
U.N
Chung Hee Park
North Korea
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Pueblo
U.S. 2Nd Infantry Division
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Munjom
Demilitarized Zone
Damon Runyon Jr. Killed in Washington Bridge Plunge
Da mon Runyon Jr. son of famed columnist Damon Runyon was killed in a 52 foot fall from P Street Bridge in Washington. The 50 year old reporter died at a hospital after the plunge. He began his career 32 years ago with INS and later wrote for the D C Examiner. Survivors include his widow and two children of Cincinnati Ohio.
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