Fiery midair crash victims identified as two military planes collide
Searchers resumed the hunt for a sixth body from the Halifax County crash as two planes collided near Weldon. Authorities identified Sgt. Brown among four Air Force crew from MacDill and Lt. Green and Lt. Young from the Oceana Navy trainer. Ground crews reported no injuries on the ground amid burning wreckage and scattered debris.
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Halifax County
Air Force
Weldon
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Langley Air Force Base
Virginia
Ivey J. Lewis
Tactical Air Command
Langley
Francis G. Haiturewicz
Schenectady
N.Y
Ronald L. Edwards
Anderson, Ind
Sgt
Josep R. Brown
Abbeville, Ga
Sgt. Brown
George D. Green
Walter G. Young
Oceana Naval Station
Virginia Beach
Enfield
Antiwar Coffeehouse Trial Held In Columbia
The trial of UFO Coffeehouse operators Balk Ferre and Cohen resumed in General Sessions Court with potential midnight finish. Prosecutors argued Berkeley Barb passages are profane while defense seeks full newspaper consideration for jury. The padlocked venue served soldiers and draft-age students near Ft Jackson.
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Columbia
E. Harry Agnew
General Sessions Court
Berkeley Barb
California
Thomas D. Broadwater
John Foa
Ft. Jackson Army Training Base
Plutonium 238 Module From Apollo 13 Plunges to Pacific
A cask of plutonium 238 from the Apollo 13 lunar lander is expected to survive re entry and sink intact in the Pacific about 600 miles east of the splashdown. The Aquarius lunar lander itself will burn up on re entry while its plutonium unit remains intact. The fuel was designed to withstand earth re entry to avoid radiation release.
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Space Center
Houston
Pacific Ocean
Landslides Threaten Relief Efforts After Fatal Avalanche
In Lallanches France, rescue teams work through night under floodlights as more slides endanger workers retrieving victims from the Roc des Fiz avalanche that killed 72 at a children's tuberculosis sanatorium. Health Minister Boulin calls it unforeseeable. an official inquiry opens.
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Lallanches
France
Roc Des Fiz
Robert Boulin
Picasso Watches Film On Self
Pablo Picasso, 88, made an unannounced public appearance in Cannes to watch a film about himself. The event marks a rare public showing by the renowned artist at the film screening in France.
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Picasso
Cannes
France
Pablo Picasso
Asheville Blue Law Ruled Valid
A Superior Court judge ruled Asheville’s Sunday blue law constitutional and remanded eight sales staff defendants charged under the statute to police court. Judge Grist said the ordinance is a valid exercise of the city council’s prerogative, while noting he did not assess warrants’ validity.
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Asheville
William T. Grist
Sam Cathey
Grist
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632Nd
North Carolina
MacDill
Tampa, Fla
Navy
Oceana Naval Air Station
Norfolk
C. M. Talbott
Shaw Air Force Base
South Carolina
Tampa
Talbott
9Th Air Force
Shaw
W. B. Copenhaver
Dial
Pacific
Martins Cleaners
English Rd
Transco Inc
N. Main St
RCA
Wanite
the Fraser
Sige McLe Ahadel
Spencer-Parlier Bros
S. Main St
Atla Chemical Company Incorporated
Tommy Floyd
WBAY
Lexington
WLXN
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