Parachutist’s First Jump Ends in River Tragedy
Laura Watson an 18 year old ETSU student from Spruce Pine North Carolina jumped from a light plane at about 3000 feet near the Nolichucky River in Jonesboro Tennessee Witnesses saw the main chute open but the canopy drifted toward the river She was swept downstream through rapids while rescuers failed to reach her before dark Rescue teams from Jonesboro Erwin and Johnson City resumed Sunday morning The USPA safety rules were reportedly waived by an instructor due to narrow river and low winds
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Jonesboro
Etsu Sport Parachute Club
Watson
Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Erwin
Johnson City
Thalian Hall Damaged in Wilmington Fire
Fire authorities estimated damage to the historic Thalian Hall at about $20,000 after a fire around noon Saturday. Built before the Civil War, the theater is the oldest continually operating on its original site in the United States. The Thalian Association operates the theater, part of a three story masonry building. Firefighters had flames under control in 30 minutes, but heavy smoke persisted. Cause of the blaze was not disclosed.
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Wilmington
N.C
United States
Thalian Association
Optacon lets blind read printed text via tactile image grid
Stanford scientist Dr. John Linvill introduces Optacon a pocket knife sized camera that photographs letters and translates them into tactile images on vibrating needles enabling a blind reader to feel characters. About 200 units built with Heidelberg institute and San Diego class using it. goal to simplify one handed use and boost independence.
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Los Angeles
Stanford University
Stanford
Optacon
John G. Linvill
Electrical Engineering
Dr. Linvill
Science Writers
Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc
New York
National Research Foundation
Heidelberg
Germany
San Diego
Linvill
Lindy Boggs Favored To Win Missing Hale Boggs Seat
Lindy Boggs, widow of Hale Boggs, is the strong favorite to defeat Robert E. Lee in the upcoming special election to fill the late congressman’s seat. She won 41,181 votes in the Democratic primary, ahead of Harwood Koppel with 11,954.
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New Orleans
Lindy Boggs
Robert E. Lee
Hale Boggs
Harwood Koppel
Boggs
House
Anchorage
Alaska
Juneau
Reporter's Hanoi Notebook Reveals War's Aftermath
Louise Hickman Stone reports from Hanoi and Haiphong after the cease-fire. She describes the Bach Mai Hospital wreckage and a city buzzing with Tet festivities amid war’s scars. Prisoners describe health, diet, and staged meals in southern prisons. Navy Lt. Joseph Kernan and Capt. Pete Callaghan are among the POWs named.
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Freedom
North Vietnam
Women’s International Democratic Federation
Nguyen van Thieu
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Navy
Joseph Kernan
Rockville
Air Force
Pete Callaghan
Long Island
Charlies Jackson
Denver
Colo
Drive-In Theatre Opens Showing Our Man Flint
Open at 6 30 P M for the Our Man Flint screening at the ee Drive-In Theatre located at 812 Greensbou reads as a local listing with business hours and venue. The ad notes current film title and venue address for patrons.
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Ee Drive-In
Greensbo
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