Four Paratroopers Killed as Plane Wing Hits Jumpers
At Ft Bragg Holland drop zone an Air Force C 130 wing struck paratroopers during a mass jump killing four soldiers and injuring eight. The jump involved about 1 500 men in formations of three planes and the victims were from the 504th Infantry and Strike Command. The dead and wounded were taken to Womack Army Hospital.
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FT. Bragg, N. C
Ft. Bragg
Holland Drop Zone
Ft. Bragg Reservation
Dpsnen
Xvii Airborne Corps ‘Public Information Office
504Th Infantry
Strike Command
Womack Army Hospital
Business mood brightens as Johnson nears 100 days
New York AP reports many business leaders across the country say the economy’s mood has improved under President Johnson. Executives cite higher planned capital spending and optimistic outlooks, while some warn the change may be illusory or temporary.
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New York
Johnson
Ben
Gilmer
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co
Atlanta
Baker refuses to talk at senate hearing in contempt threat
Washington AP Bobby Baker refused to testify about duties as secretary to the Senate's Democratic majority and was warned he could be cited for contempt. The former page boy and associate Edward Bennett Williams invoked self incrimination protection as questions and subpoenaed documents were resisted. The hearing in the packed caucus room drew TV cameras and clashes over statements by Williams.
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Washington (Ap
Bobby Baker
Senate
Wrenpgeeen
Baker
Edward Bennett Williams
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Williams
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Hoover Suffers Setback in Health at 89
Former President Herbert Hoover, aged 89, is described by doctors as in a serious setback with fever, bed rest, and bleeding from the right kidney likely due to a kidney stone, complicating a respiratory infection while he is confined to his Waldorf Astoria suite.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Waldorf-Astoria
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Maj
Gordon Cooper ,Jr
Johnson weighs farm rights swap amid civil rights delay offer
Democratic leaders proposed a farm bill exchange for a brief pause in civil rights action. A presidential OK would enable the Senate to hold the House civil rights bill in storage while debating a wheat cotton measure, postponing a lengthy filibuster to about March 2. The Senate awaited final action on an $11.5 billion tax cut as Johnson pressed for early civil rights action.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Impor
Fifth Juror Named For Ruby Trial In Dallas
Dallas reports the fifth juror in Jack Ruby's murder trial, Douglas J. Sowell, 33, a jet airplane mechanic, was sworn in as the pace of juror selection quickened. Sowell admitted doubts about a conspiracy and said he had seen the Oswald shooting on television.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Douglas J. Sowell
Sowell
Tme
Luther E. Dickerson
Ruby
Lee Jarvey Oswald
Oswald
Vietnam War News and Ruby Trial Fragments
Disjointed reports from Saigon and Washington describe a large Viet Cong operation near the Cambodian border with heavy fighting and a U.S. Embassy drive for input on countermeasures. Separately, courtroom testimony in Dallas ties Dickerson to defense strategy in the Ruby Oswald case as jurors and polygraph issues arise.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
Belli
Dicker
Cular
Henry Wade
Dickerson
Newson
Senate
Parts Recovered No Survivors Seen After Jetliner Crash
An Eastern Air Lines four engine jetliner with 58 aboard vanished minutes after leaving New Orleans for Atlanta and crashed in Lake Pontchartrain. Coast Guard recovered parts of the aircraft including seats and equipment, clothing and luggage, with signs the plane exploded in air or on impact. Debris spread over a wide area about six miles south of the lake's north shore.
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New Orleans
Eastern Air Lines
Mexico City
New York
Lake Pontchartrain
Coast Guard
Una
Lake Pontchartrail
Eastern
New Orleans International
Atlanta
New Orleans International Airport
Deputy Testifies At Trial in Monroe Kidnapping Case
Deputy H C Dutton testified that John C Lowery admitted moving the car used in an interracial kidnapping of a white couple after a race riot in Monroe on August 27 1961. Lowery said he moved the vehicle to the front of Robert Williams home to clear the street and looked through Williams house window but did not enter.
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Howard D. Criswell Jr
Associated Press
Monroe
N.C
H. C. Dutton
John C. Lowery
Flushing
N.Y
Dutton
Lowery
G. Bruce Stegall
Stegall
Robert Williams
William
Kinstler
New York
Williams
Freedom House
Marine chief on Vietnam war aims and Khanh leadership
In a brief interview with General Greene he assessed the Vietnam War’s military situation praising South Vietnam’s leaders including Premier Nguyen Khanh as competent. He noted plans to push anti-Communist efforts behind enemy lines and observed that the drive would be long term rather than overnight.
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Greene
South Viet Nam
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Khanh
Sein Premate
Rip Fee
Ers
Marine Om
Russians Back Red Guerrillas in South Viet Nam Support Pledged
The Soviet Union announced via Tass its pledge to aid Communist guerrillas fighting American-advised troops in South Vietnam. Tass stressed solidarity with the freedom and independence struggle and said assistance would be provided, though specifics were not given.
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Reinhold Gensz
Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
South Viet Nam
Tass
United
Eastern Air Lines workers among jet crash victims
Charlotte residents Louise A. Gminski and Virgil Thorpe, both employees at Eastern Air Lines, were aboard the four engine jet that crashed into Lake Pontchartrain after taking off from New Orleans en route to Atlanta. The 58 passengers included their transfer plans and destination to New York.
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Charlotte
N.C
Eastern Air Lines
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Louise A. Gminski
Virgil 5. Thorpe
Atlanta
New York
Gminski
Stephen M. Gminski
Wauwatosa
Wis
Thorpe
Miss Gminski
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Cris Dobbins
Idea Cement Co
Neil Roberts
Denver U. S. National Bank
Edwin P. Neilan
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
LBJ
Lee Harvey Oswald
Melvin Belli
Joe B. Brown
Joe Tonnhill
Ina
Fred S. Hoffman
Fromtion
Republic
Arej
Thej
Wallace M. Greene
Bothi
Bridge Weather
Eastern Airlines
Fay Ellis
Dist
Kennedy
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