Three Airmen Survive Helicopter Crash Off North Carolina
Five airmen were reported missing after a helicopter vanished off Wilmington 30 miles off shore. A Coast Guard search found two rafts with survivors and a third man later, while a body was recovered and two others remained missing. The survivors were rescued by a Marine helicopter and taken to Cherry Point. Names include Lt Peter J. Nelson and Lt(jg) William Thomas Foley.
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Morehead City
N. C
Ft. Macon
Marine Corps
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
Coast Guard
Upright
Lake, N.J
Wilmington
N.C
Navy
Peter J. Nelson
Wrangell
Alaska
J.g
William Thomas Foley
Lakehurst
N. J
Thomas Lee Angros
Virginia Beach
Arthur Raymond Hanson
Franklin
Mass
George Frederick Takla
Brooklyn
N. Y
Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force
Nelson
Foley
Hanson
Possible Viet Cong tunnel complex uncovered in Vietnam
Radio contact with the helicopter en route from Lejeune North Carolina to the Taconic amphibious ship was lost Wednesday at 6 45 p m. The craft, believed to have only a five minute fuel supply left, was about 20 miles from Taconic and 135 miles from the military camp.
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Lejeune
N. C
Taconic
North Carolina
Tunnel complex found in Iron Triangle HQ claim
U S forces probing a vast tunnel 25 miles northeast of Saigon in the Iron Triangle, believed to be the Viet Cong 4th Military Region headquarters. Brig Gen Richard Knowles reports maps weapons booby traps and guerrillas found as part of a larger operation with about 30 000 allied troops. Air strikes continue against North Vietnamese rail yards with missing aircraft and crews.
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Rach Kien
Iron Triangle
U.S
Cedar Falls
Saigon
196Th Light Infantry
Richard T. Knowles
Red River
An Xuyen
States allow underage bus drivers despite proposed rule
North Carolina and South Carolina may keep using pupil drivers under 18 as school buses. Labor Secretary Wirtz suspended a new regulation banning their use, affecting 16 states including Virginia. A survey of state operations will guide a final decision by July. Governor Dan Moore welcomed the suspension.
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Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Willard Wirtz
Virginia
Wirtz
Raleigh
Dan Moore
Purged Chinese Leaders Said to Die by Own Hand
An improvised wall newspaper from the 235th army detachment in Peking claims Lo Jui-ching and Po I-po killed themselves amid Maoist purges. It also cites Teng Hsiao-ping and Yang Hsiu feng, with Red Guard reactions and prior rumors of Lo’s suicide, though no confirmation exists from official agencies.
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Tokyo
Peking
Red China
Lo Jui-ching
Po I-po
235Th Army
Communist Party
Teng Hsiao-ping
Mao Tsetung
Yang Hsiufeng
Supreme People’s Court
Taipei
China
Wall
Belgrade
Tanjug
Peking Radio
New China News Agency
Moore to Seek Anti-Violence Measures in NC
Gov Dan Moore announced plans to ask the 1967 North Carolina General Assembly to tighten laws against intimidation. He spoke after meeting with his law and order committee formed to monitor the Ku Klux Klan. Recommendations will cover bombings cross burnings and rewards for information facts endorsed by the committee.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
North Carolina General Assembly
Moore
Law and Order
General Assembly
Soviets Grow Uneasy Over China Tensions
Moscow reports show top Soviet leaders visiting eastern Siberia and Poland with Kremlin warnings that Peking's policy has entered a new dangerous stage. A Red Star article notes schoolchildren in the Far East region near Red China undergoing military training, signaling heightened tension in the region and within the Communist world.
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Moscow
Siberia
Poland
Kremlin
Peking
Red China
Red Star
Pravda
China
Baker says Johnson sent him to Kerr in 1962 loan
In his defense testimony Baker recounted going to the vice president about serious financial trouble in July 1962. He said the vice president advised him to contact Senator Kerr for a loan arrangement, and Kerr helped arrange a $250,000 loan.
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Baker
Johnson
Kerr
Washington
Bobby Baker
Capitol
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Talks Begin On Missile Problem
Washington AP State Department says US started talks with Russia on avoiding an ABM arms race and indicates Soviet interest. Spokesman McCloskey notes Rusk and Dobrynin have been in contact since Moscow visit three weeks earlier with focus on antiballistic missiles.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Russia
Robert J. McCloskey
Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Wreckage Found of KC135 Tanker Missing Near Spokane
Spokane, Wash. AP The KC135 jet tanker missing since Thursday night over rugged terrain northeast of Spokane has been sighted. No signs of life were reported. Air Force Col. Woodrow Abbott said a possible survival radio signal did not confirm survivors. The aircraft was approaching Fairchild AFB from Hickam Field Hawaii when radar contact was lost after 6 p.m. The search centered on Mount Spokane and Rathdrum Bald with civilian snowcat drivers assisting in the rugged area.
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Spokane
Wash
Here
Air Force
Jerry Ells
Rathdrum Bald
Forve
Woodrow Abbott
92Nd Aerospace Wing
Fairchild Air Force Base
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Mystery aircraft search expands to Mount Kit Carson area
Radar film study suggests the plane veered east by strong winds and Idaho Washington search bases are set near Twin Lakes north of Mount Spokane. Mrs Ervin Stradley reported a loud thump west of her home around 6 p m and her children described a burning object and eerie screams from the western slope of Mount Kit Carson.
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Mount Kit Carson
Air Force
Idaho- Washington
Idaho
Panhandle
Twin Lakes
Mount Spokane
Was
Ervin L. Stradley
Santo Domingo Seethes After American Exit
The Dominican capital remains tense after U S troops withdraw as banners praise Bosch and Balaguer. Voters fear a new revolution within months while locals blame imperialist meddling and loyalty to Trujillo era forces.
Storm Worsens in Pacific Northwest With Violent Winds
A Pacific Ocean storm drove heavy rain snow and hurricane force winds into Washington and Oregon with gusts up to 93 m p h at Cape Blanco Oregon and up to 110 in gusts. The Coast Guard reported a seaman missing after being swept from a Norwegian freighter near Newport Oregon.
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Associated Press
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Oregon
Rockies
Air Force
Spokane
Wash
Fairchild Air Force Base
Point St. George
Calif
Fort Bragg
Cape Blanco
Midwest
Minnesota
Coast Guard
Seattle
Newport
Ore
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Army Wall Newspaper
Mao
Red Flag
Peking People’s Daily
Shanghai Red Guard
Hong Kong
Poi-Po
State Economic Commission
Politburo
Army
Eese
Eee
Santo Domingo
By Pete Hamil
Alliance
Plaza Independencia
Bosch
Bonnerly
Balaguer
Juan Bosch
Europe
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillista
Trujillo
Americas
Dominican Republic
Puerto Nuevo
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