Viet Nam Veteran Recalls Horrific Copter Collision
Viet Nam veteran describes the training-flight crash near Fort Benning in Columbus Georgia where 18 soldiers died in a collision of two Army UH-1 helicopters. The two choppers struck during low altitude formation. four others were in the two remaining craft. Victims were from Company B and C of the 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, assigned to the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 11th Air Assault Division.
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Columbus
Viet Nam
John A. Heintges
Ft. Benning
Wade Ladue
Information Office
Southeast Asia
38Th Infantry
2Nd Infantry Division
11Th Air Assault Division
Downed Interceptor Sought After East of Hallsboro
A downed F101 interceptor prompted a search three miles east of Hallsboro, North Carolina. Pilot Captain Thomas E. Staub and radar observer Captain John B. Serjeant ejected and landed safely, then were flown to Myrtle Beach by helicopter. The aircrew from Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts were on a cross country training mission with Seymour Johnson AFB North Carolina as their destination.
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
Hallsboro
Thomas E. Staub
John B. Serjeant
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
N. C
Air Defense Command
60Th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
26Th Air Div
Otis
Girl Points To person Involved In Court In Spartanburg
A 14 year old girl identifies a man as the person who confronted her on December 17 while she baby sat. The defendant Cannon a 22 year old Black man faces trial before an all white jury with testimony about the girl’s later finding herself in a car careen. Doctors testified the girl had sexual relations.
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Spartanburg
Cannon
Extradition Refused In Northwest Prison Escape Case
Governor Dan Evans refused to extradite 60 year old Raymond Horace Nichols to North Carolina for the 19 year old prison camp escape. Nichols had fled to Washington and settled in Seattle after his arrival here.
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Olympia
Wash
Dan Evans
Raymond Horace Nichols
North Carolina
Nichols
Washington
Seattle
Health Warning Bill Cleared For House Debate
The House Rules Committee advanced a bill requiring health warnings on cigarette packages. Authored by Rep. Walter Rogers, the measure approved May 27 by the Commerce Committee would place the label "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous To Your Health" on all U.S. cigarette packs, while banning FTC warnings in advertising.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Walter Rogers
D-Tex
House Commerce Committee
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Escapee From North Carolina Mental Institution Sought
Gunshot or threat aided the 20 year old Albert McQueen and five other inmates as they fled the Negroes state hospital. They cut a fence in a breezeway and escaped after taking a key from a guard with glass and slugging another with a pipe. Police pursued the six escapees and captured five within hours.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Albert McQueen
Uaaly
Patterson
North Carolina Bank Debits Show Broad Rise in May
The Federal Reserve Bank reports a sharp rise in North Carolina business activity for May. Charlotte leads with a 24 percent increase in bank debits totaling $1,066,859,000, while Greensboro High Point up 12 percent to $468.45 million, Asheville up 10 percent to $133.95 million, Raleigh up 7 percent to $586.70 million, and Winston Salem up 7 percent to $433.31 million.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank
Greensboro High Point
Asheville
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Santa Marta: oldest permanent South American settlement
Santa Marta in Colombia traces its founding to 1525, marking the region as the oldest continuous settlement in South America. The historic town centers on colonial era missions and early Spanish exploration along the Caribbean coast.
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South America
Santa Marta
Colombia
Inmate Tries Escape But Fails, Stuck in the Hole
A inmate attempted an escape but became stuck in a hole. Eight inmates remained confined in the ward as authorities responded and secured the area.
Wilson in Danger of Political Fall
Prime Minister Harold Wilson faces mounting danger of electoral defeat as Labour struggles with May trade deficits and a wobbling pound. Polls show Conservative gains and Labour admits national performance remains insufficient since October’s narrow three vote victory in the House of Commons.
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Wilson
Arthur L. Gavshon
London
Harold Wilson
Labor
Gallup
House of Commons
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