Jetliner Crash Kills At Least 58 In Tokyo Bay
Canadian Pacific Airlines flight 402 from Hong Kong to Tokyo and beyond to the Americas crashed on landing at Tokyo International Airport. The jet slid past the runway into a wall amid fog and drizzle, killing dozens and injuring many including two Americans. Rescue teams faced difficulty in reaching bodies in the mangled fuselage.
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Miami
Bardell
Wien
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
Hong Kong
Vancouver
Mexico City
Lima
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Greatest Air Power Display Unleashed in Viet Nam War Drives
U S pilots resumed strikes on the Hanoi to Red China railway line as part of a broad air siege across North and South Viet Nam. Marines fought near Quang Ngai eight miles northwest and Saigon 20 miles northeast, facing heavy fire as 501 sorties were flown by the three services in 24 hours.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U S
Hanoi
Red China
U.S
Quang Ngai
Red River Valley
China
North
Tornado Toll Rises in Mississippi as Victims Sought
Rescue crews search rural areas east of Jackson for more tornado victims as Mississippi toll climbs to 57. Reports say homes are destroyed, people missing, and injuries rise across Jackson, Scott, and neighboring counties. One casualty is congressional candidate Joe Bullock.
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Miss
Mississippi
Highway Patrol
Obama
Larry Parks
Wqft-Fm
Forest
Scott County
Woodville Heights Baptist Church
Surat
Joe Bullock
Bullock
Agriculture and Industrial Board
Fork- CT
Scott Coun
Mass tornado hits Jackson Mississippi shopping center
Survivors recount a destructive Jackson tornado that smashed cars and buildings at Cardiestick Park. Debris, collapsed structures, and cries for help filled the scene as crews began searches amid swampy, rain-soaked streets. Authorities feared more bodies as the disaster stretched into Alabama with casualties and rescue units deployed.
UNC Chancellor Approves Talks by Two Communist Scholars
Acting UNC chancellor Carlyle Sitterson approved invitations to Vladimir Alexandrov of Moscow University and Dr Hanus Pabousek of Czechoslovakia to speak on campus. The university said the scholars have not replied. Sitterson issued the invitations February 28 amid policy allowing campus speakers to be exempt from prior veto by the chancellor.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Carlyle Sitterson
University of North Carolina At Chapel
Valdimir Alexandrov
Moscow University
Hanus Pabousek
Czechoslav Prague
Akia
U. S
Sitterson
University of North Carolina
Frank Wilkinson
Controversy Over Visiting Speakers At UNC Campus
Bek pte UNC student body plans to sue to allow Wilkinson rights to speak on campus. Wilkinson leads a national committee seeking to abolish the House Committee on Un American Activities and has served a jail term for refusing to answer questions. Invitations to Alexandrov and Pabousek align with a Feb 26 board policy and the adjusted Speaker Ban Law giving trustees and chancellors control over campus speakers.
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Alexandrov
Frederic E. Cleavland
Chapel Hii
Pi Sigma Alpha
Reese
Pabousek
John
Genoa
Policy Rider Planned To Silence Viet Nam War Support
Sen. George McGovern moves to add a policy rider to the emergency 415 million dollar foreign aid bill. He seeks a Senate record limiting Viet Nam war support and tying aid to stated policies, as debate shifts to costs and implications.
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Congress
George McGovern
D- 5.D
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
McGovern
Laos
Thailand
Dominican Republic
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Jim Ward
Fasano
Missis
Bob
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Mobile
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UNC
Harry Kelly
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