Jet Bomber Crashes Near Denton Amidst Spectator Panic
The eight crewed B12G jet crashed on Frank and Lockabill farms near Denton causing a massive crater and fires. Spectators swarmed the site blocking highways until officers dispersed them. An Air Force captain was found dead in a tree. Brig. Gen. Perry Hoisinton led the investigation with Seymour Johnson AFB.
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Thomasville Radio Club
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Bob Reed
Thomasville
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Dow Afb
Maine
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United State
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820Th Air Division
Plattsburg Afb
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Congress urged to probe Birch Society over charges
Welch calls for a Senate inquiry into alleged misconduct by Kuchel and supports an apology to Eisenhower Warren Roosevelt Truman and others. Hiestand admits Birch ties and Eastland says no inquiry has been asked. Reuss asks un american activities panel to investigate but Walter cites no evidence for action.
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Welch
Senate
Eisenhower
Warren
Edgar W. Hiestand
R-Calif
Birch Society
Hiestand
Congress
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Internal Security Subcommittee
Inquirers
J. G. Sourwine
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
U S Holds Firm On Laos Policy
U S officials say cease fire must come first before any 14 nation conference on Laos. Secretary Rusk returns from India and SEATO talks to brief President Kennedy. Soviet position awaiting China and North Vietnam talks. China and Pathet Lao denounce cease fire. Soviet airlift of arms continues despite brief rain delays near Vientiane.
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Laos
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
New Delhi
India
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Bangkok
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Kennedy
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Burma
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Khrushchev
China
Viet Nam
Britain
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Canada
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Washington
Vientiane
Mekong River
Snow Lifts Hurdles for Meriden Shopbreakers
In Meriden Connecticut thieves used a sledge hammer to breach a supermarket and escape unseen behind a tall snow bank on the sidewalk as police noted the weather aided the break in.
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Meriden, Conn
Shannon Loses On Luck Of Irish In Oklahoma City
Patrick Shannon asked to be arraigned on March 17 and pleaded innocent to robbery in District Court. On St Patrick’s Day he changed his plea to guilty but was sentenced by Dist Judge Clarence Mills to 10 years in state prison for robbing a grocery store of 1500 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Patrick Shannon
Shannon
St. Patrick's Day
Clarence Mills
Smith and Companions Arrested in Washington Robbery Case
Smith and two companions, stranded by a car with no gas, were arrested three days later in Washington in connection with a robbery. Smith later drew a sentence of 12 to 36 years. He was linked to a murder when he attempted to flush a ring down a jail drain as Schroeder’s fiancée testified she had given the Marine the ring.
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Washington
Castro A Duffer Says He Can Beat Ike JFK
Havana reports say Fidel Castro and Ernesto Guevara claim they can beat Eisenhower in golf. Caddies describe Castro’s swing as awkward and compare his game to a machete swing. They note his poor score on the Villareal course and his boast he can beat Kennedy.
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Castro
Ike
Jfk
Havana
Fidel Castro
Isenhower
Villareal
Fidel
Kennedy
Ernesto Guevara
Eisenhower
Guevara
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Navy converts battleship gun into submarine test chamber
In Portsmouth Virginia a 16 inch battleship gun has been repurposed as a pressure chamber to test submarine models at simulated ocean depths beyond previous limits. The converted gun rests in a shore facility where engineers push models to extreme pressure to study hull integrity and performance under deep sea conditions.
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Portsmouth, Va
Navy
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