Six Die In Headon Collision On Maryland Highway
Six people were killed when a tractor trailer collided head on with a car on U.S. 301 near Sadlersville Maryland. A second truck crashed down an embankment as the scene burned with bodies scattered along a guard rail and in the wreckage. The truck driver burned in a ditch was found near the cab. A New York registered car bore most of the fatalities. Rescue squads worked for hours to recover all victims.
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Baltimore
Maryland
New York
U.S. 301
Sadlersville
Jack David Heavner
Newton
N.C
Heavner
Kent County Rescue Squad
Pleasant Weather Prevails Across Much of Nation
Pleasant weather prevailed nationwide with scattered wet spots after severe central storms. Damaging wind rain and hail hit Missouri Texas and Oklahoma while Ozark hills received heavy rains. Tornadic winds reported in Midland Texas and frigid bands spanned Mississippi Arkansas and Oklahoma. Temperatures in the 70s stretched from the Gulf Coast north to western Tennessee and southern Kansas.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Ozark Hills
Henderson
Springfield
Joplin
Carthage
Willow Springs
Arkansas
Midland
Tex
Stockton
Gulf Coast
Tennessee
Kansas
Plateau
Mystery Turbulence Crash On Flight 705 Probed
Coast Guard found the flight recorder and other instruments in a hangar at Opa Locka as investigators reviewed Flight 705 which was at 19 400 feet when it suffered a 3 2 downward thrust. A Miami bound Apache following the same route at 3 000 feet reported no problems. Charles Collar studied wall charts and 705 notes while voicing doubt about turbulence tearing apart an aircraft.
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Coast Guard
Opa. Locka
705
Miami
Charles Collar
Use Of Police Dogs Questioned
Washington AP reports growing debate over police dogs used to quell protests in Birmingham Providence and London. Civil rights groups protest while police chiefs cite training cooperation and psychological effects. Cities such as St Louis Baltimore Chicago and others have or studied canine units.
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Birmingham
Ala
Congress
Providence
R.1
London
International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc
Uique
Baltimore
St. Louis
Police Chiefs Association
Chicago
Miami
Houston
New Orleans
Atlanta
District of Columbia
Salt Lake City
Richmond
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Virginia
Delaware
Hecker Cleared in Thresher Disaster Inquiry
Navy clears Lt Cmdr Stanley W. Hecker of blame in the Thresher sinking inquiry. A naval court withdrew Hecker from the case confirming his actions aboard USS Skylark did not contribute to the loss. The court had censured him previously for not informing higher authorities promptly.
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N.H
Navy
Thresher
Naval Court of Inquiry
Boston
Cmdr
Stanley W. Hecker
Hecker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Skylark
Atty
Lous P. Gray III
New London
Adm
Lawson P. Ramage
Atlantic Fleet
Tobacco price support and untied leaf sales set for 1963
The Agriculture Department outlined its 1963 price support schedule for 155 grades of tobacco with a crop wide average of 56.6 cents per pound, up from 1962. Untied leaf sales will be permitted during the first seven auction days, with discounts for immature and slick grades and a support level 6 cents below tied leaf. The 1962 crop valued at a record 1.362 billion dollars, while 1961 reached 1.315 billion.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Department
Monaco Royals Begin Two Weeks in New York City
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco and their children, Prince Albert and Princess Caroline, arrive in New York from Philadelphia. They stay in a 20th floor suite at the Regency overlooking Park Avenue and plan to see sights, hits shows, and the royal ballet during their two week visit.
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Monaco
Royal Ballet
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
Philadelphia
Grace Kelly
Hotel Regency
Prince Albert
Princess Caroline
Park Avenue
Eisenhower Attacks Kennedy Spending and Defends Tax Cut
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower declares that Kennedy era policies amount to spending for spending's sake and threaten the nation. He cites a 98.8 billion dollar budget, proposed tax cuts, and an 11.9 billion dollar deficit while urging reduced spending and cautious space program funding. He supports a tax cut paired with spending restraint.
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NEW York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Eisenhower
White House
United States
Washington
Bi Race Group Forms in Raleigh to Address Segregation
In Raleigh a 15 man bi racial committee forms to seek a solution to rights and services denial amid racial tension. City officials say many businesses already serve both races and 750 Negroes protested downtown as leaders meet.
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Gro
Raleigh Merchants Bureau
Wake County Restaurants Association
State House
Corinne Calvet
Actress Calvet Granted Custody of Infant in Closed Hearing
The French born actress Miss Calvet won temporary custody of the infant after a closed hearing in Spartanburg County. The court will rule in six months on adoption and welfare, with Miss Calvet accompanied by her stock broker boyfriend Donald Scott.
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Spartanburg County
Donald Scott
Miss Calver
Scott
James R. Turner
South Carolina
Miss Calvet
Matthew Poliakoff
Today In History highlights from May 14 in years past
Key events include 1884 Antimonopoly Organization of the United States forming in Chicago with Gen. Benjamin Butler as a nominee and later merging with the People's party. Also 1787 delegates began drafting the U S Constitution in Philadelphia. Other notes cover the Erie Railroad opening in 1851 and 1929 U S airmail between the Americas, plus Israel's 1948 proclamation and postwar political shifts in Korea and Algeria and a 1960 trend toward gas cooking in U S homes.
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Antimonopoly Organization of the
United States
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People’s Party
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Erie
Piermont
Dunkirk
N.Y
Congress
U.S. Secret Service
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Miami
Fla
Algeria
France
Diosdado Macapagal
Philippines
Washington
U.S. House of Representatives
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