Refugees Pour Into Florida From Cuba Arrive at Key West
Scores of Cuban refugees arrived at Key West after crossing the Florida Straits amid a storm. One boat sank and a captain accused Cuban officials of pushing boats into 25 knot winds. Refugees were brought in by Coast Guard cutters and taken to Miami for processing and relocation. The arrival tallies reached 1,308 for aid, with a detailed breakdown of occupations among the refugees.
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Pnat
St. Petersburg
Luci Johnson's Boy Friend Silent On Engagement Claim
Pat Nugent, 22, Luci Johnson's boyfriend, refused to confirm or deny marriage plans with the President's daughter. He said his private life is his own, revealed upcoming military duty and current 1-D draft status. Nugent, an administrator in DC, met Luci at the LBJ ranch. Luci, 18, attends Georgetown nursing school. The White House would not comment.
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Austin
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Georgetown University School of Nursing
White House
Moore Urges Vote On 300 Million Road Bond
Gov Dan Moore urged North Carolinians to back the 300 million dollar road bond on Tuesday, saying it would fund primary secondary and urban roads and spur development. Voter apathy is expected as only one constitutional amendment and the bond appear on the ballot. polls will open 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Leaders including State Highway Commission Chair Joe Hunt pressed for turnout, while the Klan opposes the measure.
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Joe Hunt
Hunt
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Asheville
North Carolina
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General Assembly
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State Supreme Court
Moore
Space program support splits along education and region
A Louis Harris survey finds 45 to 42 supporting the space program as worth four billion a year, with 50 to 38 opposing continuing at the current rate without Russian space feats. Support comes from college educated and higher earners in the East and West, while opposition centers on less educated and lower income groups in the South and Midwest.
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Midwest
Earth
United States
Ann Dee
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Um West
Denver
Colo
Baltimore
Youngstown
Ohio
Hubbard
Answers Refused In Probe Of Klan Robe Maker Newton
Washington AP The House Un American Activities Committee pressed 56 year old Young M Newton a South Carolina robe maker linked to Heritage Garment Works to produce orders and contracts for robes blood drop insignia and other Klan items Newton refused and bank records were subpoenaed showing 7232 in Heritage account from 1965 to 1966 The inquiry focuses on Georgia Klan activity with witnesses describing ties to violence while Newton served as South Carolina Klan state vice president
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Carotina
Ku Klux Klan
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Young M.newton
G. 2. Bugzard
Heritage Garment Works
Howard St
Columbia
Newston
Heritage Company
Appell
Robert M. Shelton
Newton
Heritage
South Carolina
Dga
United Klans of America
Georgia
Weltner
North
New Bern
CNC
U S Planes Smash Three Missile Sites Near Hanoi
U S Navy and Air Force planes attacked three surface to air missile sites about five miles northeast of Hanoi dodging heavy missile and antiaircraft fire. One Navy plane was shot down and the pilot listed as missing. The bridge amid the sites was destroyed.
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Hanoi
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Navy Air Force
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Independence
Key Highway
Cmdr
Harry T. Jenkins
Washington, D. C
Robert L. Harris
Longview
Tex
North
Viet Nam
Air
Six die in Atlanta tenement fire in Kirkwood area
In predawn blaze gut a two story wooden tenement in Atlanta's Kirkwood section killing six people including five children and injuring three others. The victims include Mary Jo Tiller and her children Darrell Tony Marvin Martha and Sandra Peepers. Fire crews fought the blaze for about ten minutes. the cause remains unknown.
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Kirkwood
Mary Jo Tiller
Darrell
Tony
Marvin
Martha
Sandra Ann Peepers
Steve Campbell
Tiller
Grady Hospital
Rabies scare as boy bitten by dog at base
Police seek 2 year old Timothy Sheridan after he was bitten on the upper lip by a dog at Sewart Air Force Base in Tennessee. A second dog was killed nearby and identified as a rabies carrier, but officials say it is not the biting animal. The boy’s father, airman Jerry Sheridan, is stationed at Sewart and the family vacationing in the Great Smoky Mountains. doctors plan a preventive serum.
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Tennessee
County
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Sewart
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Jerry Sheridan
Cecil Whaley
Timothy
Sheridan
Retha
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sewart Communications Center
Cherokee
N. C
Gatlinburg
Knoxville
Boy Loses Limbs To Fireworks In Carolina Incident
Six Mile, SC AP report: Raymond Franks, 18, lost both legs and a hand after fireworks exploded inside a car while he lit cherry bombs. Ronald Smith, 22, suffered a concussion. Passenger Bobby Gray, 18, unharmed. Sheriff says a local store owner identified as Shorty Alexander faces possession charges. bond set at 290 dollars. Investigators trace supply of illegal fireworks to Alexander.
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Raymond Franks
Pickens County
Franks
Ronald Earl Smith
Bobby Eugene Gray
P. C. Bolding
Shorty
Alexander
Liberty
Norris
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