Lieutenant Survives- 2 Crashes
Lt John J Sullivan of Malden Mass survives United Air Lines Flight 227 crashlanding short of Salt Lake City runway. 41 passengers killed, 50 survivors. Sullivan, one of four crew who survived a Tulsa Oklahoma collision days earlier, describes panic and escaping via rear cabin window and wing. Passenger George T Wood of Cheyenne identified among presumed fatalities.
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Jack Perron
Salt Lake City
Utah
John J. Sullivan
United Air Lines Flight 227
George T. Wood
United
Cheyenne
United’s
Sullivan
Malden
Mass
Tulsa
Okla
Hill Air Force Base
Salt Lake
Oklahoma
Joe Bergin
Ot Sullivan
Queen's rep Gibbs fired by Rhodesia crisis
Prime Minister Ian Smith dismissed Sir Humphrey Gibbs who remains nominally the queen's representative. Britain and Queen Elizabeth II maintain Gibbs as the regal power in Rhodesia while Smith asserts control after declaring independence. Rhodesia's white minority rules the economy and government amid the creation of a new political order.
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Salishuhy
Mnotesia
Humphrey Gibbs
Ian Smith
Britain
Elizabeth II
Gibbs
Rhodesia
Smith
Hearing Requests Received for Speaker Ban Law Session
RALEIGH AP Lt Gov Bob Scott says at least three requests to speak at next week’s special session on the Speaker Ban Law have been received from Robert J. Young of Raleigh Horace M Dubose of Gastonia and John Harrison of UNC Chapel Hill Harrison will represent the Dialectic and Philanthropic Society Young and Dubose will speak as individuals Scott notes hearings may be Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning depending on speaker turnout A Senate recess will curb other business as a resolution to limit items is considered Gov Moore will urge speedy passage at a joint session Monday
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Scott
Senate
Dan Moore
House
Ambush Backfires In Two Viet Nam Saigon Attacks
In two battles 40 miles north and 40 miles southeast of Saigon U S and Vietnamese forces said they inflicted heavy Viet Cong casualties. About 146 VC died north of Saigon and 161 in the Dong Xoai region. up to 300 more believed killed. An ambush on Route 15 near Vung Tau was repelled by a Ranger unit. Col. Charles Reid enbaugh reported 161 VC bodies counted. Air Cavalry positions near An Khe faced mortar fire from 75 to 100 rounds.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
UD. 8 Air Force
North
Viet Nam
South
U. S
1St Infantry Division
Vung Tau
52Nd Ranger Battalion
Dong Xoai
Rangers
Charles H. Reidenbaugh
Carlisle
10Th Vietnamese Army Division
An Khe
Byrd's Son Named to Senate in Virginia Shuffle
In Richmond Gov Albertis Harrison Jr named Harry Flood Byrd III, 50, to succeed his father in the U S Senate. The appointment follows Byrd Sr’s retirement after 56 years in public office. Harrison praised the elder Byrd’s health while noting the son’s readiness to follow in his father’s political footsteps. The move drew mixed reactions from state leaders, some praising the continuity and others wary of dynastic practice.
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Richmond
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd Jr
Tor
U.S
Senate
Harrison
Byrd
Albertis
Harrison Jr
Harry F. Byrds
Alder Byrd
Marcos calls for fairness as unofficial tally favors Marcos
Philippine President elect Ferdinand E Marcos urged law enforcement to foil any attempt to alter the electorate's will as unofficial returns show Marcos leading over Diosdado Macapagal. Officials noted Mindanao reports of alleged election interference while Macapagal refused to concede.
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George McArthur
Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Diosdado Macapagal
Ven
Official Election Commission
Macapagal
Nacionalista
Liberal Party
Mindanao
Fire sinks Yarmouth Castle cruise ship in Bahamas
AP reports a fierce fire destroyed the 365-foot Yarmouth Castle off Nassau. About 94 remain missing as rescue efforts began with Bahama Star and Finnpulp crews saving 360 passengers and crew. Coast Guard worked to account for everyone aboard the vessel built in 1927 and later renamed Queen of Nassau.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Yarmouth Castle
Miami
Coast Guard
Finnpulo
Charles Badeau
The
Baha
Mas Sea Rescue Auxiliary
Badeau
W.R. Cooper
Prince George
Princess Margaret Hospital
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Finnpulp
Yarmouth
W. Cramp and Sons Co
Philadelphia
Nova Scotia Steamship Corp
Boston
Nova Scotia
I Queen of
Yarmouth Castle Sunk After Fire Off Caribbean Coast
The cruise ship Yarmouth Castle burned to the water line and sank after a blaze about 60 miles northwest of Nassau and 110 miles east of Miami. About 550 persons were aboard when the vessel went down.
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Cross
Nassau
Miami
Yarmouth Castle
WP Wirephatad
UNC Will Get Federal Grant For 95 Graduate Fellows
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive 475000 dollars to support graduate work for 95 students starting under the National Defense Act in 1967. The grant, announced by the Department of Health Education and Welfare, aims to relieve the nationwide shortage of college faculty members.
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Chapel Hill, N.C
APJ
University of North Carolina At
Tornado Hits Joliet Area: One Dead, Many Homeless
A Joliet area tornado demolished homes across Preston Heights Sugar Creek and Channahon leaving more than 200 homeless and one elderly woman dead. Olga Horath 49 survived with family while rescue teams searched debris and police and soldiers patrolled for looting.
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Dan McNulty
Joliet
Olga Horath
Preston Heights
Ilinois
Sugar Creek
Channahon
Samuel Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Evergreens Inc Opens Elderly Center in Guilford County
In Guilford County the old county home becomes a combined boarding home and elderly center operated by Evergreens Inc a non profit firm. Staff writer Jim Hawkins profiles Evergreens in The Sunday Enterprise feature. Two years after President Kennedy's assassination Mrs Kennedy returns to the public spotlight describing her adaptation and coping with loss in The Enterprise Sunday feature.
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Guilford County
Old County
Evergreens ,Inc
Jim Hawkins
Evergreens
Sunday Enterprise
Dallas
John F. Kennedy
Enterprise Sunday
Charlie Fave Scroggs birth mixups at college dorms
Charlie Fave Scroggs, daughter of Roy T. and Mrs. Scroggs of Charlotte, faced misgendering by a computer at Appalachian State Teachers College that labeled her male as it assigned dorms and draft materials. The student corrected dorms and submitted the draft card. CAP Wireones.
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Appalachian State Teachers College
Charlie
Charlie Fave Scroggs
Roy T. Scroggs
Rt. 11
Charlotte
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UNC
Wreree
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