Obituaries from Salt Lake and Fort Worth area deaths
Dry Notman C Williams 56 geologist who helped discover a hitlen Ast come meteral deposit of beryllium oily died after four heart attacks. He was Brush Beryllium Co exploration and delivery options director. Fort Worth Texas AP notes Gen Kenneth H Welt 62 Marine Corps veteran and pilot died. Guadalcanal Iwo Jima Midway Okinawa WWII action. Durham NH Prof Thomas Brandt 62 former chairman German at Colorado College diedTuesday. Austrian native served 19 years at Colorado College before joining University of New Hampshire four months ago.
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Notman C. Williams
Williams
Devery Optiens
Brush Beryllium Co
Fort Worth
Tax
Kenneth H Welt
Manine Corps
Weir
U.S. Naval
Guadalcaenal
Iwo Jima
Midway
Okio Nawa
Durham
Thomas
Brandt
Colorado College
Austria
Colorado
University of New Hampshire
Five Bodies Found After Explosion in Reading
An explosion destroyed two houses in Reading killing nine people. Firemen recovered five bodies from wreckage as investigators identify victims including Frank Stanislaw and family members. Stanislaw survived the blast but was treated for shock. a city water crew was digging nearby at the time of the explosion.
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Reading
Joe
Ag* M's
Frank Stanislaw
Robert
Linda
Robert Gelser
Shirley
Ethel
Bonnie
Karen
Winter Storm Deluge Clamps Nation With Ice and Cold
A fierce winter system blankets the country with snow and record cold, causing 74 deaths in weather related incidents. Gas shortages erupt in New England as subzero temps spread, with outages in Maine New Hampshire and Connecticut utilities scrambling to meet demand. Ice and sleet disrupt travel from Georgia to Virginia while NC counties warn of slick roads and police urge limited travel.
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New York
Great Lakes
Georgia
Virginia
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Atlanta
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kiowa
U.S
Surveyor 7 Lander Touches Moon in Televised Landing
Surveyor 7 settled gently on the Tycho crater region and was televised after a perilous approach. The unmanned craft, last of a $500 million series, aims to study lunar geology with a soil analyzer and trenching scoop as engineers plan operations from Cape Kennedy.
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Ralph Dighton
Associated Brass
Pasadena
Galif
Surveyor 7
U.S
Tycho
Copernicus
Lee Shearer
Dorctor
Space Agency
Survayor 7
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Jet Pros Pulsion Laboratory
Weather Report from Arkansas Station
Weather Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Wednesday notes high 32 and low 31 with 1.01 inches precipitation. Forecast predicts partly cloudy west to cloudy east and cold tonight with freezing drizzle mainly in the northeast. Thursday mostly partly cloudy with little temperature change. lows tonight range 20 to 30 degrees.
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Arkansas
AWOL Marine Gives Self Up
TOKYO AP U S Marine Peter Wiggins aged 21 who had been AWOL from Vietnam for more than two months surrendered voluntarily to Navy police in a Yokohama hotel. He had not reported for a flight home Oct 18 and disappeared Oct 19. An editor of a Japanese weekly said the youth stayed in Japan protesting American involvement in Vietnam. His father Porter Wiggins an oil executive arrived in Tokyo and urged surrender.
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Peter Wiggins
U.S
Vietnam
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Navy
Yokohama
Wiggins
Japan
Porter Wiggins
Wallace campaign taps Arkansas leader for ballot bid
Kim Johnson, Arkansas former Democratic nominee and ex Supreme Court justice, will head George Wallace's Arkansas effort to place the segregationist on the presidential ballot as an American Independent Party candidate. Johnson confirmed plans at home in Conway after meetings with Wallace supporters in Houston. Johnson previously endorsed Goldwater in 1964 and has bolted his party before, signaling a pivotal leadership role in Wallace's third party drive nationwide.
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Ala
Kim Johnson
Arkansas
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Houston
Tex
Johnson
Conway
Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court
Winthrop Rockefeller
Supreme Court
Arkanesas
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon B. Johnson
American Independent Party
Viet Cong drive pockets deeper into Tuy Phuoc district
In Tuy Phuoc district north of Qui Nhon, 114 villages faced government control with many defending themselves. A North Vietnamese battalion moved in late October followed by a Viet Cong unit hidden near the district. The district town fell December 22, the district chief was killed, and hamlets fled to Qui Nhon. Officials warn pacification efforts may fail without reinforcements, as intelligence notes the offensive could continue.
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Darth of Bleu Hoa
Hau Nghfay
Silgon
Tuy Phuod
Vietnam
Vietenam
Qui Nhou
Tuy Phuoc
Saigon
Qui Nhon
Maj. Elden, Wright
Morgan+ town
W. Va
Tuy Phuo
U.S
Shriver seeks plan to win middle class aid for anti poverty drive
Director Sargent Shriver of the Office of Economic Opportunity says the antipoverty program has failed to convince white middle class Americans they benefit from helping the poor. He cites the need to demonstrate broader gains, warns against misperceptions, and notes he has not decided on leaving his post amid Illinois political rumors.
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Tomfepey
Associated: Press
Washington
Sargent Silver
Office of Economic
Opportunity
Shriver
Antipoverty
Illinois
Flu Closes Schools in Four Cities
Public schools in Star City Smackover Stuttgart and De Queen were closed amid widespread influenza cases and rising absentee rates. Health officers cited possible Asian flu and noted weather also affected closures while labs in Atlanta tested samples for virus type.
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Associated Press
Edward Shmunes
State Health Department
Corts Municipal Disease Control Division
Atlanta
Star City
Richard C. Petty
Lincoln County
Pine Bluff
Ralph R. Wooley
Jefferson County
Smackover
Stuttgart
de Queen
Fort Smith
Fayetteville
Malvern
Springdale
Three die in suspected murders at St Louis school dorm
Three patients were found strangled in a dormitory ward at St Louis State School and Hospital. Four other patients were questioned. victims identified as Allen Jackson 24 Henry Miller 22 of St Louis and Gary Earl Boneker 22 of St Charles. The deaths occurred around 6 am in Donnelly Hall, a ward for mentally retarded youth.
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Roy Malone
Presé
St. Louis
Donnelly Hall
Beil
Lefontaine
Baker
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