Berserk passenger shoots on Greyhound. driver killed
A berserk passenger fires on a Winston-Salem bound Greyhound in North Carolina, killing driver Ludwig Nissan and injuring another rider. A bystander wrestles the attacker to stop the bus, which veers into a ditch with minor injuries reported. Police hold a suspect. no charges filed yet.
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North Carolina
Davidson County
Fred Sink
Sink
Ludwig Ernest Nissan
Winston-Salem
N.C
Link
Battle Rages in Saigon and Other Global Fronts
Saigon fights along the streets as forces clash with trapped Viet Cong near the Saigon perimeter. North Vietnamese troops reportedly pour men and supplies into Quang Tri and Thua Thien provinces amid a major assault push. In Jerusalem, Israeli and Jordanian forces exchange fire near truce lines with one Israeli casualty reported. Prague reports Warsaw Pact maneuvers in Poland with Czech officials informed. Berlin: FBI suspect Peter Feinauer turned over after 19 months in East German detention. Thailand bans hippies seeking to enter or stay in the country.
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Nto
Jerusalem
Mideast
U.N
Berlin
Peter T. Feinauer
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
West Berlin
Feinauer
Texas Storm Toll Tops Four Dead In Widespread Floods
A major spring storm swept across Texas causing two feet of rain in Corsicana and flooding near the Louisiana border. Four people died in floods and accidents across Midland Corpus Christi Wichita Falls and Corpus Christi area. Tornadoes were sighted north of Houston and south of the city as funnel clouds formed.
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Corsicana
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Midland
Corpus Christi
Nueces
Wichita Falls
Houston
Ring Found After 12 Years Returns to Owner
Donald Brown, a railway clerk, lost his wedding ring in 1956 when it slipped into newspaper packing for an office machine. The same crate traveled to Topeka Kansas and later the ring was found by a company employee. It was mailed back after matching initials D A B from payroll lists. Red hero dead Marshal Vasily D Sokolovsky, planner of Berlin capture, died in Moscow at 70 after a grave illness.
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Donald Brown
United States
Brown
Topeka
Kan
D.A.B
Vasily D. Sokolovsky
Berlin
Moscow
Tass
Saigon Inflation Rises 20 Percent Amid Food Costs Jump
The Viet Cong offensive in Saigon is linked to a 20 percent rise in living costs. Officials said no food shortages exist and stocks are held for about five months for Saigon's 2.5 million residents. A family of six spends about $8 daily on food, double previous levels. Duck eggs rose from 72 cents to $1.20 per week and cabbage prices surged to 20 cents per bunch.
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Saigon
Mundt presses for fix before F111A combat use
Sen. Karl Mundt of South Dakota urged Pentagon to fix all bugs in the F111A before more fighters are deployed. He welcomed the Air Force grounding pending an investigation of the latest crash and said the inquiry should seal the plane’s fate as success or failure.
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Karl E. Mundt
Rs.d
Pentagon
Mundt
Air Force
South Dakota
Former Gov Lurleen Wallace's Funeral Quiet Observed
Former Gov George C Wallace and family spent Friday in seclusion at the governor’s mansion after Lurleen B Wallace’s funeral. A taped message at Wallace’s presidential campaign HQ said the office was closed. State offices will close and flags fly at half staff until sunrise Monday. Mrs Wallace died in her sleep after a three year cancer battle.
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George C. Wallace
Lurleen B. Wallace
Wallace
Air Force Captain Conviction Upheld in Frivolous Objection Case
The commander of the 12th Air Force upheld Friday the conviction and sentence of Air Force Captain Dale E. Noyd found guilty of willful disobedience of a lawful order. Noyd had claimed selective conscientious objection and refused to fly a training mission at Cannon Air Force Base in southeast New Mexico with a student pilot bound for Vietnam combat.
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12Th Air Force
Air Force
Dale E. Noyd
Noyd
Cannon Air Force Base
New Mexico
Vietnam
Sticky Spot for Earl Snowdon at London Pub Raid
Lord Snowdon walked into The George and Dragon during a police raid after hours. Police ordered a private film party upstairs and cleared the ground floor. Snowdon left then rejoined the party. No arrests were made.
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Don
Princess Margaret
Snowdon
George and Dragon
Lord Snowdon
Defectors Granted Asylum in Sweden On Humanitarian Grounds
The Swedish Aliens Commission in Stockholm granted asylum Friday to nine American defectors on humanitarian grounds. The list includes Joseph Robbilard Neil Burke Michael Fletcher Frederik Pavese John Toler Alan Cohen Robert Sylvia Richard Pyatek and Charles Owan. No hometowns or details were provided. The action brings total defectors allowed to stay in Sweden to 49 in recent months with 15 more cases pending.
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Sweden
Aliens Commission
Stockholm
Joseph Robbilard
Neil Burke
Michael Fletcher
Frederik Pavese
John Toler
Alan Cohen
Robert Sylvia
Richard Pyatek
Charles Owan
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Poland
Thailand
GKOK
Prapas Charusatien
Washington
Boston
Joseph Mlot-Mroz
Salem
Maine
New England
City Hospital
Hominy Falls
W. Va
Elmer C. Workman
Army
V. D. Sokolovsky
Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer Music Laboratory
Wallichs
Music City
Mannings
Lakewood Center
Lakewood Blvd
London
Lord Snow
Independent Press-Telegram
Long Cal
Sixth St
Pine Ave
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Elizabeth Arden
Faberge
Corday
Bulloch Akewood, Cen
Clark Ave
Lakewood
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