30 Saved 7 Lost Off Fiery Gulfstag
A Gulfstag tanker carrying 143000 barrels of gasoline burned and sank in the Gulf of Mexico after the crew abandoned ship in predawn darkness. Two Lan ders and a Coast Guard helicopter rescued 40 survivors and three others, with seven crewmen missing as a 10 square mile exclusion zone was set and flights ordered away. The Gulfstag departed Port Arthur Texas, bound for Tampa Florida.
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Morgan City
Gulf of Mexico
SOS
Gulfstag
Coast Guard
Gulf Oil Corp
Port Arthur
Tex
Ampa
Fla
Calstone hearing aid ad amid Gulf oil crew rescue tale
An advertisement touting a Calstone four transistor hearing aid at 39.50 appears as part of a page featuring a Gulf Oil tanker incident. The shipwreck and rescue narrative names crew members from Port Arthur and other ports, with several hospitalized for severe burns after explosions and a later rescue by the Western Sun.
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Fenly
Whitehead
Sty
Long Beach
Terrorist Tag Put on Klansmen
The House Un American Activities Committee depicted the Ku Klux Klan as a terroristic group of about 15,000 members across 15 states. After a year of inquiry a pamphlet advocates stiff penalties, up to death for killings tied to Klan violence, with no action taken by Congress before adjournment. The report cites cross burnings church and school bombings beatings and murders but does not name specific Klans or areas.
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Washington
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Ku Klux Klan
House
Senate
Rgleyson
Edwin Willis
D-La
Nvans
Port Said
Youth goes on trial for Watts arson
Edward Lee King an 18 year old from Los Angeles goes on trial for four counts of arson linked to the Watts riots of August 1965. Jury selection began in Superior Judge Raymond R. Roberts court after one count was dismissed. King pleaded innocent and the indictment rested on voiceprints from a December 7 television broadcast in which he allegedly described tossing firebombs into stores.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Edward Lee King
Watts Riet
Raymond R. Roberts
King
Disaster Blamed on Mine Officials at Welsh Inquest
In Aberfan Wales an inquest into the slagpile disaster was disrupted by grieving parents who blamed the National Coal Board for their children's deaths. A miner’s relative urged the coroner to note “buried alive by the National Coal Board” as the cause, triggering uproar. Workers toiled to clear mud and debris as the town mourned, with at least 35 still missing and many victims aged children.
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Aberfan
Wales
UPI
Britain
National Coal Board
Inquest Hears Town Fears Over Slagpile Danger
Residents of the town claim the mine authorities should have removed the slagpile years ago. The miner reflected this belief at the inquest.
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Raoms
Paul Berry
Indianapolis
Ind
Berry
New Orleans
Morgan
Night Watch
Jessie Jeffries
Milton Guthrie
Gulfstar
Larry Larue
Atlantic Prestige
Western Sun
Gulf Oil
Irvin Chatagnier
Richard Balsom
Gloucester
Mass
Tast
Groves
Paul Straughan
Charlie Pernell
Joseph Thomas
D.P.C
Lakewood
Monthru
Lakewood Blvd
Cion
Alabama Rescue Service
Noaaae
WATTS
Prine
Tarly Diners
LJ Hillto
UTH
Haitis
Oeceaes
Cori Hssard Bach Boulevard
Ily
Houston
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