B52 Explodes In Air Killing One And Missing Several
An Air Force B52 on a training flight exploded and crashed near Aiken South Carolina. Three crew members were dead or missing. Four survivors were treated at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon Georgia and reported in good condition. Survivors named include Capt. James A. Perry Capt. Doniel Exum Capt. Gregory Watts and 2nd Lt. Hector Marquez. First Lt. Melvin Bewley Jr Sgt Ricky Griffith listed as missing and 1st Lt Grady Rudolph killed. The Seymour Johnson Air Force Base aircraft carried no weapons.
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S.C
Air Force
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Ft. Gordon
Augusta
James A. Perry
Princeton
W. Va
Doniel R. Exum
Smithfield
N.C
Gregory A. Watts
Morganton
Hector Marquez
Brownsville
Tex
Melvin M. Bewley, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Ricky K. Griffith
Cedarville
N.J
Grady E. Rudolph
Lafayette
Ind
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
U S Forces in Thailand to Drop to 16 500 by Oct 31
The Pentagon announced further U.S. troop reductions in Thailand as part of a planned withdrawal. By end of June 19 500 U S servicemen remained with a proposal to cut to 16 500 and close Nakhon Phanom Base by October 31. The United States and Thailand aim to remove all U S forces by March 20 1976.
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U.S
Thailand
Pentagon
Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base
Mrs Alioto Collapses and Is Hospitalized in City
Angelina Alioto 59 suffered a nervous breakdown and was rushed to St Marys Hospitals ICU with her husband San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto at her side. Doctors described her condition as stable with a two to three day coronary observation. The incident followed a bomb explosion at the couple’s Presidio Heights home during a city strike.
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St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco
Joseph L. Alioto
Mike Nevin
Curtis Roberts
Alioto
Frank Solomon
Solomon
Roberts
Parole Bid Rejected for Wisconsin Bombing Suspect Karleton Armstrong
The Wisconsin State Parole Board denied parole to Karleton Armstrong, 29, jailed for up to 23 years for second degree murder and arson in the 1970 predawn bombing of the Army Mathematics Research Center at UW. The blast killed a young physicist, father of three.
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University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Parole Board
Armstrong
Army Mathematics Research Center
Divorce filed by Enid Arden Jackson against Jackie Jackson
Enid Arden Jackson sues Sigmund Jackie Jackson of the Jackson Five for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court after a nine month marriage. She seeks temporary support and cites community property exceeding ten million dollars. They wed in Las Vegas last November and separated August 16. No children. The Jackson Five, famous Motown group, has long performed since the 1960s.
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Harold Blauer
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Army
Sigmund
Jackie’’ Jackson
The
Jackson Five
Enid Arden Jackson
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
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Astronaut Deke Slayton Leaves Houston Hospital
Donald K. Slayton 51 was released from M D Anderson Hospital in Houston nine days after surgeons removed a benign tumor from his left lung. He felt “in real good shape” and planned to return to the office briefly. He signed autographs for hospital staff as he walked out.
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Donald “Deke” Slayton
Donald K. Slayton
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Slayton
America
TV Cop Faces DUI Hearing In Los Angeles Court
Robert Bruce Fairbairn 28 known as officer Chris Owens on The Rookies was nabbed Tuesday after real officers saw his car cross the center line and drive at high speed on a busy West Los Angeles street.
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Los Angeles
Robert Bruce Fairbairn
Chris Owens
West Virginia friends fund college for McCracken children
Charles McCracken seeks to die in San Bernardino after choosing no further dialysis. Justice of the peace Kermit Pauley visited him in California and started a trust for his four children with attorney help. Initial $100 donation came from West Virginia businessman C. J. Holdren of Kip's Discount.
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California
West Virginia
McCracken
San Bernardino
Calif
St. Albans
W. Va
Justice of the Peace
Kermit Pauley
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Weekes
C.J. Holdren
Kip’s Discount
Chuck
Young climber scales Mont Blanc at age eight
Eight year old Christel Bochatay added 4 feet 1 inch to her height last week as she joined the ascent to Mont Blanc. French officials confirmed Wednesday that she is the youngest person to reach Europe’s highest summit at 15 700 feet.
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Christel Bochatay
Mont Blanc
Europe
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