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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1963
Page
1
In Bangkok a U S Air Force C123 transport crashed and burned killing three American crewmen and a passenger of unidentified nationality. A youth in custody later confessed to the slayings and described the incident aboard the aircraft.
Police investigate a chaotic case surrounding Roger Foster a Griffin Georgia boy linked to a blood stained notebook and anti Castro messages aboard a 32 foot cutter The Coast Guard recovered a boat adrift near Cuba and a partially garbled radio message sparked a wider search as a narcotic toxin warning threatens tuna shipments tied to Washington Packing gravest concerns focus on Foster s mental state and possible motive toward political extremism while authorities caution the public about the potential danger of botulism tainting tuna recalls ensue from California firms and A P stores
President Sukarno and Liu Shao Chi witnessed a Soviet MIG 19 jet crash at an Indonesian air show. The pilot’s wife fainted as news of the fatality spread. One other accident near Creekside injured Roger Miller and involved Ronald Zambotti’s car, with damages to multiple vehicles and a separate Route 119 collision near Homer City leaving drivers uninjured.
Washington reports that the United States will inform the Soviet Union that the proposed NATO multilateral nuclear force is solely defensive for Western Europe and poses no offensive threat to the USSR. Rusk and Dobrynin discussed Laos issues, seeking greater movement rights for an international commission and withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces. Talks on the Berlin matter to continue soon with further meetings planned.
WINDOW ROCK Ariz AP Raymond Nakai becomes chair man of all the Navajos in an eight year campaign pledged to develop the Individual Navajo His inaugural speech set the tone for eight years of leadership The ceremony drew about 7000 attendees including Arizona and New Mexico governors New Mexico’s delegation and US Indian Commissioner Plujha Nash were present Netai 45 former Flagstaff announcer and ordnance supervisor served as Navy man in World War II and fought in South Pacific battles.
FDA officials said the tuna had been sent to Dagim Taharim in Brooklyn, which labeled it and distributed it to six metropolitan areas. New York, with a large Jewish population, saw a broad sweep by city health inspectors and 2,500 cans with the WY3 code were removed from the Dagim Taharim warehouse.
Federal authorities notified about half of the 336 customers who bought cans of tuna suspected of contamination. The cans sold by Joe Frishman in Squirrel Hill were likely not eaten, and a broader check across Allegheny County continued. The Lot WY2 WY3 cans labeled Dagim White Tuna Kosher for Passover may be contaminated with clostridium botulinum type E.
In Milan a wife won legal separation from her husband whose chess obsession kept him from work. Edvige Ruinstein testified he played chess constantly, leaving her to support their two children. The court ordered Alfreda Ruinstein to pay 25 000 lire monthly and noted chess is fine if he also cared for his family. There is no divorce in Italy.
Hearings are scheduled Monday for five juveniles ranging from 8 to 16 years old in Harrisburg. The group, three boys and two girls, were apprehended Friday for questioning in a series of four minor fires and placed in parental custody pending the outcome.
In Birmingham Alabama police halted a Freedom March led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr and others. Sixty people were arrested during the march as approximately 1000 Negroes followed, and plans were hinted for kneeling at white churches on Easter Sunday.
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Union launched Cosmos 14, an artificial earth satellite. Tass says equipment supports ongoing space studies, the spacecraft orbits every 92.1 minutes from 164 to 318 miles, transmits at 20004 megacycles, and includes a system for precise orbit measurements. The prior Cosmos 13 flew March 21.
Alice Talbot eight, of Cramford, was crushed by a 500 pound marble tombstone while her parents planted roses at her grandfather’s grave in Newark New Jersey. The block toppled as her brother Albert Jr aged 11 watched and shouted the danger. Police said she died instantly despite efforts to revive her.
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania placed third nationally for highway construction contracts in January and February. The state awarded 42,1672,000 dollars in the first two months, with only California and New York reporting higher totals.
Two white men, Theodore A. Carr and Luther Aubrey Cauthen, admit hurling Molotov cocktails into a Clarksdale home where Rep. Charles Diggs was an overnight guest. Both men, jailed on $10,000 bonds, say they were just having fun and did not know Diggs was present. A bottle crashed through a window and set draperies on fire as Diggs, visiting from Detroit, spoke on a vote registration drive. The incident follows recent unrest in Greenwood and nearby demonstrations.
Eastertide rites unfold in St. Peter's Basilica with candles lit at doors and Mourning veils removed as Passtide ends. Pope John issued a new encyclical stressing world peace and UN roles. On Easter Sunday he leads Pontifical Mass, then blesses from the basilica balcony in Urbi et Orbi, in multiple languages.
Obituary notices for Mrs. Sarah Alice Rairigh Brubaker 83 of Mahaffey died at home April 13 1963. Details mention arrangements by Jesse McCracken Jr Funeral, Cherry Tree and a future obituary in Monday Gazette. Also Augusta Morgan 75 of Homer City R D 1 died April 11 1963, with survivors listed and services at George Askew Funeral Home. Also David Black 7 Cherry Tree R D reported dead in Altoona General Hospital April 1993 after Good Friday services. notes on Vatican papal ceremony and parish ties. Interments at Brush Valley United Presbyterian Cemetery and LOOF Cemetery Burnside.
Lorraine Clark 38 from Amesbury Massachusetts freed on parole after nine years for a host slaying in Indiana County. She left prison to live with her children at a lakeside cottage purchased for her by relatives. The release followed executive clemency reducing her life term to 22 years to life. Friday, April 12, 1963, at Indiana Hospital. Funeral notices and unrelated obituaries follow in the same column.
London authorities at Scotland Yard launched a search to identify who leaked Britain's nuclear survival secrets to anti-nuclear marchers. Police called it another major security breakdown amid the protest controversy.
The Department of Public Instruction in Harrisburg awarded certificates of merit to five individuals for outstanding education programs. Grace Woodward of Springfield Township Montgomery County directed school lunch and nutrition projects in elementary grades. Earl F. Sykes of West Chester State College led curriculum improvement efforts. Margaret Seyler of Deep Run Valley Joint Schools reorganized rural elementary schools into larger attendance areas. Marty K. Riccobone of Shady Grove Junior High oversaw art exhibits.
Port Royal Virginia voters will elect their town council June 11 with 12 candidates contesting seven seats. The town has 60 qualified voters and filing closes at midnight tonight.
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