Old Torpedo Demolishes Trawler Killing Eight
A 71-foot scalloper Snoopy was destroyed by a World War II torpedo fished from a net in the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Eight crew members died and four survived after the incident near Outer Banks. Survivors were brought to Little Creek Coast Guard station around 9:30 a m today.
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Norfolk, Va
Little Creek Coast Guard
Atlantic
North Carolina
New Bedford
New Bedford Harbor
Marines Repel VC Attack Near Chu Lai in Viet Nam
U S Marines repelled a Viet Cong assault six miles west of Chu Lai with no Marine casualties and four guerrillas killed. Air strikes by U S Air Force and Vietnamese aircraft reportedly left about 295 Viet Cong dead. Four B57 bombers hit Viet Cong encampments near Quang Ngai city with about 110 killed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Chu Lai
Newaygo
Mich
Quang Ngai
Viet Nam
Two Off-Duty Officers Help Nab Hospital Robbery Suspect
Two off duty Philadelphia policemen waiting for their wives births at Pennsylvania Hospital chased a robber who stole 600 from a maternity wing clerk. Patrolman James McHugh and Patrolman Robert Janifer pursued and lost the suspect in center city traffic. both later learned they had become fathers.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Hospital
Robert Janifer
James McHugh
Center City
McHugh
Janifer
Credit Skillful Pilot In Saving 40 On Allegheny Plane
Mrs. Margaret Edmonson of Harmony Punxsutawney R D 5 is listed in fair condition at Divine Providence Hospital Williamsport after an Allegheny Airlines flight from DuBois Airport to New York. The passenger list and injuries are detailed on page 16.
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Allegheny
Margaret Edmonson
Harmony
Punxsytawney R.D. 5
Divine Providence Hospital
Williamsport
Edmonson
Allegheny Airlines
DuBois
New York
Alfred
Butler
Punxsutawney
Psychic prediction spurs search for missing sorority sisters
A Dallas based woman psychic aided Austin police in the disappearance of 21 year olds Shirley Ann Stark and Susan Rigsby from Dallas. The medium claimed the sisters would be found within 24 hours northwest of Austin with three unnamed men blamed. Parents and investigators reviewed the tip while police considered questioning an unidentified person.
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Austin
Tex
Shirley Ann Stark
Susan Rigsby
Burt Gerdings
Dallas
Associated Press
Gerdings
Department of Parapsychology
Duke University
Miss Stark
Miss Rigsby
Deaths Obituaries on Page 2
Mrs. Charlotte Muir Kennedy, 75, of Yatesboro, and infant Daniel Kislak of Homer City are noted in this obituary roundup on page 2.
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Kislak, Daniel
Homer City
Military Buildup Studied in Viet Nam Crisis
Washington reports say armed services were ordered to study a possible draft increase while President Johnson spent the weekend at Camp David. He stayed in close touch with aides and defense and state secretaries. draft calls were set at 17 000 men. General Johnson warned of rising Viet Cong activity at an American Legion convention in Columbus, Georgia.
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Washington
Armed Services
Johnson
Viet Nam
Camp David
Maryland Mountains
Bill D. Moyers
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
United Nations
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Moyers
Pentagon
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Columbus
White House
American Legion
American Aid Sought In Killings
A police manhunt spread through Saigon for Robert Kimball a 36 year old Utah native and American aid official suspected of fatally shooting Jack E Ryan 44 head of the U S aid mission Public Safety Division and Nguyen Thi Hai an employee of Ryan s office outside his villa on Friday night Ryan a former FBI agent had directed about 100 Americans training police in South Vietnam and had just returned from Washington consultations Mrs Hai mother of four was reportedly married to a Vietnamese air force officer and was said to have been a close friend of the suspect
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Robert Kimball
Utah
Jack E. Ryan
U.S. Aid Mission
Nguyen Thi Hai
Ryan
FBI
Southeast Asia
Washington
Hai
Nurse Held in Slaying of Priest at Los Angeles Chancery
Dorothy M. Bressie, a 55 year old unemployed nurse described as friendless and emotionally unstable, is held in the fatal shooting of a young priest at the Los Angeles archdiocese chancery. Police said motive not yet announced as investigators pursue possible frustration over seeing Archbishop Cardinal McIntyre.
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Los Angeles
Thad Brown
Dorothy M. Bressie
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Brown
Bressie
Train Car Lifted Then Dropped By Crane At Flasa Station
In Gerona Spain a huge excavator crane lifted a passenger car of the International Express at Flasa Station and dropped it. A Spanish woman died and five people were injured including two Americans Charles Victor Walter whose left foot was amputated and Harry Carlton Walter with a fractured leg. The train ran from France to Barcelona and the crane was enlarging the station. Railway officials could not explain the accident.
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Gerona
Spain
International Express
Flasa
France
Barcelona
Charles Victor Walter
Harry Carlton Walter
Weather Outlook Warm With Intermittent Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and early tonight. Highs 82 to 90. Partly cloudy tonight with lows 63 to 71. Sunday expect mostly sunny, warm and less humid with highs 75 to 82.
Governor Vetoes Rain Making Bill in Pa. set
Gov. Scranton vetoed a two year ban on artificial rainmaking in Pennsylvania. The action came as he reviewed 20 bills, signing 17 and vetoing three. The measure aimed to study effects before restricting state activities and would not affect Agriculture or Aeronautics units.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Gov. Scranton
Agriculture Department
State Aeronautics Commission
Scranton
Bravery cited as pilot lands burning plane safely
Allen Lauber a 15 year veteran pilot guided a Convair 440 through trees for a wheels up belly landing saving 36 passengers and three crew. All 40 aboard were hospitalized with varying injuries. seven discharged en route.
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Williamsport
Allegheny Airlines
Civil Rights Leader James Farmer Speaks At ISC Event
CORE leader James Farmer will discuss The Civil Rights Revolution at Indiana State College Fisher Auditorium on July 28 at 11 a.m. The event follows his national prominence from COREs Mississippi Freedom Ride and later protests at the New York World's Fair.
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James Farmer
Fisher Auditorium
Indiana State College
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Farmer
Mississippi
Life
Time
Newsweek
Look
Bobby Peak
Rocky
Glenn
Amer
America
Mr. Farmer
Louisiana
University of Chicago
Allegheny Pilot Flying Since 16
Capt. Allen Lauber of Allegheny Airlines Convair 440 crash landed near Williamsport after mourning his father’s death. A Philadelphia resident and bachelor age 36, Lauber had returned to work after July 14 loss. He had flown from age six and had no prior serious incidents. He sustained a broken leg and burns in the crash.
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Allen Lauber
Philadelphia
Lauber
Williamsport-Lycoming County
Williamsport
Allegheny Airlines
Harry Lauber
S. L. Cameron
House Fire Reported at 294 Ben Franklin Road South
General Alarm was answered at 12 15 p m today for a house fire at 294 Ben Franklin Road South reported due to wiring in the kitchen wall. The residence belongs to Mrs. Doris A Jaeger.
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Indiana
Ben Franklin Road
Doris A. Jaeger
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Peter Leavitt
Portland
Maine
Richard Lindall
Rockland
Harold Martin
Cape Elizabeth
Martin
Carolina Outer Banks
Lindall
Leavitt
Explorer
Soren Henriksen
Henriksen
Thomas Kriggs
Mass
Kriggs
Punxsy
Calif
ISC
Clarksburg
Legion
Sammy Ray
Clymer
Rhythm Kings
Dairy Dell
Bes
Icans
Medora’s Grill
Rocky Glenn Hotel
Creation Club
Melodaires
Hess Restaurant
Cessna's
Shelocta
Ind
Engine House
Mr. Lewis
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