Crash in fog leaves numerous dead at Tokyo airport
A Canadian Pacific DC8 struck approach lights and a wall in fog at Tokyo International. Police report 56 dead of 71 aboard, nine survivors, six missing. Notables among the dead include Jessee Zousmer of ABC and his wife.
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Tokyo
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Tokyo International
Jessee Zousmer
American Broadcasting Co
Hong Kong
Vancouver
South America
Canadian Pacific
E.R. Huebner
Miami
Berdell
Tokyo Bay
Senate approves Pennsylvania redistricting plan for 27 districts
Harrisburg AP The Senate passed a compromise reapportionment plan for Pennsylvania’s 27 congressional districts by 45 to 3 sending it to the House. Four amendments were added to the hastily drawn plan aimed at meeting equal population requirements. One rejected amendment would have moved Juniata and Perry counties from the 12th to the 19th District to equalize district populations.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania
House
U. S. Supreme Court
D. Elmer Hawbaker
Franklin
Juniata
Perry
Snow Storm Paralyzes Dakotas
A massive blizzard battering North Dakota South Dakota and Minnesota enters its third day with at least nine missing and one death attributed to the storm. Vast areas are paralyzed as schools shut down and transport halts while trains including the North Coast Limited are trapped in heavy snowdrifts.
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Fargo
N.D
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Northern Pacific
Crack North Coast Limited
Duquesne U. Opposes Pitt Tuition Cut Plan
Duquesne University president says a sudden Pitt tuition drop to 450 dollars could drain students from Duquesne and other private schools. He notes Pitt’s lower price in a state related status proposal to the State Board of Education. Dairy Queen opens and local events listed.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
University of Pittsburgh
Henry J. Mcanulty
Pitt
Duquesne
State Board of Education
Indiana Sesquicentennial board names three division chiefs
The Indiana Sesquicentennial executive board appointed three division chairmen Jerry Boucher to lead special events Luther Cobb to head sesqui headquarters and Bonnie Wiggin s as co chair for women. It plans a pageant stock sale a Shriner s parade on Aug 6 and an official seal contest.
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Indiana
Reid Stewart
Jimmy Stewart
Bruno
Coal Firms and UMW Meet on Revision Talks
Representatives of the United Mine Workers and the soft coal industry have been meeting intermittently to discuss possible contract changes. The talks are described as discussions, with no progress announced yet, and no running account kept. The meetings follow a February 17 policy committee session where proposals for improved fringe benefits were discussed rather than wage increases.
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Washington
United Mineworkers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
National Policy Committee
Deaths include Sara Jane Sell Nibert and others
Obituaries list Sara Jane Sell Nibert 52 of Indiana Route 3 Wilson Howard Rankin 81 of Atwood Creekside Route 1 John W. Shuster 32 formerly of Delmont Miles L. Wingard 46 of Portersville.
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Shuster
John W
Delmont
Registrar Miss Mary Esch to retire after 50 years at IU
Miss Mary L. Esch, longtime registrar at Indiana University, will retire at the end of the current academic year after a 50 year career. She began as secretary to the registrar in 1916 and will be succeeded by Robert O. Warren.
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Indiana University
Willis E. Pratt
Mary L. Esch
South Sixth St
Pratt
Miss Esch
Robert O. Warren
Locust St
Indiana
U S Jets in Largest Air Strikes Against Viet Congo Fronts
U S pilots resumed attacks on the Hanoi to Red China railway line and deep strikes into North Viet Nam as ground forces clash eight miles northwest of Quang Ngai. Marines report heavy fire while South Vietnamese and allied units kill 21 Viet Cong and seize a heavy machine gun.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Hanoi
Red China
North
U.S
Quang Ngai
Red River
Kunming
China
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Air Force
Lang Bun
Frontier
Insurance broker backs psychological tests for drivers
Springfield Massachusetts Harold Marshall testifies at a state commission hearing that psychological screening for motorists could lower insurance rates by identifying drivers likely to take out aggression on their cars after personal conflicts. He argues such tests would help spot dangerous applicants for licenses.
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Springfield
Mass
Harold Marshall
Marshall
State Commission
Unique Cancer Surgery Exposes Two Athletes to Gene Therapy Trial
In Buffalo New York two former athletes with osteogenic sarcoma underwent experimental treatment. Robert F. Allen 28 Tucson played college football received chest tissue removal for implantation in Harry T. Griffith 63 Flourtown former baseball player. Both share O-type blood and met just before the operation.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Robert F. Allen
Tucson
Ariz
Harry T. Griffith
Flourtown
Griffith
Allen
Tornado Toll Rises Across Jackson Area In Mississippi
Rescue crews comb the Jackson region as death toll climbs to 60 with 497 injured after Thursday tornadoes struck a suburban shopping center and rural towns. Across Jackson and nearby counties 406 people hospitalized with 12 confirmed dead in the capital city.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Larry Parks
Wqft-Fm
Forest
Scott County
Woodville Heights Baptist Church
Associated Press
Meridian
Creekside Man Dies Of Injuries In Two Car Crash
Creekside man 81 year old Howard Rankin died at Presbyterian University Hospital Pittsburgh from injuries suffered in a two car crash Friday February 25 on Route 954 one mile north of Willet He was a passenger in a auto driven by Earl Rankin 49 of Creekside Earl Rankin escaped injury Joseph Bonjacci 51 of Plumville the other driver received medical treatment at Indiana Hospital.
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Creekside
Wilson Howard Rankin
Creekside R. D
Presbyterian University Hospital
Pittsburgh
Willet
Rankin
Earl Rankin
Indiana Hospital
Pittsuleigh Hospital
Joseph Bonjacci
Plumville
Weekend Weather Outlook With Showers and Snow Flurries
Cloudy and warm today with breezes and a chance of a thundershower. Highs near 58 to 65. Tonight turns windy and colder with showers ending and lows around 30 to 38. Saturday remains cloudy and windy with a risk of scattered snow flurries.
Snow totals in Houghton top seasonal mark
In Houghton Michigan a light quarter-inch snowfall on Thursday leaves the season total at 165 inches far below last year's 294.5 inch record. Residents note the winter has been unusually heavy, with the prior season pushing past the 24 foot mark.
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Houghton, Mich
Houghton
Fisher Scientific opens 45000 sq ft warehouse expansion
The Fisher Scientific Company held ribbon cutting for a 45 000 square foot warehouse addition to its existing 116 500 square foot building. Vice President F L Mc Cauley said the 38.5 percent expansion adds storage for laboratory furniture glassware and finished instruments and will serve as a central warehouse for Contempra furniture and Fisher items, aiding delivery to 15 branches in the United States and Canada.
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Fisher Scientific Company
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Contrucci
F. L. McCauley
Canada
McCauley
Chamber
EAL Construction Company
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Angie Lo Presti
Lo Presti Barber Shop
Graceton- Coral
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International Association of Machinists
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