Pilot lands liner after engine and wing fail in midflight
Pan American Flight 843 with 143 passengers and 10 crew faced loss of an engine and 20 feet of wing. Captain Charles H. Kimes steered the 707 to Travis Air Force Base where a dramatic emergency landing occurred as rescuers inspected the craft and all but nine passengers continued to Honolulu.
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Honolulu
F. R. Miller
Calistoga
Calif
San Francisco
Pan American
Captain recounts landing crippled Pan Am jet after engine loss
Captain Charles Kimes describes bringing Pan American Flight 843 with 143 passengers and 9 crew to a safe landing after engine No.4 failed, leaving a fire scar and 20 feet of wing torn away. He steered toward the bay, kept passengers calm, and guided rescue via Coast Guard and Travis Air Force Base.
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Kimes
Travis Air Force Base
Travis
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Pan American Flight 843
Hawaii
Manila
Charles Kimes
Danville
Calif
Air Force Base
Twin Brothers Die In Diver Outing Tragedy
Whitesburg Kentucky twin brothers Leslie and Lester Collins of Blackey turned 16 with a diver outing Monday. One fell from a boat and the other tried to save him. both drowned in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesburg
Leslie
Lester Collins
Blackey
Kosygin Defends Peace Talks as U S Deception
Soviet Premier Kosygin accused United States peace bids in Viet Nam of being a deception and warned of increased aid from Communist countries to the Vietnamese. He blasted U S policy in the Dominican Republic and elsewhere, denouncing intervention and linking Goldwater to extremism. He backed North Viet Nam leaders and the National Liberation Front, calling for an end to bombing, adherence to Geneva accords, troop withdrawal, and Vietnamese self determination.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
United States
Soviet Union
North
National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Kosygin
Patrice Lumumba Friendship University
Convention Reforms Urged By Ike At GOP Meeting
Republican National Chairman Ray Bliss will propose forming a committee to study convention procedures. Former President Eisenhower endorsed reforms, criticizing convention chaos and proposing stricter rules including shorter demonstrations and limited media access. Controversy at party HQ over a rifled desk led Bliss to dismiss aide William Cody Kelly for pressing a list of big contributors.
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Washington
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Republican National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
William Cody Kelly
Frank Kovac
Barry Goldwater
Kelly
Water Emergency Declared In Racine
A water emergency was declared in Racine as residents faced a 24 hour ban on lawn watering. City tanks drawing from Lake Michigan ran dry during peak sprinkling hours, then began refilling the next morning according to the water department spokesman.
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Racine
a_ water department
William H. Beyer
Lake Michigan
Balaguer Declares Dominican Presidential Candidacy
Former President Joaquin Balaguer says he will run for president in future Dominican elections. He returned to Santo Domingo to be at his critically ill mother's bedside.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republica
Joaquin Balaguer
Dominican Republic
Balaguer
Puerto Rico
Motorcyclist In Critical Condition After Crash
Harlen D. Sedin a 25 year old motorcycle operator from 211 N 10th St was injured in a two vehicle crash at East Avenue and Horton Street He was thrown to the pavement and reported in extremely critical condition at Lutheran Hospital A car driven by Larry L Olson 18 of 307 N 2nd St La Crescent collided with the motorcycle Olson said he did not hear or see the cycle until it was too late Sedin suffered severe head injuries compound fractures to his left arm and left leg and possible internal injuries
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Lutheran Hospital
Harlen D. Sedin
10Th St
Larry L. Olson
2Nd St
la Crescent
East Avenue
Horton Street
Ledin
Olson
Horton
NJ Supreme Court orders maximum dispersal of Black students
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled communities must aim for maximum dispersal of Black students across all schools, not merely reduce imbalance in nearly all Black schools. It rejected Plainfield’s plan to convert Washington School into a central 6th grade school and called for the education commissioner to reconsider the case.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey Supreme Court
Plainfield
Washington
Frederick M. Raubinger
War on Poverty Seen as Token Effort by NAACP Official
NAACP leaders denounced the administration's poverty program as white welfare paternalism. Herbert Hill called it a BB shot against poverty while Roy Wilkins urged the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be fully enforced to address the underlying problems.
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War On Poverty
NAACP
Lewis M. Simons
Denver
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
People Today
Herbert Hill
Roy Wilkins
The
Wilkins
Department of Labor
Hill
Australian Troops Join Viet Cong Hunt North of Saigon
About 800 Australian Infantry moved in with U S paratroopers for a joint operation north of Saigon to hunt Viet Cong. One American paratrooper was killed and another wounded in a grenade attack during the jungle sweep.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Army
173Rd Airborne Brigade
173Rd
A. U.S
North
Hanoi
Thuan Chau
Son la
Cai Lay
Mekong
U.S. Marine Corps
William C. Westmoreland
Mieu Ba
Westmoreland
Demos Vote To Introduce Budget Bill
The Joint Finance Committee with an eight to six Democratic majority moved a two year budget bill totaling 822 million dollars with no balancing tax provisions. Republicans criticized pushing ahead without the agreed compromise and absent Assemblyman Mittness. The measure advances to the Assembly as Knowles threatens to veto any unbalanced plan.
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Madison
Joint Finance Committee
Assembly
Lewis Mittness
Djanesville
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Warren P. Knowles
Legislative Reference Library
Public Gets Look At Six Moon Scientists
Houston AP reports six US scientist-astronauts introduced as future moon researchers. Names include Frank Michel Joseph Kerwin Duane Graveline Edward Gibson Owen Garriott and Harrison Schmitt. Most from small towns, averages 5 ft 10 in, 160 pounds. four are married. First moon flight is at least four years away. they are expected to study lunar surface later.
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Houston
Tex
U.S
Manned Spacecraft Center
Frank D. Michel
Joseph P. Kerwin
Duane E. Graveline
Edward G. Gibson
Owen K. Garriott
Harrison Schmitt
Enid
Okla
Garriott
Newport
Graveline
Oak Park
Ill
Kerwin
la Crosse
Wis
Michel
Santa Rita
N.M
Schmitt
Agger Pg
Air Force
Gordon Cooper Jr
Oriskany
Dam
Navy
Cmdr
Charles Conrad
Hanoi
Tennessee farmer flabbergasts government victory
Wilford Metcalf of Cocke County Tennessee challenged a forest service timber bill of 1717.52 after a ranger claimed land on his mountain farm belonged to the government. Congressman James Quillen pressed for relief, and a new survey indicated the land did not belong to the government. The case ends with Metcalf triumphant and the bill in doubt.
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Washington
Wilford Metcalf
U.S
Metcalf
Cocke County
James Quillen
Orville
L. Freeman
Forest Service
Met Quillen
Quillen
Agriculture Department
Wilford
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Travis Afb
UPI
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco International Airport
Charles H
Chuck) Kimes
San Bruno
San Francisco Bay
Stepers
Sen
Barry) Goldwater
William E. Miller
Jersey
Malcolm W. Browne
U.S. Air Force
Hoa Luat Nam
Vinh
Lan Dama
Demos
Robert Heard
Minnesota
Tennessee Farmer
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