Powers Killed in Los Angeles Copter Crash
Francis Gary Powers, famed U2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, died when his traffic reporting helicopter crashed near a Little League field in Van Nuys. Cameraman George Spears also perished. no ground injuries were reported.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
CIA
Dwight Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Santa Barbara
van Nuys
George Spears
NBC
KNBC
Eisenhower
Paris
Willie Cooper
U.S
California
Lockheed Corp
KGIL
Chemical Blast Kills Four At Delaware Plant
An explosion at a Air Products and Chemical Corp plant in Delaware City Delaware destroyed a concrete nitrous oxide unit and killed four production workers with two others injured. Firefighters battled leaks from tankers and railroad cars for hours as investigators probed the blast cause.
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Delaware City
Del
UPI
Air Products and Chemical Corp
Allentown
New Castle County
Women’s NOW to Boycott Mormon Businesses Local group to protest ERA stance
Naomi Milliser of NOW announced a planned boycott of Mormon owned businesses starting later this week. The effort targets grocery chains banks and travel firms with 29 convention groups joining nationwide. Local NOW members already avoid Mormon enterprises and plan to distribute a 300-person newsletter urging participation.
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Naomi Milliser
National Organization For Women
Milliser
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
First Presidency
Mormon Church
Milliser Said
Tonopah
Bishop
Calif
Nevada
First Strike in 18 Years USWA Walks Out
About 20 000 United Steelworkers union members walked off in an 18 year first major walkout in the basic steel industry. Most strikers were miners in Minnesota and Michigan with smaller actions in Pennsylvania Ohio New York Massachusetts and Kentucky.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers of America
Minnesota
Michigan
Steel Industry
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
New York
Massachusetts
Tilden Mine
Ishpeming
Mich
United Steelworkers Union
USWA
Lloyd McBride
Penisula
Joseph T. Ryerson and Son Inc
Cleveland
Carnegie
U.S. Steel Corp
Worcester
Mass
Linus Wampler
Duluth
Minn
US. Steel
Shenango
Upper Michigan
Victim’s Mother Blasts Son of Sam as Animal
A 20 year old woman died after being shot in the Son of Sam spree, her mother calling the killer an animal who should be tortured for life. Police added detectives and appealed for tips as the city pressed the manhunt across Brooklyn Queens and the Bronx. The gunman remains unidentified with authorities saying they have eyewitness descriptions but no location.
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New York
UPI
Sam
Abraham Beame
Neysa Moskowitz
Kings County Hospital
Stacy
John Keenan
Brooklyn
Timothy Dowd
Special
Moscowitz
Violente
SUN Camp Fund Boost From Classified Ads Spurs Donations
The SUN Camp Fund draws donations from readers who advertise cars or items and include messages like sending $10 to help a needy child attend camp. Notable donors include Sahara Hotel at $500 and individuals such as Abe Cohen and Trudie & Bob Cronin, with varied small gifts totaling help for children.
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SUN Camp Fund Committee
SUN Summer Camp
P.O
Las Vegas
Sahara Hotel
Jane Cohen
Abe
Irah S$. Thomas
Bill Cronin
Trudie & Bob
Carmen J. Gualtieri
Nancy G. Ashbaugh
Mrs. W. Leypoldt
Bessie Tortorice
Buzz
Verna Marcinko
the Wagners
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Khrushchev
United States
U.S. Air Force
SUN
Hern
Sunrise
William Harmon
Newark
Delaware
Wilmington Medical Center
Fred Calhoun
Steelworkers Union
Union
Jerry Moskowitz
Robert Violante
Keenan
SUN Classifed
Joan M
Bio-dex
Joey Adams
Sheen
Bridge Landers
George
Thosteson
Joe Delaney
Wright
U Lanes
Fremont
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