Co Pilot Saves 56 Lives On Tokyo Landing
UPI reports a KLM jetliner carrying 56 aboard landed at Tokyo Airport after Capt. G H de Groot suffered a heart attack and died. Co Pilot C G de Jager took control, leveled the approach, and landed the plane safely with navigator assistance. It was the first such incident in 45 years of KLM history.
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Tokyo
UPI
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
G. H. de Groot
Amsterdam
Jonker
Japan
Korea
de Groot
C. G. de Jager
Huyizen, Nether
Hanoi Ghost Writes POWs Statements
Hanoi releases another statement said to be from captured U S fliers pleading with pilots to refuse participation in the Vietnam War. The message, attributed to Lt Cmdr James Huttons and Maj James Young, urges crew to avoid being captured and questions U S air operations over Vietnam.
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Tokyo
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Hanoi
U.S
Radi
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James Huttons
Independence
Maj
James Young
Udorn
Thailand
Democratic Republica
Viet Nam
Notre Dame researchers alter male mosquitoes to females
University of Notre Dame scientists report they can turn male mosquito larvae into females by exposing them to about 95 degrees Fahrenheit for four to five days. They have not demonstrated a method to convert females into males.
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Notre Dame, Ind
University of Notre Dame
King vows to lead marches into Chicago despite mob violence
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr vows to lead his marchers again into all white Chicago neighborhoods after being pelted with a rock and cursed by a hostile mob in Chicago Lawn. A West Side church gathering precedes plans to move toward Belmont Cragin as King criticizes the deep hostility he faced.
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UPI
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
South
Chicago Lawn
Atlanta
Selma
Turning points and memory of Guadalcanal battle lines
The piece recalls the Allied Guadalcanal invasion starting Aug 7 1942 with US Marines moving ashore at Tulagi Gavutu and Guadal canal. It notes fierce fighting at Tenaru River Bloody Ridge and Matanikau and the turning point acknowledged by Japanese leaders. It ends with modern reflections from a veteran wondering if peace will return.
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San Diego
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Gavutu
Tanambogo
Florida
Becae
Adm
Nagano Osami
Toshikazu
Ohmae
Japan
Adolf Hitler
Las Vegas
Crash Kills Entertainer Joe Gilbert
East Los Angeles California reports say singer Joseph Gilbert a 23 year old from Los Angeles and half of the Joe and Eddie duo was killed when their sports car overturned and burned. His 19 year old passenger Karen Joy Miller suffered serious injuries. Gilbert and Eddie Brown had performed as a duo for five years after starting in New Orleans.
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Los Angeles
Calif
UPI
Joseph Gilbert
Joe
Eddie
Gilbert
Cosmos Club
Seal Beach
Wreckage Found Of Missing Navy Jets Near Piney Woods
State police reported the wreckage of two Navy jet fighters found about four miles north of Louisiana Highway 12 between Starks and Dequincy in Piney Woods, roughly 35 miles northwest of Lake Charles. The fate of the pilots remained unclear, with early reports suggesting they died in the crash. The aircraft were part of a flight from Naval Air Station New Orleans to Emplace before contact was lost Friday.
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Lake Charles
UPI
Piney Woods
Here
Louisiana Highway 12
Starks
Dequincy
Naval Air Station
New Orleans
Empase
Distillation Alcohol Origins Traced to 12th Century Monastery
A historic claim places the first distillation of alcohol in a Southern Germany monastery during the 12th century. Researchers cite medieval monastic laboratories as the likely origin of the technique that spread across Europe.
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Germany
France Hosts Youth Hostels Grow as Student Use Surges
Paris report shows 276 youth hostels nationwide with 700,000 young users last year. Forty operate year round, 24 offer sports focus, 12 train group leaders, and 65 percent of the association’s 90,000 members are students.
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Paris
France
French Youth Hostel Association
Little Venice Name Origin Tied to Lake Maracaibo Villages
The name Venezuela meaning Little Venice traces to native villages perched on stilts above Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. The phrase reflects early observers who compared the stilt towns to the Italian city.
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Venezuela
Venice
Lake Maracaibo
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