Death Toll Climbs in Charleston Air Crash
The Piedmont Airlines turboprop crash at Kanawha Airport near Charleston, West Virginia, killed 34 people with 3 survivors. Names include Darrell Triplett of Branchland and Roger Lee Kincaid of Alvon, among others. Investigators noted thick fog and a first impact into a hillside.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Piedmont Airlines
Kanawha
Darrell Triplett
Branchland
Charleston General Hospital
Triplett
Vietam
Susan Bosken
Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
Barbara Schiller
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Judy Benhase
Norkwood
Tom Voignier
Chemical Company
Piedmont
Winston, Salem
N.C
Roger Lee Kincaid
Alvon
Greenbrier County
Louisville
Norfolk
National Transportation Safety Board
Seven Die In Italian Tanker Blast Off Sicily
Fire and explosions aboard the Italian oil tanker Ugo Fiorelli off Sicily killed seven men including the captain. Five were gravely hurt and a crew wife survived after being pulled from the sea. Salvage tugs battled flames as officials blamed a gas ignition amid heavy seas.
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Caltanissetta
Italy
Ugo Fiorelli
Sicily
Sergio Paredo
Hanoi Message To U S Rumored Vientiane Talks
Diplomatic observers link a sudden change in plans by the North Vietnamese ambassador to Laos with a possible meeting between Hanoi envoy Le Van Hien and Lao Premier Souvanna Phouma. Reports say Hien might carry a message for U S officials in Vientiane amid Paris talks.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Hanoi
Souvanna Phouma
le van Hien
U.S
Souvanna
Paris
France
Hien
Man Held For Wiretap Transport
Federal agents arrest Hewlett New York resident David R. Lagnado at Minneapolis-St Paul Airport on a charge under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act for interstate transport of a device designed for surreptitious interception of wire and oral communications. If convicted he faces up to $10,000 fine and five years in prison.
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UPD
Hewlett
N.Y
David R. Lagnado
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minneapolis-St. Paul
New York
Kennedy International Airport
Lagnado
President Johnson
Continental Telephone Supply Co
FBI
Jackie Robinson Leaves GOP to Back Democrats in 1968
Jackie Robinson, longtime New York Republican official and first Black MLB star, will resign his post and support the Democratic nominee in November. He cites Nixon’s stance and the party’s South bigotry as reasons, saying he will assist any Democratic candidate from Humphrey to McGovern and urges Black voters to follow. A Rockefeller ally admits knowing 10 days before the GOP convention his candidate could not win.
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United Press International
Nelson Rockefeller
Jackie Robinson
New York State
Republican Party
Richard Nixon
South
Agnew
Maryland
Robinson
Washington
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Pope Pleads For Prayer Amid Birth Control Encyclical Fallout
At Castel Gandolfo Pope Paul VI appealed for prayers from Catholics as he faced intense criticism of his encyclical opposing all artificial birth control including the pill. He spoke emotionally during the Sunday blessing to thousands gathered below his summer residence balcony.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Paul VI
As Wall
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