Hotel Exec Recalls Kidnapping Ordeal and Release
Mrs Grisham, a Las Vegas hotel executive, recounts her abduction by Gawne and accomplices who drove her to Sacramento and Los Angeles before she convinced them she would not betray them. She wired no money and was released on a bus in Las Vegas after feigning compliance to return home to her grandchildren. FBI questioned later. Harold Smith Sr. indicated unusual activity at the casino firm.
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Bank
Kathrynne Evans
Gawne
San Quentin
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Mrs. Grisham
Las Vegas
Beatty
FBI
Harold Smith Sr
Ball Park
Paratroopers Lead Largest Vietnam Delta Operation
Ground and air assaults stretch from 14 miles south of Saigon to the swollen delta. The Dan Chi 270 plan signals a major troop move into the delta with paratroopers, rangers, infantry and river assault units dropping in and engaging Communist forces along the landing zones. Foul weather hampers strikes on North Vietnam targets near Dien Bien Phu, the southern panhandle, and the DMZ.
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Saigon
Delta
U.S
North Vietnam
Dien Bien
Quake Razes Police Station and City Structures in Coastal Chile
A strong earthquake struck at 3 20 a m collapsing the police station and damaging most buildings in Taltal. The quake lasted over two minutes with aftershocks and cut electricity and communications. Water mains burst and a tidal wave alert was issued offshore but later canceled after tide stations found no tsunami.
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U. S
Hawaii
All-Out Investigation Opened Into Train Oil Truck Crash
Investigators examine a crash near Swampscott where a heat oil truck spilled 7000 gallons and a Boston to Rockport train collided. Witnesses recall a towering fireball as driver Raymond Bouley and bystanders acted to warn and escape.
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Raymond Bouley
Billerica
China launches nuclear test and missile warhead claim
China announced a nuclear explosion in the western part of the country after a period of martial music. The Tokyo Weather Bureau detected a 10 minute air disturbance. Three of four tests yielded 20 kilotons, with a May 8 1966 test claimed at 130 kilotons and thermo nuclear material. A October 27 test reportedly involved a warhead exploded from a missile in flight. Since October 1964, Beijing has advanced rapidly without Soviet aid.
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Ment
China
Tokyo Weather Bureau
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Addonzio
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Jimmy Cannon
Hy Gardner
Robert S. Allen
Paul Scott
Hank Greenspun
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Ralph Pearl
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