Nine killed as dynamite crate causes rail disaster in Italy
Police reported a crate of dynamite fell under a passenger train in the Italian Riviera town of Portofino near La Spezia, killing nine and injuring about 50. In other world briefs, Chaplin's son seeks permission to marry, Pearlton talks with Johnson, and UNTSO brokered a ceasefire in Jerusalem. The U.S. destroyer escort Whitehurst was refloated after a foggy collision in Vancouver Harbor with the Norwegian freighter Hovanjer. no injuries.
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Ronassola
Italy
UPI
Riviera
la Spezia
Cadaques
Spain
Michael Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Michael
Patria Johns
London
Barcelona
Navy
Vancouver
B.C
U.S
Whitehurst
Hovanjer
Lions Gate Bridge
National Briefs Stir Debate Over Foreign Aid and Civil Rights
UPI reports lawmakers oppose U S aid to Indonesia and the United Arab Republic as Johnson seeks a 3.38 billion foreign aid package. In Selma Public Safety Director Baker vows law and order during King’s integration drive. A silver coin reform proposal gains industry support. A Charleston man killed by gunfire during a manhunt. Dock contract talks continue in Galveston with no joint session. Baltimore detective wounded in knife attack near police headquarters.
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Washington
Selma, Ala
UPI
Wilson Baker
M. L. King Jr
American Nazi Party
George Lincoln Rockwell
National States Rights Party
Selma
Alabama
Baker
Charleston
S.C
Columbia
Ashley Crummery
Briarcliff Manor
N.Y
Galveston,tex
West Gulf District
West Gulf
Riots Rock Hue Dalat In Vietnam Demonstrations
Demonstrations by students and Buddhists in Hue and Dalat rioted yesterday with 2,000 in Hue and 500 in Dalat. Four students were shot, police and troops set barricades, and a civilian policeman was rumored to have fired. UPI reports heavy clashes with Viet Cong and a government ambush thwarted by government forces.
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UPI
Hue
Dalat
Tran van Huong
U.S
Don Wadley
U.S. Operation Mission
USOM
Hung Dao School
Bai Thi Xuan
Ngo Dinh Diem
Henri Huet
Tay Ninh
Cambodian
Weekend Has Heavy Death Toll
A deadly weekend article from United Press International catalogs fires plane crashes and traffic wrecks across multiple states. Deaths include a Wichita Air Force tanker crash twenty nine total fatalities in Missouri Wisconsin Illinois and numerous local blazes.
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Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Air Force
Wichita
Kan
Meachem Park
Willie Hurst
Linn
Gemini Spacecraft Set For Second Cape Kennedy Launch
The Space Agency forecasts acceptable weather for Tuesday’s unmanned Gemini Titan-2 suborbital hop from Cape Kennedy. The 109-foot rocket, fueled today, aims to test flight systems and re entry protection ahead of the first manned flight this spring. Recovery ship Lake Champlain faced 11-foot seas in a Saturday practice. The countdown starts at 2 a.m. EST with launch slated for 9 a.m. EST and a 106 mile peak altitude before a 16 600 mph dive.
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UPS
Federal Space Agency
Lake Champlain
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mother Charged in Slaying of College Football Star
In Nashville Tennessee Carolyn Marlin 22 sits tearful as police charge her mother Mrs Hubert Marlin with murder over the death of Middle Tennessee State College sophomore end Charles Ray Neal 20. Neal was shot with a 16 gauge shotgun at the Marlin cottage after a double date. District attorney investigator George Currey says there was no misconduct and calls it a tragic mistake. He plans an indictment in about two weeks.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Carolyn Marlin
Hubert Marlin
Carolyn
Charles Ray Neal
Miss Marlin
George Currey
Neal
Currey
Middle Tennessee State College
MTSC
Paul Smith
Cynthia McClearin
Marlin
Mrs. Marlin
Brenda
Smith
Brenda Marlin
Miss McClearin
Johnson announces 88 new anti poverty projects nationwide
President Johnson unveils 88 new anti poverty efforts across 33 states and Puerto Rico, including first rural loan programs and a nationwide summer jobs network for up to 50,000 youths. The package totals about 221 million in approved projects with additional loans and urban job corps centers planned.
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Labor Department
Agriculture Department
New Jersey
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Ohio
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Ind
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U N debate over peacekeeping arrears risks early adjournment
The General Assembly resumes its 19th session amid a possible early adjournment to avoid a US Soviet clash over unpaid peacekeeping costs. The United States insists voting rights be suspended for nations two years in arrears, while the Soviet bloc pushes for a rescue fund without losing votes. Thant notes Soviets offer money only if voting rights are restored, and the US would back a rescue fund if arrearages are cleared.
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UPS
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Assembly
World Organization
U.N
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Soviet Bloc
Congo
Thant
Rescue Fund
Save Those Teeth Save Those Teeth
Dentists urged to avoid removing all teeth when some can support a partial denture. Dr. Earl Pound of Los Angeles says partial bridges with a few natural teeth improve chewing and reduce hazards compared to full extraction. He favors staged removal if needed, presented at UC Dental Alumni meeting.
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San Francisco
UPI
Earl Pound
Los Angeles
Pound
University of California Dental Alumni Association
Bitter Steel Union Fight Continues for USW Presidency
Pittsburgh based United Press International reports incumbent David J. McDonald and challenger I W Abel mounting rival campaigns for the United Steelworkers Union presidency amid stalled contract talks. McDonald claimed victory in the Feb 9 vote while Abel rallied in Wheeling West Virginia and Parkersburg. Negotiations with can and container industries near. sessions with aluminum industry expected soon.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
David J. McDonald
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
USW
McDonald
Abel
Wheeling
W. Va
Parkersburg
New York
Can and Container
Can Company
Aluminum
Cuban exile groups claim raids on targets in Argentina and Cuba
Cuban exile factions report attacks on Communist Party headquarters in Buenos Aires and on the Niagara sugar mill in Pinar del Rio. The Revolutionary Insurrectional Recovery Movement says it dropped hazardous devices and fired thousands of rounds after a B-26 raid, while the Christian Nationalist Movement claims a sudden operation against Communist targets.
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UPI
Argentina
Pinar del Rio
Christian Nationalist Movement
Communist Party
Buenos Aires
Revolutionary Insurrectional Recovery Movement
MIRR
Niagara
Niagara Mill
Guana
MIRA
Caribbean
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