Joint Probe of Sea Collision Approved
The United States and Australia agreed on a joint preliminary investigation into a collision near Vietnam that killed 74 Americans. Aboard the Evans the forward section sank quickly and crews faced flooding with little warning as SEA TO members conducted maneuvers.
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Pearl Harbor
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U.S
Vietnam
Mpact
Melbourne
Frank F. Evans
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Evans
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S. Navy
Adm
Jerome H. King Jr
Fleet Headquarters
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Pacific
Navy
Telephone Co-ops Funded Since 1949 by REA
Since 1949 the Rural Electrification Administration has financed 874 telephone systems, including 232 cooperatives, aiding rural communications nationwide.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Young Cuban Survives Wheel-Tire Ordeal Seeks U.S. Help
Armando Socarras Ramirez, 22, recovering in Madrid after clinging for hours to an Iberian airliner’s retracted wheel during the Atlantic crossing, said he hopes relatives in New Jersey will assist his trip to the United States. Doctors call his condition improving with no fever and out of danger after a frigid, life threatening ordeal.
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Lawrence J. Reilly
Costa Mesa
Calif
John Reilly
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. [Laird
Navy
Mark
A Gee
Port Angeles
Wash
Gee
Melbourne
Fvans
Albert S. McLemore
Madrid
UPI
Havana
United States
New Jersey
Armando Socarras Ramirez
Ramirez
Dallas Girl Wins National Spelling Championship
Susan Yoachum, 14, of Dallas Texas, won the 42nd National Spelling Championship with the word egalitarian. Margaret Matthees of Huntsville Alabama finished second and David Groissier of Brooklyn New York placed third. Susan earned 1000 dollars, a New York weekend, a trophy and a plaque for her school.
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UPI
Susan Yoachum
Dallas
Tex
Margaret Matthees
Huntsville
Ala
Yoachum
Matthews
Susan
Hills Junior High School
New York
Margaret
Charles G. Yoachum
Cotillion
Charles
David Groissier
Brooklyn
N.Y
David
Four-Day War Victory Fete Opens in Normandy
In St. Lo, France, UPI reports four days of ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of D Day. About 3,000 U.S. World War I veterans and 10,300 Allied deaths are noted as Gen. Omar Bradley joins the events at Cherbourg while Eisenhower's 156,000 troops began the assault that signaled the fall of the Third Reich.
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ST. LO
France
Upi
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hitler
Third Reich
Omar Bradley
U.S. Army
Cherbourg
Pueblo Officer Says Pueblo Capture Could Have Been Avoided
Lt. Edward R. Murphy Jr., executive officer aboard the USS Pueblo during its 1968 seizure by North Korea, told the Christian Science Monitor that the event “needn't have happened” and could have been prevented with a more experienced captain and crew. He cited misreadings and internal tensions, noted his resignation after being cleared by Navy officials, and questioned the ship’s identity as a spy vessel.
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UPI
Pueblo
North Korea
Christian Science Monitor
Edward R. Murphy Jr
Murphy
U.S
Navy
John H. Chafee
USS
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