DC9 Jetliner Missing Over Oregon With 19 Aboard
A West Coast Airlines DC9 carrying 19 people disappeared last night near the Columbia River Gorge in northern Oregon after losing radar contact about 30 miles south of Portland. FAA said the plane landed at Eugene earlier and departed at 7 52 p m. Hamilton AFB said two aircraft were deployed to search.
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Inez Storm Toll Rises as Cuba, Haiti Hit Hard
Inez battered Cuba with torrential rains and 138 mph winds before moving north toward Florida. Haiti reported at least 15 deaths as Inez devastated towns near Port au Prince and Cayes Jacme. Cuban evacuations topped 150,000, with severe damage to sugar and coffee crops and numerous homes wrecked.
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Lin Piao vows readiness for Vietnam at Beijing National Day rally
Lin Piao addressed 1.5 million at the 17th National Day celebration in Beijing asserting China’s preparations for a maximum national sacrifice in support of Vietnam. Tass reported dignitaries left in protest over remarks about their parties while Mao watched.
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Two Men Arrested in Puerto Rico on Stolen Card Jewelry Purchases
Police in San Juan arrested Patrick Francis Edward and Patrick Maurice Fields on charges of using stolen credit cards to buy jewelry. Edward, 36, from Niagara Falls, and Fields, 41, from Las Vegas, were jailed after failing to post $6,000 bonds. Edward allegedly charged $525 and Fields $325 on stolen cards in the shopping spree.
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Famous Last Words of Ned Kelly Armor Clad Outback Bandit
The Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, famed for donning armor forged from plowshares after killing several constables, met the scaffold with a calm claim that he feared death as little as a cup of tea. He lived 1857 to 1882, becoming a legendary figure in colonial lore.
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Heavy U.S. Air Offensive Strikes Across North Vietnam
U S jets hit the Phu Lai bridge rail yard and Hanoi supply sites while marines clash north of the DMZ. A Tan Son Nhut airbase crash kills civilians and soldiers as B52 and Canberra bomb North Vietnam. An F4C Phantom is shot down. total U S aircraft losses rise to 389.
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Gun purchases rise as California buyers seek protection
The piece notes surging gun sales nationwide with California leading growth. Dealers report up to 35 percent year over year increases as buyers stock up for protection amid urban unrest. It cites 2.5 million registered handguns in California and a national gun population near 100 million or more.
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Medics Remove Live Mortar Shell From Soldier
Dinsmore reported on removing a live mortar shell from a Vietnamese armored unit soldier wounded near a coastal city. The evacuee was airlifted to Da Nang after doctors found a 12 inch rocket shaped shell lodged near the ribcage.
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Lin Piao Provokes Soviet Walkout at Massive Rally
Soviet and East European diplomats abruptly left a mass rally in Peking as Chinese Defense Minister Lin Piao, heir apparent to Mao, attacked the CPSU and other fraternal parties. Tass said the walkout included Poland Hungary Bulgaria Mongolia East Germany and Czechoslovakia amid a crowd of over 1.5 million people.
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LDS Official Urges Living According to Beliefs
Salt Lake City based UPI reports Counselor N Eldon Tanner of the First Presidency urged LDS members at the 136th semi annual conference to courageously live by gospel teachings. He defended Christian doctrine against claims of modernism and urged youth to embrace faith amid contemporary challenges. The conference includes 39 general authorities with two sessions remaining.
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Mullenax Surrenders After Prison Escape
National briefs report Vonda Jean Mullenax, 33, two time prison escaper and life term convict in the poisoning death of her husband, turning herself in with a male friend. Also note that draft exemptions remain intact after test recertification on Nov 18 19 and a Los Angeles housing project fire kills a mother and five of her six children.
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Probers Silent On Slaying Of Go Go Dancer
Police investigate the slaying of Irene Brandt in Blue Point New York while Suffolk County detectives and FBI agents question friends and coworkers. A missing 21 109 bank shortfall and a 20 000 Sayville discountoque robbery on Labor Day compound the case.
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Lethal Joke Threat Explodes On Iowa State Field
A homemade bomb buried on the 45 yard line at Iowa State University exploded when a workman rolled across it. Police say the device was rigged with metal pieces connected to a battery and meant to detonate during the Nebraska game.
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Britain pressured to enforce wage price freeze amid economic crisis
In London Labour faces court ruling on a voluntary wage and price freeze as newspaper industry and unions push for action. The government weighs enforcement versus economic collapse while seeking to rebuild the economy. In Quebec City a dredge barge capsized in massive waves from a passing liner, feared to have killed ten sailors.
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Subandrio Trial Opens Amid Treason Charges in Jakarta
Former Foreign Minister Subandrio stood trial before a military court in Jakarta on treason and subversion, facing a possible death sentence for allegedly contacting Communist leaders and plotting to overthrow President Sukarno. The indictment cites plots in 1964 1965 across Jakarta Sumatra and Java.
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Educators Lose Beatle Locks Hair Case for Teens
Three 17 year old members of Sounds Unlimited faced suspension from W W Samuel High School over long hair. Federal Judge W M Taylor Jr upheld the suspension as not arbitrary. Manager Kent Alexander said the band will continue contracts and seek private schooling with potential financial backing from Stanley Marcus.
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Weather Delays Pirates Return in Falklands Incident
A British vessel attempting to return a band of Argentine pirates to Argentina was driven back by high seas off Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. The group led by Maria Christina Verrier hijacked an Argentine airliner to dramatize Argentina's claim. The Argentine government said the pirates would be tried. The pirates surrendered Friday.
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