Mid-Air Collision Kills 16 At Mountain View Golf Course
A NASA Convair 990 and a Navy P3 Orion collided near Moffett Field and crashed onto Sunnyvale’s golf course. Sixteen aboard died, one person is critically injured. Debris spread over a 100 yard area. responders worked three hours to recover bodies.
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Mountain View
Calif
Ron Kimball
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navy
David Frame
Sunnyvale Municipal
Board of
Moffett Field
Moffett
National Aeronautics and Space
Bill Brand
Ketchum
Idaho
Brand
Mallibert
Kimball
San Francisco
NASA
Moffet Field
San Jose
Brandt Re-elected Party Leader at SD Convention
Chancellor Willy Brandt's Social Democratic Party re elected him chairman by a 404 to 20 vote amid strong backing for West Germanys alliance with the United States and continued participation in NATO defenses. Left wing pressure failed to derail his pro Western stance.
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Hannover
Germany
Willy Brandt
West Germany
United States
Social ‘Democratic Party
Brandt
U.S
Europe
Beta Theta Pi marks 100th anniversary at KU
Alumni of Kansas University's Alpha Nu chapter arrive in Lawrence for the centennial celebration. Activities include a golf tournament, pledge reunions, campus tour, centennial history luncheon, All Alpha Nu formal, initiation ceremony and banquet with remarks by Chancellor Nichols Gov Docking and former chancellors. Over 300 men expected.
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Kansas University
Alpha Nu
Beta Theta Pi
Lawrence
Ramada Inn
National Beta
Ralph N. Fey
Raymond Nichols
Robert Docking
Deane Malott
Franklin Murphy
Douglas County Volunteers in Court receives grant
The Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration approved a 14610 grant for the Douglas County Volunteers in Court. Pam Parker said the grant, announced after a Topeka hearing, will be matched by 1950 from the county and in kind services from Baldwin, Eudora and the county. The program aims to rehabilitate first offenders aged 12 to 16 with a big brother like volunteer system. 22 volunteers are active and 10 to 20 more are to be trained within six weeks to two months. The grant covers one year starting in May.
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Governor’s Committee On Criminal Administration
Douglas County
Pam Parker
Topeka
County Commission
Baldwin
Eudora
Parker
Sentencing for Jessie Ferguson in car burglary case
Jessie Ferguson, 22, of 255 North Michiana Street was sentenced to one to five years after pleading guilty March 20 to attempted theft. He had remained free on bond since his October arrest for attempting to burglarize a car owned by Deanna Hogelin in Ottawa.
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Jessie V. Ferguson
N. Mich
Ferguson
Deanna Hogelin
Ottawa
Make the Scene Clean spring campaign brochures mailed
Preparatory activities for the Make the Scene Clean spring campaign begin with a brochure mailing. Mrs Gloria Morton chairwoman of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce notes the mail goes to service clubs scouts Haskell Indian Junior College and Kansas University groups. Priority targets include city park painting park right of way and parking lot cleanups. Paints and brushes are provided by the city parks and recreation department. Contact the Chamber to volunteer for a priority area.
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Gloria Morton
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Boy
Girl Scouts
Haskell Indian Junior College
Kansas University
City Parks and Recreation Department
Theft at Lawrence High School Hits Portable TV
Lawrence High School police report theft of a $90 portable television from a portable classroom. A window was forced, causing $15 damage. John Forbes, division principal, reported the incident. The unit was near the southwest corner of the main building.
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Lawrence High School
John Forbes
Tag Placed On Dams Evenness in Flood Control Saves Kansas City
Flood control projects in the Kansas City area prevented an estimated 125 million dollars in damages during recent flooding. The Corps of Engineers Kansas City District Office reports about 114 million in this relief occurred in the greater Kansas City area. Perry Reservoir on the Delaware River in Jefferson County is among the Kansas River basin projects.
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Kansas City
Corps of Engineers District Office
William Needham
Kansas River
Perry Reservoir
Delaware River
Jefferson County
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