Crash of AF transport plane kills 84 Marines in California
A Military Air Transport Service jet carrying 84 Marines bound for Okinawa crashed after takeoff from El Toro California. All aboard died. The four engine Boeing C135 plunged into the Santa Ana foothills, explode d and burned, flinging bodies and wreckage over a half mile. Rescue teams scoured isolated brushland as helicopters searched the slope.
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EL Toro
Calif
Military Air Transport Service
Okinawa
Here
Honolulu
Marine Air Base
Los Angeles
Santa Ana Mountains
Far East
18Th Air Transport Squadron
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Irvine Ranch
Santa Ana
East German Threat to Block Berlin Freight and Air Traffic
East Germany warned it would halt barge traffic to West Berlin and raise rail freight rates if four power controls are not renegotiated by July. Transit documents would be replaced at borders, and air safety operations could be shifted with East German consent. No Allied reaction reported.
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Edwin Kramer
Communist Party Central Committee
Neues Deutschland
Kramer
West Germany
West Berlin
East Germany
Bonn
Otto Winter
Central Committee
Berlin
Allied Control Council For
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Winter
Berlin Autobahn
Demos Cheer as GOP Internal Fight Flares Over Desk Raid
Washington AP report on intra party clash as GOP aide William Cody Kelly accuses party chair Ray C Bliss of firing him after a desk raid at the headquarters. Frank Kovac, finance director, says Kelly and three aides opened Kovac’s locked desk and looted donor lists and film reels. Johnson and Humphrey mock the scandal while Kelly claims a broader probe, tying to Goldwater and the Free Society Association. Bliss says Kelly’s resignation was demanded for actions against staff standards.
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GOP
William Cody Kelly
Ray C. Bliss
Kelly
Republican
Frank J. Kovac
Interoffice
Bliss
Kovac
Goldwater
New Free Society Association
Cincinnati
Washington
Republican National Committee
Gunshot Victim Is Termed Good
A 10 year old boy survived a wound from a .45 pistol at his farm home near Eudora. Joseph Martin, son of Mr and Mrs Alan Martin, was in good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He and his 12 year old brother Steve were alone when the accident occurred. Steve found the pistol and fired it inadvertently while playing on a couch. The slug entered Joseph’s left side and exited his back. Steve alerted the operator, who summoned a doctor and Citizens Ambulance service.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Joseph Martin
Eudora
Alan Martin
Joseph
Steve
Citizens Ambulance Service
President Johnson Urges U.N. Peace Drive at 20th Birthday
In San Francisco President Johnson marks the United Nations 20th birthday and asks the U.N. to lead a global alliance for peace, poverty relief, arms control, and population limits. He says Southeast Asia shadows global humanity and expresses support for any effective UN peace initiative.
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San Francisco
Johnson
United Nations
U.N
Viet Nam
U.N. Con
Southeast Asia
World Organization
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
John
Stock Market Ends Lower on New York Closing
The New York closing on the stock market shows the 60-stock index at 312.8, down 1.5 points. Key players and unrelated shifts not specified.
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Stock Market Index
New York
Details Set For East Campus Job
Keith Lawton vice chancellor for operations at Kansas University outlined a 75000 budget request for redevelopment east of Mount Oread after Fraser Hall replacement. Funds cover utility hookups sidewalks turnabout in front of Watkins Hospital library walk connections topsoil and final utility routing in the former Fraser site as part of KU's 1967 capital improvements plan.
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Keith Lawton
Kansas University
Mount Oread
Fraser Hall
Lawton
Watkins Hospital
Old Fraser Hall
W. Clarke Wescoe
Kansas Board of Regents
William Avery
Fireworks injure five year old in Lawrence incident
A five year old girl Susan Harvey suffered eye burns when a neighbor child lit a firecracker and flicked it toward her face in southeast Lawrence. She was treated by an eye specialist and her bandages were removed with hopes of healing. Authorities prohibit fireworks except July 15 and urge caution as Jaycees plan a safe July 4 show at Memorial Stadium on Kansas University campus.
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Lawrence
Susan Harvey
Carter D. Harvey
Maple Lane
Susan
Memorial Stadium
Kansas University
Johnson, Truman Meet In Kansas City On UN Anniversary
President Johnson meets former President Truman in Kansas City to discuss Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic as the United Nations marks its 20th birthday. Truman, in candid mood, praises Johnson’s early White House impact, while Johnson plans to address the UN anniversary in San Francisco.
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Kansas City
Johnson
United Nations
Harry S. Truman
Seti
U.N
Truman
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
White House
Missouri
San Francisco
Muehlebach
Arkansas River
Kansas
The
World Organization
Tryan
Johnson bill approved to create housing department
President Johnson's plan for a new Cabinet Department of Housing and Urban Development cleared a Senate Government Operations subcommittee and advances to the full committee. The House has already passed similar legislation.
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Washington
Johnson
Cabinet Department of Housing and Urban Development
Senate
Full
Committee For Action
House
Two blasts hit crowded Saigon riverfront restaurant
A pair of explosions at the My Canh floating restaurant on the Saigon River killed 17 and wounded 24, with officials fearing higher tolls. The first blast likely a Claymore mine. a second bomb struck a tobacco stall nearby. Many Americans among the victims.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
My Canh
South
Radio
Hanoi
U.S. Army
Harold Bennett
Perryville
Ark
U.S
Lawrence Charity Horse Show Opens To Big Local Crowd
About 800 to 900 people attended the 21st annual Lawrence Charity Horse Show opening at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. Den nis Jeffers riding Doc Van won the reining challenge trophy, donated by the Douglas County Trail Riders. Tonight’s show starts at 6 30 with western, pleasure and reining events, plus barrel racing, pole bending and more. Admission is 1 for adults, free for children under 12. All profits go to charity. First place Thursday included Honey Bee ridden by Frank Leschke Jr of Paola in Western Horsemanship, and other top finishers in Lead In Costume and related classes.
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Douglas County
Dennis Jeffers
Kansas City
Kan
Doc van
Douglas County Trail Riders
Honey Bee
Frank Leschke, Jr
Paola
Bart
Jack Conzelman
Lawrence
Mark Warren
Little Champ
Tom Swearingen
Kim Murphree
Rain Forecast for City Tonight in Lawrence
The U S Weather Bureau in Topeka forecasts a 50 percent chance of rain in Lawrence tonight with thunderstorms over northeast Kansas, diminishing Saturday. Skies to be partly cloudy through Saturday, southeasterly winds easing tonight except in storms, and a low in the upper 60s with Saturday highs around the mid 80s. In Lawrence yesterday the high was 84 and the low 65 with a 64 overnight minimum at 4 am today. The date’s all time high is 103 set in 1954 and the low 49 from 1958. Last year’s highs and lows were 88 and 61.
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Lawrence
U.S
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Outlook Northeast Kansas Storms Tonight
Thunderstorms over five percent of the area tonight diminishing by Saturday. Otherwise, partly cloudy through Saturday with southerly winds diminishing to night except in storms. Tonight’s low in the upper sixties. Saturday high around 88. Temperature readings show a mixed day with yesterday’s high 84 and low 66. Record highs and lows for the date include 103 in 1944 and 49 in 1958. Sunrise and sunset times noted for Saturday.
Kiddyland opens at 2303 W Ninth Ady Lawrence
Kiddyland opens at 2303 West Ninth Street near Ady and Lawrence's Leading Funeral Service, with Himasy Funeral Home noted in the vicinity.
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Ady
Lawrence
Himasy
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