Coast Guard Drags For Bodies After Plane Crash
A Eastern Air Lines jet with 58 aboard crashed into Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. The Coast Guard searched the choppy water after daylight, dragging debris and bodies as officials reported all aboard were dead. Pilot William Z. Zeng acknowledged a northeast heading before radar contact was lost. The wreckage lay six miles south of the lake's north shore, four miles east of the causeway.
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New Orleans
APD
Eastern Air Lines
Lake Pontchartrain
Coast Guard
Mexico City
New York
William Z. Zeng
Ringoes
N.J
Fastern
L. E. Clark
Atlanta
Washington
New Orleans International
Moisant
U.S. Coast
Four Paratroopers Die in Ft. Bragg Jump Tragedy
At Holland drop zone on Ft. Bragg two C130 aircraft caused a mass parachute jump accident. Four paratroopers were killed and eight injured when the wing struck descending parachutists from another plane. Names withheld pending kin notification. Three were with the 504th Infantry and one with the Strike Command. About 1,500 men were involved in formations of three, with roughly 60 per aircraft.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Holland
18Th Airborne Corps Public Information Office
504Th Infantry
65 Mile Stretch To Capital Ready Turnpike Open
The Oklahoma City to Lawton segment of the Southwestern Turnpike will open at 7 am Sunday with automatic toll gates the first in the state. Remainder to the Red River opens April 23. Tolls: Oklahoma City to Lawton 1.20 total, Chickasha legs 0.60 each. No ceremonies planned.
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Oklahoma City
Lawton
W. D. Hoback
Red River
Hoback
Oklahoma
Chickasha
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Hoback Sa
Baker Faces TV Ban as Baker Refuses to Testify
Robert G Baker argued against TV cameras at a Senate Rules Committee hearing where he refused to answer questions about his wealth earned during twenty years serving the Senate Democrats. He invoked the 5th Amendment and sat with attorney Edward Bennett Williams as the hearing turned contentious.
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Washington
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Democrats
Baker
Edward Bennett Williams
Ie Williams
Rules Committee
Joseph S. Clark
Senate
Clark
Williams
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Hugh Scott
Man 22 Dies After Starting Fire in Brother's Home
A 22 year old Herbert James Waldroop was found dead in his brother Ray Waldroop's home after starting two fires that caused smoke suffocation. He had just been released from city jail and reportedly faced a denied mental examination. Detectives described minor self inflicted wounds from a razor blade device and significant home damage.
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Lawton
Herbert James Waldroop
Ray Waldroop
Wiley Cox
Cleo Stout
Jimmy Martin
Waldroop
Council Okays Bids On Project In Brookland Addition
City council accepts low bid of 165205 82 from Project Construction Co for water and sewer line work in Brookland addition under a new combined Water and Sewer District No 1. Owners share costs. Also approves gauging stations at Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth and condemns property as fire hazard. Four new street lights to reach 1498 total. three-insurance investigation committee named. Sun Oil bid on Lake Ellsworth oil and gas lease accepted with cash offer.
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Water Committee
Project Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Brookland Addition
U.S. Geological Survey
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
E. Columbia
15Th
15Th and
Jefferson
45Th
Summit
E. Gore
N. Main
Sun Oil Co
Soviet pledges support to Viet Nam guerrillas
The Tass news agency announced Moscow will aid the South Vietnamese National Liberation Front and withdraw U.S. forces from South Viet Nam. Tass criticized U.S. plans to invade North Viet Nam and blamed the United States for the war, insisting Soviet solidarity with the North Vietnamese cause.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Tass
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Vietnamese National Liberation Front
U.S
South Viet Nam
North
New Cold Snap Heads For City
A new cold front moves into Oklahoma bringing blustery winds light rain and a switch to snow in Lawton. Light snow and freezing rain begin in the Panhandle with tonight’s low near 25 yet clearing by Wednesday into the 40s.
Kennedy files for Oklahoma state senate in Osage Pawnee districts
Mabelle Kennedy a Pawhuska banker and former treasury assistant secretary under Harry S Truman filed for state senate. Democrat Kennedy seeks the new Osage Noble and Pawnee counties district and is a former Democratic national committeewoman. The article notes a surge in Republican filings as 10 Republicans joined 34 filers. Other candidates include Victor Wickersham and Jed Johnson Jr. among district 6 and J. D. McCarty seeking re election to Oklahoma County Office No 2.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Mabelle Kennedy
Pawhuska
Victor Wickersham
Page Belcher
Jed Johnson Jr
Chickasha
J. D. McCarty
Oklahoma
Everett S. Collins
Sapulpa
Creek
Fifth Juror Sworn In Jack Ruby Trial
Dallas AP reports the fifth juror, Douglas J. Sowell 33, a jet airplane mechanic, is sworn in for Jack Ruby's murder trial. Luther E. Dickerson 27, vice president of a chemical firm, also seated. Sowell's doubt on a conspiracy and Dickerson's polygraph familiarity mark key selections as defense and prosecution clash.
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Jack Ruby
Dallas
Douglas J. Sowell
Sowell
Luther E. Dickerson
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Dickerson
Melvin Belli
Belli
Joe B. Brown
Joe Tonnhill
Hoover Faces Serious Health Setback at 89
New York AP Herbert Hoover, 89, has had a serious health setback. Doctors report his condition is now fairly satisfactory after a period of fever and bed rest at the Waldorf Astoria, following prior surgery at Columbia Presbyterian for a cancerous tumor and anemia.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Waldorf-Astoria
Fort Sill unit readies third Pershing shot at Fort Wingate
Fort Sill's 1st Missile Battalion 81st Artillery prepared to fire the third Pershing missile after two successful subzero firings at Fort Wingate New Mexico on Monday. The 1st of the 81st set a new record by launching two Pershings in one day, a first for a unit at the site.
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Washington
Victor Wickersham
D-Mangum
Fort Sill
Wickersham
House Armed Services
Pentagon
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Defense Department
Oklahoma
Army
Congress
Johnson
Fort Wingate
N.M
81St Artillery
Old
New Mexico
Blanding
Utah
Leamon E. Howell
Weather forecast for area turns cooler with light rain
Mostly cloudy and cooler with occasional light rain and drizzle. Night will see snow as a changeover, then clearing Wednesday. Highs around 55 today and 40 Wednesday, lows 25 tonight and 32 tomorrow. 11 a.m. reading was 50. Monday's high 36.
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Colorado
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Guymon
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Jack Cleland
Constitution
Washington Bureau
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Executive Armed Services Committee
Sill
Tinker Air Force Base
Hoover
Phil Ford
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