Evans captain says he was not informed of fatal flight plan
Cmdr. Albert S. McLemore testified at a joint U.S.-Australian inquiry that he knew the Melbourne would conduct flight operations about 3 30 a.m. but had no advance notice Evans would be designated plane guard during the night of the June 3 collision. He said he was not awakened for a change of station and noted the Evans had priorly completed a similar maneuver without incident.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
UPI
U.S
Melbourne
Frank E. Evans
South China Sea
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Cmdr
Albert S. McLemore
Evans
McLemore
Ders
Vallejo
Calif
Air Force sergeant acts as goodwill ambassador abroad
Technical Sergeant John E. Jenness of Vandenberg AFB has spent 19 years in the Air Force and since 1954 has carried out a voluntary goodwill tour across six countries. working with missionaries, aiding the poor, orphans and flood victims, and collecting stamps for missions. He emphasizes cultural respect and personal camera work that gains worldwide attention.
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United States
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John E. Jenness
Vandenberg Afb
Jenness
Shaw Afb
Alaska
Japan
Germany
Korea
Canada
Mexico
American Southwest
Vandenberg
Rotary Club of
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Alaska Press Club
John XXIII
Mission de Guadalupe
Lawmakers mull organized crime bill amid definitional fears
The panel debated a mafia bill that risked sweeping definitions. Deputy Atty. Gen. Mansir urged a statute in case a key witness emerges, while Assemblymen Sieroty and Murphy warned it could criminalize ordinary groups. Murphy questioned broad attorney general powers and proposed an interim study before another hearing.
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Pete Wilson
San Diego
Joseph Valachi
Lawrence Mansir
Alan Sieroty
Beverly Hills
Frank Murphy
Santa Cruz
Troops Repel North Vietnamese Attack on New Camp
U.S. soldiers defending a brand new camp northeast of Saigon repelled a 300-man North Vietnamese assault. At dawn 38 Communists lay dead on the field. three American soldiers were killed and six wounded. The base, 57 miles from Saigon, faced an initial 140 rounds before drones and monsoon clouds hindered air support.
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Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
U.S
UPI
David Lamb
Joy
Lamb
Khiem Duc
Critics escalate over Justice Douglass article
Senate critics press Supreme Court Justice William O Douglass over a March Avant Garde article titled The Appeal of Folk Singing A Landmark Opinion. Senator Paul Fannin calls the piece despicable and questions a justice associating with the publisher and its lead figure Ralph Ginzburg.
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UPI
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William O. Douglass
Paul Fannin
R-Ariz
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Avant Garde
Ralph Ginzburg
Ginzburg
Fannin
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Parvin Foundation
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Inter American Center For Economic and Social Studies
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Subcommittee On Separation of Powers
Judicial Conference
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Den.c
Earl Warren
Abe Fortas
Arthur J. Goldberg
Stanley Reed
Charles Whittaker
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Department of Justice
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Reagan eulogizes Taylor at Glendale service
Governor Ronald Reagan eulogized actor Robert Taylor as a great and enduring motion picture star at a Forest Lawn service in Glendale California. More than 200 mourners including Taylor's film colleagues attended the brief ceremony noting his professional mastery and humility despite early matinee idol fame.
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Vernon Scott
Glendale
Calif
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Robert Taylor
Reagan
Taylor
Forest Lawn
Church of the Recessional
Pretty Boy
Bear attack prompts warning as girl injured in Yellowstone camp
Yellowstone Park officials urged caution after an old grizzly attacked 5 year old Daphne Jax at a park campground. Daphne, daughter of Eugene and Mrs. Jax of St Paul Minnesota, was flown home by Air Force plane in good condition with cuts internal injuries and a broken rib.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
UPI
Daphne Jax
Eugene Jax
St. Paul
Obituary for Tito E. Aragon Iron Worker at Vandenberg
Tito E. Aragon 52 dies from injuries after a 35 foot fall from the SLC-6 launch facility under construction at Vandenberg. Services pending at McPeek Family Mortuary. He resided at Space 64 825 E Ocean Ave and worked as an iron worker for Allied Engineering Company. This was the third death during the facilities construction.
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Tito E. Aragon
Vandenberg Air Force East
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Aragon
Space 64
E. Ocean Avenue
Allied Engineering Company
South
Vandenberg
Two Flags On Moon Proposed For Apollo Eleven
Sen Bennett announces House approved space bill requiring a single American flag on the moon for Apollo 11. He plans to provide special silk flags flown over the Capitol and Independence Hall for planting on the lunar surface. NASA says it will leave a flag and bring back another flag for Congress.
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UPI
Sen
Wallace F. Bennett
Rutah
Capitol
Independence Hall
House
Bennett
Senate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Congress
Trials for Presidio mutiny defendants set for next Monday
The last two of 27 soldiers charged with mutiny after a sit down demonstration at the Presidio stockade will face trials. Private Michael Murphy, 18, of Concord California and Private Lawrence Zaino, 20, of Toledo Ohio, had earlier postponements due to medical issues.
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San Francisco
UPI
Presidio Stockade
Army
Michael Murphy
Concord
Calif
Lawrence Zaino
Toledo
Ohio
Wollaston Officials Reconsider Street Carnival Ban
In Wollaston England the County Council barred a village street festival citing traffic hazards. Roger Tivey 27 uncovered a 1620 charter from King Henry III granting Wollaston permission to stage street carnivals, prompting officials to review the ban.
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Wollaston England
UPI
Roger Tivey
Wollaston
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