Coffin Falls From Sky In Windsor Suburb
In Windsor Ontario a coffin from an American Airlines DC10 ripped from a cargo hatch at 12 000 feet and fell into a garden. The body of a 72 year old woman being sent from Wisconsin to Buffalo was inside the casket. The door landed in a home yard and caused no injuries.
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Windsor
Ont
UPI
Facca
Sandwich South Township
Wisconsin
Buffalo
N.Y
American Airlines
Detroit Metropolitan
Kent County
Kenneth Rock
Milwaukee
Detroit
AP Wirpehoto
U S Flyers Bomb Bridges Near Chinese Frontier in Laos North
American warplanes hit two rail bridges near China with laser guided bombs and targeted eight more bridges and two fuel depots across North Vietnam. Rockets struck Da Nang base. civilians and soldiers reported casualties while attacks pressed near An Loc and Highway 13.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Defense Department
Thailand
Hanoi
China
Peking
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
An Loc
Highway 13
Emancipation of the Mind weekend in Lubbock by United Black Coalition
The United Black Coalition of Lubbock plans a three day awareness weekend starting Friday at 6 p.m. with events at New Hope Baptist Church. Rev Jimmie Jones speaks at noon Saturday and the first Miss Black Lubbock contest is staged at Mae Simmons Park pool at 4 p.m. The weekend ends Sunday with lecturer Mrs Julia Purnell at 2 p.m. Eddie Richardson is coalition president and Joan Crawford is program chair and vice-president.
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United Black Coalition of
Jimmie Jones
Julia Purnell
South
Experimental Project Approved By Midland Board
Midland School Board trustees approved a two year experimental project in a regular session. The plan groups classes at Rusk Travis and Long Elementary Schools under three or four teachers with aides and uses larger classrooms. The remainder of the meeting was routine.
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Midland
Midland School Board ‘Trustees
Roman sculptures found near Nis in Yugoslavia
Archeologists uncovered 14 small Roman sculptures believed to depict pagan gods near the city of Nis, as reported by Ilustrovana Politika. The finds add to evidence of Roman religious presence in the region.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nis
Ilustrovana Politika
Nixon campaign salaries disclosed in May reports
Federal filings list John Mitchell earning 60 000 a year as campaign director with 60 000 a year rate clarified after May. Fifty seven staffers paid over 1000 monthly. Paul Kayser earns 4810. Edward Nixon listed as director citizen. Total May payroll and expenses hit 5 459 88 across 228 workers.
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Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Nixon Group
Mitchell
Paul W. Kayser
Business
Kayser
PepsiCo
Donald M. Kendall
Pepsi-Co
Santa Claus in Detroit Face of Faith Battles Illness
Santa Claus figure Eugene Gribble, 53, better known for his Christmas Fantasyland display, is fighting cancer and may not be able to greet children this year. In Romulus and Belleville, the privately run spectacle drew over 200,000 visits across 13 years, but Gribble now struggles with his health and declining sight.
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An Loc
Detroit
UPI
Santa Claus
Santa
Eugene Gribble
Gribble
Romulus
Belleville
Lynne
Teamsters Union Health and Welfare Fund
University of Michigan Hospital
United States of America
Legion Post 269 Elects Leader in Brownfield
Maurice Martin, Korean veteran, is chosen commander of Howard Henson Post 29 in Brownfield with H. D. Boston as first vice commander and James A. Cloe second vice. Executive committee includes Bill Cone, Doyle Bradshaw, and R. N. McClain. Post chaplain Douglass Rohre re-elected. The Post to send monthly care packages to Vietnam combat units and aid families of local prisoners of war.
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Brownfield
Maurice Martin
Howard Henson
American Legion
H. D. Boston
James A. Cloe
Glenn Kennemer
R. D. Shewmake
Bill Cone
Doyle Bradshaw
R. N. McClain
Douglass Rohre
Crescent Hill
Flag Day Reminder and Observances Nationwide
June 14 marks Flag Day, first authorized by Congress in 1777. The notice urges patriotic observances in schools and homes with varied ceremonies nationwide and encourages families to honor the flag. It notes the flag’s growth from thirteen states to fifty and over two hundred million Americans’ allegiance.
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United States
America
Atlantic Seaboard
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Lubbock
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Broadway
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Black Coalition
Beneficial Beneficial Finance
Beneficial Finance Co
34Th ST
YES
Ringling
Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Waco
Milton Adams
Tass
Iw Sharer van
Fea
Brady
Texas
Martin
Marlin
c/o
Marlin Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box
Marlin, Tex
Legion Post
Lester Thamphrey
Wilen
20Th Se
Avenue
260 Street
Laurence J. FitzSimon
Assembh
Bubbeck
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