Iberia Convair Crashes Near Tangier Killing Many Aboard
A twin engined Iberia Convair plunged into the sea near Tangier while approaching the airport. Of 54 aboard, 51 reportedly died. A Spanish fishing vessel rescued three badly injured survivors. Most passengers were Swedes, Germans and Britons. The plane had departed Malaga.
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Morocco
Iberia Airlines
Aea
Gibraltar
Virginia Coleman
Inet
Veragen de Carmilo
Convair
Iberia
Malaga
Spain
Virgen de Carmilo
Cap. Espartel
Itasca Case Bared Auto Dealer Indicted In Theft
A Itasca Texas car dealer faces two indictments after a Hill County grand jury charged him and Jesse Neagle 28 with theft totaling 152185 and fraud of 82505 and 9626 from Robert Cowan Covington State Bank president. Bond set at 10000 each. Officials sought to merge Covington bank with Itasca First National Bank as investigations involved FDIC FBI and banking officials.
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Hillsboro
Itasca
Tex
Hill County
Tate Session
Jesse Neagle
Robert Cowan
Covington
Covington and Mason
State Banking Department
Federal Depecit Insurance Corp
FBI
Finance
Austin
J. M. Falkner
Covington Bank
Itasco
First National Bank
C. H
Texas Senate Debates Aid For Retarded West Texas Schools
The Texas Senate considers two House bills including creating eight state schools for the mentally challenged in West Texas with satellite campuses west of the 98th meridian. Other measures include licensing water well drillers, a 19 year voting proposal, and a $200 million dam and reservoir bond plan awaiting voters in Nov 1966.
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Senate Co
Hudson Moyer
Amarillo
House
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Lubbock
Senate
Springlake
Bill Clayton
Texas
Navy Soys No Boy Talked To Copter Or Did He
Three fourth graders at Central Baptist Day School in Anaheim recall a Halloween day helicopter with US Marines on its fuselage. A voice issued a radio call and Jeff Donofrio replied leading to an investigation at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. Jeff, Craig Lestmann, and Mike Hadsall confess to school authorities.
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Anaheim
Calif
Jeff Donofrio
Craig Lestmann
Mike Hadsall
Central Baptist Day School
Craig
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Jeff
Mike
Roy
Rifle Shot Kills Young Navy Wife
A young Navy bride from Texas was killed by a rifle shot in Monterey California. Police say 22 year old Carroll Countryman likely triggered the weapon while it was on a closet shelf. her husband Johnny Countryman 21 from Kaufman Texas was with her. Police Chief Frank Marinello called the shooting accidental and noted Countryman is a student at the Defense Language Institute.
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Monterey
Calif
Texas
Caroll Countryman
Johnny Countryman
Kaufman
Tex
Frank Marinello
Countryman
Bomb hoax on Dallas bound Boeing 707 prompt search
An unidentified caller warned American Airlines that a jet departing Memphis with 108 people aboard carried a bomb. The plane returned, was searched, and resumed service three hours late en route to San Angeles via Dallas. No bomb was found.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Airlines
Dallas
San Angeles
Romantic Graffiti Costs Whittenberg Dearly
Willard R. Whittenberg, 19, was fined two weekends of community service for spray painting a rock in Mt. Diablo State Park with the words Ron and Linda. He also paid for paint remover and faced a court appearance before Judge Richard F. Calhoun.
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Danville
Calif
Love
Willard R. Whittenberg
Whittenberg
Mt. Diablo State Park
Ron
Linda
Richard FP
Calhoun
Strong Greece quake rattles western Peloponnese and beyond
A six second, very strong quake shook Greece today, felt across western Peloponnese towns including Patras Agrinion and Cephalonia and in Naples Taranto Lecce Brindisi in southern Italy. One woman killed three hurt in Patras area with buildings damaged and several houses destroyed in Agrinion.
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UPI
Greece
Italy
Patras
Agrinion
Athens Observatory
Kiaton
Peloponnesus
Cephalonia
Piraeus
Agrinian
Naples
Taranto
Lecce
Brindisi
ciHief
Clean Up Week In City Scheduled To Begin May 3
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce beautification committee named May 3 as the start of annual Clean-up Paint up Fix up month. About 20 members met at the chamber offices to plan Brightening the city with honorary chairmen Lady Bird Johnson and Mayor Tidmore. The group includes city officials, garden clubs, Boy Scouts, Reese Air Force Base, and Texas Tech hort department. The kickoff features a street sweeping ceremony.
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Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Lady Bird Johnson
Max Tidmore
Lubbock
Boy Scouts
Ci Tcus Advisory Committee
Reese Air Force Base
Texas Tech Horticulture Department
Syd Moore
Rain and hail lash Texas towns amid scattered downpours
A weather report notes minor flooding in Edinburg and McAllen as a storm dumps 1.40 inches on Edinburg in 30 minutes with marble sized hail in Edinburg and sprinkles across the South Plains. Cloudy, misty conditions persist with no major injuries reported and moisture totals remain well below normal for the year.
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South Plains
Edinburs
Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
McAllen
Texas
US. 1
Weather Bureau
Lubbbock Municipal
Blast Rates Home At Wichita Falls
A house explosion and flash fire in Wichita Falls hospitalized four people Tuesday night. Owner L DBD White 22 said his family had just moved in as neighbors visited. Burn injuries included two White daughters Deborah 12 and Donna 5 along with Linda Jarvis and her 2 year old son Michael. White had installed appliances and smelled gas moments before the blast blew out two walls.
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Wichita Falls
White
Deborah
Donna
Linda Jarvis
Michael
News Strike Averts in New York City Paper War
A potential city newspaper strike was postponed after talks at City Hall led by Mayor Wagner. Printers and photoengravers unions agreed to continue negotiations with the Publishers Association of New York City and to give 24 hours notice before any new strike deadline.
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New York
City Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Publishers Association of
New York City
Firestorm Tactics Reported In Vietnam War
U S forces launched a new firestorm tactic against Communist guerrillas in a forest near Da Nang while a massive 100 plane attack hit North Vietnam. Three U S helicopters were shot down, killing two Marine officers and wounding 16 soldiers. Air raids damaged about 80 percent of target radar sites. one F 100 was downed but the pilot was rescued. Major General Joseph Moore said fire bombs were used against guerrillas northeast of Saigon. Page 14.
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Saigon
UPS
United States
U.S
da Nang
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S. J
Joseph Moore
Iday
U. S
Texan Held In Attack
Houston man James Robinson, 29, charged with kidnapping and beating part time model Dorothy Weir 21. Weir identified him from photos and said he pistol whipped her, forced her into a car, drove to a beach and attempted rape before fleeing. She is hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Galveston
Houston
James Robinson
Dorothy Weir
Miss Weir
John Sealy Hospital
Robinson
Dejected Gunman Tries Robbery Then Flees
A man with a tin announces a stickup at a Milwaukee North Side small store. The owner Mrs Mildred Beier replies they lack the money and the robber leaves, muttering he is in the wrong place.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Mildred Beier
Strikers Back On Jobs Today
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Building trades workers returned to vital construction jobs after a sixth work stoppage in 14 months. Local 803 of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union withdrew picket lines after crippling work for two days. more than 4 200 of 540 union workers refused to cross. Assistant Secretary of Labor James Reynolds will meet Sunday in Washington with plumbers union representatives to seek resolution.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Plumbers and Pipefitters Union
Building Trades
Richard H. Frank
S05
James Reynolds
Washington
Plumbers
Wheat Prospects Poor In Non-Irrigated Areas On High Plains
The Santa Fe Crop report notes drought has left poor stands and little top growth in non irrigated zones of Southwest Kansas eastern Colorado Oklahoma Panhandle parts of the Texas High Plains and East t jer New Mexico. It reports soils blown by wind and chiselled fields while urging moisture to curb deterioration. Record low temperatures March 19 and 20 may have damaged await jointing wheat in Southern Oklahoma and North Texas.
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Amarillo
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas High Plains
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe-served
Oklahoma
Texas
Witnesses to the Crucifixion Easter Series Begins Thursday
The Avalanche-Journal launches a two part Easter feature with imaginative monologues from witnesses to the death of Jesus Christ. The first installment presents a shepherd with later chapters featuring Simon the unclean Hannah the servant James the Apostle and others.
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Avalanche - Journal
Jesus Christ
Simon
Hannah
James the Apostle
Joseph
Arimathea
Pontius Pilate
John
Cyrene
Adrian
Martha
Dismas
Simon Peter
G. Ernest Lynch
Trinity Episcopal
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