Test Pilots Die In Midair F-105 Collision Over Catskills
Two Republic Aviation F-105 fighters crashed during a test flight above the Catskills killing civilian pilots Jack Bade and Don Seaver. Witnesses saw three parachutes, wreckage and bodies found near Ashokan Reservoir and Stewart AFB helicopters aided the search. The incident occurred during a routine test with one plane carrying a drag chute for landing.
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Kingston
N.Y
Catskill Mountains
Republic Aviation Corp
Farmingdale
Long Island
Jack Bade
Massapequa
Seaver
New York
Republic
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Thhe Ashokan Reservoir
Catskills
Hudson River
Manhattan
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh
Californian Cleared In Clovis Fatal Accident
A 31 year old San Rafael man was cleared of criminal intent in the traffic death of Clovis dealer J Elmo Tucker. The coroner's jury found Tucker's death resulted from an unavoidable accident after Tucker was struck on west U S Highway 60 by Ronald Champ and then run over by Robert Atkins.
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Clovis
San Rafael
Calif
Robert J. Atkins
J. Elmo Tucker
Ronald A. Champ
Tucker
Champ
West U.S. Hwy. 60
Atkins
Asst. Dist. Atty
Ruben Nieves
Steed
Carl Scott
Central Baptist Church
Mission Garden of Memories
Tucker's Equipment Co
Sheron Ricci
Campbell
Hubert
Chester C
Elkhart
Kan
Edith Hewlett
Wichita
Nell Ball
St. Joseph
Admiral to Speak at Local Freedom Forum
The Lubbock Christian College Freedom Forum drew more than 100 attendees as Adm. Felix B. Stump prepared a Southeast Asia themed address at a Pioneer Hotel dinner. Dr. Benson outlined six points of communist strategy while educators and students discussed teaching values, freedom, and American ideals.
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Lubbock Christian College
Pioneer Hotel
Steve Lemley
Bloomfield
N.M
Linda Livingston
Big Lake
Jerry Treece
Odessa
Landard
William Fort Jr
Lubbock Christian College Freedom Forum
Fort
Tower of Babel
McDonald Held
Howard Payne College
Felix B. Stump
Valley Forge
Southeast Asia
George S.benson
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
United States
America
Benson
Boeing Denies Unrealistic Low Bid in TFX Warplane
Boeing president William M. Allen tells a Senate subcommittee that Boeing’s bid to build 23 TFX prototypes was $148 million below General Dynamics’ and should be tested with four Boeing prototypes against four by GD. He challenges McNamara to allow side-by-side prototype testing to justify the award dispute.
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Washington
Boeing Co
Boeing
Defense Chiefs
William M. Allen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Seattle
Allen
General Dynamics
Sec. of Defense
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Defense Department
Castro joins Khrushchev at Moscow May Day festival
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro attends a Soviet sports festival with Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow during the May Day holidays. TV and Tass highlight Castro's reception alongside Mikoyan as Western observers note Khrushchev Castro warmth amid Cuba missile withdrawal tensions.
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Moscow
UPI
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Red Square
Castro
Tass
Anastas Mikoyan
Kremlin
Cuba
New York Firm Cites Amarillo Man In Suit
CIT Corp. of New York City files a $585,000 federal suit naming Amarillo resident Robert E. Clements, former president of Superior Manufacturing Co., as defendant. The claim covers July 1958 to March 1960 actions involving chattel mortgages notes and leases on fertilizer tanks later found non existent. Clements faces state theft counts and federal charges of Interstate transportation of a fraudulent security.
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Amarillo
API
CIT Corp
New York City
Federal District Court
Billie Sol Estes
Robert E. Clements
Superior Manufacturing Co
CIT
Clements
Billie Sol Estes Enterprises
Estes
Superior
Canadians Evacuate As Floods Hit Towns
Floods sap Hay River and Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories with ice-jam backed rivers. About 90 percent of Hay River and 80 percent of Fort Simpson submerged as 2,500 residents flee toward Fort Smith and Yellowknife.
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Hay River
North West Territories
Canada
Wild North Country
Fort Simpson
Mackenzie
Liard
Fort Smith
Yellowknife
Mexicans Destroy Trees in City Planting Drive
Mexico City officials report 386,150 trees planted in nine years with 306,937 destroyed by the public. The program faces an uphill battle as authorities seek to curb vandalism and protect green efforts.
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Mexico City
Regents uphold Eastern New Mexico University admission policy
The New Mexico State Regents reviewed ENMU admission standards after director of admissions resigned accusing President Meyer of lowering standards. The regents said no changes were made while Meyer admitted some policy tweaks but claimed overall standards rose. Scott, ENMU admissions director, resigns effective July 1. Also approved a $2.6 million building project with a new student union and men’s dormitory. Moyer seeks state finance approval May 7.
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ENMU
Moyer
G. Walter Scott
Meyer
Scott
Regent's
State Board of Finance
Retirement Planned by Este s Trial Judge in El Paso
UPI reports U.S. District Judge R Ewing Thomason 83 says he will retire from regular duties while remaining a senior judge and may still handle cases regionally. Thomason presided over the Billie Sol Estes fraud case, convicted Estes last month and sentenced him to 15 years.
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EL Paso
UPI
U.S. Dist
R. Ewing Thomason
Billie Sol Estes
Thomason
Estes
William L. Kerr
Midland
The
Texas Bar Association
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Price Daniel
Yarborough
Senate
Truman
Texas
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