Missing Green Beret commander Stilwell aboard C-47
Brig Gen Joseph Stilwell Jr commander of the Green Beret training centre is reported missing after a C-47 flight from San Francisco to Honolulu. Coast Guard and military sources say the plane with three others had engine trouble about 500 miles out and was not heard from again. No survivors or crash debris have been found. Stilwell heads the JFK special warfare centre at Fort Bragg.
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San Francisco
Joseph Stilwell Jr
U.S. Army
Honolulu
U.S. Coast Guard
Stilwell
Pacific
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco International
Joseph W
Vinegar Joe) Stilwell
Burma Road
Fort Bragg
N.C
31 Die In Belgian School Bus Crash In Limburg Germany
A bus carrying 40 Belgian school children home from a holiday crashed from an autobahn bridge near Idstein Germany killing 31, including 28 students two teachers and the driver. Survivors were severely injured as rescuers pulled victims from the wreckage on the Frankfurt Cologne route.
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Limburg
Germany
Frankfurt -Cologne
Idstein
Frankfurt
Brussels
Diez
Hadamar
Cleveland riots ease after week of violence. leaders seek peace
Police and National Guard kept order in Cleveland east side slums as rioting subsided after a week long surge that left four dead and about 50 injured. Leaders formed a broader coalition and opened an employment center to help those who lost jobs due to looting and fires.
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Cleveland (Ap
Cleveland
East Side
National Guardsmen
Richard Wagner
Storm shuts power as Medicine Hat battles floods
Hurricane winds up to 70 mph blacked out power across Medicine Hat and Redcliff, flooding basements and damaging crops. A major lightning strike hit lines near Dominion Glass Factory, with 40 to 50 emergency calls to the city electrical department. Utilities director Bill Scott said restoration would continue into the evening.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Allowance Ave
Flats
City’ 5 Electrical Department
Crescent Heights
Redcliffe
Dominion
Glass
Bill Scott
Scott
Lucky Wong
1St St. N.W
Water Department
Montreal hospital strike grinds on with slow progress
Negotiations aim to end a walkout by 32 500 non medical workers across Quebec’s 100 plus hospitals while 2 294 nurses join the stoppage seeking higher pay and better conditions. Officials say progress on promotions is near, but key issues remain as 119 hospitals are affected.
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Montreal
Quebec
National Federation of Services
CNTU
Fernand Lizotte
Quebec Hospitals Association
OFO Protests Hit Southwestern Ontario Roads
About 547 of 1000 farmers join protest over low milk and crop prices driving tractors along highways from London to Woodstock toward Toronto. Police escort lines up demonstrations in Chatham Brockville Kingston Ottawa region with staged blockades, rerouted traffic, and threatened impounding of tractors.
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Ontario
Toronto
William Stewart
Ontario Farmer’s Union
Woodstock
Arcona
Park Hill
London
Kent County
Chatham
Carlsruhe
Elmwood
Kitchener
Leeds
Grenville
Brockville
Frontenac
Kingston
Ottawa Area
Hawkesbury
Antrim
Montreal-Ottawa
Rockland
Wendover
Congo Civil War Fears Subside After Kisangani Mutiny
Premier Leonard Mulamba met rebel leaders who seized Kisangani as Katangan and mercenary troops backed by cannons and mortars attacked. About 800 Katangan troops and mercenaries took part. five rebel bodies were found, with casualties among loyalist forces not released. Kisangani remained quiet with communications down and police in control of the city center.
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Kinshasa
Congo
Reuters
Leonard Mulamba
Kisangani
Stanleyville
Mulamba
Katangan
Belgium
Justin Bomboko
Unclear 4‑H and Quarter Horse Event Schedule
A fragmented listing outlines a multi day fair style program with 4‑H judging, Fat Cattle and Quarter Horse shows, sales, street dancing, parades, and nightly shows including firework displays. Several lines mention Mayor Leonard Jones of Moncton and a Stampede opening with rodeo events.
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Leonard Jones
Monctonarr
West Coast
Calgary
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Frdgco
Agarsineerseesteveyervetecenyiseye
Ayebbtasade
Caesaeyerecia Esseren
Reece Reenerenes
Weserreeene Beeereteceunarsons Cucustsaniseneoosuneceraes
Jaycee
White collar workers cross Inco picket lines at Sudbury plants
In Sudbury area units of Inco workers began crossing picket lines for the first time since the wildcat strike by 15 000 United Steelworkers. Local 6500 organized passes for those eligible to return to work and authorities reported a quiet scene at Copper Cliff refinery. Mayor Richard Dow cited possible police presence if conditions worsen.
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Ontario Labor Department
Inco
Richard Dow
Copper Cliff
Dow
Attorney - General’s Department
Sudbury
Homer Seguin
Viet Cong Attack Nine Outposts Near Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas hit nine isolated outposts just south of Saigon before dawn with mortar fire and machine guns in a wave of attacks linked to other operations by U S Korean and South Vietnamese troops. North Vietnamese regulars faced heavy Marine fire and a B 52 bombing later.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Laos
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Leon Bennett
Iito
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Camberg
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Howard Leary
Leary
Half-Mile Square
OFO
John Montague
Carlsruhe Farmer's Union
OPP
A.E. Ayers
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Cong
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Lethbridge
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