Professor decries Mickey Mouse education in Ohio
Ohio State University professor Dr. Richard A. Popham condemned state universities as starved for funds and described branch campuses as cheap imitations. He warned of a brewing rebellion by faculty and students against what he called incompetent administrators and urged building universities not just buildings.
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Olumbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Ohio Academy of Science
Richard A. Popham
Mickey Mouse University
Popham
Academy
John Millett
Ohio Board of Regents
Millett
Board of Regents
Plane Crash Kills 81 Army Recruits in Oklahoma
A chartered airliner crashed in the Arbuckle Mountains in southern Oklahoma. Ninety eight people were aboard. eighty one were killed, many of them Army recruits bound for advanced basic training.
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Ardmore
Okla
Arbuckle Mountains
Oklahoma
Survivor recalls crash in Oklahoma mountains
Pvt. James Gorman of New York described the deadly crash of an American Flyers Lockheed Electra as it overshot a converted WWII airbase runway in Arbuckle Mountains. Seventeen survivors were hospitalized and 81 bodies counted at Ardmore Civic Auditorium morgue. The flight originated at Fort Ord California bound for Fort Benning Georgia.
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Oklahoma
Ardmore
George Donovan
Ft. Benning
Reed Pigman
American Flyers
Pigman
James Schuller
Ardmore General Hospital
Pvt
Joseph Deeny
Lindenwold
N. J
Deeny
Viet Cong Slip Out Of Allied Trap Near Quang Ngai
Allied forces reported the Viet Cong escaped a perimeter trap six miles northwest of Quang Ngai after damaging a highway bridge and four storage buildings along the Red River Valley line. The Hot Springs operation, part of Utah and Texas campaigns, claimed 220 Communist dead from 257 initially, with light allied casualties and over 100 weapons captured including .50 caliber guns and 57 mm recoilless rifles.
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Panhandle
Red River Valley
Hot Springs
Lodge's appraisal of Viet Nam amid political crisis
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge says South Viet Nam’s political turmoil has hampered the war effort and slowed economic reconstruction but notes time can be regained. He questions the Aug. 15 national election under Ky and cites Buddhist protests, setbacks in the 1st Corps, and evacuations in Da Nang as the crisis unfolds.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
CBS
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
da Nang
Hess
1St Corps
U.S. 1St Marine Division
United States
North Viet Nam
Air Force loses two aircraft in North Vietnam strikes
U S Air Force lost two planes during Friday air attacks over North Vietnam. A Voodoo reconnaissance aircraft was shot down near Hanoi with the pilot missing. An F105 Thunderchief was hit about 40 miles northwest of Hanoi, its pilot also listed as missing. The raid destroyed three railroad bridges.
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North Viet Nam
U. S. Air Force
Hanoi
Weekend Showers Bring May Flowers Over Miami Valley
The Miami Valley can expect scattered showers tonight and tomorrow with a possible thunderstorm. Mild temperatures forecast with lows near 60 and highs around 75, matching today’s mild start.
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Miami Valley
Toledo Woman Pays Cab to San Francisco in Style
A Toledo woman, about 35, hired a Black and White Cab Co. taxi to drive to San Francisco, paying $1,250. Two drivers left Toledo with the passenger, a three day journey, for a stylish cross country trip. Dispatcher Melvin Farrell called the ride unusual, noting such trips are rare.
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Melvin Farrell
Black and White Cab Co
Artificial Heart Patient Improves Yet Unconscious In Houston
Houston authorities report Marcel De Rudder, 65, remains unconscious after partial artificial heart implant. Doctors note EEG hints at slight improvement while blood pressure and pulse stay normal and the pump runs at about 75 percent of the left ventricle’s workload. De Rudder underwent treatment Friday for excess brain fluid. officials say possible brain damage from Thursday’s six hour operation may be temporary and not caused by the pump.
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Houston, Tex
Methodist Hospital
Marcel de Rudder
DeRudder
Dietrich Bodyguard Leader Sepp Dies At 73 In Germany
Sepp Dietrich former SS Colonel General and head of Hitler's bodyguard died at his home in Ludwigsburg Germany aged 73 from a heart attack after returning from a hunting trip. He was paroled in 1955 after a U.S. war crimes court sentenced him to 25 years for the Malmedy massacre death toll of 142 U.S. prisoners of war during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge. The original life sentence was commuted triggering protests from U.S. veterans groups.
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Ludwigsburg
Germany
Sepp Dietrich
Adolf Hitler
SS Veterans Organization
Dietrich
U.S
Malmedy
Belgium
United States
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