Silent Missouri recalls surrender ceremony at Tokyo Bay
On the USS Missouri at Bremerton twenty years after Japan's surrender, veterans recall General MacArthur's solemn pledge for a better world. Capt. Gordon Williams notes the ships still hold 16 inch guns, capable of use in an emergency, while tourists visit the mothballed battleship.
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Uss
Missouri
Bremerton
Wash
Douglas MacArthur
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Gordon B. Williams
Massilon
Ohio
Bremerton Group
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Pasadena
Tokyo Bay
Tokyo
MacArthur’s Words Ease Japanese After Surrender Speech
General MacArthur spoke to the Japanese delegation at Yokohama aboard the Missouri, delivering a restrained, humane address that surprised with calls for freedom and justice. The account recalls the epic moment when the Allied victory loomed and the veteran leader offered clemency over humiliation.
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MacArthur
Jonathan Wainwright
A.E. Percival
Singapore
Gen. MacArthur
General MacArthur
Missouri
Japan
Dog Bite Verdict Seeks 25000 In Butler County Suit
Four year old Trenton girl sues in Butler County Common Pleas through her father seeking 25000 for injuries from a dog bite on April 5. The action names Ray and Juanita Brown and claims negligence and need for plastic surgery.
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Hamilton
Trenton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Brenda Marie Banks
Brelsford Ave
Don
Ray
Juanita Brown
Father fires shotgun during playground scuffle in Newark
Five people were struck by shotgun blasts after a scuffle among youngsters at a Newark playground. Police say the father of a teenage girl fired several times from his house following the argument. Two men a teenage girl and two boys received pellet wounds and were treated and released from a hospital.
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Newark
N.J
BAGGAGE RULE STANDS FOR AIRLINE FREE CHECKED BAGS
The Civil Aeronautics Board upheld a rule letting airlines permit each passenger two suitcases free of charge based on count rather than weight. Eastern and Delta had sought changes to the regulation that governs baggage allowances.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern
Delta Airlines
Cheyennes Fast To End War At Bear Butte Vigil
Four Cheyenne Indians will end a four day fast at Bear Butte in Sturgis South Dakota. They will relate dreams and visions to a medicine man and pray for peace in Viet Nam. The vigil recalls legends of Sweet Medicine and the sacred arrows of peace and war.
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Sturgis
S.D
Viet Nam
Bear Butte
Sweet Medicine
South Dakota
James Medicine Elk
Henry Tall Bull
Two Seoul Universities Close Amid Student Protests
Two more Seoul colleges shut temporarily as protests against the Korea Japan amity treaty continue. Authorities say 14 institutions have closed up to nine days, with 12 students arrested and 80 sought. 66 students expelled or suspended. Police blame rioters and government officials fire back over inaction.
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Seoul
South Korea
Yoon Chunjoo
Shin Tai-hwan
Seoul National University
Japanese Rocket Test Firing Reaches 420 Mile Altitude
A Japanese three stage rocket built to launch Japan's first artificial satellite in 1967 was successfully test fired from Tokyo University's aerospace research center in Uchinoura. The rocket reached an altitude of 420 miles.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo University
Aerospace Research Center
Uchinoura
Widow and six children in hospital after Elgin gas blast
In Elgin near Van Wert Ohio Priscilla Rigdon, 26, lost her husband last year and now seven children are displaced. A propane gas explosion from an underground Buckeye Pipeline line near an Erie Lackawanna track leveled the two story home, burned vehicles, and injured eight people including six children. one child died at hospital and rescuers recovered others. Buckeye sent experts. the cause of the leak and spark remains under investigation.
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van Wert
Ohio
Priscilla Rigdon
Rigdons
Elgin
Buckeye Pipeline Co
Erie + Lackawanna
Rigdon
Chicago
Ind
Lima
Buckeye
Toledo
Timothy
Nancy
David
Danny
Richard Jones
Rachel
Esther
Mary
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Pune
Butler County
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