Gaps In Airport Safety Highlight Marshall Jets Tragedy
The Marshall University football team disaster near Tri-State Airport Huntington West Virginia raises concerns that missing airport equipment such as the glide slope instrument landing system could have contributed to the crash. Weather hindered the approach and officials urge federal and airport authorities to fix safety gaps nationwide.
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Marshall University
Tri-State
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Giant glove shaped love seat on display in New York
A furniture importer in New York displays a five and a half foot wide love seat shaped like a fielder's mitt. Covered in genuine baseball glove leather with Joe DiMaggio’s initial J burned in the palm, the piece, spotted in Milan, is priced at 1500 dollars and eyed for Series viewing.
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New York
Springfield
Mass
Milan
Italy
Joe DiMaggio
Rockefeller Victory Keeps Eastern Establishment Alive
A Washington columnist recalls 1956 predictions on Nelson Rockefeller and notes his 1970 New York win preserves the Eastern Establishment, keeps the GOP swing left, and shapes Nixon’s 1972 calculus. It suggests Rockefeller may challenge or influence the White House path and future rivalries within the party.
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New York
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Dwight Eisenhower
Arthur Goldberg
Richard Nixon
Mr. Nixon
White House
Charles Percy
Illinois
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
John Lindsay
Lindsay
New York State
New York City
Lick ‘Em
Fire Attitudes and Responsibility Spark City Fireman View
Captain Robert Curtis argues for a tougher, Europe style approach to fire causes, condemning the double standard that punishes drunken drivers but not accidental fires. He warns fire loss may reach $2 billion and calls for stronger investigation, accountability, and public attitude shift.
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Robert Curtis
The
Division of Fire
Europe
United States
Dope problem shocks America with rising drug smuggling
The piece cites a surge in illicit drug seizures, notes barbiturates and stimulants smuggled back into the United States, and highlights suburban youth drug use especially marijuana and hashish. It describes rising arrests and overdoses, tracing access to students and lax border interception, while urging attention to underlying causes.
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Washington
America
Customs Bureau
Treasury official warns halt to overproduction of drugs
The Treasury official urges strict accountability for produced drugs amid failures by local authorities to expose widespread drug misuse. A Wall Street Journal survey of suburban areas shows high school students experimenting with drugs in the dozen communities, with 25 to 75 percent involvement estimates and reports of teenagers potentially forming drug habits including marijuana. Officials fear drugs may reach elementary schools.
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Treasury
Wholesale Druggists Association
Wall Street Journal
the Journal
Middletown Journal subscription rates listed
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include 10c per copy weekday, 20c Sunday, 70c weekly in-town, 2100 yearly mail in trading area, 30 per year for seven days, and 3800 yearly outside USA. all subscriptions payable in advance. Founded 1857.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Post Co
Wex
USA
Allende's Chile Tests U S Ideological Oversight
John P. Roche argues Chile's election of Salvador Allende, a self declared revolutionary Marxist, challenges U S notions of sphere of influence. He stresses that the core issue is civil liberties versus totalitarian threat, not copper nationalization or leftist labels, and urges a policy guided by support for free institutions over Monroe Doctrine nostalgia.
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Salvador Allende
Chile
United States
Allende
James Buckley
New York
U.S
Latin America
Caribbean
House of Congress
Soviet Union
Castro
Cuba
Yugoslavia
Jean
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Tom Braden
Dave
Clark
David Lawrence
Narcotics Division
John P. Roche
Museum of Historical Antiques
Santiago
Dennis the Menace
Margaret
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