Beauty Falls To Death On Mt Sugarloaf Edge
Smith College freshman Ginny Scheer from Oklahoma City described her failed attempt to save Karol Rae Hammon, former Miss Alaska, who slipped from Mt Sugarloaf and fell 200 feet to a rock ledge above the Connecticut River in South Deerfield Massachusetts.
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South Deerfield
Mass
Smith College
Ginny Scheer
Oklahoma City
Karol Rae Hammon
Alaska
Mt. Sugarloaf
Karol
Connecticut River
U N Pressure on Britain Over Rhodesia Independence
The United Nations urges Britain to use all measures to block a Rhodesian declaration of independence or to take steps to quell rebellion if independence occurs. The Trusteeship Committee, in a 95-2 vote, backs force if talks fail and cites the need to protect the Negro majority. Britain has not committed to military action.
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United Nations, Nua
Britain
U.N
Rhodesia
General Assembly
London
Ian Smith
Harold Wilson
Smith
United States
Soviet Union
Wilson
Union Shop Ban Repeal Faces Senate Roadblock
Labor leaders and President Johnson may need to accept a diluted repeal after a 47 to 45 Senate cloture vote, with two thirds required to end a filibuster. Supporters fell short of a majority, leaving the issue in doubt as 19 states already ban union shop contracts under Taft Hartley.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Weather outlook with frost and mild temperatures expected
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a low in the mid 30s tonight with scattered frost. Tomorrow’s high near the mid-60s, partly cloudy. Yesterday’s official high reached 65 at 1 30 pm and the overnight low 42 at 6 30 am. Rainfall yesterday morning totaled .03 of an inch.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Lucky To Be Alive After Dramatic Springfield Crash
Alan K. Lower of Springfield escaped serious harm after his car jumped a curb struck a telephone pole smashed a billboard rolled down a 50 foot embankment and rested on railroad tracks. He was trapped but freed by a rescue team and treated for a facial cut before being released from the hospital.
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Springfield
Ohio
Alan K. Lower
Lower
Chuckle Opportunity Whistles At Temptation
A playful aphorism notes temptation lingering outside for laughter and humor to answer.
Cleveland Teamster Local Faces Probe
Hoffa will send a three member committee to Cleveland to hear disputes over the Local 73 election held May 26. Dissidents claim pressure forced the resignations and seek to regain offices. The protests have also drawn inquiries by Local 73, Joint Council 48, and the U S Labor Department.
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Cleveland (Ap
James R. Hoffa
Ualfa
Hoffa
Local 73
Teamsters Joint Council 48
Bryant
Cunningham
U. S. Labor Department
More Cuban Refugees On Way To Florida
Two additional boats carrying Cuban refugees were guided toward Key West by the Coast Guard as officials awaited Fidel Castro's reply on an orderly migration. Granma reported 18 aboard the Shark and F5846, while the Coast Guard said 23. Six boats wait to transport refugees to Florida, which southern officials say can handle no more.
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Florida
Key West
Fla
Coast Guard
U.S
Fidel Castro
Communist Party
Granman
Havana
Camarioca
Granma
Cuba
Havana Radio
Moni
Tored
Miami
Castro
Hayden Burns
Miami Beach
South Florida
State Department
GIs Hunt Cong Few Are Found in Viet Nam Operations
Thousands of U S combat troops pressed a hunt for Viet Cong in South Viet Nam's central highlands and Zone D but results were meager. U S and Vietnamese forces reported killing or capturing dozens while contact remained limited and two pilots were rescued after jet bombers were downed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Central Highlands
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Soui la Tinh
Zone D
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Iron Triangle
Johnson Follows Doctors Order To Rest Amid Recovery
President Johnson adheres to medical advice to keep a minimal schedule after gall bladder and kidney stone surgery. He met with Vice President Humphrey and Secretary Rusk in brief sessions with naps in between, though his discomfort persisted after his roughest night since the operation.
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Washington
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Moyers
Indonesian coup leader captured as Communists flee to hills
Jakarta radio reports Lt. Col. Untung arrested in central Java with civilian help as thousands of Communists flee uprisings. Army says 90 percent of five battalions backing Untung have surrendered or been captured amid nationwide pressure. Demonstrations in Medan demand banning the Indonesian Communist party and affiliates.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Jakarta
Radio Today
Indonesia
Java
Untung
Tegal
Central
Sukarno
Radio Malaysia
Radio
Djambi
South
Sum
Atra
Radio Medan
North Sumatra
Indonesian Communist Party
Radio Jakarta
National Front
Yale Map Confirms Norse Reach Before Columbus
A Yale University map claimed authentic by historians places Leif Ericson in North America around 1440, 52 years before Columbus. Irish, Spanish, and Jewish claims stir debate as Morison and Musmanno weigh ethnic and scholarly angles on Vinland and Vinlandia.
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New York
Onea
Yale University
Leif Ericson
New World
Christopher Columbus
Yale
Ericson
Columbus
University
New Haven
Samuel Eliot Morison
Oxford
Morison
Iceland
North America
Oldest Sealab aquanaut suffers bends during decompression
The Navy reported Sealab 2 aquanauts are healthy except Robert Sheats of Bremerton Washington who developed the bends while decompressing from 205 feet. He was moved to 60 feet and expected to emerge after slow four feet per hour decompression if pain does not return. Three teams stayed in the capsule for 15 days each.
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Sealab
Sherts
Sheats
Bremerton
Wash
McCarthy to Speak at Stevenson Memorial Dinner in Columbus
U S Senator Eugene McCarthy will headline a 50 dollar per plate dinner in Columbus to raise funds for a memorial to Adlai E Stevenson. State Democratic Chairman William Coleman cited McCarthy's famous 1960 nominating speech for Stevenson as the reason for his selection.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S
Eugene McCarthy
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. S
United Nations
William L. Coleman
McCarthy
Stevenson
Los Angeles
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