Bea Benaderet Dies at 62 from Cancer and Pneumonia
Television star Bea Benaderet, 62, progenitor of Petticoat Junction matriarch Kate Bradley, died in Los Angeles after fighting lung cancer and pneumonia. Her career spanned The Flintstones, The Beverly Hillbillies, and roles on Burns and Allen, Benny, Ozzie and Harriet, and Fibber McGee and Molly.
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Bea Benaderet
Hollywood
Gracie Allen
Pearl Bodine
Jethro
The
Hillbillies
Paul Henning
Shady Rest
Petticoat Junction
Gertrude Gearshift
Brooklynese
Jack Benny
Amber Lipscott
Friend Irma
Gloria
Ozzie & Harrett
Eve Goodwin
Great Gildersleeve
Mrs. Carstairs
Violence prompts third NYC teachers strike in six weeks
United Federation of Teachers officials cite threats, terror acts, and a terrorized assistant principal at Junior High School 271 in Brooklyn Ocean Hill Brownsville. Three officers were wounded from a rooftop shooting as detectives hunted a 24 year old sniper amid tense, racially charged conditions.
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New York
United Federation of Teachers
Brooklyn
Albert Shanker
Shanker
Newsmen Today
Ocean Hill-Brownsville
John V. Lindsay
Manhattan
Weather and school turmoil noted in Brooklyn area
The Middletown forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm weather with possible showers and fog Tuesday. In Brooklyn Ocean Hill Brownsville, Albert Shanker announced failure of local school control reform as teachers vote to authorize strikes amid tensions. Nuclear conflict over a community governed board led to mass dismissals and reassignments.
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Middletown
Valley
Albert Shanker
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Central Board of Education
Panama Canal Zone Crisis Deepens After Ouster
Panamanian National Guard battles near the presidential palace leave two guardsmen dead and several wounded as Arias, in exile in the Canal Zone, urges total war against the coup leaders. Col. Pinilla sworn in as provisional president, naming a cabinet and promising civilian rule when conditions allow.
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Panama
Panama National Guard
Presidential
Arnulfo Arias
Arias
U.s.-Controlled
Canal Zone
Guard
Maranon
Jose M. Pinilla
Cluded
Lruoasirzdi
Luis Carlos Diaz Duque
National Guard
Pinilla
Bolivar Vallarino
Chicago Teams Up To Pair Cadets With Blind Dates
Chicago supplied 1733 dates for Air Force and Naval Academy cadets at a Soldier Field ball during the Navy Air Force game weekend. Cadets were matched with volunteers from across Illinois, including Minnesota, with escorts arranged by height and interests.
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Chicago
Air Force Academy
Naval Academy
City
Navy Air Force
Soldier Field
Air Force
Richard J. Daley
Jack Reilly
Daley
Minnesota
Eisenhower Celebrates 78th Birthday At Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower marked his 78th birthday while still hospitalized at Walter Reed General, hailed for a miraculous recovery from a heart attack. America launched "America's Salute To Eisenhower Week" as President Johnson issued a proclamation and signed a bill authorizing up to $5 million in matching grants to Eisenhower College in Seneca Falls, New York.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed General Hospital
Leonard D. Heaton
Eisenhower
America
Johnson
Dwight David Eisenhower
Dom
Eisenhower College
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Liberal Arts School
Apollo 7 Crew Cleared For At Least 24 Hours More
The Apollo 7 astronauts received a go to remain aloft for at least 61 orbits amid a temporary power loss near the Red Sea. Ground controllers adjusted switch positions on fans to prevent overloads, then prepared for the mission's first television broadcast from a U. S. manned spacecraft. The crew consists of Walter Schirra Jr., Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham.
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Navy
Walter M. Schirra J
Air Force
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
U.S
Apollo 7 Telecast Hitches Amid Power Glitch Aboard
Apollo 7 nears one million miles in its voyage as Flight Director Gene Kranz cites a cyclic load from fans and heaters for a momentary electrical drop. Captain Schirra declines to switch on the camera during the first telecast but agrees to a daytime transmission. Crew members report mild colds and critique sleeping bags and meals while planning future sleep arrangements aboard the mission.
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Schirra
Gene Kranz
Cunningham
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