Wales toll rises to 140 after Aberfan disaster
The death toll from the Aberfan disaster reached 140 with more bodies recovered. Over 50 missing, 35 believed inside crushed houses, and 17 children still unaccounted for as rescue efforts and public tributes continue. Pope Paul VI urged prayers for Aberfan, and a public inquiry under Lord Justice Davis will examine causes and local authorities' warnings.
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Aberfan
Wales
Viligigid Comialicu Wey
Britain
Rome
Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
Kenneth Haye
Justice Davis
Merthyr Tydfil
Bereaved Parents Blame Coal Board At Inquest
ABERFAN WALES AP bereaved parents disrupted an inquest into the coal slag slide that buried the village school. A husband whose wife and two sons were killed urged the coroner to declare the victims buried alive by the National Coal Board. Sixty parents attended for the first 34 victims, most of them children, while protesters cried they killed our children. Coroner Benjamin Hamilton urged calm and promised a later inquiry to hear grievances.
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Aberfan
Wales
National Coal Board
Britain
Benjamin Hamilton
Bishops Pike Louttit Headed For Showdown
In Wheeling West Virginia the Rt Rev Henry I Louttit Episcopal bishop of South Florida heads to a House of Bishops showdown with Bishop James A Pike amid accusations of heresy and heated charges. The weeklong session features petitions and mutual jests as both sides prepare for formal proceedings.
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Wheeling
W.va
Henry I. Louttit
Episcopal
South Florida
James A. Pike
John Birchers
Jim Pike
Louttit
Winterhaven
Fla
House of Bishops
Pike
Wilburn C. Campbell
West
Father Brunton
Arizona
Man Fair After Crash on Middletown Ger mantown Road
Cash Turner, 56, of 8470 Corlee Road, was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after a car truck collision on Middletown Germantown Road south of Keister Road at 4 40 p m Saturday He drove a pickup and tried to left turn when hit by a southbound car driven by Bernell Bishop 22 of Germantown Rt 1 Bishop was treated for facial cuts and released Turner was cited for failing to yield right of way and for no driver's license Also note 1668 yellow fever first appeared in North America in severe epidemics in New York and Philadelphia."
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Cash Turner
Corlee Road
Middletown
Middletown - Germantown
Keister Road
Ronald Parsley
Sheriff’s Office
Turner
Bernell Bishop
Germantown
North America
New York
Philadelphia
Ride Fatal To Jailbreaker
Elyria Ohio AP deputies say a state prison farm escapee may have died trying to hitch a ride on a passing train near the Grafton farm. The body of Terry Reed Brown 19 Canton was found on New York Central tracks near Columbia Station following his Saturday escape. He was under auto theft sentence and may have fallen from or been dragged under a rail car while attempting to board.
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Elyria
Ohio
Grafton
Terry Reed Brown
Canton
Columbia Station
Brown
Police Briefs Report Local Incidents and Arrests
Charles E. Back, 24, of 6115 Elk Creek Road, arrested at Crawford Street and Woodlawn Avenue at 3:05 a.m. today and charged with driving while intoxicated. Clarence Meeks, 59, of 2100 Roosevelt Ave., treated at Middletown Hospital for a cut hand from attempting to break up an altercation on Crawford Street at 11 p.m. yesterday. Linda Sproul, 2222 S. Main St., reported at 11 a.m. yesterday that someone stole her billfold with $14 from Sno White Diaper Service, 105 Water St.
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Charles E. Back
Elk Creek Road
Crawford Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Clarence Meeks
Roosevelt Ave
Middletown Hospital
Linda Sproul
S. Main St
Sno
Water St
Archaic Campaign Laws May Get Needed Overhaul
Washington AP reports Congress may overhaul U S campaign finance laws. The plan would divert 1 of every tax payment into a fund for major parties to draw up to 30 million for 1968 campaigns. Long pushed the idea, now tied to foreign investment bill, with debates on access for minor parties and potential creation of a federal elections commission.
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Washington
America
U.S
Russell B. Long
D-La
United States
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
National Party
Robert T. Ashmore
D-S.c
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Federal Elections Commission
Beatrix of Netherlands Expecting First Child
Crown Princess Beatrix is pregnant and due in April, government says. Beatrix, 28, wed Claus Van Amsberg in March. Child will be second in line to the throne after Beatrix. a son would mean Holland has a king for the first time since Willem III.
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Haugue, Netherlands
Beatrix
Netherlands
Claus van Amsberg
Holland
Willem III
Burglary Reported at Trenton Home on Camp Road
Clifford Davis reports his Trenton residence at 5 Camp Road was broken into while he was away Saturday. Intruders removed a back window screen slid the back door bolt to gain entry and stole items valued at 431.87 including a portable electric organ a clock radio a coffee pot a toaster two blankets and two antique lamps.
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Clifford Davis
Camp Road
Trenton
Burns Fatal To Cincinnati Man
Cincinnati authorities report James Edwards a 53 year old man died after burns suffered October 12 in an industrial accident He was cleaning a press at the U S Printing Lithographing Co plant in Norwood a suburb of Cincinnati The fatal injuries occurred at the plant and the death was confirmed in a hospital.
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Cincinnati
James Edwards
U. S. Printing & Lithographing Co
Norwood
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David Dill
Hillsboro
Tex
March of Dimes
California
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Cincy
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