Allegheny crash site officials hunt for bodies
An air traffic controller said a small plane that sheared off the tail of an Allegheny DC9 jetliner was invisible to radar at Weir Cook Municipal Airport where the large jet was landing. The big plane appeared on radar, the small plane did not, as authorities searched for casualties.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Allegheny Airlines
Weir Cook
Jack H. Frets
Carey
McCordsville
Columbus
Fred Spitzer
Spitzer
James R. DeHoney
Disaster over New York in 1960 air crash
The 1960 collision of a United Air Lines jet and a Trans World aircraft near New York City killed 134 people including six on the ground. The crash near Indianapolis involved a Piper Cherokee and a DC9, with debris scattered in a soybean field as investigators and police searched the scene.
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United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
New York City
TWA
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Piedmont Airlines
Hendersonville
N.C
Eastern Airlines
Washington, D.C
Air Force
Las Vegas
Navy May Shelve Some Pueblos Amid Budget Cuts
Navy plans likely lay up several intelligence gathering ships as part of White House driven spending cuts. Destroyers with five inch guns and advanced electronics may replace isolated spy ships to reduce risk while maintaining near shore interception and radar monitoring.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Navy
Pentagon
White House
Melvin R. Laird
Middletown Forecast Calls for Clear, Cooler Night
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for clear and cool conditions tonight with lows in the mid to upper 40s. Sunny and warmer Thursday with highs in the lower 70s. Yesterday's high reached 68 degrees and this morning's low was 46.
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Middletown
Two Armco men die in Allegheny jetliner crash near Indianapolis
A Middletown High basketball great Richard A. Boxwell 43 and Armco engineer Ralph J. Bays 33 were among 82 aboard an Allegheny Airlines jet that crashed near Indianapolis. Both men were scheduled to fly TWA 69 but were switched after a delay. The disaster marked the second Armco fatal air crash in 18 months. Boxwell, Xavier and Kentucky alumnus, leaves a wife and two sons. Bays, UC engineering graduate, leaves a wife and three children plus his parents and a sister. Funeral plans are pending.
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Indianapolis
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Chick) Boxwell
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Ralph J. Bays
Beatrice Drive
Franklin
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Xavier University
Bays
Sondra
Warren County Reporter
Lebanon
Kenneth P. Cornella
Robert J. Maxwell
Braniff Airlines
Texas
Lemon-Monroe High School
University of Cincinnati
Evening College
Mary Ann Roof
Rick
Tom
Arthur Boxwell
Sally Welsofer
Mary Ann Arnold
Wilson- Schramm Memorial
Clark St
Sherry
Cynthia
Robert
E. C Bays
Mt. Sterling
Mary Kidder
Winchester
Dayan vows bigger raids after Gulf of Suez strike
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned Egypt of heavier strikes following a bold amphibious raid that killed an estimated 100 to 150 Egyptians. Commandos crossed the Gulf of Suez at 2 a.m. near El Hasayer and advanced 30 miles, attacking guard posts, camps, radar stations and military vehicles before withdrawing to Sinai. Air strikes supported the operation, targeting an antiaircraft battery at El Hasayer.
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Associated Press
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Israel
Gulf of ‘Uez
Ek Hasayer
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Gulf
Sinai
el Hasayer
Allies Hope for Vietnam Troop Drawdown After Talks
Talks between U S and South Vietnamese leaders sparked expectations of further American troop withdrawals and a shrinking allied operation. Abrams met Thieu then flew to Washington for Nixon’s Vietnam meeting while unconfirmed reports suggested a 35 000 troop withdrawal to about 475 000. Berger and Abrams worked to close the widening rift over the cease-fire.
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Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
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Washington
Nixon
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Tary
Abrams
Samuel D. Berger
Thien
Berger
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