Oil Boom Aids Alaska Faces Long-Term Needs
Anchorage report details Alaska’s oil lease windfall of 900 million dollars from the North Slope sale. Gov. Keith Miller warns funds won’t solve all issues, with high taxes and housing shortages present. Planning includes 8.5 million dollars in bonds for roads airports schools and more and proceeds to banks for state loans.
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Keith Miller
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Ho Truce Ends as Reds Renew Attacks in Saigon Area
After the Viet Cong cease-fire ended for Ho Chi Minh's funeral, U S and enemy forces pressed operations with 37 rocket and mortar strikes and two ground assaults. Casualties rose across sides as American deaths reached 137 in action with 1 449 wounded, while 2 291 enemy fighters were reported killed.
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U.S. Command
Middletown Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Cool Tonight
The Middletown forecast calls for partly cloudy and cool conditions tonight with a low in the mid to upper 40s. Friday should be fair with little change and highs in the 70s. Saturday expect partly cloudy skies and milder temperatures. Yesterday's high reached 72 and this morning's low was 44.
Dayton Negro Students Open Boycott Calls in City Schools
Arthur Thomas, Dayton Model Cities leader, urged a boycott of Roosevelt and Dunbar high schools after three days of racial tension. He warned he would be present in schools and condemned Superintendent Carle for banning access. Authorities limited reprisals and promised safety for black students at white schools.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Wayne Carle
Thomas
Model Cities
Roth High School
Roth
Edly
Model Cities Planning Council
Carle
Planning Council
Model Cities Council
West Side
Stivers High School
Nuclear blast in Grand Valley shakes mountains
An underground atomic explosion equivalent to 40 000 tons of TNT detonated in western Colorado. It briefly held up a potential free release of natural gas from buried rock formations and produced a dust plume that rose over the mountains. The Atomic Energy Commission reported no atmospheric radioactivity. About 60 objectors watched from an observation tent as the detonation occurred after weather delays.
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Colo
Colorado
Atomic Energy Commission
Evans Officer Demoted For Negligence Of Duty
At Subic Bay Philippines Lt. (j.g.) Ronald C. Ramsey pleaded guilty to three charges of negligence and dereliction of duty after the destroyer Evans collided with the carrier Melbourne. He received a reprimand and reduction in seniority to day. The collision killed 74 sailors during night maneuvers in the South China Sea on June 3.
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Philippines
U.S
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
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Ronald C. Ramsey
Navy
South China Sea
Ramsey
U.S. Navy
James E. Keys
James A Hopson
Hopson
Kansas City
Kan
Evans
Clues Sought In Jet Crash Near Indianapolis
Investigators target how an Allegheny DC9 and a private Piper Cherokee on 23 miles from Weir Cook airport collided. Radar issues and transponder lack raise questions about visibility and aircraft tracking during the fatal mishap.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Allegheny Airlines
Washington
Max Karant
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Duane Jennings
Weir Cook Field
Scientists clash over cancer theory at chemistry meeting
Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi accused the U S Government of withdrawing support for his cancer theory saying killing has preference over healing. Dr. George Wald said he refused a federal request to develop a chemical agent to blind an enemy. Remarks came at the 158th American Chemical Society National Meeting in New York.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Edward E. Slattery Jr
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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
New York
U.S
George Wald
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