Crashes Hit F111 Fighter Bombers Still Grounded
LAS VEGAS AP An F111A fighter bomber crashed in the desert marking the 11th crash in the swing wing program. The two occupants a U.S. pilot and an Australian trainee ejected safely. An investigation board was appointed.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Australia
Air Force
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Navy
McNamara
Southeast Asia
Fort Worth
Tex
U.S
Nellis Air Force Base
Dogs Dogged by Bites Prompt Postal Safety Clash
Washington AP The mailmen union blasts a Labor Department safety study as slow and dog focused. National Association of Letter Carriers president James H. Rademacher says 17 500 bite incidents will occur before completion and cites 10 000 yearly dog bites with costs over 546 dollars per case and over 500 000 dollars total.
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Washington
Mailmen’s Union
James H. Rademacher
National Associated of Letter Carriers
Labor Department
Robert Goodell
Labor
Office of Occupational Safety
Goodell
Rademacher
The
Postal Record
Port Arthur Fire Evacuates Hundreds Near Refinery Blast
A refinery blast at Atlantic Richfield in Port Arthur Texas sparked explosions and a large evacuation. Police reported homes in the Fairley Addition were cleared as two houses burned and chlorine gas concerns arose. Three men with severe burns were moved to Galveston Shriners Hospital Burns Institute, with two more treated for minor injuries.
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Port Arthur
Shriners Hospital Burns Institute
Galveston
Atlantic Richfield
Groves
R. J. Venable
Fairley
Middletown Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy with Showers
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies, warm and humid air, and scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Wednesday brings variable clouds with showers ending and cooler conditions in the evening. Highs in the 80s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s.
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Middletown
Violence Erupts as Mexico City Students Hold Vocational School
In a five hour nighttime battle, 3 people were killed and about 50 wounded as Mexican troops captured the Santo Tomas Vocational School during a student rebellion against President Diaz Ordaz. Police and rioters exchanged fire from rooftops and streets amid broader protests across the city.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
Santo Tomas Vocational School
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
San Jacinto
Tlatelolco
Federal District Penitentiary
Diaz Ordaz
Mexico
Viet Cong Gunners Silence Cross-Border Fire in Cambodia
South Vietnamese forces fired 105mm howitzers into Cambodia to silence Viet Cong gunners across the frontier after attacks on a South Vietnamese outpost at Phuoce Tan. U S airstrikes dropped 750 tons along the frontier as American bomber losses rose with a Skyhawk and a helicopter downed. Civilian casualties included six wounded in a rocket attack on Nha Be’s petroleum depot and three civilians killed in Phong Phu.
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Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Do Cao Tri
North Vietnam
Vinh
Tri
Phuoce Tan
Nha Be
Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Mekong
Phong Phu
Sharif Starts Work on Che Film in Cuba
Omar Sharif begins filming Che with 20th Century Fox in Cuba. He plays Ernesto Guevara while Rudy Diaz and Woody Strode join as guerrilla band members in photo from AP.
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Sharif
Che’ Film
Omar Sharif
Ernesto
Che’ Guevara
20Th Century - Fox
Che
Rudy Diaz
Los Angeles
Woody Strode
Guerrilla Band
Vacation for 43-25-37 Gottfried Shocks Wall Street
Francine Gottfried, the Brooklyn sweater girl nicknamed 43-25-37, is on a short vacation. A Chemical Bank spokesman confirmed she, an IBM machine operator aged 21, left the scene after drawing a mob in the financial district wearing a yellow sweater and red skirt.
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NEW York (Ap
Francine Gottfried
Brooklyn
Wall Street
Bears
Chemical Bank New York Trust Co
Francine
IBM
New Talks Yet No Break in New York Teachers Strike
In eight day walkout 1.1 million pupils remain without classes as talks between the Board of Education and the United Federation of Teachers yield no settlement. Parents rush to private and religious schools while many consider moving to suburbs.
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NEW York
Board of Education
Brook
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Central Board
Oliver
Paul H. Hornbeck
Edward Shapiro
Westchester
United Parents Associations of
Asso
Ciations
Marion White
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Theater Valley News
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