Peru Plane Crash Kills 99 of 100 Aboard Near Machu Picchu
A Peru Airlines Lockheed Electra crashed six miles south of Cuzco after an engine failure killing 99 of 100 aboard and injuring the survivor. The victims include 49 American high school students sponsored by International Fellowship Inc of Buffalo NY.
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Lima
Peru
Machu Picchu
United States
Mildred M. Brown
Buffalo, N.Y
International Fellowship, Inc
International Fellowship Inc
Buffalo
International Fellowship
State Department
Lansa
Aviation Department
Cuzco
Alejandro Calegari
San Jeronimo
Lima International Fellowship
Marisel Bedoya Vivanco
Wisconsin State Flag Presented to New Glarus Figure
Green County presented a Wisconsin state flag to Dr. Alfred Heer and his wife during Swiss themed ceremonies in New Glarus Wisconsin in a program that highlighted ties between New Glarus and Glarus Switzerland. Governor Knowles and Swiss officials are among attendees as the community marks its 125th anniversary with parades a Hall of History dedication and Wilhelm Tell festival events. Cheese Days in Monroe caps the celebrations with cheese distribution and Swiss touches.
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Wisconsin
Glarus
Switzerland
Green County
New Glarus
Alfred Heer
Heer
Karl Hofmann
Trudi Vogel
Mas
Fridolin Stucki
Canton of
Fridolin Vogel
Glarnerhof
Warren P. Knowles
Monroe
Fire destroy five National Guard trucks near Monroe
State Deputy Fire Marshal Frank Roberts ruled out arson in a Thursday blaze that wrecked four trucks and one trailer and damaged another at the Harrison Butenhoff farm seven miles northeast of Monroe. Green County Sheriff Matt Solbran said investigation continues with a theory of a lumber pile or grass fire spreading to the hilltop parking area for the vehicles.
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Frank Roberts
Madison
National Guard
Harrison Butenhoff
Monroe Green County
Matt Solbran
Roberts
Butenhoff
Green County Fairgrounds
Camp Williams
Camp Douglas
Israelis Battle Guerrillas Across Fronts and Cease Fire Holds
Israeli planes attacked guerrilla bases in Lebanon and ground forces clashed on the Golan Heights while the Suez cease fire held for a second day. Lebanese sources said raids burned crops and cut power in three villages. In Cambodia and Vietnam, battles continued with casualties and U.S. deaths reported. Nixon’s popularity remains high among Republican governors amid campaign hopes.
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Golan Heights
Suez Canal
Mt Hermon
Kiar Shuba
Shaaba
Jersa
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Sang
South Vietnam
Nixon
Lake OF the Ozarks, Mo
Court Reform Sought by Burger in State of the Judiciary
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger urged creation of a federal government wide council to update the court system. He warned against overloading federal courts and delivered his first state of the judiciary address to the American Bar Association.
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ST. Louis
Warren E. Burger
Burger
American Bar Association
Mitrione Executed as Promised in Uruguay
American police expert Daniel A. Mitrione was killed by Tupamaro guerrillas after a Sunday noon deadline for freeing 150 political prisoners. His body, found in a bloodstained car, was shot twice in the head, and officials warned of possible further deaths as authorities arrested more than 100 people during a wide manhunt.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Daniel A. Mitrione
Mitrione
Tupamaros
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
Claude Fly
Fort Collins
Colo
U.S
Dias Gomide
Fly
Richmond
Ind
Count Karl von Sprell
United States
Nerve Gas Trains Move Toward Sea Burial
An Army nerve gas train with 113 obsolete rockets rolled from Richmond Kentucky toward a sea burial site off Sunny Point North Carolina. A second gas shipment from Anniston Alabama was set to depart, aiming for the same burial. A decontamination train led the convoy, 55 minutes ahead, with medical personnel aboard. Dr. Thomas Chayka, son of Gordon Chayka, is an attending physician on the Nerve Gas train en route to the Virginia Coast. The Army plans future gas disposal at bases to avoid such shipments.
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Richmond
Anniston
Ala
Sunny Point
N.C
Cape Kennedy
Thomas Chayka
Gordon Chayka
Stoughton
Evelyn Zazichek
Monroe
Virginia Coast
North Carolina
Controversy Over Gas Disposal Plan Aboard Train Trip
Gov Lester Maddox offered to ride atop an Army safety demonstration train amid tense debate. Rep Tim Lee Carter says Army authority exists to ride the Blue Grass Depot train while several leaders including Gov Claude Kirk and U Thant oppose sea disposal. The State Department and U.S. Army clash over dilution by ocean currents and a British delegation arranges review ahead of an August 18 deadline.
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U Thant
United Nation
Thant
U.N. General Assembly
High Seas
State Department
Army
Bahamas
Bermuda
United States
U. S
London
Green County Dairy Dessert Contest Winner Advances to District Bake Off
Mrs. Cecil Haugen of Brodhead wins Green County Dairy Dessert contest with Dessert Cream and advances to the District Bake Off on WISC-TV Channel 3 in Madison, Wednesday August 12. She will be accompanied by judges Mrs. Carol Pregent and Mrs. Lester Bishop and Green County Extension officials as sponsors note.
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Green County
Cecil Haugen
Wisc-Tv
Channel 3
Madison
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Lester
Diane) Bishop
Green County Extension Department
Green County Ag Chest
First National Bank, Power and
Mrs. Light Company
Extension Homemakers Council
American Dairy Association
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Extension Service
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture
Inisnea
Wisconsin Power and Light
Haugen
Cecil Clair
Spring Grove Township
Rock County
Newark
Brodhead
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Beverly) Goepfert
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