Evidence Points to Lightning Strike in Pan Am Crash
Investigators found physical signs of a fuel air explosion in the left wing fuel tanks and burn marks on the wingtip in the Elkton Maryland crash that killed 81. FAA notes no immediate grounding of jets. CAB will present all facts at February hearings.
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Washington
UPS
Pan American World Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Elkton
Bureau of Safety
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Sailor Saved After Jet Exhaust Throws Him Overboard
Carleton C. Ingerson of Union Maine was knocked from the Saratoga by jet blast into the Atlantic. He treaded water while a destroyer located him ninety minutes later. He recovered enough to request coffee, with two black eyes as injuries. Doctors will observe him in naval hospital. In Paris, Dean Rusk will meet Charles de Gaulle amid NATO council talks.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Carleton C. Ingerson
Saratoga
Ingerson
Atlantic
James Ondiner
Union
Maine
DE Gaulle Paris
Dean Rusk
Charles de Gaulle
Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Council of Ministers
de Gaulle
Louisiana Bar Opposes Pending Rights Bill At Mid-Winter Meeting
The Louisiana State Bar Association adopted a civil rights resolution opposing a rights bill in Congress and urged a convention to rewrite the state constitution. Attendees included George B. Hall Arthur C. Watson H Martin Hunley and John V. Balls. Robert E Allard of Chicago urged reform and noted rising court delays and case loads in Louisiana and other states.
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Louisiana State Bar Association
Congress
Louisiana
Association
Monroe
George B. Hall
Arthur C. Watson
H. Martin Hunley
John V. Balls
House of Delegates
Robert E. Allard
Chicago
Ill
American Judicature Society
Allard
U.N Approves Space Cooperation Plan and Korea Unification Push
The United Nations General Assembly backed a broad 1964 space cooperation program stressing peaceful exploration and satellite use for communications and weather data. It also laid groundwork for legal guidelines on space travel and urged return rights for astronauts and space vehicles. On Korea, the assembly reaffirmed a goal of unification through UN supervised free elections with broad votes in favor and multiple abstentions.
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United Nations N.Y
Johnson
U.N. General Assembly
All-Nation Forum
North Korea
U.N
South Viet Nam
John F. Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Outer Space
Korea
Congress Approves 1.5 Billion Base Construction Bill
Congress approved a 1.5 billion compromise money bill for new military construction and sent it to President Johnson amid protests over closing 33 bases. The measure funds Army Navy and Air Force projects with no new bases and focuses on expanding existing installations especially missile fields.
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Washington
Upi
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
White House
John C Stennis
D-Miss
Appropriations
Defense Department
Leo O’brien
N.Y
Schenectady N.Y
Army Base
O'Brien
O’brien
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
Thaddeus Dulski
Homer Abele
Ohio
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
J W Standley Sr 78 Dies. Rites Incomplete
James William Standley Sr aged 78 of Rt 3 Monroe died in a local hospital at 8 pm Friday. Funeral arrangements are with Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survived by widow Elsie Standley two daughters Mrs Howard Coons Yonkers NY and Mrs Try Guillory Honolulu HI two sisters Mrs Earl Buckner and Mrs Clark Ransom and a brother Frank Standley all of Monroe seven grandchildren. He was a member of First Baptist Church Ouachita Parish Cattlemen's Association Ouachita Parish Farm Bureau and was Master Farmer for 1956.
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James William Standley Sr
Rt. 3
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Elsie Standley
Howard Coons
Yonkers
N. Y
Try Guillory
Honolulu
Hawaii
Earl Buckner
Clark Ransom
Frank Standley
First Baptist Church
Ouachita Parish
Morse accuses U S press of Pravda like concealment
Senator Wayne Morse and Senator Ernest Gruening accused the American press of hiding speeches against a $3.6 billion foreign aid bill. Morse compared coverage to the Pravda press in Russia, urging broader visibility of opposing views in Washington.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
Russia
Oregon
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Allied Leaders Rule Out Early East West Summit
Paris reports say Allied leaders will not hold an East West summit before the U.S. presidential election. Khrushchev unlikely to meet in the coming year while Western ministers plan bilateral talks with Gromyko in early 1964 to keep channels open and ease tensions.
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Paris
API
U.S
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Moscow
Morse accuses agencies of suppressing remarks on Indonesia aid
Senator Morse says a secret document shows State and Defense departments plan to resume military and economic aid to Indonesia. He claims figures are classified but amount to millions of dollars and brands President Sukarno a corruptionist aggressor threatening peace. The AP carried a local wire account only.
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Morse
Wire Service
Senate
State
Defense Departments
Indonesia
Sukarno
Associated Press
Washington City
Reversal Sought Over Camp Johnson Closure
Morrison seeks to reverse the Defense Department decision closing Camp Leroy Johnson in New Orleans as part of a nationwide base shutdown. The Louisiana gubernatorial candidate, a major general in the Army Reserve, met with Secretary Vance and Army officials to plead Camp Johnson’s case.
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Washington
De[iysseps S. Morrison
Louisiana
Pentagon
Leroy Johnson
New Orleans
Morrison
Army Reserve
Army Policy Board
Secretary
Army
Cyrus Vance
Camp Johnson
Defense Department
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Harding College
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Russell Long
Hale Boggs
U.N. Okays
J. W. Standley Sr
P. A. McFalls
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Curtis Joiner
Ward 3
Smart Santas
Compton
RCA Victor
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