Mohawk Jetliner crash kills 34 in Pennsylvania
A Mohawk BAC111 jetliner crashed near Blossburg Pennsylvania killing all 34 aboard after its tail separated in flight. Investigators consider sabotage or midair collision while witnesses describe the tail detaching and a fireball in the wooded hill area.
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Blossburg
UPI
FBI
Bower's Hill
Allegheny Mountains
Elmira
John L. Thompson
Lockburg
Thompson
Leroy Boyce
Wellsboro
Civil Aeronautics Board
North Central
U.S.-Soviet Talks Offer Path to Middle East Peace
Johnson and Kosygin met in Glassboro for over five hours and agreed to resume talks Sunday. They discussed Israel’s existence, Middle East settlement principles, arms control, nonproliferation, and Vietnam, with hopes for broader agreement despite ongoing disputes.
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Kosygin
College Town
U.S
Middle East
Vietnam
New York
U.N
Washington
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
Israel
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aqaba
Diet Book Author Fined For Fraud in New Rochelle Case
Dr Herman Taller, a weight loss specialist and author of Calories Don't Count, was fined 7000 dollars on mail fraud conspiracy and federal drug violations charges. U.S. District Judge John F. Dooling Jr. placed him on two years probation. Taller, 56, was convicted on 12 counts after a trial that the government deemed a titled fraud regarding safflower oil and weight loss.
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New York
UPI
Herman Taller
U.S
John F. Dooling Jr
Taller
New Rochelle
N.Y
Jes Ramblin McCoy Honored On 73rd Birthday
W E McCoy of Monroe was celebrated Friday with a surprise party at his sister in law Mrs Theodosia Mc Coy’s Rayville home marking his 73rd birthday. Attendees included Rev H L Driskell Miss Germione Driskell Mrs Lillian McCoy of New Orleans and Mrs W E McCoy.
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W. E. McCoy
Cole Ave
Monroe
Rayville
Theodosia McCoy
H. L. Driskell
Germione Driskell
Lillian McCoy
New Orleans
Cobb III Visiting Family From Tenn Tech
Francis P. Cobb III, a Louisiana Tech graduate and Tennessee dental student, is home for three weeks visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Cobb Jr. at 900 S. 5th St. West Monroe.
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Francis P. Cobb III
Louisiana Tech
University of Tennessee
Francis P. Cobb Jr
S. 5Th St
West Monroe
High tension across national and local politics headlines
State Atty Gen Jack Gremillion declines probe into Jim Garrison Kennedy assassination inquiry. Kosygin and Johnson signals hint at new era in Soviet American relations. Baton Rouge labor dispute steady with no settlement. Two helicopters collide killing 21 Marines. McDonald elected Young Republican chair in Tennessee. Private detective questions lack of evidence in Kennedy plot. Bayou Desiard golf defending champion ousted. Harmon Killebrew hits 22nd homer in Minnesota 1 Chicago 0. Wayne Yates shoots 66 for two stroke lead at Cleveland. Cubs beat Astros 9-8 on pinch hit in ninth.
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Jack Gremillion
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Weather Outlook Monroe Area Sunday Clearing Skies
Clear to partly cloudy with warm temperatures through Sunday. Tonight low 72 to 77 and today's high 90 to 95. Winds southerly 6 to 16 mph. Delta forecast shows drying conditions with daytime good and night fair to poor. Sunshine near 60 percent today and Sunday. FAA Selman Field: Friday high 93 from 1 to 3 pm, low 77 from 3 to 7 am.
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Louisiana Delta
Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
Stratoforts Rain Bombs In Highlands
U S B52 bombers pounded suspected North Vietnamese base camps in the Central Highlands for the third straight day. Rail yards near Hanoi and Nam Dinh electric complex were targeted while Skyraider fighters supported ground troops. In the Mekong Delta 33 Viet Cong were killed as U S ships engaged shore batteries along the North Vietnamese coast.
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Central Highlands
U.S
Pleiku-Kontum
Thailand
Nam Dinh
Mekong
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Detective Says No Evidence of Kennedy Plot in New Orleans
New York AP reports private investigator William H. Gurvich told Senator Robert F. Kennedy that District Attorney Jim Garrison has found no material evidence of an assassination plot against President Kennedy in New Orleans. Gurvich warned he has not been part of the probe for two months.
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New Orleans
Kennedy
New York
William H. Gurvich
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Gurvich
Garrison
NBC
Newsday
Long Island
Dallas
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sen. Kennedy
Monroe City Council Budget Sparks Utilities Hike Talk
Monroe budget adoption signals possible utility rate increase as the Utilities Commission faces a larger workload and higher asks. Mayor Howard stresses cost controls, department economizing, and staffing boosts for police while runway projects for the airport proceed. Chief Kelly warns of a worsening crime picture if reforms lag.
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Monroe
Utilities Commission
David Kaplan
Utilities
W. L. Howard
Howard
Haymes Harkey
Harkey
Treasury
Department of Public Works
Ed Waldron
Waldron
Howard Sai
James C. Kelly Jr
Kelly
U. S
Diplomats Hopeful Over Big Two Nuclear Treaty Progress
At the United Nations conference diplomats express optimism about continued talks between President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin. They see potential progress on nonproliferation and possible Middle East steps, with urgency from China's hydrogen bomb test discussed.
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Rusk
United States
U.S.S.R
United Nations, N.Y
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietnam
Middle East
Soviet Union
Red China
U.N
Gulf of Aqaba
Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Japan
Akira Matsui
U. N
Thant
Kosygin
Piero Vinci
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