Crash probes focus on recorder after Braniff flight crash
Investigators report one flight data recorder burned beyond use in the Braniff Airways crash near Falls City Nebraska. A cockpit voice recorder may still yield clues to the final moments before the plane plunged into a soy bean field killing AQ werenne FREER me pren wenrenere. Witness Antone Schawang describes seeing a ball of flames and a wing tip as the airliner exploded on impact.
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AQ Werenne
Braniff International Airways
Here
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Antone Schawang
Shawang
Allied Sweep In Highlands Takes Shape
In the central highlands operation Paul Revere American, South Vietnamese, and Korean forces concentrate for a major push. A 150 man U.S. Cavalry unit met about 500 North Vietnamese in the La Drang Valley, called in artillery and napalm, and drove the enemy from the area with nine killed and five captured. Approximately 15,000 allied troops are engaged.
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Central Highlands
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Hanoi
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North Viet Nam
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North
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Eight Dominican Leaders Arrested in Barahona
The secretary general and seven leaders of the Dominican Revolutionary party headed by ex president Juan Bosch were arrested by Dominican air force officers in Barahona, 120 miles southwest of Santo Domingo. Rafael Molina Arena, former secretary general and president of the chamber of deputies, was among those detained.
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Rafael Molina Arena
Chamber of Deputies
Molina Arena
Enrique Perez
Armed Forces
Cotton Forecast for 1966 Set at 10 Million Bales
The Agriculture Department predicts 1966 cotton output at 10.82 million bales of 500 lb gross weight, down from 14.96 million last year and far below the 1960-64 average. A new crop control program with government payments aims to curb plantings amid a record 16.8 million bales in reserve and surplus.
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Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
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Texas
Twin Cities Girl Visits Deep South Impresses with Magnolia Trees
Jan Burford 11 of St. Louis, visiting relatives with her mother, expresses wonder at magnolia trees and Louisiana bayous on her first deep south trip. She admires the waterways and local scenery during the visit.
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Jan Burfford
Holland Burfford
St. Louis
Deep South
Jan
Louisiana
Death toll in Texas tower killings reaches 16
In Austin Texas teen Karen Griffith 17 dies at Brackenridge Hospital becoming the 16th victim of the University of Texas tower sniper massacre. Whitman killed his wife and mother before the 80 minute siege and shot 46 people from the tower.
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UPS
Charles J. Whitman
Karen Griffith
Brackenridge Hospital
Whitman
University of Texas
Miss Griffith
Mary Gabour
Texarkana
Tex
Austin
Gabour
Mark
Marguerite Lamport
Size of United States then and now compared
The original 13 states covered 888 811 square miles while the current 50 states and territories total 3 619 644 square miles. The comparison highlights vast territorial growth from early confederation to present day.
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United States of America
Citizenship Lost In British Vote
A 24 year old American woman Georgia Lepper living in England says she lost US citizenship after voting in Britain's March election. She plans to appeal to the State Department and possibly to the White House, arguing she remains American.
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London
England
Britain
Georgia Lepper
White House
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Johnson
U.S
Joshua
Bruce
Lepper
Georgia
British
Home Office
Clark
Back To Work Legislation Draws Fire In Airline Strike
P L Roy Siemiller leader of IAM says proposed back to work bill is unwarranted and punitive while House Commerce Chairman Staggers pushes to pass Senate measure to end a 32 day strike that has grounded Eastern National Northwest United and Trans World Airlines. Labor officials held talks with both sides as pressure mounts to resolve the dispute.
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UPI
P. L
Roy) Siemiller
Harley 0. Staggers
D. W.va
House Commerce Committee
Senate
Siemiller
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Staggers
Congress
Johnson
Eastern
National
Northwest
United
Trans World Airlines
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Federal crime proposed to curb outside agitators in civil rights protests
Rep William Cramer urged a federal offense for outside agitators entering areas to incite racial violence. The amendment to the civil rights bill would criminalize traveling in interstate commerce with intent to incite or participate in a violent civil disturbance, with support from GOP leaders and northern Democrats.
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Washington
House
William C. Cramer
Rfla
Cramer
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Partly Cloudy Outlook For Twin Cities Through Tuesday
The weatherman predicts partly cloudy skies in the Twin Cities area through Tuesday with a chance of mainly lighter showers later today and in the evening. No major temperature changes are expected with highs 88 to 92 and a low around 68 to 74. Variable winds 5 to 15 mph. In Monroe, Sunday high reached 89 with this morning’s low at 63.
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Twin Cities
Didershowers
Monroe
Ford Chooses Shreveport for New Battery Plant
Ford Motor Co will build and operate a battery factory in the Shreveport area employing about 400 workers. Henry Ford announced the site after a statewide study, noting appreciation for support from Sen. Russell Long Gov. John McKeithen and Rep. Joe Waggonner as the region remains under consideration for the exact site.
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Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford
Ford
New Orleans
Louisiana
Joe Waggonner
Bossier City
Red River
Shreveport- Bossier
Bossier
Russell Long
D-La
John McKeithen
Waggonner
Missing Man Is Vital To Security
New Mexico State Police seek Frederick Talaseco 36 a government employee at Fort Hood Texas who vanished while on vacation in Newburgh New York Talaseco reportedly had access to information so sensitive that detailing it could threaten national security Officials described the missing person bulletin as urgent and cautionary
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N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Frederick Talaseco
Ft Hood
Tex
Talasco
Newburgh
N.Y
Texas
Funeral for Ferdinand A. Cashio in Shreveport
Ferdinand A. Cashio 50 of Shreveport longtime assistant attorney general since 1956 died after brief illness in a local hospital. A Baton Rouge native, he also served as attorney for the oil and gas division of the Louisiana Department of Conservation for eight years. Funeral services to be held here Tuesday.
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Shreveport
Ferdinand A. Cashio
Cashio
Baton Rouge
Oil and Gas Division
Louisiana Department of Conservation
Five year old outsmarts penny candy math
A five year old, told he could buy six or seven pieces of candy for a penny, calmly requests seven pieces instead. The quip highlights a humorous take on early arithmetic and commerce.
Bodies Found After Drive-In Tragedy Near Fort Worth
Roy Green and Kenneth McDuff faced murder charges after three teens were killed last night in Texas. The victims Robert Brand and Mark Dunnam were found shot in Brand’s car trunk. investigators searched Tarrant and Johnson counties for Edna Sullivan’s body but found nothing. Green led officials on a 50 mile sweep while authorities processed the crime scene and questioned suspects.
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Louie Sullivan
Green
Edna
Robert H. Brand
Alvarado
Tex
Mark Dunnam
Los Angeles
Brand
Edna Louise
Young Dunnam
Services Pend For LSU Dean Killed Sunday
Funeral services were pending for George H. Deer 63 dean of LSU Junior Division who was killed in a train car collision Sunday south of the LSU campus Deer a Rolla Arkansas native joined LSU in 1950 and became dean in 1959 He was a past member of the National Education Association Executive Board and author of education publications
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Baton Rouge
UPI
George H. Deer
Louisiana State University
Deer
LSU
Rolla
Ark
National Education Association
Wilson Sends Officials Back To Rhodesia
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced plans to send officials to Rhodesia to resume exploratory talks with Ian Smith's minority government. The round in Salisbury aims to test a basis for negotiations and possible partners, following a two month civil service dialogue that yielded no compromise. Zambia's President Kaunda warned against concessions to Smith, tying independence timing to majority rule and regional stability.
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London
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Salisbury
Wilson
Britain
Smith
Commonwealth
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Kaunda
Older Americans increasingly stay in their own homes
Census Bureau finds 9.5 million people aged 55 or older lived alone or with nonrelatives in 1965, doubling 1950 figures. Total households reached 57.2 million with 47.7 million families. white households averaged 4.3 persons and families 3.7.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Bel Air 1939 Chevrolet four door for sale
Sold through a want ad a 1939 Chevrolet Bel Air four door in excellent condition powered by original features. Asking price is $895. Contact for details and potential pickup.
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