Louisiana Year of Disasters Reveals Toll Across 1964
In 1964 Louisiana faced a string of disasters from a fatal DC8 jet crash into Lake Pontchartrain to a deadly Mt tug collision on the Lake Pontchartrain causeway and the sinking of the C P Baker drilling rig. Hurricane Hilda struck October 3 causing 37 deaths and wide damage with mass evacuations.
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New Orleans
UPT
Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans International
Kenner
Continental Trailways
Federal Aviation Agency
National
Goose Point
Mexico City
New York
Atlanta
Coast Guard
Killer storms leave deadly trail across Louisiana coast
Hurricane Hilda struck Atchafalaya Bay on October 3 driving advances in the Bayou La Fourche area. Twenty one died in LaRose as a tower collapsed on a civil defense post in Erath. Final toll reached 37 dead and over 200 injured with widespread destruction and cane crop damage.
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Atchafalaya Bay
Bayou la Fourche
LaRose
Erath
Teche
Hilda
Ghost sighting blamed on drive on English village road
In West Hendred England villagers recount a driver striking a man in an overcoat and cap on the same road where 70 year old Ben Tomb was killed three years ago. Mrs Margaret Prior stopped, found no one there, and residents say she struck the ghost of Ben Tomb.
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West Hendred
England
UPI
Ben Tomb
Margaret Prior
Helicopter War Seen in Viet Nam Skyraider Strike
In the Mekong Delta a Skyraider squadron conducts ground-attack runs against Viet Cong positions. An Air Force adviser guides a Vietnamese pilot as 500-pound daisy cutter bombs unleash fire among huts and trenches, illustrating the joint air effort alongside conventional aircraft.
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Viet Nam
Peter Arnett
Bien Hoa
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
U.S. Air Force
James T. Harwood
Jonesboro
Ark
Harwood
Bombing Run Leaves Destruction at Target
A patrol reports ten structures destroyed and seven bodies found at the wreckage after a strafing mission from Bien Hoa base. Forward air controller had identified the site with smoke rockets from a spotter plane. Pilot Harwood called the results better than fair.
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Bien Hoa
Harwood
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Rockaway
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Bermuda
Marinia
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Edward J. Cocke
C. P. Baker
Nature
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Yucatan
South
Gulf Coast
Cameron Parish
Audrey
Jefferson Island Salt Mine
New Iberia
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Gulf
Monroe
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Rushin
Oraim Meuteal Sports
Canada Day
deLesseps S. Chep Morrison
Randy
Chep Morrison
Organization of the American States
Latin America
Griffin
Arif Fins
2Nd Street
Studio A
Varnes
TRACI
Calvert Frantom
N. 4Th
Iit Id
American Motors
NPW
Rambler
Northeast Motors, Inc
Danny Kaye
Cbs-Tv
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