Marooned Scouts Rescued After Rio Grande Trek
Hobbs New Mexico Scout leader John Rachel guided 15 Boy Scouts from Troop 98 inland after their rafts on the Rio Grande were washed away by rising waters in Big Bend National Park. The group, ages 12 to 18, camped by higher ground and were later spotted by a helicopter and evacuated to park headquarters. Rachel praised the boys for their conduct and noted they may qualify for a 50 mile award and a Historical Trail Award.
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Hobbs
N. M
UPI
Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande
John Rachel
Rachel
John Jr
Steven
David
Dale Bagley
Greg Allen
Pat Zaleski
Carl Brecken
Tom Kennedy
Richard Kennedy
Joe Gordon
Terry Engberth
Tommy Swisher
Roger Paul
Gary Miller
Ronny Booker
Rail unions plan merger approval for 90000 members
Three rail labor groups led by George H. Harris H. E. Gilbert and Neil P. Speirs will seek member consent to merge into a single union with about 90000 members. They say the plan moves unions closer to meeting future demands amid long rising job losses. Not all groups join the merger as Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers remain outside.
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Cleveland, Ohio
George H. Harris
The
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Neil P. Speirs
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Gilbert
Senate
Congress
Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Coeds Continue Voyage On Raft To New Orleans
Six Hollins College students sail 900 miles from Memphis to New Orleans aboard the Rose Bud Hobson raft. Retired river captain Gordon W. Cooper and two crewmen join the journey, with plans to stop at Helena Arkansas and continue downstream toward a June 20 arrival.
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Memphis, Tenn
Hollins College
Roanoke
Memphis
New Orleans
Gordon W. Cooper
Memphis Yacht Club
Helena
Ark
Rose Bud Hobson
Paducah
Alice Meriwether
Birmingham
Ala
Jury to Decide Ruby Sanity at Dallas Hearing
A Dallas district court jury will decide whether Jack Ruby was sane or insane at the time he killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Judge Louis T. Holland rejected delays as Ruby’s sanity hearing proceeds, with two defense groups declining to call witnesses or present evidence. If found insane, Ruby would be committed to a state hospital. if sane, his appeal proceeds before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Louis T. Holland
Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Phil Burleson
Joe Tonnhill
Jasper
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Holland
Court of Criminal Appeals
High Court
Senator Hayden to Return to Office After Medical Stay
Sen. Carl T. Hayden of Arizona 88 the dean of the Senate was due back in his office today after an extended Bethesda Naval Medical Center stay for treatment of an infection in the lower urinary tract for the past period.
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Washington
UPI
Carl T. Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
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