Tragic Marshall Plane Crash Probed by NTSB in Huntington
Federal investigators found no evidence of a mechanical fault or pilot error in the Southern Airways DC9 crash that killed 75 people including most of the Marshall University football team. NTSB Chairman John D. Reed said the probe would continue for months with a disaster team identifying remains, while mourning spread through Huntington as services were held and a makeshift morgue operated at Tri-State Airport.
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Julie Eisenhower backs Agnew as 72 race begins
Presidential daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower told reporters Spiro Agnew is “the greatest” while dismissing Martha Mitchell's views as not representing the administration. She said Mitchell may feel she is doing a service by speaking out. A barleycorn note explains the old shoe measurement.
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Space Frogs Die After Ending Test
Six days after being blasted into earth orbit from Wallops Island Virginia two bullfrogs in the Orbiting Frog Otolith satellite died at 12 20 p m EST Sunday NASA said the mission met its objectives and researchers called the test a success The study of inner ear reaction to weightlessness was aimed at guiding future orbital or crewed space stations and lunar gravity research Electrodes monitored from the otolith sensor cells and a small radiation satellite accompanied the mission amid launch delays due to weather and technical issues
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Calley Jury Last Pick Due Today
FT BENNING Ga AP A jury to try Lt William L Calley Jr charged in the My Lai massacre was to be completed today to start the court martial Tuesday The panel faced delays after only four of 16 officers questioned were accepted by lawyers The four jurors named include Col Lamar Welch Col Clifford Ford Lt Col Robert Duvall and Capt Ronald Salem potential witnesses count 79 and the army prosecutor said the trial may last a month with possible death or life imprisonment if convicted
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Mines and Booby Traps Increase U S Deaths in Vietnam
Saigon reports enemy mines and booby traps raise American battlefield deaths past 44,000 over the weekend. North Vietnamese forces strike Cambodian units on the northern front near Phnom Penh as U S B52s hit targets in northeast Cambodia for the first time in 30 weeks.
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