Kennedy Visits West Berlin to Dedicate JFK Platz
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy arrived in West Berlin to dedicate a bronze tablet for John F. Kennedy at City Hall. The visit marks the first anniversary of the late president's famed Ich bin ein Berliner speech. Crowds recalled the 1963 moment and echoed mourning after his assassination.
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Berlin
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
West Berlin
John F. Kennedy
West
Ethel
Templehof
Kennedy
City Hall
Trucker Explosion Kills Six in Poconos Route 209 Blast
A tractor trailer carrying dynamite burst into flames and exploded on Route 209 near Middle Smithfield in the Delaware Water Gap area. Six people died including three Marshalls Creek volunteers and a 23-year-old teacher. ten were injured. The blast leveled a snake farm and rattled Stroudsburg.
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UPI
Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
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Delaware Water Gap
Pocono Mountains
Senate Votes Tax Cuts Amid Extensions And Scandal
The Senate approved election year tax cuts reducing excise taxes on items from ping pong balls to sables while extending Korean War era levies by 1.9 billion. Separately New York police face a major bribery scandal after a three year inquiry. 10 officers were fired for immunity refusal as investigations continue.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
New York
UPD
New York City
Michael J. Murphy
Murphy
Ohio maps no aid for ravaged lands under weak mining laws
UPI reports Ohio may miss federal aid to restore lands damaged by strip mining as the Appalachia program could bar funds where future stripping is not tightly controlled. The amendment to the Appalachia bill seeks Senate approval to enforce stricter mining controls before grant eligibility.
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Washington
UPI
Ohio
Johnson
Senate Public Works Committee
Congress targets urban traffic jam with mass transit aid
A bipartisan House vote approved a $375 million urban mass transportation program to reduce car use in metropolitan areas. The Senate also passed a related measure, and a compromise version must be negotiated to align the bills.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
Drunken Thrushes Fall to Fermented Crabapples
An official inquiry finds thrush deaths tied to eating frozen and thawed crabapples that fermented, causing intoxicated flight and crashes into walls and trees. NIH ordered extensive lab tests after many dead birds were found on institute grounds.
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Washington
UPI
National Institute of Health
Institute
Sunny and warm with a midweek uptick in humidity
Weather calls for high 84 to 89 today and low 60s tonight with continued warmth. Five day forecast shows 7 to 8 degree above normal temperatures through mid next week and scattered showers returning early next week with more by midweek. Births note two newborns, a girl to Mr and Mrs Wilhelm and a boy to Mr and Mrs Querin. Death notices include John C. Smith and O D Zowll.
Where's Woods? Akron Nursing Home Operator Faces Trial
The trial of nursing home operator Eugene Woods was set in municipal court but expected in absentia. Woods and aide Angela Mahl are charged with running an unlicensed nursing home at an Akron hotel. Woods, arraigned last April, has been missing since release on $500 bond, with warrants for non payment of wages filed after his release.
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Akron
UPI
Eugene Woods
Woods
Angela Mahl
Sailors Join Hunt For Missing Civil Rights Workers
White hat sailors and FBI agents scoured back country roads near Philadelphia Mississippi for five days in a large search area. Teams of 5 to 15 men were dropped along rural routes paralleling roads hoping for traces of the three missing civil rights workers. Their burned station wagon was found on a logger’s trail near a swamp as sailors arrived by order of President Johnson to assist in the search.
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Philadelphia
Miss
UPI
FBI
Johnson
Chitto
Quakes Rattle New Hampshire Area
Two earthquake shocks, 50 minutes apart, rattled central New Hampshire from Laconia to Concord. The temblors, about 60 miles north of Boston, were felt in a 50 mile arc with no injuries or major damage reported.
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N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Claremont
Francis Donahue
Weston College
Lebanon
Concord
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