Plane Pilot Saves Crew In Cape Kennedy Crash Event
The article recounts a near disaster when a bomber pilot kept a disabled aircraft aloft until bailout and recovery, avoiding catastrophe near Cape Kennedy. Crew members, including Captain Larry Inkau and Major Roy Rohde, were evacuated by helicopter as the plane slid into the water near Port Canaveral with Navy and Air Force units responding. An investigation followed to determine causes and actions taken.
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Cape Kennedy
Orlando
Force Base
Air Force
Ward
Acath
Cocoa
Coron Beach
Vitis Cle
Fort Canaveral
Cashe
Port Canaveral
Norfham
Daangels
Charleton
S.C
St Jonker
Helicopts
McCoy
Larry Inkau
Copiat
Chattanooga
Roger W. Reeser
Elec
Port
Tenn
Roy F. Rohde
Diazus
Sheboygan
Wis
Ray
McGee
Alan Ward
Mosa
Cola
Robert
Logue
Peekskill
Congress watchdog: Guard unit misreported for Vietnam duty
Rep. Ed Reinecke alleges the 1st Squadron, 18th Armored Cavalry, National Guard unit from Burbank was credited with training it did not receive. He says records falsified to show readiness for Vietnam, with misassigned skills and equipment, and calls for investigation by Army and House Armed Services. Six Army HQ confirms Ft. Lewis training, but omits further details.
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Los Angeles
Ed Reinecke
R-Calif
Army
Ft. Lewis
Recke
California
Vietnam
Los Angeles Times
Reinecke
18Th Armored Cavalry
Wash
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Washington Post
Lable
Burbank
Calif
National Guard
Rep. L. Mendel
Rio D S.C
House Armed Services Committee
Ernest L. Massad
3Rd Armored Cavalary
Studio City
Johnson
Walts
Ho Chi Minh Trail Leads To School For Viet Kids
AP report from Saigon details hundreds of children marching along the Ho Chi Minh trail toward Cambodia for political education and possible future cadres. Soldiers describe children up to 17 years old, chosen from Viet Cong families, equipped with radios and money, moving toward a North Vietnamese objective of jungle political indoctrination and a potential postwar nucleus of power.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Ho Chilrough
Minh
Vietnam
U.S
Cief
Hanoi
Kidnaped Infant Returns To Parents In Port Arthur
A five day old infant, Drek Reese, was found at the doorstep of a Port Arthur home after a hospital check confirmed footprints. Police traced the baby to Darrell and wife of Port Neches. The mother described the woman as about 40, olive complexion with curly hair. The infant was taken to hospital, later recovered by anxious parents.
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Port Arthur
Department of
Public Safety
R. L. Lyons
Tom L. McBride
Reese
Price
Colorado Judge Cracks Up Over Supremes Joke
Colorado Chief Justice C Olla Moore jokes about a bumper sticker found on a car parked outside the state Capitol. The sticker read Here comes da judge and Su preme Court Justice. Moore said the discovery came from her grandnephew.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
State Capitol
Supreme Court
C. Olla Moore
Death Claims Girl Struck By Lightning in Virginia
Becky Godwin, 14, daughter of Gov. Mills E. Godwin, died in Virginia Beach from internal burns after lightning struck her on the beach. She had been hospitalized four days and died less than a month before her 15th birthday. Funeral set for Saturday at the governor’s mansion in Richmond. Burial at Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. The governor's wife recuperating from an operation. Becky's death announced at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Becky Godwin
Holly Lawn
Suffolk
Godwin
Becky
Virginia Beach General Hospital
Chicago
Virginia
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
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