Oil Vessel Explosion Off Louisiana Kills Four
A catamaran shaped oil exploration vessel with 43 aboard exploded in the Gulf of Mexico about 78 miles west of Morgan City Louisiana. The Coast Guard reported 26 survivors many badly burned four dead and 13 missing feared dead as the rig sank after about 15 minutes.
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OPI
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Gulf
C. T. Baker
Reading and Bates
Tulsa
Excise Taxes Bill Retains Lady Levies in Conference
A House Senate conference committee approved a 1.9 billion excise tax compromise that restores the so called ladies levies on jewelry cosmetics furs handbags and other items for one year. President Johnson urged against further cuts pending Ways & Means review.
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Washington
UPI
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House
Senate
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Atlas-Centaur Misses Orbit in Lunar Mission Test
The Atlas-Centaur moon rocket failed to reach orbit during a critical test at Cape Kennedy. The Centaur upper stage shut down two minutes early after a faulty run, jeopardizing the booster’s role in next year’s unmanned lunar landing program.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
America
Oil rig blast survivors listed from Gulf accident
A partial list of survivors from today’s Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion is released. They were treated for burns at Lakewood Hospital in Morgan City and are not in critical condition.
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Morgan City
UPID
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Lakewood Hospital
Goldwater Scranton Share Chicago Audition Before Delegates
In Chicago Goldwater and Scranton attend a joint audition for Illinois 58 GOP delegates. Scranton challenges a televised debate. Goldwater dismisses it. Militant rights leaders protest. Stassen sits between them. Each candidate has one hour to present, then answer floor questions. Public and press are excluded.
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Chicago
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Illinois
Scranton
Goldwater
Arizona
Loop
Harold Stassen
Pilotless Jet Crashes in Haverhill Killing Two Children
A pilotless F86 crashed into a residential area in Haverhill at midnight. Two children, Pamela Gifford 11 and Todd Gifford 8, died as the aircraft tore through homes and cars. Pilot Capt. Dalbert Sullivan parachuted to safety, landed in a tree, then escaped to the Merrimack River.
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Haverhill
Mass
UPI
Lackney Street
Pamela Gifford
Todd
Earl Gifford
Dalbert F. Sullivan
Boston
Back Bay
Sullivan
Merrimack River
Joseph Bitonti
Sailors Expand Dragnet for Missing Civil Rights Workers
A 400 man search in east central Mississippi mobilizes sailors and highway patrol to find Michael Schwerner Rita Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney missing since June 21. Rita Schwerner met with President Johnson who declined to deploy 5000 searchers, says the federal government is doing all it can.
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Philadelphia
Miss
El Paso Natural Gas and Beaunit Plan 40 Million Lb Nylon Facility
A joint venture of El Paso Natural Gas Products Co and Beaunit Corp announces five new Odessa plants to produce about 40 million pounds of nylon 6 6 annually. The project, costing around 50 million dollars, will employ about 125 more skilled workers and use cyclohexane from oil production with natural gas and air.
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el Paso Natural Gas Products Co
Beaunit Corp
New York
Yppc Lauves Cally
Odessa
C. L. Moore
el Paso
Rexall Drug and Chemical Co
General Tire and Rubber Co
Southwest Cryogenics Inc
Western Oxygen
Fidel Castro’s sister defects from Cuba in Mexico
Juana Castro, Fidel and Raul Castro’s sister, announced in Mexico she denounces the Cuban regime as a Communist dictatorship and seeks political asylum. She claims 70 000 to 100 000 political prisoners, cites persecution of Catholics, and alleges Cuban subversion in Latin America aided by a security section led by Maj Manuel Pineiro Losada. See SISTER, Page 2.
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Mexico City
UPI
Fidel Castro
Juana
Raul
Miss Castro
Mexico
Cuba
Fidel
Miss Catro
Latin America
Department of State Security
Manuel Pineiro Losada
Redbeard
Typhoon Winnie Devastates Manila City Killing 16
Winnie the typhoon lashed Manila and northern provinces with 118 mph winds. It caused at least 16 deaths, widespread property damage, uprooted trees, and massive power and communication outages. Airports closed, floods spread, and many homes lost roofs as Manila faced a total blackout.
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Winnie
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Stadio
Ramon Mitra
Antonio Villegas
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