CAB Upholds Oshkosh Airport Consolidation Stand
The Civil Aeronautics Board backs consolidation at Oshkosh, rejecting Outagamie County contentions. Appleton Neenah Menasha traffic mostly uses Oshkosh. The CAB brief, 133 pages, argues that continued separate service would be less efficient for carriers and taxpayers.
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Appleton-Neenah-Menasha
Appleton- Neenah- Menasha
Ships Collide Off Naples Killing Sailor
Two U S warships the aircraft carrier Shangri La and the destroyer Perry collided west of Naples before dawn Friday killing one sailor and injuring another. The ships proceed under their own power for temporary repairs. casualty names withheld until families are notified. Both sailors were Perry crewmen.
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Shangri-La
Newman K. Perry
Here
U.S. Navy
Navy
Perry
Vietnamese Forces Kill 50 Viet Cong in Delta Fight
In the Mekong Delta, Vietnamese ground troops launched a multi battalion operation with heavy air support. By Friday and early today, about 100 miles southwest of Saigon, at least 50 Viet Cong were reported killed by body count, with air strike assessments to confirm higher losses.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
U.S
Seven Canals
Can Tho
Two Volunteers Admit Plot to Falsify Alarms for Pay
In San Jose California on a Friday, volunteer firefighters David Ray Helms age 23 and David Pura age 20 pleaded guilty to conspiring to set off false fire alarms. They admitted a friend would call in the alarms so they could collect a $1.50 pay for responding.
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San Jose
Calif
UPD
David Ray Helms
David Pura
Bus and truck collision leaves 11 dead and 28 hurt
A Greyhound bus and a lumber-hauling trailer truck collided near Vinton Louisiana late Friday night. Eleven people were killed and 28 injured, many critically. The bus was en route from Houston to New Orleans along US 90. The truck driver died. the bus driver was hospitalized in critical condition. Passengers from Texas and Louisiana were among the injured and displaced.
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Here
W. M. Pierce
Houston
Tex
Pierce
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Sulphur
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Beaumont
New Orleans
U.S
Louisiana
Texas
Willard Coleman
Gemini 5 Heads Home After Final Space Run
The Gemini 5 crew L. Mardan Mnannor Tr and Wuka Charles (Pete) Conrad Jr. enter the last 24 hours of their mission at 9 03 am CDT, pursuing a 121 orbit flight with a splashdown planned 27 minutes after braking rockets fire Sunday in the Atlantic 200 miles northeast of San Salvador. A tropical storm risk lingers but is deemed unlikely.
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Charles Conrad
Bahama Islands
Betsy
UPI
Wuka Charles
Pete) Conrad Jr
Gemini Control
Conrad
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
San Salvador
FBI Leads Hunt After Bomb Wounds Civil Rights Leader
In Natchez Mississippi the FBI chief in the state assumed charge of the manhunt for bombers who seriously wounded George Metcalf a 55 year old Negro civil rights leader. Metcalf president of the local NAACP branch was listed in fair condition at Jefferson Davis Hospital as agents pursued leads after a bomb under his car hood exploded when he started his vehicle Friday. Roy K. Moore special agent
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Natchez
Miss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mississippi
George Metcalf
Metcalf
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Roy K. Moore
Ripon Youth Crash Victim Dies After One Car Roll
William Condon 18, of Ripon, died after a single vehicle rolled onto its top near the Harold Sherman farm on County Trunk E. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Ripon Municipal Hospital. The crash raised Wisconsin's highway death toll to 615.
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William Condon
Don Condon
Watson St
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Condon
Harold Sherman
Fond du Lac
Frank Decker
Condon Oil Company
Jay
Waupun
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Don
Lila Coakley Condon
St. Patrick's Church
Louis E. Zick
St. Patrick Cemetery
Famly
Sperer Funeral Home
Lou
Wisconsin
Wayne Wallermann
Milwaukee
Lance Viller
Shorewood
Wallermann
Robert Buege
Rainslick
Marinette
Decision Stands On Air Baggage Policy Ruling
The Civil Aeronautics Board rejected petitions by Eastern and Delta Airlines seeking to revert to weight based baggage limits. The board maintains the rule allowing each passenger two suitcases to be carried free, regardless of weight, with no change.
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Washington ‘A
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern
Delta Airlines
Gunman bungled Brooklyn bar robbery fail
A Brooklyn bar robbery attempt collapsed when a patron struck the gunman after he declared the stickup. Three other customers joined in, battering him as he fled bloodied and empty handed while the bartender hurled a bottle that missed.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Proclaims Labor Day Safety Week in Wisconsin
Gov. Knowles declared Sunday through Sept. 6 Labor Day safety week. He noted peak travel and crowded recreation areas demand extra caution on roads, lakes, and parks. He urged law enforcement to intensify efforts and clergy to preach safe conduct this Sunday and Sept. 5, calling on all motorists and pedestrians to exercise extra care during the holiday period.
Toll in Storm At Least Four
A frontal storm battered the Midwest causing four deaths and injuring at least 13 as it moved into eastern Ohio and Michigan with tornadoes hail and winds to 60 mph. Damaging floods and destruction followed in suburbs south of Chicago with two deaths from wind and lightning across several states.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Ohio
Michigan
Oho
Detroit
Toledo
Cleveland
Texas
Fort Smith
Ark
Grenville
Central Plains
Rockies
Chicago
Emmerson Lewis
Jacksonville
Russell Bourne
Moberly
la Porte City
Navy plans Sealab descent off La Jolla coast
Navy reports all systems go for Sealab 2 descent to 205 feet off La Jolla with 10 aqua navigators led by Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter. Three teams of 10 divers will spend 15 days each in the 12 by 58 foot cylinder over 45 days, studying marine life and mapping the ocean floor. Carpenter aims for a 30 day stay. a 270 pound porpoise named Tuffy joins the mission to aid tools and rescue fins.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Navy
M. Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Space Agency
Bermuda
Thirteen Die as Train Collide in France
In Champagnoise Pont D Hery station near here the Milan Paris express rear ended the Lombardy Express. Thirteen people were killed and 28 injured, most victims in the Lombardy rear car. Both trains were bound for Paris when the collision occurred.
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Champagnole
France
Pont D'Hery
Here
Pans
Russian Patrol Boat Seizes Japanese Fishing Vessel
A Russian patrol boat seized a Japanese fishing vessel southeast of the Habamas Islands early Friday, the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency said. The incident occurred in waters southeast of the islands and involved an asserted enforcement action by the Russian side.
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Kushiku
Japan
UPT
Habamas Islands
Japanese Maritime Safety Agency
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