Pipeline Blast Kills 17 in Natchitoches Area
A high pressure natural gas pipeline exploded in a residential area near Natchitoches Louisiana early today killing at least 17 people including nine children. The Tennessee Gas Transmission line blast destroyed five frame homes, melted eight cars, and created a 200 yard crater as flames rose 400 to 500 feet. Rescue crews searched rubble while officials identified victims at the National Guard Armory.
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Shreveport
Outagamie Airport Unit Sets Meeting
Appleton The Outagamie County Board airport committee will meet next week to review the Civil Aeronautics Board ruling on the Town of Greenville airport setback. Mark Catlin said the panel will discuss the CAB decision and policy on future airport issues with invited citizens. Neither Catlin nor corporation counsel W. Ponath commented directly, noting they had not yet received official notification of the action.
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Outagamie County Board
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Greenville
Civil Aeronautics Board
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Outagamie
Catlin
Corporation
W. Ponath
Ripon Youth Fatally Shot Near Pickett
Sheriff says investigation into an accidental shooting near Pickett involving a Ripon High School student and three companions. The teens were in a car on Springbrook Road when the gun discharged about 11:30 am. The car left the road and ended in a field by the Clarence Koerner farm. identities of the youths were not released.
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Fond du Lac
Ray Howard
Ripon
Howard
Ripon High School
Springbrook Road
Clarence Koerner
Johnson Gets Huge Appalachia Aid Bill Approval
The administration's top priority Appalachia aid bill won House approval 257 to 163 and had Senate backing, with President Johnson slated to sign. The measure would spend 840 million for 3350 miles of highways and access roads, with up to 70 percent federal funding, plus 252.2 million for health facilities, farming and mining area improvements, waters resources, and related programs over two to five years. A commission to oversee the program includes the governor of each state and a presidential appointee, with state approval required for any project.
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Skunk Surprise Delays Idaho Falls Music Store Day
In Idaho Falls CPI employee Lyle Bowen opened a desk drawer to find a skunk trapped inside. The stinking encounter forced an abrupt stoppage of work as Bowen and staff dealt with the unexpected intrusion in the music store.
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CPI
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Peking Urges Moscow to Junk Khrushchev Policies
Peking called on Moscow to discard all Khrushchev era policies to restore unity in the Communist world. The Chinese party paper warned Khrushchevism persists and blamed ongoing tensions on those who defend his line. Moscow talks on a 19‑party conference face friction over how to address the Sino Soviet challenge and unity.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
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Khrushchev
Viet February Losses Heavy in Viet Cong War
Viet Cong incursions in February caused heavy U S. and Vietnamese losses. U S officials report 870 military deaths 1 820 wounded 1 450 missing total 4 140 compared with 4 050 in December 1964. American combat deaths numbered 43 with Pleiku and Qui Nhon attacks driving retaliatory strikes.
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Qui Nhon
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Auto Crash Kills 2 Youths in Wisconsin 1965 toll
Two 18 year olds, John J. Gehrke and Charles Heim of Mayville, died when their car overturned and burst into flames after leaving Dodge County Trunk Z near Koeske. The vehicle skidded about 700 feet on its top after leaving the road on a curve. The incident raised Wisconsin's 1965 traffic toll to 137, compared with 159 a year earlier on this date.
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Charles Heim
Mayville
Gehrke
Dodge County
Koeske
Mariner 4 Contacts Falter En Route to Mars
Mars bound Mariner 4 remains on course for July 14 flyby but now shows data gaps from two onboard instruments. Engineers, adjusting for a resistor fault, still glean usable readings from one instrument as scientists report the anomaly.
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Mariner 4
Rocks and Ink Bottles Tossed at Soviet Embassy
Anti American demonstrators attacked the U S Embassy in Moscow using rocks and ink bottles and charged police with sticks and slingshots. Police were driven back until Moscow soldiers restored order after about 10 minutes of damage and ink stains.
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Viet Nam
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Snow Belt Dips Deep South Snow Belt Edges Southward
Blustery winter weather that battered the north central U.S. retreats northward as the snow belt extends into the Mississippi Valley. Six inch snow rates hit Louisiana Arkansas Texas Missouri Southern Illinois and western Kentucky with strong winds causing drifts. Light snow persists in parts of South Dakota Iowa and Minnesota while freezing drizzle affects Minnesota Wisconsin and northern plains.
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Nurses to Ride Electric Scooters at Tyne Hospital
UPI reports Royal Victoria Infirmary nurses in Tyne England will begin rounds on electric scooters after fatigue from walking the hospital’s 12 miles of corridors. The order follows complaints of exhaustion from traditional rounds.
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England
UPI
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Lost on Goldwater He Leaves Country
Los Angeles AP report on Robert Ansett leaving the United States for Australia with his wife and three children, citing discontent with the political and tax climate. The family traveled aboard the SS Thera to start a new home, stating concerns over government regulations and Social Security.
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Barry Goldwater
Los Angeles
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Sherrie
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Social Securitas
Queen of Sweden Suffers Heart Attack in Stockholm
Queen of Sweden suffers a heart attack at Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm and undergoes a major operation. King Gustaf VI Adolf remains at her side as doctors report she is in serious but hopeful condition at St Geerans Hospital.
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Fulbright calls for split of foreign aid package reforms
Senator J W Fulbright urged Congress to rework the Johnson administration 3 38 billion foreign aid bill by separating military and economic aid, targeting projects and countries more densely, extending authorizations, and shifting toward multilateral financing rather than direct U S loans, while avoiding a rejection of aid in principle.
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J. W. Fulbright
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Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
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