Vigils Held After Juda Coeds Die In Delta Crash
In Juda Wisconsin nine of thirty two Juda high school seniors on a spring trip were killed when a Delta Airlines DC 9 crashed and blew up near their New Orleans motel. The school board and staff held a tearful vigil as families learned which students were lost and others were injured.
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Iuda
Wis
New Orleans
Juda
Union Free High School
Delta Airlines Dcs
Juda School Board
Wisconsin
Slanderous Charge Draws Fire From Labor Leader
A Justice Department official labeled unnamed union officers linked to the Cosa Nostra as slanderous. Teamsters Vice President Frank Fitzsimmons demanded evidence in court if such charges are to stand. Petersen cautioned about potential but not illegal ties to the International Longshoremen's Association. A separate report notes a boy suffocated in a porch refrigerator while a dog survived.
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Washington
Justice Department
Cosa Nostra Crime Syndicate
Teamsters Union
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Henry Petersen
National Crime
Teamsters
Cosa Nostra
Fitzsimmons
Petersen
International
Mark Warren
Johnson
Warren
Nine Green County Teen-Agers Killed in Delta Crash
In Kenner Louisiana a Delta Airlines DC-8 crashed beside a motel killing nine Juda Wisconsin high school seniors from their traveling group. Principal Jerome Kalk and an accompanying adult rescued others as flames and smoke filled the rear of the building. Debris and screams followed the collision with rescue efforts described by witnesses.
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Kenner
Juda
Wis
Delta Airlines
Jerome Kalk
Pilot Killed in JFK Probe Crash
George Piazza II, 30, a Delta Air Lines pilot and attorney, died in a DC8 crash in New Orleans. He counseled James Lewallen, a former Ferrie roommate, in District Attorney Jim Garrison’s Kennedy assassination inquiry. Lewallen is also a pilot. Ferrie died Feb. 22.
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New Orleans
George Piazza II
Delta Air Lines
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Piazza
James Lewallen
David W. Ferrie
Garrison
Ferrie
Kennedy Lewallen
Fire Destroys Farm Barn and Livestock in Black Creek
A large barn and shed on the William Springstroh farm at Rt. 2 Black Creek burned Wednesday night. Five tons of hay, two calves, 30 hogs, a steer, a tractor and farm equipment were destroyed. Neighbors spotted the flames around 9 p.m. The Springstroh family were away. Center Volunteer Fire Department fought the fire until 1 a.m. Damage costs were not yet available.
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Black Creek
William Springstroh
Rt. 2
Appleton
Springstroh
Town of Center
Up Peninsula street spurs time change split in Michigan
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Tron Mountain and Kingsford share a wide street and will shift to different clocks. Traveling the length may take about an hour as Iron Mountain moves to Eastern Standard Time Saturday while Kingsford stays an extra day.
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Vron Mountain
Mich
Tron Mountain
Kingsford
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Iron Mountain
Rail Strike Threatens Weekend Action Across Rail Lines
Cedar Rapids AP report says the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brakemen threaten a 12:01 a.m. Saturday walkout affecting about 18 500 members on 60 to 70 railroads over health and welfare benefits. Carriers seek court injunction. union argues benefits cancellation violates the Railroad Labor Act and aims to force a weaker contract with a 25 percent wage raise pattern. Negotiations have been sent to the National Mediation Board for arbitration.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Clyde F. Lane
James E. Wolfe
Washington
Wolfe
Lane
Travelers Insurance
Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Switchmen’s Union of America
National Mediation Board
Death Tolls Of U S VC Rise In Vietnam War
U S military headquarters reported a record weekly toll in the Vietnam War with 274 Americans and 2 774 enemies killed. The war’s deadliest one day battle occurred March 21 in Tay Ninh Province as Viet Cong units suffered heavy losses.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
Ta Drang Valley
Vietnam
Tay Ninh F
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Gou
Quang Ngai
Driver sought after wreck leaves passenger in Springfield
Left behind on Oak Avenue after a car swung around a corner and struck a house porch the driver fled on foot. Police later questioned a 19 year old Springfield resident who identified the driver as authorities pursued the suspect.
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Springfield, Mas
UPN
Qak Avenue
Springfield
Diiver
Detroit burglar jailed after detectives find him in fridge
George Dresler showed no reaction when two Detroit detectives sought him for failing to appear in court on burglary charges. Dresler was jailed after officers located him inside his apartment refrigerator.
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Detroit
George Dresler
Dresler
Delta DC8 crashes into homes near New Orleans airport
A Delta Airlines DC8 crashed during a training flight at Kenner Louisiana, 40 motel units burned, eight Wisconsin high school girls among the victims, nineteen dead total and ten injured. Investigators await word on the pilot or student pilot at the controls as the aircraft banked and struck homes.
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Kenner
UPI
Delta Airlines
Wisconsin
Nicholas J. Chetta
Delta
New Orleans International
Hilton
News anchors defy strike on NBC signoff absence
Huntley spoke alone as Brinkley did not cross the AFTRA picket line in a coast to coast signoff disruption. NBC executives and AFTRA officials planned to meet in Washington seeking a settlement by Saturday. The national strike seeks higher wages and fees for about 100 on air newscasters, with many salaries well above $11,000 a year in local markets.
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New York
David
Chet
Huntley
Brinkley
Chet Huntley
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
National Broadcasting Co
David Brinkley
NBC News
Washington
NBC
CBS
ABC
Mutual Broadcasting System
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
AFTRA
Frank McGee
U.S
Walter Cronkite
Columbia Broadcasting System
Peter Jennings
Cronkite
Arnold Zenker
Jennings
Daryl Griffin
Bill Ryan
Mayors Seek Expanded Annexation Powers and State Aid
Madison mayors pressed for increased state funding and broader annexation power after a lengthy Senate committee hearing. Green Bay and Madison officials urged tax relief funds of about 45 million, while Festge argued for cities to absorb adjoining areas without resident votes. Opponents warned unilateral annexation would remove residents’ choice, as testimony drew a large turnout from communities around Kenosha Racine Sheboygan Appleton Green Bay and Madison. The committee planned no action soon, echoing last year’s defeat of similar measures.
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Madison
Senate
Green Bay
Donald Tilleman
Festge
Gordon Roseleip
Darlington
Kenosha
Racine
Sheboygan
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Labor
Miami
Fla
Willie Earl Arnold
Center
Oriecdns
Parsons
Green County
J. H
Allen Lieschlar
Kalk
Donald Gardner
Clearwater. Fla
JFK
U.S. VC
Resige
Otto Pfeostge
Mad
Don R. Herrling
Grand Chute
Sen
Draheim
William Draheim
Rneenah
Governmental and Veterans Affairs Committee
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