Blast in India mine kills hundreds at Dhanbad shaft
A predawn explosion at a coal mine near Dhanbad in Bihar State killed about 200 miners and possibly more, with officials citing coal dust buildup and a surface blast as factors. The Bokaro Ramgarh mine produces roughly 20,000 tons annually for the Bokaro steel mill.
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India
New Delhi
Dhanbad
Nobhi Cave
AUTO
Ministry
Bokaro Ramgarh Group
Bokaro Steel
United States
Bihar
Calcutta
Wisconsin Truck Ban Begins This Weekend
Wisconsin implements a summer weekend and holiday truck traffic ban on major state highways starting today. The order targets vehicles 8000 pounds and heavier, with exemptions for buses wreckers utility repair trucks and those carrying live animals food supplies and newspapers for immediate distribution. Most restricted routes run through the state’s southeastern region.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State
Push Probe Into Slaying Of Divorce
Racine AP report on the brutal slaying of 30 year old divorcee Patricia Oley. Authorities pressed the investigation into her disappearance from a relative’s home since Tuesday. Her body was found by a schoolgirl beside a lovers lane in northern Racine County, beaten about the head with a blunt instrument and fully clothed except for shoes.
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Racine
Patricia Oley
Racine County
Joseph Blessinger
Senate Republicans Reject Democratic Budget Amendments
In Madison the Republican majority in the State Senate systematically rejected Democratic amendments to the GOP budget tax plan. Democrats introduced 14 more amendments making 34 total, while the GOP passed a minority tax measure lifting beer barrel tax from 1 to 3 dollars with an exemption for the first 15,000 barrels per company annually.
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Madison
State Senate
Joint Finance Committee
Warren P Knowles
Sparta
Knowles
Warren
Len Richard
Zaborski
Milwaukee
Risser D
State College
Boy Mows Lawn in Snow Amid Light Melt in Minneapolis
Lod Henry worked through a light snowfall in Minneapolis as temperatures fell into the 30s. He wore a parka and earmuffs and completed the neighbor’s lawn despite snowy conditions.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lod Henry
House Group Concludes Hearings on Communism
CHICAGO AP The House Committee on Un American Activities wrapped up three days of hearings on communism in Illinois marked by many demonstrations and little testimony. Only two witnesses, both FBI informers, testified. nine others invoked constitutional protection or left. Police and federal marshals arrested 38 demonstrators, some for singing inside the hearing room and others for creating a disturbance outside. Rep Edwin E Willis said the record shows Communist activities among youths, peace groups, housing agitation, and civil rights groups. The committee plans contempt actions against two witnesses who walked out after refusing to testify. Dr Jeremiah Stamler a prominent heart disease specialist was identified as a key organizer of the Communist party underground in the 1950s. An assistant Yolanda Hall walked out after declining to answer questions.
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Chicago
House Committee On Un-American Activities
FBI
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Willis
Jeremiah Stamler
Communist Party
Alfred M. Nittle
Laura Bough
San Francisco
Helicopters Collide Killing Nine Americans Near Bien Hoa Base
Two US Army helicopters collided in midair near Bien Hoa base 15 miles north of Saigon. Nine Americans died, two seriously wounded. An eyewitness said the aircraft met at the same place as they crossed paths during dawn operations.
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Bien Jon
Chu Lai
Hevchhead
da Nang
Maine
Chu Lei
Navy
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Bath
118Th
Los. Army
3Rd Corps
Three Jordan Raids Made By Israeli Forces
Israeli paratroopers and infantry conducted three raids into Jordan killing two farmers and two children and injuring four other farmers while destroying a fuel depot and six saboteur bases. Israel reports no civilians harmed. Jordan claims two reactors and two farmers died and seven soldiers were wounded in accidents. The attacks prompted appeals to the Arab Joint Supreme Command and urgent UN Security Council meetings.
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Tei
Aviv
Israel
Jordan
Arab Joint Supreme Command
U.N. Security Council
U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Jerusalem
Bad Battery Forces Delay of Gemini Flight Practice
A faulty battery cell forced postponement of a practice launch for the Gemini mission crew James McDivitt and Edward White at Cape Kennedy Florida. Officials said the issue might push back the June 3 launch as mission director Christopher Kraft would decide after battery changes and tests over the weekend.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White
Christopher Dc Kraft Jr
Johnson calls for new international peace mechanism in Caribbean crisis
President Johnson urged creation of an international peace-keeping framework to meet rapid events lessons from the Dominican Republic crisis. He announced withdrawal of about 1,700 more troops from Santo Domingo while pressing joint action with the Organization of American States to shape hemisphere security and plan further cuts.
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Waco, Tex
Johnson
U.S
Dominican
Organization of American States
Baylor University
Penasco Alvim
Fraudster DeAngelis Gets 10 Year Sentence in Wall Street Fraud
Newark New Jersey. Tino DeAngelis a former Bronx butcher was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a multimillion dollar vegetable oil fraud that shook Wall Street. He received concurrent terms on multiple charges and faces potential parole after three months under a new federal law.
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Newark
A.J. A
Anethems
Tino DeAngelis
Wall Street
DeAngelis
Bronx N.Y
Reynier J. Wartendyke
de Angelis
Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp
Allied Crude
Bayonne
N.J
Atlas Missile Explosion Ends Planned Space Mission
At Vandenberg Air Force Base a Atlas ICBM exploded two minutes after launch sending a plastic facsimile of a space traveler into the ocean. The flaming wreckage spread over the sea as investigators sought the cause. The dummy carried instruments to study space radiation for future manned orbiting laboratories.
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Vandenberg Aiit Force Base
Calif
Air Force
New Lever Given to OAS Against Junta in Dominican Crisis
The United States provided the Organization of American States with 6 million dollars to pay government salaries loyal to the junta or rebels, with Inter-American Force troops stationed at the bank to prevent misuse. President Johnson’s envoys sought a coalition government led by Antonio Guzman, but the junta rejected the plan as interference. Imbert Barrera denounced OAS authority and outlined payroll needs of 3.5 million amid rising criticism as U.S. aid totals 3.95 million since his takeover. The USS Okinawa and over 1,000 Marines remain on standby. The inter-American contingent now numbers 1,042 troops including Brazilians, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Costa Ricans.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Organization of American States
OAS
Jose A. Mora
Washington
Mora
Inter-American Force
Johnson
Antonio Guzman
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Imbert
National Congress Palace
U.S
Okinawa
6Th Marine Division
Caribbean Republic
Ship's Crew Saved from Rocked Liberian Freighter La Salle
A shore life boat rescued 39 crew members from the Liberian freighter La Salle after it ran aground off Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The Coast Guard reported no casualties despite rough seas and poor visibility during the operation.
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London
la Salle
Guernsey
Channel Islands
Coast Guard
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