Radar Patrol Plane Vanishes Off Cape Cod
An Air Force EC121H radar patrol plane from Otis Air Force Base with 19 aboard disappears from radar early this morning about 135 miles east of Cape Cod during a routine air defense mission. Six are missing and presumed dead after a fishing vessel sighted a plane in rough seas as rescue planes search Labrador and Bermuda bases join the effort.
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Atlantic
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Cape Cod
Otis
Labrador
Bermuda
Coast Guard searches for missing Constellation crew
Coast Guard cutters, fishing vessels, and merchant ships joined in the hunt after a 19 aboard Constellation disappeared near Otis. An oil slick and debris were spotted. the plane left Otis at 12:35 am and was last heard at 1:22 am. A fishing vessel reported seeing the crash at 1:30 am.
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Constellation
Air Force
Coast Guard
Boston
Otis
Gemini 12 Countdown Moves Toward Liftoff Mission Preview
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Gemini 12 countdown advances toward a four day mission to test spacewalking and operations outside a capsule. Astronauts Lovell and Aldrin prepare for multiple excursions aboard Titan 2 and interaction with the Agena target satellite, aiming to demonstrate outside work in preparation for lunar flights.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Edwin E. Adrin, Jr
Agena
Lovell
Aldrin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Johnson Signals Fewer Great Society Proposals Post-Election
President Johnson said he will lay fewer Great Society proposals before a newly elected Congress with a bigger Republican presence. he plans some new ideas but emphasizes financing already authorized programs and tightening spending as Republicans and conservative Southern Democrats sharpen scrutiny of welfare and antipoverty initiatives.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Texas
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
State Trooper Dies In Car Truck Crash
Bath New York U State trooper James Conrad age 30 was killed when his patrol car collided with a tractor trailer on Route 15 two miles north of Bath. He was married with five children and had served as a trooper for four and a half years, most recently at the Bath substation. The truck driver Christie Fisher 29 of Witmer Pennsylvania was uninjured. Conrad lived on RD 2 Prattsburg.
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Bath
N.Y
James Conrad
Route 15
Conrad
Painted Post
Christie Fisher
Witmer
Prattsburg
New York Couple Killed in Maryland Crash
An elderly couple from Webster New York was killed in a collision between their car and an oil tanker on Route 2 near Glen Burnie Maryland. State Police identified the deceased as Harman Klaver and his wife, both 72, with Mrs Klaver listed as the driver.
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Glen Burnie
Webster
N.Y
Here
Harman Klaver
Monroe County
Keeps Family Together Girl Nine Leads As Mother Missing
Margar et Smollen, nine, runs the Bronx tenement and cares for four brothers and two sisters after their mother There sa Smollen, 30, disappeared October 4. Father William Smollen, 48, works in brick masonry. oldest child 11, youngest 10 months. Welfare offered foster care but was refused. The hospital could not confirm the mother's visit.
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New York
Margaret Smollen
Smollens
Theresa Smollen
Margaret
Bronx
William
Democrats to control state Constitutional Convention next year
Albany report notes Republicans hold Senate but Democrats secure a majority of convention delegates after tabulation. Final official results to be released in about a month. Delegates total 186 with Democrats at 97 to 86 for Republicans and Liberals holding three seats.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Senate
GOP
Department of State
Teen Dies In Head On Crash In Pleasant Valley
Donald Teal a 17 year old resident of Pleasant Valley Dutchess County was killed when his car collided head on with another vehicle on Route 44 according to police.
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Pleasant Valley
N. Y
Donald Teal
Dutchess County
Gas leak from derailed freight trains prompts Michigan evacuation
A New York Central freight derailed in Homer Michigan, spilling vinyl chloride and chloride vinyl along with phosgene risk. Three tank cars and 17 000 gallon storage tanks burned, prompting evacuation of nearly 1000 residents. Firefighters stood back as experts and police containment tried to cool the scene.
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Homer
Mich
New York Central
Michigan
Robert McCulloch
Central
Jackson
Dictionary of Science
Penguin Books
Nyc
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Two Men Die in Route 13 Crash Near Ithaca
A truck and car collision on Route 13 a mile west of Dryden near Ithaca killed Gerald Place 43 of Homer and George Parker 31 of Cortland. Passenger Leslie Arasin of Marathon was hospitalized in critical condition at Tompkins County Hospital. A third car struck the wreckage.
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Ithaca, N.Y
Route 13
Dryden
Here
Gerald Place
Homer
George Parker
Cortland
Place
Parker
Leslie Arasin
Marathon
Tompkins County Hospital
Ithaca
Rockefeller Seeks Six New Members in His Regime
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller announced plans to replace at least six department heads with younger officials as part of post reelection changes. He spoke at Kennedy Airport before a Puerto Rico vacation, saying appointments would be nonpartisan and that several senior aides planned to retire by year end.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kennedy Airport
Puerto Rico
Nelson Jr
Rockefeller
William S. Hults
Commerce
Keith S. McHugh
Mary Goode Krone
State Civil Service Commission
McHugh
Miss Krone
Nautilus and Essex Head for Ports After Collision
The nuclear powered submarine Nautilus and the aircraft carrier Essex, damaged in a collision off the North Carolina coast, are returning for repairs. The Nautilus sails sustained extensive damage to the sail while the Essex hull was damaged. One crewman was injured with a possible broken arm. The Nautilus heads to New London escorted by the destroyer Furse, while the Essex proceeds to Boston. Cause of the crash was not determined.
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Norfolk, Va
Essex
North Carolina
Morehead City
N.C
Navy
New London
Conn
Furse
Boston
Quonset Point
R.I
Man Not Hurt When Train Drags Truck
At a crossing in Rockford Illinois a freight train dragged a small truck three blocks after collision. George Bostick crawled from the wreck and said he was all right as engineer George Smith of Freeport Illinois Central described the train traveling at about 50 miles per hour and the truck edge onto the tracks.
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Rockford
Ill
George Bostick
George Smith
Freeport
Illinois Central
Smith
Bostick
U.S. Sends 4000 More GIs to Tay Ninh Front Rally
U.S. commanders dispatched a brigade of 4000 troops to the Tay Ninh front as the Viet Cong toll nears nine hundred dead. The operation Attleboro, named the largest U.S. action to date, involves about 52,000 American soldiers seeking to break the Viet Cong hold near Saigon.
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U.S
Tay Ninh Front
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Attleboro
Chaplain Quealy Dies While Giving Rites in Viet Nam
Chaplain Michael J. Quealy, a New York City priest serving with the 1st Division in Vietnam, was killed by Viet Cong fire as he gave last rites to dying American soldiers during a battle near Tay Ninh Province. He had volunteered after serving a Mobile Alabama suburb church and arrived January 25. The diary entry he carried urged forgiveness among brothers.
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Mobile
Ala
Viet Nam
Father Quealy
Tle
Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S
Georgia Court Hints Legislature Cannot Choose Governor
A three judge federal panel tentatively concluded the Georgia Legislature cannot select a governor in the Callaway Maddox race. The judges suggested a runoff between Maddox and Callaway may be possible and urged the state attorney general to map a method. The ruling addresses the constitution’s provision allowing legislative selection when no candidate wins a majority after write ins.
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Georgia
Howard Callaway
Lester G. Maddox
Elbert P. Tuttle
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Tuttle
Ellis Arnall
Arthur K. Bolton
Maddox
Callaway
Griffin B. Bell
5Th Circuit
Dist
Lewis R. Morgan
General Assembly
Chamber poll backs moving holidays to Mondays
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports 85 percent of 9,964 responding businessmen favor observance of Memorial Day Thanksgiving Independence Day Veterans Day and Noames Birthday on Mondays to create regular three day weekends. The study did not address Christmas or New Year's Day.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Dorm Fire at Lane College Forces 117 Students Out
A dormitory fire at Lane College in Jackson Tennessee destroyed the building before dawn. One student escaped with a back injury after leaping from a second floor window. Firefighter Lt. Nelson Hodge died of an apparent heart attack while battling the flames.
Veterans Day tribute at Arlington honors Vietnam vets
Marine Commandant Gen Walter M. Greene Jr spoke at Arlington National Cemetery during the Veterans Day ceremony. He praised the young servicemen in Vietnam for their professionalism and sacrifice and represented President Johnson by laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The observance honors about 37.5 million veterans living and dead.
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Washington
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Viet Nam
Greene
Arlington National Cemetery
America
Johnson
the Unknown Soldier
De Gaulle Marks 48th Armistice Anniversary in Paris
President Charles de Gaulle rode down the Champs Elysees in bright sunlight to mark the 48th anniversary of the Armistice ending World War I. He laid a wreath on the tomb of France's Unknown Soldier beneath the Arch in a ceremony attended by ambassadors and Allied military leaders.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Champs Elysees
de Gaulle
France
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