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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1968
Page
6
A Ladeco Airlines DC3 plunged into a remote mountainside near Cothaique in poor weather killing all 36 aboard. Air force officials suspected a down draft may have contributed to the disaster on the Santiago to Cothaique flight.
AP reports that a ship carrying Pakistanis home from Mecca struck a sandbar and sank off Dubai in the Persian Gulf. Karachi accounts say 500 aboard with 200 missing, Kuwait says over 90 dead, more than 70 women and children among the victims, survivors claim the dhow was overloaded and cargo burst loose in heavy seas.
The Metropolitan Curia of Rio de Janeiro defended militant student demonstrators who clashed with police after a high school student was killed by police gunfire. Clergymen called the unrest a response to student frustration from intolerance and lack of dialogue with authorities, and memorial Masses were held as mounted police charged earlier.
Seventeen passengers died and twenty were injured when a bus plunged into a deep ravine in rugged mountain country about 300 miles southeast of Manila on Monday. The AP report notes the tragedy occurred amid steep terrain as rescue teams searched the wreckage for more survivors and casualties.
TEL AVIV AP reports Israeli military sources threaten Jordan with more hit and run raids if Arab commandos continue sabotage raids in Israel and areas captured in the 1967 war.
The U S Command ends five Allied operations around Saigon claiming 3336 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed this period. Quyet Thang failed to trap most enemy forces but eliminated Tet revival risk. US and South Vietnamese casualties totaled 263 Americans and 325 South Vietnamese killed, with 922 Americans and 472 South Vietnamese wounded. Around Khe Sanh only small skirmishes. Marines and Army units curbed North Vietnamese by the base.
Senior U.S. officers credit massive air power with breaking the 77 day siege around Khe Sanh. From Jan 21 to Mar 31, U.S. warplanes dropped 95,430 tons near the base, about one sixth of Korean War total. B52s flew 425 missions totaling 59,542 tons, over half the bombardment.
A 267 mile extra high voltage power line linking Kansas City and St. Louis began operation, part of a wider Midwest grid. The 345,000 volt line segments have undergone tests. ownership is shared by Kansas City Power & Light, Missouri Public Service, and Union Electric.
Two Wichita men Jasper Ball and William Wilson, both 26, charged with first degree murder after a fatal crash at Meyer Boulevard and Wornall Road in Kansas City. Nickum, 51, killed when their car ran a red light during a Johnson County pursuit following a Lenexa robbery. Ball and Wilson are hospitalized with injuries. warrants name them and note the fatal outcome.
In Ojai California the U S flag was returned to full staff atop City Hall for one day before residents insisted it be lowered again in honor of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Some residents accused Mayor A R Huckins of ordering the return to full staff due to disapproval of Kings policies
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