Mariner 9 Flight Proceeds Toward Mars Orbit
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP America's Mariner 9 launches aboard an Atlas-Centaur for a 247 million mile voyage to Mars. If successful it will enter Martian orbit November 14 and return about 6 500 pictures over three months. Two Russian probes Mars 2 and Mars 3 trail behind, each heavier than Mariner. NASA plans data exchange with Soviets and aims to compare atmospheric data with orbiting Mariner to search for primitive life in Mars cold, dry climate.
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Missing Audie Murphy on chartered flight near Roanoke
Audie Murphy the highly decorated WW II hero is reported missing after a twin engine Aero Commander flight from Atlanta went missing near Roanoke Virginia The FAA said bad weather was reported in the area and search began late due to no flight plan Murphy 46 a postwar film actor and Medal of Honor recipient was en route to Martinsville Virginia to inspect a Modular Properties plant with four other investors and associates The group included Claude Crosby Jack Littleton Raymond Fater and Heron Butler pilot from Denver The craft was last heard from as it passed near Roanoke VA and a rescue is underway
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Modular Properties
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California
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Chattanooga, Tenn
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Carroll County
Roanoke Times
Larry Chambers
Galax Gazette
Hillsville
Antiwar Veterans Stage Reverse Paul Revere Ride
About 300 Vietnam Veterans Against the War camped on Bunker Hill as they marched from Concord in reverse of Revere’s 1775 ride to Boston Common. Police allowed the site after curfew, with arrests made when Battle Green was cleared and court sessions held for park violations.
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Explosion destroys Saigon tax office in downtown
AP reports a heavy explosion at the Saigon tax office in downtown Saigon, apparently a bomb. Rescue workers say five Vietnamese killed and 12 injured. Also, the Memorial Day weekend sees highway deaths rise to 348 as the 24 hours begin.
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Associated Press
Western Union strike looms after final offer rejected
More than 17 000 Western Union workers are set to strike at midnight EDT after union leaders rejected the companys two year final offer Six weeks of bargaining ended in recess with the union seeking a 16 percent yearly hike and the company proposing 10 percent per year FCC rate approval was tied to a first year raise officials said the walkout was authorized earlier this month with 2500 employees exempted and remaining workers negotiating separately in New York
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New York
South Vietnamese Strike Falls Back From Snoul After Five Days
A South Vietnamese task force of over 1000 troops abandoned the Cambodian town of Snoul after five days of heavy combat with North Vietnamese forces. U.S. helicopters evacuated wounded and nonwounded troops from Sauol on Highway 7, while an armored column withdrew toward South Vietnam along Highway 13 seven miles southeast of Sauol. Saigon claimed 54 NVA killed and 16 South Vietnamese wounded.
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Associated Press
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Laird Urges Strengthening NATO In European Negotiations
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird called for boosting NATO unity as the United States negotiates Soviet troop withdrawals in Europe. He outlined four realities of talks—manpower politics strategy and fiscal concerns—after meetings with alliance leaders in Brussels and Mittenwald.
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Memorial Day Mass for Corona Slayings Victims Planned
In Yuba City California a Memorial Day Mass is set for Juan Corona, his family, and the 33 victims found in orchard graves. Sheriff Whiteaker orders a 25 man search of two adjoining ranches as continued digging for more bodies proceeds amid ongoing investigation.
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Funeral for Jo Etha Collier Draws Delta Crowd
About 1300 mourners filled Drew Mississippi for the funeral of Jo Etha Collier 18 shot Tuesday after high school graduation. Speakers including Rev. Ralph Abernathy urged that her death not be in vain while officials and whites attended. Three white men Wayne Parks Wesley Parks and Allen Wilkerson were arrested for murder.
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