Oil slick fouls New York beaches after Navy valve error
A Navy ship valve mix up dumped 37 800 gallons of heavy oil, slick stretching miles along Coney Island to Staten Island. City workers and 500 Parks staff, plus 300 plus, cleaned beaches and shipped contaminated sand as Lindsay eyed federal funding. State and Egyptian talks on Suez Canal reopening continued alongside Middle East tensions.
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Subway Fire Traps 900 During New York City Rush
About 900 riders were trapped underground in smoky crowded trains near Union Square during a tunnel fire. Mayor Lindsay and Fire Chief O Hagan supervised rescues, 13 minutes passed before power was cut, and no serious injuries were reported though some passengers were treated for smoke inhalation.
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Blacks Attack White Actors in Chattanooga Ghetto
In Chattanooga Tennessee a gang of 20 to 25 black youths armed with sticks and iron pipes stormed a makeshift stage in a black housing project and beat 8 of 23 cast members including UTC students and an instructor from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The group attacked during a performance of The Brothers Three after being warned they were not welcome. Several car windows were broken and a rented prop truck was left behind. UTC Chancellor Dr William Masterson called the disruption the work of a small minority. Plane missing Japan antisubmarine patrol plane with 11 crew members, lost northeast of Tokyo in the Pacific, according to the Defense Agency.
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Prison Inmates Targeted by Driver Re-Education Program
The Tennessee State Highway Patrol has begun a driver re-education program for inmates at Beushy Mountain State Prison approaching release. The course aims to brief prisoners on current driving conditions and laws to aid parole readiness.
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Bomb call forces National Airlines jet emergency landing
A National Airlines DC jet en route from Miami to London made an emergency landing at Stephenville after an unidentified caller claimed a bomb on board. The threat prompted a search. all 10 passengers and crew deboarded safely, with the flight engineer injured, and the jet resumed to London later.
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