Skelton Receives Warm Ovation On NBC Debut
Red Skelton, making his NBC fall transition, drew a five minute standing ovation from about 700 CBS personnel as he walked onstage for his final CBS appearance. He thanked colleagues for 17 years of friendship and warmth, then David Rose’s orchestra played Auld Lang Syne as the crowd gave Skelton a second standing ovation.
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Ex-Postal Chief Donaldson Dies in Kansas City
Jesse M. Donaldson former postmaster general from 1947 to 1958 died at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City at age 61. A Shelbyville Mississippi native started as a week teller carrier in 1906 and held posts in Muskogee, Chattanooga, and Kansas City. Survived by wife Nell, son Jesse Jr., daughter Mea Doris Carpenter, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
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Reunion Flight Ended By Word Of Son's Death
James L. Davis 23, of Inkster Michigan, was killed in an enemy attack near the Flugger airbase in Vietnam. His father, Ford Motor Co employee, said he borrowed 2500 for a reunion flight to Hawaii that never happened after a caller relayed the Army's report. The Davis family waited at San Francisco airport as the emergency message arrived.
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Air Force Doctor Refuses Vietnam Duty Over Beliefs
Capt Richard Hubbard a 28 year old Air Force Academy graduate says he will court martial and lose his medical license if required to go to Vietnam. He seeks conscientious objector status citing Methodist faith against war and military life, and notes his leave from medical school to study at his own expense.
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Merle Haggard Tops Country Singers at ACM Awards
Merle Haggard earns six nominations including song and album of the year in the Academy of Country and Western Music awards. Johnny Cash and Billy Mize follow with five nominations. Glen Campbell four. Tammy Wynette leads women with multiple nods. Awards announced April 15 at the Hollywood Palladium.
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Missing Wallet and Stolen Purse Case Reignites in Pa
In Falls Pennsylvania 16 years after a theft at a Halon firm purse was mislaid with 3142. This week the wallet and cash were burned in the mail at the royal police station. Police turned the package over to a daughter, Mrs. Foge, who died three years ago.
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Names of 34 Fliers Held by Red Viets Released by Group
The Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen released the names of 34 fliers held by North Vietnam. Mrs. Cora Weiss said two letters from men and a package of 82 letters were part of mail between prisoners and families. California prisoners include Robert W. Raenett, Terry Lee Boyer, Arvin Roy Chauney, Edward Tate Estes, Charles K. Gillespie Jr., John B. McKeamse y, Ethost M. Moore Jr., William Shankel, Charles P. Zuhoski, and others, with correspondences addressed to their spouses or relatives.
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Reds Snub Offer on Prisoners
South Vietnam proposed repatriation of 443 sick and wounded prisoners while the Communist side called the issue a farce. North Vietnam accused the United States of killing Asians across Indochina as talks broke down.
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Shell Fires in Tube Kills 3 Yanks Near Cambodian Border
UPI reports three Americans were killed and four wounded when an artillery shell detonated prematurely during mortar support near the Cambodian border, approximately 75 miles west northwest of Saigon. The attack followed American air strikes into Cambodia and across the Ho Chi Minh Trail with plans tied to recent political changes in the region.
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Two Hijack Light Plane in Mexico
Merida Mexico officials report a private Cessna 180 was hijacked at gunpoint by a young passenger during a flight over the Yucatan Peninsula. The plane landed at Chetrival, Quintana Roo, after a seven hour delay, then departed toward Cuba after threats to kill the pilot John Greeg unless refueling.
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King Slayer Moved to New Prison
James Bart Roy, serving 99 years for the assassination of Dr. Marla Luther King, has been transferred from the state prison in Nashville to Brushy Mountain Prison. The 200 mile trip under heavy guard occurred in darkness on Wednesday.
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Primitive but good artistic elephant to stage San Diego show
An Asiatic elephant from Thailand trained in painting will hold a solo show in San Diego Sunday after a year of instruction. Judges praised her originality though called the work primitive. The piece was created with bare trunk on butcher paper and later refined with watered paints. Senator Nelson proposes drug firm inspections every six months by the FDA.
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World fair moving sidewalk injures thirty-one in Osaka expo
At Expo 70 in Osaka Japan near the Soviet pavilion a collapsing moving sidewalk left 31 visitors injured. Police reported six remained hospitalized in serious condition while the group of injured were all Japanese, including 27 women.
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