Titan II silo disaster kills 53 in Arkansas tragedy
A Titan II missile silo explosion and fire at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas leaves 53 workers dead. Rescue teams recover bodies as a 30-member analysis team investigates. Two survivors escape via a tunnel hatch amid toxic fumes and a seven-foot-thick door.
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Darrell Mack Tor
Little Rock Searcy
Ark
UPI
Rescue
Douglas E. Wood
Direc
Charles F. Strang
Air Force Missile Safety
Little Rock Air Force Base
Arkansas
Cooper Conrad Gemini Flight On Schedule For Aug 19
Space Center Houston reports veteran astronaut L Gordon Cooper Jr and rookie Charles Conrad are on schedule for an eight day orbital flight beginning August 19. The Gemini program cleared minor problems, with a potential new U.S. record for 121 revolutions in 192 hours, pending Soviet competition.
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Soviet Union
Valery Bykovsky
Enrollment For Medicare Plan Set Next Week
The Social Security Administration will begin mailing information kits and sign up cards to about 14 million Americans over 65 on the Social Security rolls. Enrollment for the voluntary supplemental medical insurance will be one million cards weekly, aiming to finish before the Christmas rush. The basic hospital coverage is automatic. the supplemental plan costs 3 dollars a month with government paying half. Officials project 90 to 95 percent of eligible seniors will enroll.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Post Office Department
Post Office
Weather Cloudy And Cooler With Showers Likely
Beckley area forecast calls for partly cloudy and cooler conditions this afternoon with scattered showers possible. High near 78, low in the low 50s tonight. Wednesday should be variable cloudiness and cooler with similar temperatures.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Rianey
Hinton
Needles
Calif
Eeemeatiatae
Minn
Man Sought In Seven Seas Murders Picked Up In Skiff
Coast Guard located a skiff about 60 miles south of Miami Beach and picked up Ro berto Ramirez the crewman named by a 17 year old sailor as the gunman aboard the Seven Seas. Elvin Burgwaise survived by hiding in the bilge as three crewmen were found dead and Captain Rogelio Diaz was shot and dumped overboard during a night of horror.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Coast Guard
Seven Seas
Here
Roberto Ramirez
Alligator Reef
Ramirez
Elvin Burgwaise
Key West
Fla
Burgwaise
Rogelio Diaz
Burywaise
Relief Column Inches Toward Duc Co Camp Siege
A South Vietnamese armored column backed by U S planes pressed toward the besieged Duc Co Special Forces camp near Pleiku as Communist resistance remained light but steady. A military spokesman said 219 Viet Cong had been killed and six captured so far in the drive to break the siege shaping the camp’s last government foothold in the Le Thanh district near the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Duc Co
Pleiku
Highlands
le Thanh
Housing Bill Is Signed Into Law
President Johnson signed a $7 billion housing bill at the White House creating a federal rent subsidy plan for the needy. The measure expands housing programs and introduces dispersal of public housing units into communities. The law directs up to $150 million in federal rent payments for eligible blind, disabled, elderly, and displaced persons, with bipartisan support except for the subsidy proposal.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House Rose Garden
Congress
Son of Airline Boss Killed In Viet Nam
Cmdr. Harold E. Gray Jr., 34, son of Pan American World Airways president Harold E. Gray, was shot down in North Viet Nam while piloting an A 1 Skyraider during a 29 plane attack on the Dong Hoi barracks. His plane crashed 40 miles north of the 17th Parallel after the final bomb run. no parachute was observed. He was assigned to Attack Squadron 25 on the carrier Midway.
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Washington
UPI
Harold E. Gray
Pan American World Airways
Navy
North
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Cmdr
Harold E. Gray Jr
Dong Hoi
17Th Parallel
Midway
Massive government convoy battles to reach denounced camp
A massive government assault pours along Highway 19 toward Due Co as paratroopers and guerrillas siege the area. American fighter-bombers fly over 50 missions in support while the front line stretches for miles. Government losses are reported as moderate with tanks and trucks damaged amid fierce fighting.
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Due Co
Pleiku
Saigon
Postmasters Set 40-Hour Week Across Nation
President Johnson signed a law converting the nations 34000 postmasters to a 40 hour five day work week. He also taunted congress over a pending pay raise for federal workers proposing 4.5 percent, twice the admin’s recommendation. He warned he does not want be the chief wrecker of wage price guidelines.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Crushed Car To Serve As Owner's Tombstone
In Stratford on Avon England a 1932 Austin car was crushed into a metal lump to serve as its owner's headstone in a private garden. The owner kept secret wanted no one else to drive it saying she had cared for the car for years. A firm spokesman called the act heartbreaking and noted the column would move to her grave upon death.
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Stratford - ON - Avon
Johnson plan to create cabinet housing department debated
The Senate opened debate on a Johnson administration bill to create a cabinet level Department of Housing and Urban Affairs, transferring HHFA duties to a new secretary. The measure mirrors Kennedy era proposals, with HHFA Director Robert C. Weaver as a likely candidate. President Johnson has not named a preferred pick.
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Washington
UPS
Senate
Johnson
Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
House
Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHFA
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert C. Weaver
Weaver
Judiciary Panel Approves Fortas for Supreme Court
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Abe Fortas, a Johnson ally and adviser, for the Supreme Court. The panel also backs Thurgood Marshall for solicitor general and Rep Orin Harris for a federal judgeship in Arkansas, while Dirksen notes possible negative votes on Marshall. Fortas, 55, would replace Arthur Goldberg who left to become U.N. ambassador.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Rep
Orin People
Orin Harris
D-Ark
Arkansas
Harris
House Commerce Committee
Fortas
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court
Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Construction Worker Buried Nine Hours Rescued in Sand
BRUSSELS Belgium UPI reports Jules Swerts a construction worker was rescued after nine hours trapped in 30 feet of sand. Officials say he survived as collapsing beams and boards created an air pocket above him.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Jules Swerts
Swerts
Veep Attacks Mail by Truck Plan Hurting Railroads
R N Begien regional vice president of Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads said shifting mail from trains to trucks would cost the railroads hundreds of thousands of dollars. He cited about 300 000 dollars for Virginia and 200 000 dollars for West Virginia as the post office plans to move mail to trucks next Monday, affecting main line and connecting trains through Charlottesville Richmond and Newport News to speed delivery and reduce handlings.
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Richmond, Va
UPI
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
R. N. Begien
C&o
Virginia
West Virginia
Post Office
Main
Washington
Huntington
W. Va
Charlottesville
Richmond
Newport News
Johnson seeks new Surgeon General after Terry resignation
President Johnson announced an immediate search for a new surgeon general to replace Luther L. Terry, who resigns to become vice president of the University of Pennsylvania. Terry, a Kennedy appointee, drew national attention last year for a smoke lung cancer link panel he appointed.
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Washington
UPL
Johnson
Luther L. Terry
U. S
Terry
University of Pennsylvania
John F. Kennedy
Greeks Bitter Toward King Deepens Greece Crisis
In Athens a 10,000 strong demonstration targeted King Constantine and Queen Mother Frederika amid a month-long political crisis. Former Deputy Premier Stef anopoulos was expected to tell the monarch he would not form a new government. Papandreou demands reappointment or new elections.
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Athens
UPI
Constantine
Stephen Stefanopoulos
Frederika
Greece
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Papandreoou
Draft Boards Bomb Target in Suburban St Louis
Mystery surrounded a failed bombing of the St Ann draft board. Army demolition experts from Granite City removed a powerful homemade bomb and detonated it beneath six sandbags, damaging the bags and leaving no clear motive or threats reported.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Draft Board
St. Ann
Granite City
Lyndon B Johnson Library to be built on Texas campus
Washington reports President Johnson agrees to allow the University of Texas to construct a Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Library on its campus to house his administration records. White House press secretary Moyers said the university will provide facilities after he leaves office and the regents chair noted plans for a Lyndon Baines Johnson Institute of Public Service inviting Johnson to teach or lecture after retirement.
Munson Named Head of State Poverty Program
Charles D. Munson,Upshur County Schools superintendent, will lead the State Welfare Department anti poverty program funded by an 11.8 million dollar federal grant aimed at improving employability for about 12 000 welfare recipients through adult and vocational education and on the job training. Governor Smith announced the appointment Monday with Munson set to take over Aug 23.
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State Welfare Department
Beckley
Charles D. Munson
Upshur County
Hulett C. Smith
Munson
Buckhannon
Marsh Fork
Raleigh County
Smith
Summers County
Hinton
Beckley Junior High
Stoco
Upshur
West Virginia Education Association
London
England
Oslo
Norway
United States
Harper Road
Sinatra Yacht accident leaves man missing after dinghy capsizes
In Vineyard Haven Massachusetts a small launch capsized while four aboard a dinghy near Frank Sinatra s Southern Breeze. Robert Goldfarb of New Rochelle NY drowned after handing a life jacket to James Grimes of Ireland who could not swim. Two waitresses Cheryl Nevin and Margaret Whitteman survived. Coast Guard search extended as yacht crew aided Grimes and recovered the other survivor.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
UPI
Frank Sinatra
Coast Guard
Robert Goldfarb
New Rochelle
N.Y
Goldfarb
James O. Grimes
Ireland
Sinatra
Grimes
Cheryl Nevin
University of Nebraska
Margaret Whitteman
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Smith To Lead Panel Session At Southern Governors Conf
CHARLESTON UPS The Southern Governors Conference set for Sept 12 to 15 at Sea Island Georgia will feature Gov Hulett C Smith as a discussion leader He and Gov Warren Hearnes of Missouri will head a panel on inter governmental cooperation in tourism Smith serves on the Nuclear Energy and Space Committee which will meet with the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board before the conference report Rex M Whitton federal highway administrator and Dean Rusk and Robert S McNamara are among featured speakers The governors will also discuss industrial development freight rates highway safety surface mining National Guard reorganization and highway construction A special meeting governors autocracy overseen by Smiths Hardman news secretary Con
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UPS
Sea Island
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Missouri
Warren Hearnes
Nuclear Energy and Space
Southern Interstate Nuclear Board
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNaemara
Rex M. Whitton
National Guard
Auaolanad
Hardman
News
Con
Boy 6 Is Struck and Killed in New Cumberland
Six year old Donald Hearn was struck and killed near his New Cumberland home after apparently darting into the street. Authorities said he was the son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Hearn. The car was driven by Mrs Sandra Ellen Jones and she was not charged. The boy died from a broken neck.
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New Cumberland
UPI
Donald Hearn
Delbertame
Sandra Ellen Jones
Ineck
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