Titan Blast Death Toll at Silo Reaches Fifty Three
At the Titan II missile silo near Searcy Ark the death count rose to 53 with six more bodies found on lower silo levels. Rescue teams in asbestos suits recovered victims as Air Force officials cautioned the final tally might be near 53 while water was pumped from the submerged tube.
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Air Force
Arkansas
Searcy
Little Rock
Peter Kiewit and Son Co
Aurora
Colo
Hubert A. Saunders
Conway
Techniques offer early hope to prevent RH babies
Johns Hopkins scientist reports tentative success using gamma globulin injections in US and England to reduce risk for Rh babies. The work aims to protect fetal health as pregnancies continue under close medical surveillance.
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Associated Press
Bar Harbor
Maine
Johns Hopkins University
United States
England
Battle Near Duc Co Sees Heavy Fighting and 219 Viet Cong Killed
A large government force pressing toward the Duc Co camp has killed 219 Viet Cong in a rising battle described as sizeable. Government casualties are cited as moderate, with a U.S. pilot missing after an F100 shot down near Duc Co and an F105 later lost with the pilot rescued. The siege against the camp since 67 days continues along Route 19 as U.S. advisers and South Vietnamese forces seek to reach the garrison five miles from the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Duc Co
U.S
North Viet Nam
South China Sea
Quang Ngai
Central Highlands
Blonde 20 Says Cross Invited Her to Apartment for a Beer
Lenora Pruitt 20 identifies James C. Cross as the man who invited her to his apartment for a beer days after two Dallas beauties were reported missing. Cross, 22, UT student, is charged with strangling Susan Rigsby and Shirley Ann Stark.
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Austin, Tex
Lenora Pruitt
James C. Cross
Dallas
Cross
University of Texas
Susan Rigsby
Shirley Ann Stark
Roswell
James
Ho Ho to You Buddy After Car Hit in London
A man found his parked car damaged and two notes left on the windshield. One note mocks the writer while the other, from a witness, describes a moss green 1962 Pontiac four door and two occupants with ages and physical details. Police broadcast the car and occupants description.
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London
Ont
Upper Canada Village
Johnson Signs Landmark 7.5 Billion Housing Bill
President Johnson signed a 7.5 billion housing bill at the White House declaring the measure a landmark breakthrough. The act includes a new rent subsidy provision aimed at aiding the needy and seeks to eliminate slums and deteriorated housing, pledging dignity and opportunity for every American family.
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Washington
Johnson
America
White House Rose Garden
Youth struck by lightning halts Babe Ruth game in Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Arkansas 15 year old Bill Leslie was knocked to the ground by a lightning bolt near Stiles Field as he boarded a bus during a rainstorm that paused a Babe Ruth regional game against Farmington. He was briefly paralyzed in the arm and hospitalized overnight but was expected to play in the rescheduled 2 PM game.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Stiles Field
Bill Leslie
Farmington
Leslie
Cuban seaman confesses killings aboard Seven Seas
Roberto Ramirez, about 30, admitted murdering five of eight crew on the banana boat Seven Seas off Miami. A survivor, Elvin Burgwaise, 17, hid 18 hours in a chain locker while Ramirez fled toward Cuba. Bodies of three crewmen found. motive unknown and investigation ongoing.
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Miami
Fla
Gulf
Seven Seas
Coast Guard
Cook
Cmdr
W. C. Wahl
Key West Coast Guard
Associated Press
Wahl
Roberto Ramirez
Ramirez
Miami Beach
U.S. Immigration Service
Elvin Burgwaise
Burgwaise
Cuba
Key West
Raul Carcia
Aldrick Hinds
Jose Abad
Antonio Fornier
Burywaise
Rogelio Diaz
Diaz
Franco Salomon
Tampa
Roberto
City to Flush 24 Inch Water Line on Third Street
City Manager Hoyt McMinn announced a 9 pm flushing and chlorination of the new 24 inch water line from Third and Railroad to Third and Fourth streets and east to Garden then north to the Spring River. Residents are told to not be alarmed as outflow lasts about an hour.
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Third Street
Union and
Railroad
Hoyt McMinn
Third
Third and Fourth Streets
Garden
Spring River
McMinn
Union
Missouri
Five Local Service Stations Hit By Burglaries
Thieves broke into five local service stations Sunday and Monday nights netting about $550 in cash. At Brookshier's Texaco on Sixth and Main a window break yielded $10 to $15 from the change box and about $25 from the cigarette machine. Skipper's Chevron at 2901 N Main reported an unlocked rear window entry with $400 missing and credit cards gone. Hudson's Gulf at McGaffey and Main lost about $30 with a broken rear window entry. Crous's Phillips 66 at Tenth and Main reported theft of twenty quarts oil, three batteries, four tires and $15 candy. Bud's Fine Service at 711 S Main was burglarized through an unlocked restroom window with $87 cash, four batteries and four tires missing.
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Jack Brookshier
Brookshier
Texaco
Sixth and Main
Skipper
Chevron
N. Main
Hudson’s Gulf Station
McGaffey
Main
Crous
Tenth and Main
Bud
S. Main
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Gary Wayne Lay
Clinton
Lay
Clovis
474Th Tactical
Cannon Air Force Base
Luke Air Force Base
Ariz
Arizona Field
Cannon
West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Austin
Tex
University of Texas Main
Harry Houdini
P. T. Barnum
UPI Telephoto
Pleiku
2Nd Corps
du Co
Blonde
Miss Stark
Poe
Harold Winnett
E. Lewis
Richard Winnett
Winnett
Wyatt
Buddy
Man
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