Valley High Students Die In Crossing Collision
In Albuquerque three Valley High School students were killed when their small car struck a southbound Santa Fe Railway freight train at a grade crossing just after sunrise. Victims were driver Steve Millikan 16 and passengers Chris Brannon 16 Floyd Templeton 16. The train dragged the car about 200 feet as sun glare may have obscured signals. The freight conductor said the train was moving about 35 mph.
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Albuquerque
Albuquerque Valley High School
Steve Millikan
Chris Brannon
Floyd Templeton
Ray Tanner
Santa Fe
Rhodesia Declares Independence as Britain Responds
Prime Minister Ian Smith announced Rhodesia’s independence from Britain in Salisbury. Britain moved to isolate Rhodesia with sanctions, expel the regime from the sterling area, ban tobacco exports, and seek UN action while Smith’s government vows to govern alone with white minority rule.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Britain
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Smith
Wilson
Sterling
U.N. Security Council
United States
Commonwealth
Humphrey Gibbs
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II
Sir Humphrey Gibbs
Salisbury
Ike's Road May Roughen
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower was reported in generally satisfactory condition after a second attack of heart pains at Ft. Gordon Georgia. Doctors said a full blown heart attack is possible but not certain and that treatment will continue with monitoring and evaluation for the 75 year old five star general.
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FT. Gordon, Ga
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Wallace Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Marcos nears Philippine residency amid defeat whispers
Senator Ferdinand Marcos appears virtually assured of Philippine residency with a large lead over rivals as Macapagal supporters privately concede defeat. In other highlights, LBJ orders top advisers for foreign policy review after surgery, a Viet Cong ambush near Saigon leaves about 130 Communists killed, and Bettina Antheker of the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley declares she is a Communist.
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Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Diosdado Macapagal
Berkeley
Calif
Bettina Antheker
University of California Berkeley
Veterans Day Honors Defenders at Roswell Ceremony
Roswell observes Veterans Day with NMMI Cadets marching down Main Street and a crowd listening as Mayor Gail Harris traces the holiday’s shift from Armistice Day to 1954. Speakers note service numbers and pledge defense of freedoms while RCC student Dan Starling defends support for Viet Nam.
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Roy Carbine
Record City
Yorktown
Viet Nam
Roswell
NMMI
Main Street
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gil Moody
Veterans Day Committee
Gail Harris
VFW
Harris
Dan Starling
First Grant County Civil War Volunteers Honored
Mrs Eugenia Hyde Hannum of Douglas Arizona says she is the niece of Grant County Wisconsin's first Civil War enlistee St George L Hyde. She presented his papers for display in the Grand Army of the Republic case at the Grant County Court House. Hyde and his brothers Henry A and James W died in action within four months and are buried in the Hyde family cemetery. The first U S Civil War monument honoring Grant County volunteers stands in the county courtyard.
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Eugenia Hyde Hannum
Douglas
Arizona
Grant County
Lancaster
Wisconsin
Roswell
Hannum
St. George L. Hyde
Grand Army of the Republic
Grant County Court House
Hyde
Henry A
James W
Hyde Family
U.S
World Leaders and 17 Year Olds in Viet Nam and More
National leaders and lesser known figures appear in headlines. Includes 17 year olds exempt from Viet Nam service, Rhodesia's push for independence, De Gaulle at Armistice Day, a Jamaica Plain baby born during a blackout, Secret Service appointment of Rufus Youngblood, Admiral Rickover on electricity, and Senator Byrd’s resignation.
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Harreld Dee Carr
West Fork
Ark
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Melvin Leroy Anderson
Portsmouth
Ohio
Oakland Army Base
Ian Smith
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Miss Blackout
Redhaired
Oliver Henigan
Prince Street
Jamaica Plain
Boston
Rufus Youngblood
Secret Service
Youngblood
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
Hyman Rickover
Navy
Eastern Seaboard
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Richmond
Albert S. Harrison
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Nuclear technician disappears after NY depot delivery
U S Army says CWO Spencer D. Harris Jr. vanished on a trip to the United States after delivering classified material to a New York State depot. Harris left Germany August 25 and last communicated September 21 seeking a leave extension.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S. Army
United States
New York State
CWO
Spencer D. Harris Jr
Bild Zeitung
Harris
U.S
Army
The
Overseas Weekly
Europe
J.C. Glen R. Rohrer
West Allis
Wis
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Senator Byrd
Court House
New Mexico Military Institute
Wyatt
Valley High
Crossing
London
Ike
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Otto J. Wagner
Morton L. Franke
Department of Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hymie Greenspan
Council of Veterans Organizations
UPI Telephoto
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Saigon
South Viet Nam
US S
Colege
RCC
Starling
Wil
Farly
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