Frontier Offers to Give Up Subsidies for New Northwest Routes
Frontier Airlines proposes to abandon its $5.8 million annual subsidies if the Civil Aeronautics Board approves a Northwest Southwest linked service. The Denver based carrier says it could launch 96 passenger Boeing 727 service on Seattle to New Orleans and Seattle to St Louis routes by integrating with its Rocky Mountain system. oral arguments before the CAB are set for September 28 with a final order expected in early 1967.
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Colo
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Seattle
New Orleans
St. Louis
Lewis Dymond
Frontier
CAB
Rocky Mountain
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Midwest
Dymond
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Missouri
Verwoerd Assassinated in Parliament in South Africa
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was killed in Cape Town by a man in Parliament messenger uniform who stabbed him at his desk. The assassin, identified as Dmitri Stafendas, was arrested as the cabinet vowed to continue normal duties and investigate motives. Verwoerd, 64, was the architect of apartheid and his death shocks South Africa.
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Robert N. Lindsay
Cape Town
South Africa
Hendrik F. Verwoerd
Verwoerd
South
Theophilus Donges
Donges
South African Press Association
Dmitri Stafendas
Waring
Leuenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Angola
Portuguese West Africa
Durban
Messngers
Washington
Johnson
Hendrik F Verwoerd
Bill D. Moyers
Traffic Toll Sets Record For Holiday
The three day Labor Day weekend traffic toll reached 624 deaths, a nationwide record for a summer period, surpassing 563 from last year and higher than the 576 deaths recorded during the Independence Day holiday. The National Safety Council notes nonholiday three day totals would be about 450, while AP estimates 505 highway deaths in a recent similar period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Sukarno claims snipers threaten him and CIA plots to oust him
News caps from Jakarta report President Sukarno alleging snipers await his assassination and accusing the CIA of seeking his removal from power. The claim comes amid regional instability and Cold War tensions in Southeast Asia.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Wife questions AWOL soldier in Vietnam case
Josie Jackson says her husband Sgt. Charles M. Jackson sent letters home promising a September return from Viet Nam. After a misleading notice of AWOL on Aug 7 1966 and ceased pay, she suspects capture or other fate, fearing he might be deserter as of Sept. 7.
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Salina. Kan
Josie Jackson
Charles M. Jackson
Viet Nam
Jackson
South
Plant Operation Delayed by Rain at Roswell Plant
Paul Schoenburg of Schoenburg Brothers Produce Co. says the Roswell plant will open Sept. 20 instead of today due to excessive rains in carrot fields. The Salinas California firm cites weather as the cause of the delay.
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Paul Schoenburg
Schoenburg
Goats and carrots tie up Roswell area harvest plans
M Sgt Richard J Kapitz bases safety job leads to goat roundup woes as 51 animals are moved 325 miles to a new home. Field harvest near Artesia expands with 400 acres planted. 50 to 60 workers will join a processing plant in September.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Richard J. Kapitz
Clovis, N.M
Takhli Royal Thai Air Base
Kapitz
Toll on N M Road Reaches 316 Last Year at This Date
Traffic tally on the N M road records 316 tolls as of this date last year, reflecting steady use and revenue patterns. Figures show comparable daily activity with no major spikes or declines noted in the period.
Johnson Drives Through Midwest Tour Amid Viet Nam Debate
President Johnson launches an 18 speech Midwest tour drawing large crowds across Detroit Battle Creek Dayton and Lancaster with total attendance over 290000. He defends Vietnam policy while noting deep national tensions and refuses to set a timetable for troop withdrawal.
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Johnson
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Ohio
Dayton
Detroit
Battle Creek
Mich
Lancaster
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Cargo Fears Academic Slip If Campbell Gets UNM Post
Republican candidate David Cargo argues Campbell as UNM president could harm the state’s academics. He notes rumors Campbell is a top contender to replace President Tom Popejoy next spring and questions how Lusk would respond if elected. Cargo campaigns in southern and northern counties, predicting votes in Northern New Mexico despite Lusk’s spending.
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Campbell
David Cargo
Jack Campbell
University of
Lusk
Gene Lusk
New Mexico
UNM
GOP
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Lincoln
Dona Ana
Grant
Luna
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Eddy
Old Guard
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