Harvard student parachute death shocks Stormville instructor
Nathdvael Sweet, an instructor at Stormville Airport, says Miss Symington 21 of Leesburg Virginia died after her reserve parachute failed during a jump from 2600 feet. David Cheney 33 of Mount Kisco piloted the plane, with Craig 23 Harvard student from Greenwich co-pilot. Symington’s body was taken to a Pawling funeral home. Sweet notes it is the first death in his 900 plus student career.
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Fire in Northwestern dorm sends 30 to hospital
A Northwestern University men’s dormitory fire on Sunday sent 30 students to hospital for smoke inhalation. The blaze in the top floor of Bobb Hall caused about 25000 dollars in damage, mostly from smoke and seared plastic furniture. The dorm houses around 300 men with 75 on the top floor. about 12 had to be guided down ladders through thick smoke.
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Carmichael Arrest Triggers Gun Battle in Prattville
Stokely Carmichael's arrest sparked a gun battle between police and Black protesters in Prattville Alabama. National Guardsmen moved in with orders to shoot if needed. about 30 detainees and several officers were involved, with three officers slightly injured and a car damaged. Carmichael remained jailed overnight on a disorderly conduct charge.
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Police Hunt Killer of Sisters in Stroud Oklahoma
In Stroud Oklahoma authorities search for a killer after two sisters Betty McCullough 23 and Mary Alice Valliquette 15 were found beaten and stabbed in a quiet residential home. A neighbor called police after 6 year old Rickey reported trouble while siblings Tonya 3 and Penny 16 months slept nearby. The mother was found nude and the younger girl partially clad as Deputies noted a window screen torn. Verle D McCullough the husband and Vietnam soldier was reportedly told of the tragedy by the Red Cross.
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Vietnam
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Verle D. Mc Cunough
Save Your Hair Expert Urges Immediate Check Up
An interview with National Hair Experts promotes the Save Your Hair Plan. It outlines a two phase treatment starting with scalp rehabilitation, dandruff and itching relief, then thicker longer hair, plus ongoing scalp care to prevent future problems. The firm offers free examinations in Houston with no obligation.
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Gate of Tomb Crushes Woman at Vanderbilt Mausoleum
A 24-year-old Staten Island woman, Patricia Krish hoch, was killed when a 15-foot iron gate guarding Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt’s mausoleum fell on her as she closed it. Seven men lifted the heavily weighted gate from the body after hinges failed. Vanderbilt, born 1794 on Staten Island, was the first president of the New York Central Railroad and buried in the mausoleum since 1877.
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Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Patricia Krish Hoch
Staten Island
Vanderbilt
New York Central Rilroad
Supreme Court Rulings End Mixed Marriage Bans Nationwide
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state bans on interracial marriages are unconstitutional, striking down miscegenation laws in 16 states as a fundamental civil right. The term also upheld contempt convictions of Dr. Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders, and reviewed a FPC rate-regulation case affecting natural gas producers.
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New York
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Two Texas Marriage Laws Nullified by Supreme Court
A U S Supreme Court decision nullified Texas miscegenation statutes that banned interracial marriage. The laws, in effect since 1837 and signed by Sam Houston, had seen little use and were last tested decades ago. Researchers note Texas had long prohibited interracial marriage.
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Austin
Texas Legislative Library
Sam Houston
Bond Set for TSU Students in Race Riot Indictments
A Houston judge set 10 000 bond for each of five Texas Southern University students indicted on charges tied to a May riot at the campus. The act allegedly criminalized interracial marriage or intercourse, with police officers reporting shootings and injuries amid the disturbance.
Plunge in Prices Hits Farmers and Consumers
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia AP Rep W R Poage chair of the House Agriculture Committee said farm prices this spring fell to a 33 year low with a 10 percent drop since August 1966. He warned the nation could face food shortages if price incentives are not restored and noted consumers would suffer as well.
Ex-Georgia Governor Dies at 72 in Atlanta
E. D. Rivers Sr., former Georgia governor and two term leader from 1937 to 1940, died after a long illness. Once indicted on corruption charges, he was praised for founding Georgia's modern government and advancing free school books rural electrification and pensions during his administration.
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