Five man panel to ease Panama Canal crisis
A five member mixed commission representing the United States Panama and the OAS was agreed to to restore peace in the Panama Canal Zone and keep U.S. Panamanian contact. The panel will have two U S members two Panamanian members and an OAS chairman likely Alfredo Vazquez Carrizosa. The crisis has raised tensions with rioting and sniper fire and one Panamanian soldier killed as the death toll rose to 23.
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Matthew T. Kenny
Panama City
UPI
Panama Canal Zone
Ian
U.S
United States
Panama
Organization of American States
OAS
Pana
Alfredo Vazquez Carrizosa
Colombia
Edwin Martin
Argentina
Andrew M. O’meara
U.S. Army Southern Command
Augusto Guillermo Arango
Col
Olivar Vallarino
National Guard
Washington
Canal Zone
Colon
Isthmus
Mom and eight children killed in New Jersey fire
In Port Norris, New Jersey, eight children aged 2 to 11 and their mother Virginia Johnson 26 died in a blaze caused by an overloaded space heater. Father David Johnson 34 was at sea when the tragedy occurred. Firemen said the family had no chance. Six children were found at the front door, another child in bed, and a 10 month old also found deceased.
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Port Norris
UPI
Virginia Johnson
David Johnson
Americans Evacuated As Zanzibar Falls To Rebels
An American destroyer began evacuating citizens from Zanzibar after rebels toppled Sultan Seyyid Jamshid Bin Khalife. Nairobi observers said the government is pro Communist with leaders sympathetic to China. Reports noted fatalities and injuries from the coup and warned of a potential Cuban-style influence in Africa.
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Ed Sultan
Nairobi
Kenya
Zanzibar
China
Cuba
Africa
Sultan Seyyid Jamshid bin Khalife
Texas barbecue trend moves into White House humor
A lighthearted UPI column notes 10 gallon hats and barbecue are in with President Johnson. The writer jokes about using barbecue to influence foreign visitors and jokes about Texas dining habits and cultural quirks.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Texas
Dr. Timmons Elected Young GOP President At Arizona Meet
Dr. Richard Timmons of Scottsdale was elected chairman of the Arizona Young Republicans at the Camelback Inn three day meeting. The group failed to approve a new charter for Pima County clubs suspended last year over a visit by Bob Gaston.
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Arizona
Young Republicans
Pima County
Young Republican
Camelback Inn
Tucson
Bob Gaston
California
Pima
Gaston
Sally Liston
State Executive Committee
Richard Timmons
Scottsdale
Steve Whitfield
Tempe
Tom Fannin
Kit Haugen
Elsie Schwwer
Phoenix
Pat Spurlock
U.S
William Knowland
Barry Goldwater
Knowland
The
Oakland Tribune
California Goldwater Advisory Committee
Richard Nixon
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Goldwater
Five Air Force jet bomber crashes near Cumberland Maryland
An Air Force B52 carrying five aboard crashed in a snow bound rugged region near Cumberland Maryland. Rescue teams faced deep drifts and were to reach Savage Mountain area mid morning. The Wright Westover AFB listed missing crew members Maj Thomas W McCormick Capt Parker C Peeden Maj Robert L Payne Maj Robert E Townley and T Sgt Melvin Wooten.
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Cumberland
UPI
Fountain
Allegany County
Savage Mountain
Westover Air Base
Mass
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Washington Radar Center
Air Force
Westover Afb
Thomas W. McCormick
Yawkey
W. Va
Parker C. Peeden
Smithfield
N. C
Robert
L. Payne
Tulsa
Okla
Maj
Robert E. Townley
Gadsen
Ala
Conavigator
Melvin Wooten
Rapid City
S.C
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George Adams
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Abdul Rahman Mohammed Babu
Umma Party
New Defense
Peking
By Dick West
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Timmons
Young Gop
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Alabama
Bob French
French
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
South
Scottsdale Bridge Club
East Stetson Drive
Bank of Scottsdale
N. Scottsdale Rd
5Th Ave
Los Angeles
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Snow
Frontier Town
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