B52 bomber crashes near McCoy Air Base killing seven crew
A B52 jet making an emergency landing at McCoy Air Force Base crashed into the Silver Beach homes area near Orlando, killing seven crew aboard. Firemen report eight homes and several cars damaged as portions of the plane and jet fuel caused widespread blazes. Orlando officials say hospital burden rose with burn victims and injured flown to area hospitals.
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Orlando
Fla
McCoy Air Force Base
Carl Langford
Strategic Air Command Base
Air Force
Southeast Asia
McCoy
Driscoll
Silver Beach
Escape of Two Prisoners Reported in Tucson Jail Break
Pima County Sheriff William Cox acknowledged that two felons escaped from the county jail Tuesday. Identified as Andrew S. Koenig 20 and Lee C. Holtcamp 25 the pair reportedly mingled with prisoners about to be released to slip away.
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Tucson
UPI
Pima County
William Cox
Cox
Andrew S. Koenig
Lee C. Holtcamp
Exchanges Closed for Good Friday in New York Markets
The New York and American stock exchanges were closed today in observance of Good Friday.
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New York
UPI
American
Mortgage broker hearing in Phoenix recessed
Real Estate Department hearing into James H. Burr of Westwood Mortgage and Investment Co was recessed indefinitely. Testimony alleged Burr earned 998 commissions on loans for clients yielding 780 to them while promising large profits from refinancings and imposing unwanted life insurance premiums. Additional clients claimed Burr’s fees included 1540 and promised profits of 5000 but paid 1736.
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Phoenix
UPI
State Real Estate Department
James H. Burr
Westwood Mortgage and Investment Co
James P. Sons
Burr
Russell Scott
Swiss Village Aims to Spark Investor Bonanza Near Payson
Development of SWITZERLAND IN ARIZONA north of Payson accelerates with plans for a Swiss themed community. Homes and commercial sites are offered from 4500 to 15000 dollars, with a 1959 established First National Land Co. handling sales and Arizona Title and Trust as trustee. Suburban Developers backs the project.
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Payson
Arizona
Switzerland
Vail
Aspen
Scottsdale
Solvang
Suburban Developers
First National Land Co., Inc
Arizona Title and Trust Company
ADV
Justice of Peace Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
Stanfield Justice of the Peace Ray Taylor pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined $165 by Municipal Court Judge Walter Davis who did not suspend the license. Taylor was cited after his car stalled in a highway median and faces possible driver’s license consequences including points toward revocation or traffic school.
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Casa Grande
UPI
Stanfield
Justice of the Peace
Ray Taylor
Walter Davis
Taylor
Michael Grodin
Easter march retraces Christ's path in Jerusalem
Kenneth L. Ludoff reports in Jerusalem on Easter processions as Christian pilgrims from the United States, Britain, West Germany, Italy, South Africa and Japan walk the Via Dolorosa. The rites cross nine Stations of the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre amid Muslim calls to prayer and Jewish Passover observances.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
el Aqsa
Omah
Christ
Nazareth
Joseph Kildany
United States
Great Britain
West Germany
Italy
South Africa
Japan
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Jesus
Robert Edgar
New York City
Apollo 16 Launch Delayed by Kennedy Tornado
A tornado struck the north Kennedy Space Center during a countdown rehearsal for the Apollo 16 mission. The storm damaged two fish camps but caused no injuries while astronauts Young Matttingly and Duke slept. countdown was halted and launch could be postponed if the April 16 takeoff misses the date.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Kennedy Space Center
John W. Young
Thomas K. Mattingly
Charles M. Duke
Moonport
Tornadoes injure three in New Orleans area
Three people were injured as tornadoes struck the New Orleans area and 25 suburban homes were so damaged residents evacuated to shelters. The Red Cross began supplying emergency aid, with 2,500 students evacuated from Larose-Cutoff Junior High to a storm shelter and 25 families moved to Beauregard School in Hopedale. A Lafourche official called the Larose and Valentine twisters mild though near his home, while hail the size of ice cubes covered Houma.
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New Orleans
Larose- Cutoff Junior High School
Hopedale
St. Bernard Parish
Beauregard School
Red Cross
Jake Barrios
Lafourche Parish
Larose
Valentine
Houma
Preliminary hearing set for Doel in Mesa shooting case
Frederick Doel, 42, faces a preliminary hearing Monday on a murder charge for the March 19 shooting of William Krause, 35, at the home of Doel’s estranged wife. Investigators say Doel and Mrs. Doel are divorcing and Krause was dating her. Doel held on $11,000 bond.
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Frederick Doel
Chandler
Mesa
Doel
William Krause
Krause
Rate boost hearings planned for Tucson gas and electric
The Arizona Corporation Commission will hold two weeks of hearings starting Monday on Tucson Gas and Electric Co. rate requests averaging 10 percent. TG&E seeks 8 percent residential electric, 14 percent residential gas increases, plus higher charges for commercial and industrial customers. The panel previously rejected a similar request last year.
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Tucson
UPI
Arizona Corporation Commission
Tucson Gas & Electric Co
Maricopa Hall
Tg&e
Corporation Commission
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Desert Alpine Rescue Emergency Service
Jerry Moorhead
Luther
Alan Gilbert
Justice of Peace
By Kenneth L. Ludoff
Ton
Lee Scott
Fitch
Phoenix, Arizona
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Ambucare
Baptist Hospital of Phoenix
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