Officials Investigate Tragic Ohio Crash
Investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Lake Central Convair turboprop wreckage near Marseille Ohio after a stormy explosion that killed all 38 aboard. Captain John Horn 45 was piloting the plane which disappeared from Cleveland radar at 8 15 p m local time.
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Ohio
Lake Central
Convair
Marseille
Indianapolis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Portland
Ore
Cleveman
FBI
Cleveland
John Horn
Horn
Carr says panel did good job on Kennedy inquiry
Former Texas attorney general Waggoner Carr backed the Warren Commission as thorough and fair. He denied Manchester's claim that Johnson and Texas officials sought to exclude federal authorities and said Warren at times withheld access to him in Washington while plans for a Texas inquiry were debated. He noted investigations in Louisiana cleared those tied to the case.
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Mike Cochran
Fort Worth
Texas
Earl Warren
Federal Commission
John F. Kennedy
Warren
Waggoner Carr
Austin
Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Warren Commission
William Manchester
Johnson
Manchester
Look Magazine
Carr
U.S
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Washington
New Orleans
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Louisiana
America
Carry
Buffer Zone Fight Draws Marines Reinforcements
A Marine company about 235 men fought a battalion of North Vietnamese soldiers 3000 yards south of the DMZ. Marines requested reinforcements after a brief clash left one enemy dead. Leatherneck units moved to the line amid heavier enemy numbers.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Marine
da’ Nang
Leatherneck
North Vietnam
Haiphon Sunday
Do San
Air Force
Navy
South Vietnam
U.S. Army
Marine Helicop
Draft System Changes Outlined By President
President Johnson told Congress he will order younger men drafted first under a lottery type system as part of a overhaul of Selective Service. He seeks a four year extension of the draft law and will end most graduate student and father deferments though undergraduate deferments remain undecided. The plan renames the lottery system as FAIR and centers on 19 year olds.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Texas White House
City Ballot Finally Gets Full Slate
Snyder voters will choose council members for all seats after midnight filing closed. Full terms go to John Thomas Place 1 R C Patton Place 3 and Herbert Reed Place 5. Short term races include Place 2 with Wayne Monroney and Marshall Erwin as candidates. Bobby McCormick’s term also expires. election set for April 4. Monroney, 44, resides at 3614 Avenue B and works for Sun Oil Co.
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Snyder
John Thomas
R. C. Patton
Herbert Reed
Reed
Jack Lawrence
Patton
Marshall Erwin
Wayne Monroney
Erwin
Bobby McCormick
Monroney
Sun Oil Co
Snyder Band Students Win 72 Superior Medals in Regional Meet
Snyder High School bands led by Melvin Montgomery and Charles Shaw earned 29 first division medals in Class I events, Lamar Junior High students won 25 medals, and Travis Junior High students 18 medals in regional solo and ensemble contests. About 900 West Texas students attended regional events with ratings ranging from I to V. Next, Snyder bands compete in April regional concert and sight reading contests.
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Abilene
Snyder
West Texas
Snyder High School
Melvin Montgomery
Charles Shaw
Lamar Junior High
Don Eiring
Travis Junior High
Ray Lashaway
Snow and cold snap sweep Texas with lighter moisture
A cold front brought snow showers to the Panhandle and light rain across much of Texas. Temperatures plunged to the teens in several northern towns, with heavy rainfall concentrated in North Texas and widespread light moisture elsewhere.
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
North Central Texas sees fair and colder tonight with low 27 to 33 and Tuesday highs in the 50s. Northeast Texas clears and cools Tuesday with highs 52 to 62. Northwest Texas stays clear to partly cloudy with Tuesday highs 38 north to 54 southeast. South Central Texas partly cloudy to cloudy windy and colder tonight with rain ending, Tuesday highs 62 to 72. Southwest Texas becomes partly cloudy windy and colder tonight with Monday-like conditions and Tuesday highs in the 60s. West of Pecos clears to partly cloudy and colder tonight with freezing in most areas and Tuesday high 55 to 70.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Southwest
Pecos
IUS Soldier Among 58 Crash Dead in Monrovia
An American serviceman on leave from Vietnam was among 38 survivors of a Varig DC8 crash in Monrovia Liberia. Fifty six others were killed, including an American woman and five Liberians whose home was struck. The jetliner from Beirut via Rome to Monrovia and Brazil carried 70 passengers and 19 crew. final tallies listed 50 dead and 20 passengers with 18 crew surviving.
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Vietnam
Monrovia
Varig Airlines
Beirut
Lebanon
Rome
Brazil
Districting Seen as Big Task for Texas Solons
Speaker Ben Barnes warned that redistricting for Congress and the Texas Legislature will dominate the 60th session. He noted daylight saving time reform is now a highly contentious issue. Barnes said the House and Senate redistricting bills advance differently and predicted most congressional districts will change. He expects court guidelines from a Houston federal court within two weeks.
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Gus Mutscher
Brenham
House
Washington
Congress
J. P. Ward
Meridian
Senate Committee
Barnes
Texas
Houston
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