Atlantic Crossing Lane Sailor Rescued Near Argentia
Coast Guard cutter Ingham aided Capt. William Willis 72 after his 11 foot boat faced medical trouble in the Atlantic. Willis was initially treated for a suspected strangulated hernia, later revised to a bilateral hernia. The ship headed for Argentia with Willis aboard for hospitalization.
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Johnson Seeks Peace as He Tours Five States
President Johnson returned to the White House after a five state swing and hinted at more trips. He spoke on Canadian soil about limits on power and urged aggression to reason for world peace. Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson visited Campobello Island and discussed Viet Nam and relations with Britain and Africa.
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Nine Die as Alaska Coast Airlines Goose Crashes
Nine persons aboard an Alaska Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose perished when the plane crashed and burned at the foot of a high peak on the Juneau ice cap near Eagle River glacier. Fourteen aircraft joined the search after the Skagway departure for a 100 mile flight despite the wreckage’s difficult retrieval. Sir Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England.
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Alaska Coastal Airlines
Juneau
Here
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Skagway
Alaska
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Trapped Motorist Rescued After Plane Crash Search
Six days after a Cessna vanished near Mt Higby in Connecticut, John Emmanuel survived by sitting in the wrecked cockpit as trucks sped by on I 91. His friend Richard Grimaldi lay dead beside him. A trucker’s sighting and a rescue by a Suffolk County helicopter finally recovered Emmanuel.
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King Blames Poor Whites For Hatred of Negroes
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says lower income whites in the North fuel a mass hatred toward Negroes. On Meet the Press with six civil rights leaders, King cites stereotypes about laziness inferiority and property depreciation. James Meredith on the panel urged organizing vigilante groups to pursue killers of Negroes.
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Meet the Press
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Grandslammers in World Series Shine for Mets
Only two National Leaguers ever hit grand slams in World Series play and both now belong to the New York Mets. Chuck Hiller and Ken Boyer previously connected those blasts with the Giants and Cardinals respectively. The note on Jupiter belts is also mentioned.
Cardinal Spellman Defends Troops in Viet Nam and Attacks Pacifists
Francis Cardinal Spellman told Veterans of Foreign Wars delegates that American soldiers are in Viet Nam for a just cause and criticized antiwar demonstrators who disrupted ceremonies and parades. He cited NYU and Amherst College protests over honorary degrees for Robert S. McNamara and urged balancing conscientious objection with national defense.
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Amherst College
Robert S. McNamara
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