Plane crash off California coast leaves 12 feared dead
A Scandinavian Airlines System DC 8 crashed into the Pacific about eight miles off Los Angeles during approach to LAX. Four bodies recovered, 110 missing, 30 survivors among 45 aboard. Survivors include the crew. authorities search by Coast Guard cutters through the night amid rough seas and sharks reported nearby. Pilot Kenneth Davies reported gear trouble before impact.
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Cosmonaut Shatalov Delivers In Orbit Message Everything Is Fine
The Soviet Union launched Vladimir Shatalov into Earth orbit aboard Soyuz 4. He reported to a national TV audience that everything is fine and that he feels well. The mission aims to test the spacecraft for future long orbital and space station work, with potential links to Cosmos 263 and other vehicles as Western analysts note.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Vladimir Shatalov
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Germany
Heinz Kaminsky
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Earth
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United States
Kremlin
Soyuz 4
Weather Flurries and Cold Temperatures Forecast
Variable cloudiness and cold with a few snow flurries today. Lows tonight in the upper teens and low 20s. Warms tomorrow with highs in the mid and low 30s. Cloudy and mild Thursday with occasional rain. Winds to 15 mph tonight. Sunset today 5 21 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7 52 a.m. High 24 at 2 p.m. yesterday. Low 15 at 7 30 a.m. today. Details page 14.
Sheffield Dobos elected council president and Monagan named
In Sheffield Donald Dobos wins the council presidency while Martha Monagan is appointed tax administrator. The changes appear on page 6 of the issue.
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Sheffield
Donald Dobos
Martha Monagan
Wakeman
William Graham
Council group to check on super airport plans
Elyria City Council's airport committee vows to study the Lorain County super airport proposal after meeting Oberlin’s airport group. Oberlin officials oppose the plan, supporting the existing 1,040 acre airport and warning of air traffic and impact concerns across Elyria and Amherst.
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Lorain County
Oberlin
John V. Bara
Elyria Committee
Arthur Hess
Edward Smith
Melvin Martin
Charles Meyer
Hess
Martin
Amherst
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission
Ely
Johnson to address nation for final State of the Union
President Johnson will speak before Congress and the nation for his final State of the Union message. He is expected to propose a one year extension of the 10 percent surcharge and present his budget to Congress, with the national address telecast at 9 p.m. EST.
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UPI
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Congress
Nation
Physician cites round figures on obesity
A doctor asserts that one million women are overweight, noting the figure is deliberately rounded. The statement emphasizes the scale of the issue as a general observation rather than precise measurement.
Allied assault on Communist held Batangan peninsula launches major operation
About 5,000 Allied troops stormed a fortified Batangan peninsula on South Vietnam's central coast. 3,000 U.S. Marines landed from the sea and helicopters while 2,000 infantry blocked the isthmus to trap retreating forces. Aimed at a two square mile area with bunkers and tunnels, the operation drew strong resistance and casualties.
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Saigon
Stolen weapon ring uncovered in New Jersey raids
Two sergeants and a civilian National Guard employee were arrested after raids in Little Ferry and Garfield uncovered a cache of weapons. A two ton truckload of firearms and explosives was taken to Newark for inventory and will be displayed at the Federal Building. The operation, led by IRS NJ chief Paul Hankins, stemmed from a four month undercover probe across state military installations.
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UPI
National Guard
William Walke
Vincent T. DiBartolo
Kenneth J. Herbeck
Garfield
New York City
Peers
N.J
Federal Building
Newark
Waldo
DiBartolo
Teaneck Armory
Herbeck
Paul Hankins
Internal Revenue Service
New Jersey
Brooks elected president of Lorain school board
Ralph G. Brooks Jr. was elected 1969 president of Lorain Board of Education. Dr. Jack P. Mercer became 1969 vice president. Brooks, 45, first Negro on the Lorain school board, is a partner at Beller Toth and Brooks. Mercer, 42, obstetrician gynecologist, sits on the board after the 1967 elections.
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Lorain
Ralph G. Brooks Jr
Board of Education
Beller, Toth and Brooks Law Firm
Jack P. Mercer
Mercer
Milton J. Tomasek
Elec
John Hritsko
Nevada Ave
West Virginia State College
Cleveland Marshall Law School
Baldwin-Wallace College
Lorain School Board
Caroline
Euclid Ave
Ohio State University
Western Reserve University Medical School
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