Mechanical Failure Crash Kills 95 on American Airlines Jet
New York officials cite mechanical failure in the control system as the likely cause of the American Airlines jetliner crash into Jamaica Bay. FAA Administrator Halaby says no evidence of sabotage or pilot error and no sign of engine failure.
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New York
UPI
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Federal Aviation
FAA
Najeeb E. Halaby
Washington
Los Angeles
Halaby
NP Flyer Derailed In Idaho
The Northern Pacific North Coast Limited derailed 40 miles northeast of Coeur d Alene Idaho at 11 10 p m PST Friday injuring 15 and prompting Coeur d Alene and Sandpoint to dispatch ambulances and acetylene torches to the scene. Snow covered the area as a railroad official said the train or part of it plowed into a slough amid heavy woods.
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D’ Alene
Ida
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Here
Sandpoint
Couer d’ Alene
Steel talks end. bargaining paused until after May
UPI report from Pittsburgh notes that after more than two weeks of daily negotiations between United Steelworkers leaders and U. S. Steel executives, no basis for settlement was reached. Contracts halted until sometime after May 1 as both sides cite unresolved economic and employment security issues.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Cooper
Glenn and U N Equal In One Respect Both Are Overwhelmed
Astronaut John Glenn visited the United Nations as a guest of Acting Secretary General Thant. He was greeted by Soviet Ambassador Valerian A. Zorin and cheered by 600 diplomats. Glenn called space science an international effort and said the UN would become central to future teamwork.
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Glenn
U.N
New York
UPS
John Glenn
United Nations
Valerian A. Zorin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Thant
Secretariat
Ralph Bunche
U.N. Organization
Bunche
Economic and Social Council
Outer Space Committee
New Concord
Ohio
Cape Canaveral
Canyon of Heroes
Col
Flying Montanans Land Safely Ontario Highway
Four residents from northern Montana escaped injury when a Montana National Guard pilot landed a Cessna 182 on U S 10 east of Kellogg after weather halted the return to the airport. Passengers included Bruce Watkins and his relatives plus Glacier County commissioner Phil LaBreche. The plane was undamaged and was to refuel at Kellogg before continuing to Shelby.
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Kellogg, Idaho
UPI
Montana
Montana National Guard
U. S. 10
Here
Bruce Watkins
Shelby
Mont
Stan Watkins
Phil LaBreche
Browning
Glacier County
Watson
Kellogg
Watkins
Elk Creek
Ennis minister’s family among Montana crash victims
A two car head on crash six miles south of Sheridan killed Joan Hilda Duggleby aged 4 and her brother David Peter 20 months. Their father Rev Wayne Duggleby was critically injured along with Michael Paul Duggleby. Harry Evans of Butte was severely injured in the same wreck.
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David Peter
Duggleby
Laurin
Sheri
Dan
Wayne Lewis Duggleby
Michael Paul
Harry R. Evans
Butte
Dugglebys
Ennis
Sheridan
Michael Paul Duggleby
Wall
Evans
Cunningham-Evans Tire Co
United Press International
Montana
David Michael Flom
Westminster
Colo
Rocky Mountain College
Billings
U.S. 10
Columbus
Nellie Granwold
Nyack
Whitefish
John Heath
Dillon
Virginia City
Heath
Butte Bids for Convention Democrats Plan Permanent Headquarters
The Montana Democratic Executive Committee in Helena proposed a permanent state office with a fulltime executive secretary and a personal secretary. A $22,000 budget was set for salaries and rent as party leaders prepared for Saturday's committeeman vote and a June state platform convention in Butte.
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Helena
UPI
Montana
Democratic Executive Committee
John MacDonald
D-Garfield
New Placer Hotel
MacDonald
Oliver Lien
Brocton
Eastern Montana
Ed Carney
D-Daniels
Scobey
Lien
Agriculture Stabilization Committee
Butte
Ray Wayrynen
Silver Bow
Wayrynen
Burma's Ne Win seizes power in pre-dawn coup
Burma's Army Commander Gen Ne Win toppled the civilian government amid a pre-dawn coup aimed at halting drift toward communism and reversing economic decline. One person was killed as troops surrounded Premier U Nu's home. parliament was adjourned and a military junta formed under Ne Win.
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Rangoon
Burma
UPI
Ne Win
U Nu
Weather outlook across Divide area weekend snow forecast
East of Divide reports heavy cloud cover and scattered snow from Saturday to Sunday with little temperature change. Highs near 5 above to 15 below, lows from 0 to 15 below in the north and extreme east, while southwest regions see 15 to 30. West of Divide shows mainly mountain snow with similar temperature ranges.
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United Press International
Divide
Kennedy orders resumed US atmospheric nuclear tests
President Kennedy announced a late April resumption of U S atmospheric tests unless a verifiable test ban is agreed with the Soviet Union. He offered Geneva talks with Khrushchev and Macmillan, citing Soviet gains yet claiming no anti missile breakthrough and pledging minimal radioactive fallout.
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Washington
Kennedy
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Geneva
U.S
Land
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Pacific
Khrushchev
Helena Station Reports Viewers Angry Over JFK Speech Preemption
A Helena TV station said at least six irate viewers complained that President Kennedy pre-empted the Bullwinkle cartoon to address resumption of nuclear tests.
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Helena
UPI
Kennedy
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