Navy reports destroyer Evans had no warning before collision
The U S Navy said crewmen aboard the destroyer Evans received virtually no warning before the Melbourne ripped through the American ship near Vietnam. The pre dawn crash Tuesday killed 74 sailors as the forward section sank within two minutes and 199 survivors were rescued from the after section. Melbourne gave a differing account, saying Evans altered course at about 315 a m to aid another destroyer, yet remained on a collision path despite urgent action.
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Gary
Merrick
Greg
Kelly
Faces of War Highlight Loss as Sage Brothers Vanish at Sea
The report details a Vietnamese woman amid clashes near Tam Ky while U.S. Navy probes deaths of three Sage brothers missing from the Evans off Vietnam. Defense officials order inquiries into the Sages and recall the 1942 Sullivan tragedy. Their father explains the brothers joined the Evans together after prior service.
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U.S
Tam Ky
UPI Telephoto
Sullivan Brothers
Sullivans
George
Francis
Joseph
Madison
Albert
Waterloo
Towa
Juneau
Generally fair weather with showers near Gulf Coast
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions nationwide on Thursday with clear to partly cloudy skies. A few showers may develop along the Gulf coastal region with little overall change in daytime temperatures. highs reach the upper 60s to mid 70s, tonight lows near 50, and winds from 15 to 25 mph.
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Gulf Coastal
Middletown
Fulbright criticizes Nixon Vietnam policy as puppet control
Sen. J William Fulbright, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accused the Nixon administration of trying to control Vietnam by proxy through the Thieu regime. He said the actions imply plans to puppet Vietnam, though he hesitated to use the term directly.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Thieu
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Times Ledger Briefing at Middletown 1967
The Times Ledger, Vol 13 No 252 dated January 5 1967, is a Middletown newspaper published Monday through Saturday by Orange County Publications Gression of Ottaway Newspapers Radio Inc. It lists single copy price of 10 cents and carrier, 60 cents. 8 week and annual mail rates apply.
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Thusday
Joan
Orange County Publications Gression of Ottaway Newspapers Radio, Inc
Mulberry St
Middletown
Orange
Sullivan
Aair
Sussex
Pike Counties
Net Paid Circulation Figures For April 1969 And 1968
The newspaper reports net paid circulation numbers for April 1969 at 40 792 and April 1968 at 38 814. The figures show growth year over year, indicating increased reader reach and subscription uptake.
Riots Erupt as Indian Troops Fire on Demonstrators
Indian troops fired on rampaging mobs in Hyderabad and Indore as protests demanded a new state Telengan carved from northern Andhra Pradesh. Eight killed and 35 wounded in Hyderabad firestorm, total toll 23 since Monday. Religious clashes also flare in Indore over a National championship result.
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Hyderabad
India
Indore
Telengan
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Lockheed Defends C5A Cargo Jet Amid Cost Overruns
Lockheed Aircraft Corp officials told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the C5A cargo plane would be seen as a major aviation achievement. Board chairman Daniel J. Haughton testified the company acted conscientiously in obtaining the contract as cost overruns raised the price from 3.4 to 5 billion dollars.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Daniel J. Haughton
Senate Armed Services Committee
Haughton
Lockheed
Air Force
Atomic zeppelin proposed by German shipyard
LUEBECK Germany A shipyard announced tentative plans to build the world's first atomic powered zeppelin an airship of the future with a rigid frame and a front air scoop feeding an atomic engine The Schlichting yard has optioned Austrian engineer Erich Von Jeress design hoping preliminary studies prove favorable and describes jets around the forward fuselage to blast air through the system.
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Luebeck
Germany
Schlichting Yard
Erich von Jeress
Apollo 11 Flight-Readiness Test Begins at Cape Kennedy
CAPE KENNEDY An important flight readiness exercise starts on the Apollo 11 moon mission apparatus for a three day period to verify major systems ahead of the July 16 launch. Astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin will later board to simulate launch and deep space duties.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin
Armstrong
Aldrin
Moon
Sea of Tranquility
Collins
Canada
Ottawa
Four-engine plane bombs Haitian capital on Wednesday
Inside report describes a four-engine aircraft bearing the Haitian flag bombing Port au Prince on a Wednesday. Other items note a Cuban refugee slipping into Spain via a wheel well and Archbishop Lucey of San Antonio resigning after priest calls for retirement amid a Paris peace talks deadlock.
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Emmet Lucey
San Antonio
Tex
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