Plane crash at Tweed New Haven kills 28
An Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 with 31 aboard hit overhead wires while landing at Tweed Airport. Twenty eight died, three survived. Survivors identified as co pilot James A. Walker Janet McCaa and Norman Kelly. Captain D Gordon Eastridge and stewardess Judith L Manning among the dead. NTSB sent six investigators. The craft clipped cottages before crashing in a marsh short of the runway.
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New Haven
Conn
Walker
D. Gordon Eastridge
Lorton
Judith L. Manning
Lemoyne
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
John H. Reed
Colony Beach and Tennis Club
Edna Patricelli
Martin 20
Southern Connecticut State College
Ten dead as Air West DC9 and F4 collide over California
In Duarte California an Air West DC9 collided with a Marine F4 Phantom and disintegrated on Mt Bliss. All 49 aboard the DC9 died along with the Phantom pilot. One Marine crewmate survived with minor injuries. The crash halted air traffic and prompted NTSB investigations.
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Los Angeles International Airport
Salt Lake City
el Toro Marine Air Station
Fallon Afb
Nev
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
George Baker
Mt. Bliss
Azusa
Baker
Duarte
Stone Cabin Flats
Fish Canyon
Christopher E. Schiess
Salem
Ore
Sheriff's
Federal Aviation Administration
Air West
Campaign to end war fails, Mansfield predicts
Washington dispatch reports a national campaign to force Congress to end Indochina war as Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield warns it will likely fail. The effort centers on Hatfield McGovern amendment to cut funds for Vietnam troops after December 31 with 40 solid votes and 12 potential supporters. A showdown vote may occur around June 22 as Mansfield says victory hinges on presidential action and views the House as unlikely to approve.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Johnson
Clark M. Clifford
Cyrus R. Vance
Ramsey Clark
Vietnam
House
Kennedy accuses Nixon of stalling Vietnam endgame for 1972 bid
Senator Edward M Kennedy told antiwar lawyers at a National Convocation of Lawyers to End the War that Nixon keeps Vietnam fighting to “play his last great card for peace” near the 1972 election. He urged ending U S involvement and pressuring Congress for a total withdrawal.
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UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
Massachusetts
Congress
Kennedy
Tadochinas
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