Dynamite Truck Explodes Killing Five in Waco
A truck loaded with four million cases of dynamite exploded after a collision near Waco. Five people were killed and 25 injured as debris and fires raged, severing U.S. 78 and demolishing vehicles. Driver A. W. Fielding survived and warned bystanders as crews searched for remaining explosives.
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Waco
A. W. Fielding
Granite Quarry
N.C
Fielding
Bremen
U.S
David Lee Smith
Troy F. Allen
Muscadine
Doyal Bell
Cleve QO. Heath
Cker
Talmadge
Adams
Volkswagen
Birmingham
Ala
Baggett Transportation Co
Nursing Homes Face GAO Criticism Over Care Standards
Government investigators report more than half of 90 nursing homes in Michigan New York and Oklahoma under Medicaid violate care standards. Doctors often missed monthly visits fire drills were lax and few homes had full time RNs in charge. Payments were suspended for six Oklahoma homes and two closed.
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Washington
Congress
General Accounting Office
GAO
Michigan
New York
Oklahoma
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hijacker Disarmed After Standoff Aboard United Jet
Glen Elmo Riggs, 58, hijacked a United Airlines twin engine jet after takeoff from Charleston West Virginia en route to Newark New Jersey. He held pilot Coffin Colitton at gunpoint for three hours before a hostage rescue and the plane landed at Dulles Airport. Riggs released passengers and crew then fled leaving his pistol on a seat.
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Washington
United Air Lines
Israel
Glen Elmo Riggs
Ashford
W.va
Greg D. Colliton
Hemosa Beach
Calif
Fate
CoHston
Vietnam
Riggs
Dulles International Airport
Charleston
Newark
N.J
Congress Moves to Extend Draft for Two More Years
Senate votes push extension of the military draft to two years with action likely near June 30. House already approved. delay possible due to amendments and debate on Indochina funding. Senator Stennis warns of national calamity if not passed on time.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
U.S
Indochina
John C. Stennis
Dmass
House
Mike Gravel
Alaska
25th body found in Feather River orchards
In Yuba City California searchers using infrared maps planned further digs over the weekend along the Feather River where 25 men have been unearthed. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker says the 25th grave was found in a peach orchard on Jack Sullivan ranch.
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Yuba City
Calif
Feather River
Sutter County
Roy Whiteaker
Jack Sullivan Ranch
Juan V. Corona
Yuba
Doris Day Sues Partners Over Motel Mismanagement
Actress Doris Day, part owner of the Atlanta Cabana Motor Hotel, files a Superior Court suit against partners Stanley Mallin and Jay Sarno of Las Vegas. She alleges they paid themselves at least 240000 more than entitled between 1961 and 1969 and that records show she should have received 21268 though she got 11783 for her 13.7 percent stake. A hearing before Judge Osgood Williams was set for June 25.
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Atlanta, Ga
Doris Day
Atlanta
Stanley A. Mallin
Jay J. Sarno
Las Vegas
Atlanta Cabana Motor Hotel
Marlin
Sarno
Miss Day
Osgood Williams
Blue Angels Pilot Survives Crash Averted Over Water
Cmdr Harley Hurt Hall, 33, of Pensacola, Florida, parachuted to safety after his Phantom jet caught fire during a practice at Quonset Point Rhode Island. He steered the burning craft toward Narragansett Bay to avoid a populated area, the Navy said.
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Quonset Point
R. I
Navy
Blue Angels
Narragansett Bay
Cmdr
Harley Hurt Hall
Pensacola
Fla
Police Recruits Marijuana Users Hired in Dallas
Dallas Police Department will hire 12 to 20 new officers who admitted marijuana use. Asst. Chief Robert Wingers said the agency changed pre employment screening to allow men with arrest records but no convictions and applicants from families with inmates to be eligible.
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Dallas
Tex
Hoffa Secures Lifetime Income and Family Benefits
James R. Hoffa was promised a lifetime pension of about 75 000 a year and other family benefits as he agreed to relinquish the Teamsters presidency. The Washington Post, citing union sources, also noted plans for a 100 000 annual salary as president emeritus and continued 40 000 a year for his wife as director of the women's political arm, with his son James P. Hoffa potentially named general counsel.
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Washington (Ap
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Washington Post
Hoffa
the Post
Josephine
Teamsters
James P
Local 299
Joint Council 42
Detroit
Joan Crawford Tours South Georgia on Pepsi Plant Visit
Lucille Le Sueur, aka Joan Crawford, visiting Valdosta with Pepsi executives to open a bottling plant serving Thomasville and nine and a half counties. She recalls early life, talks of film career, and jokes about a hissy encounter with a snake. Crawford praises good scripts, declines politics, and notes a 25 year path to true stardom.
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Roy Trefftzs
Lucille le Sueur
South Georgia
Valdosta
Flet
Lucille
San Antonio
Tex
Lawton
Okla
Howard Douglas Holt
Thomasville
South
Georgia
Joan Crawford
Joan
Bette Davis
Miss Crawford
Victor A. Bonomo
Pepsi
Cary Grant
Holt Home
Actress balances film work and guest TV appearances
She says she will seek more movies and favors guest spots on TV while avoiding a series. She rises at 4:45 a.m. for film duties and 4:45 a.m. for TV, then 9 a.m. for Pepsi work. She notes widower Alfred N. Steele’s Pepsi leadership and jokes about dating but claims no time for romance.
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Pepsi
Alfred N. Steele
Bonomeo
Holt
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