Stricken Jet Lands Safely Over Pacific
A Boeing 727 from Pacific Southwest Airlines diverted to San Diego after jettisoning a jammed wheel door. Pilot Ed Ondre steered steep dives to deploy the door and lower the wheels. The flight carried 73 passengers and six crew from Los Angeles to San Jose with two women held for minor injuries.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Ed Ondre
Ondre
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles International Airport
San Jose
Three Missing In Boat Crash In Dayton Ohio
A motorboat carrying ten people drifted over a dam and struck rocks in swirling Miami River rapids. Seven were rescued. three, including Ben Holt and Woodford Williams, were missing and presumed drowned. The boat had been towing Woodford Williams on water skis when the engine failed and the craft wedged in the rapids.
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Dayton
Ohio
Miami River
Ben Holt
Ben Hol
Williamses
Montgomery County Sheriff’s
Holt
Woodford Williams
Eleven Prisoners Escape at Clarke County Work Camp
Eleven inmates escaped from Clarke County work camp Sunday night with eight still at large. One prisoner seized a guard’s gun and forced ten to ride in the prison truck. Police halted the truck in Athens about midnight as several inmates leaped free. one recaptured and two surrendered at Sheriff Tommy Huff’s home. The truck turned up in Oglethorpe County and another truck was stolen there. Names and further details unavailable.
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Athens
Clarke County
Tommy Huff
Oglethorpe County
W. ¥. Howard
Groom and Best Man Die In Moorpark Wedding Car Crash
A bridegroom and his best man were killed when their car struck a utility pole after a Moorpark wedding. Larry Diaz, 18, of Simi, lost control on California 118. Raul Torres, 23, also of Simi and the best man, died. Delia, 19, Diaz’s bride, and other guests in a following car were not listed as injured.
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Moorpark
Calif
Larry Diaz
Simi
California
Diaz
Raul Torres
Delia
North Korea sinks fishing boat misidentified as U.S. spycraft
Seoul newspaper reports the vessel sunk by North Korea was a small South Korean fishing boat, not an American spy ship. Military sources and the U.S. Defense Department both deny any U.S. ship was sunk.
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Seoul
North Korea
Hankook Tibo
Pyongyang
U.S. Defense Department
Gunfire Kills 189 in United States Survey
The Associated Press reports 189 gunfire deaths in the week ending Sunday, including 109 homicides, 64 personal crisis cases, and 16 accidents. The figure comes as President Johnson signs an omnibus anticrime bill with gun control provisions and Congress debates tighter laws.
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United States
Associated Press
Johnson
FBI
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Gun Deaths Rise as Firearm Access Scrutinized
Week of gun deaths shows Illinois with 16 fatalities tied to self harm and shootings, California 13, Michigan and Ohio 10. Chicago saw four homicides Saturday. coroner notes more gun wounds than auto deaths in 1967. Sears and Montgomery Ward tighten mail order gun sales. Ward’s to photograph buyers at downtown Chicago store.
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Illinois
California
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Georgia
Chicago
Andrew J. Toman
Cook County
Ward's
Major California brush fires scorch thousands of acres
Angeles National Forest blaze in Liebre Mountain area surpasses 40 000 acres and is 50 percent contained. A second fire in Bouquet Canyon covers over 3 500 acres and is controlled. A separate 3 000 acre Los Padres NF fire is 90 percent contained near San Luis Obispo. Firefighters exceed 1 500 with federal state and tribal crews. No communities were threatened.
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Los Angeles
California
Angeles National Forest
Liebre Mountain
Bouquet Canyon
Los Padres National Forest
San Luis Obispo
Riot Strikes Ohio Penitentiary In Columbus
A riot and fire hit the Ohio Penitentiary in downtown Columbus with inmates said to hold hostages. About 100 highway patrol officers and the Ohio National Guard were alerted as authorities battled the overnight disturbance at the 2,700 inmate facility.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Frederick Simon
Tragedy at River Plate Stadium Leaves Dozens Dead
Argentine stadium disaster as fans stampeded at Gate 12 after a River Plate versus Boca Juniors match. Seventy one killed and eighty three injured as one-way turnstiles blocked exits amid warnings to use alternate gates. Officials rushed to scene with ambulances and police to quell disturbances.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Estadio Monumental
River Plate
Boca Juniors
Gate 12
Boca Junior
West German Clerk Reports Communist Threats Failure
A terse dispatch notes a West German official warning of rising communist influence and the government’s failure to counteract it, amid heightened Cold War tensions and regional political instability.
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Reykjé
Protests Gather as NATO Leaders Open Summit
The article notes demonstrators at the gate of a NATO gathering outside the capital. Willy Brandt signals stance on alliance policy amid tensions with Communist influence and remarks on US military presence in Europe.
Gaullists Win Big In First Round Of French Elections
President Charles de Gaulle’s Gaullist party appears headed for a large majority in the National Assembly after gains in the first round. Leftists warn the battle continues as runoff voting approaches, with 142 Gaullist candidates ahead and inflation pressures looming from May wage boosts.
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Louis Nevin
Associated Press
PARIS
Charles de Gaulle
French National_Assembly
de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
France
Party of Modern Progress and Democracy
Silver Certificates Lose Value After Today
The Treasury ends redeeming silver certificates for silver at 3 p.m. today in New York and San Francisco. Certificates remain negotiable but no longer exchangeable for silver. The government will continue to issue and redeem them as they disappear from circulation while selling silver at market price.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New York
San Francisco
Department
Treasury
Police Clear Residents In Resurrection City
Washington police and Park Service units sweep Resurrection City after the 10:42 a.m. evacuation deadline. Police began at the east end near the Washington Monument and moved toward the Lincoln Memorial as up to 1,500 officers and 800 to 900 National Guardsmen stood by to maintain order.
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Washington
Resurrection City
Grant Wright
U.S. Park
Park
Lincoln Memorial
District of Columbia
U S B52 Bombers Smash Viet Cong Training Center
U S Air Force B52 bombers hit a Viet Cong training camp 13 miles southeast of Saigon. Ground observers noted a six minute secondary explosion after departure. In two weeks the B52s flew nearly 100 missions within 75 miles of Saigon to disrupt infiltration corridors from Cambodia.
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U.S
Viet Cong
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Boas
Phuoc Long Province
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California Division of Forestry
Lima
Peru
Jose Maria Pereyra
Hugo Paez
James A. Rhodes
Maury C. Koblentz
State
Koblentz
Ernie Maxwell
Abby _ Lucolo
Eeaoae
Editoria
Heloise Eove
Waseeevoas
Gaulle
ART Associt
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Theater
Teeland
Dhe Polic
Ued
Brandt
NATO
Gavshon Tess Writer
Iceland
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Nitc Council
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Pierre Mendes-France
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