Canadian Pacific DC6B Crashes Killing 49 in British Columbia
A Canadian Pacific DC6B airliner crashed near One Hundred Mile House in British Columbia, killing all 49 aboard. Rescue teams recovered 24 bodies within hours as weather, remote terrain, and late arrival hindered efforts. Flight 21 was en route Vancouver to the Yukon when it went down about 450 miles north of the city.
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Vancouver, B.C
API
British Columbia
North Country
Vancouver
Yukon
One- Hundred Mile House
Here
Flight 21
Prince George
B.C
British Columbia Forestry Department
Medicare Vote Set Today Heads Toward Final Passage
In Washington a Senate debate on a major Medicare bill proceeded with a one hour limit on each amendment and two hours for final passage. Leaders aimed for a late day vote after defeating a Javits Kennedy tax tip amendment and advancing a broad elderly health care program along with a Social Security increase proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
House
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Moyer Replaces Reedy As White House Press Secretary
President Johnson names Bill Moyers to succeed George E. Reedy who takes indefinite leave for multiple foot surgeries. Moyers, a 31 year old Baptist minister, has long advised Johnson and led preparations of the administration's legislative program amid Viet Nam and Dominican policy criticism.
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Washington
George E. Reedy
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Reedy
Moyers
University of Texas
Johnson Family
Austin
Tex
Peace Corps
White House
Congress
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Racial Trouble In Bogalusa After Prayer March Shooting
A white heckler was shot at close range by a Black youth after a scuffle near a prayer march in Bogalusa Louisiana. The victim Alton Crowe Jr. 26 from Pearl River was treated locally then sent to New Orleans hospital in critical condition. Henry Austin 21 admitted firing the shots. Police and state troopers prepared to bolster security as white anger rose and marchers returned to the Negro section.
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Bogalusa
Louisiana
New Orleans
Alton Crowe Jr
Pearl River
Mississippi
Crowe
Claxton Knight
Henry Austin
Jesse Cartier
Curtrer
City Hall
Heckler
Louisiana State Troopers
Alton Crow
Firemen Save Troy Man 80 From Smoke Filled Home
An 80 year old Troy man, John S. Dennis, was carried to safety from the top floor of a smoke filled building at 2519 Fifth Avenue by firemen. He was treated for smoke inhalation and listed in fair condition. Several others escaped including Dennis family members and guests. A 36 year old woman Doris McGrath was treated for an asthmatic attack.
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Troy
John S. Dennis
Fifth Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
Dennis
George Moshier
Gloria Patterson
Doris McGrath
Leonard Hospital
John Zapf
Jackson D. Dennis
Ruth
John
Edward
O'Dell Miller
Dorothy Simmons
Miller
McGrath
Department store sales rise 21 percent in NY area
New York and the New Jersey metropolitan region posted a 21 percent sales gain for the week ending July 3 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank.
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New York
New Jersey
Federal Reserve Bank
Negro laborer rescues family from water filled car
Uniontown Alabama AP reports William Henry Fitts 52 a fertilizer plant worker waded into a creek to rescue four members of the Cross family from an upside down car. He freed the father and handed out the children as a crowd watched. two children revived en route to Demopolis hospital where all six were in serious condition.
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Uniontown
Ala
R. E. Ethridge
William Henry Fitts
Jesse Cross
Lula
Kenneth
Ronnie
Sharon
Cross
Sharon Gleese
Fayetteville
N.C
Mattie Harris
Vicksburg
Miss
Pital
Demopolis
Highway Patrol
Fitts
Marietta
Salem
William Jr
Korea
Taylor Switches S Viet Nam Ambassadorship
Gen Maxwell Taylor resigns as ambassador to South Viet Nam after a one year term and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. is named to replace him. White House says Lodge and Robert McNamara will fly to Saigon to confer with Taylor and Vietnamese officials. Lodge aims to arrive mid August. Ford calls for policy clarification. The move signals bipartisanship hopes amid debates over Viet Nam policy.
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Washington
Maxwell Taylor
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
White House
Johnson
Lodge
Robert §. McNamara
Saigon
Taylor
U. S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Beverly
Mass
Ford
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
North
United States
Viet Cong Attacks Government Battalion Near Saigon
Viet Cong ambushers struck a Vietnamese government battalion about 37 miles northwest of Saigon, wiping out most of the unit and leaving heavy casualties among the survivors. Four American advisers were with the battalion. their fate was unclear.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
D-Zone
Mekong River
Bob Eberle Found Safe After 24 Hour Absence
Chicago singer Bob Eberle, missing for nearly a day and feared as a possible foul play case, was located last night in a near North Side hotel. The Eastgate Hotel was identified as his site after a cabbie led investigators there. a club owner said Eberle appeared ill and would be taken to a hospital by his brother and manager.
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Chicago
UPI
Bob Eberle
Near North Side
Eberle
Eastgate
Helen Mangam
Ray
California official missing in suspected kidnaping case
California Finance Director Hale Champion his wife Marie and 19 month old daughter Katherine Marie vanished from their Sacramento home amid a gunman led Oregon bank robbery and hostage incident. FBI highway patrol and local police hunted two ex convicts linked to six Oregon hostages and a deadly deputy sheriff shooting. Governor Brown awaiting word and praising Champion as key to his 1962 reelection victory. Katherine survived a prenatal blood transfusion crucial to her life.
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Hale Champion
Marie
Katherine Marie
Oregon
Portland
Sacramento
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Richard M. Nixon
California
Kate
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Anthony Jenkins
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By Howard Healy
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