Troy Fire Destroys Three Vacant Jacob Street Buildings
A two alarm blaze gutted three vacant three story brick structures on Jacob Street near Earl Street. The Haines family at 560 Jacob St was evacuated as smoke filled their home. Fire crews battled the flames with seven 24 inch lines, later extinguishing rekindled remains at 550 Jacob St. Owners listed as Gilbert Realty 550 Jacob St Mary Brevetti 552 554 Jacob St and Collins Estate 556 Jacob St could not be located. The cause is undetermined with no active lines into 550 Jacob St.
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Jacob Street
Earl Street
Earl Haines
Jacob St
Thomas Sheldon
Richard Maloney
Ambulance Service Corp
Walsh
Murray Dempsey
Daniel Rokjer
Haines
Squad 1
Gilbert Realty
Mary Brevetti
Collins Estate
Audie Murphy among six dead in Virginia plane crash
Wreckage of a chartered Aero Commander found on Brushy Mountain near Roanoke after a flight from Atlanta to Martinsville. Six bodies recovered including Audie Murphy. examiner to identify remains. Plane hit mountain during approach. no flight plan filed.
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Roanoke
Audie Murphy
America
Here
Marvin Kent
Murphy
Atlanta
Brushy Mountain
Charles Burnette
Virginia
Texas
Martinsville
Littleton
Audie
Carle
Jesse James
Terry
Burnette
Woodrum
Craig County
West Virginia
Herman Butler
Woodrum Field
Galax
North Carolina
Galax Gazette
Federal Aviation Administration
Murphy Party
King Murphy
Vai
Reds Strike Near Cambodia Town as Saigon Forces Retreat
North Vietnamese regulars drove a South Vietnamese task force from the Cambodian town of Snuol near Highway 13. The Saigon unit, up to 2,000 men, retreated south amid heavy anti aircraft fire and monsoon road washouts, with over 100 wounded evacuated. The loss opens routes into the northern tier and signals continuing heavy fighting in the region.
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Saigon
Snuol
U.S
Sauol
Hghway 13
Associated Press
Huynh Cong Ut
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Nguyen van Minh
3Rd
Minh
Highway 7
Saigon - Phnom Penh
Nation marks Memorial Day amid tribute and protests
The nation honored war dead with a wreath at Arlington as Nixon vacationed at Camp David. Veterans groups protested across cities while Gen Chapman's Arlington remarks praised the Vietnam effort as unselfish. In Boston, vets dressed in fatigues rallied, while Seattle fired an official over antiwar participation.
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William P. Rogers
Nixon
Camp David
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
Marine Corps
Arlington
U.S
Boston
Boston Common
72Nd Street
93Rd Street
Riverside Drive
Warren Schenck
Madison Square
Hugh Hester
Bob Muller
Seattle
American Legion
Bill Bruce
Legion
Lawrence Timbers
Post
Americanism Committee
Bruce
Turkish sharpshooters surround hostage house in Istanbul
Turkish army sharpshooters and police dogs seal off a house in Istanbul where 14 year old Sebil Erkan is held by two youths sought in connection with the kidnapping and slaying of an Israeli diplomat. The girl was shown alive at a third floor window as police cut water to force a surrender.
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Istanbul
Sebil Erkan
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Congress weighs emergency jobs draft and revenue sharing
Congress faces action on a $5 billion public service employment bill opposed by the Nixon administration as the Senate considers extending the draft for two years. Mills vows to kill Nixon revenue sharing while Democrats press a five year job authorization to hire 150,000 people in health welfare police fire schools and land programs.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D'Ark
Ways and Means
Mills
20000 Western Union Workers Strike Over Wages
New York AP report says two unions representing about 20 000 workers walked out at 12 01 a.m. halting domestic and international telegrams cables and money orders. UTW and CWA demanded 31 percent raises over two years while Western Union offered a six percent raise plus four percent upon FCC tariff approval and additional ten percent in year two.
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New York
Western Union
United Telegraph Workers
Communications Workers of America
Aflcio
Federal Communications Commission
CWA
UTW
Steelworkers reach three year deals with four aluminium firms
United Steelworkers announce three year contracts with Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Reynolds Metals Ormet Aluminum and Alcoa, boosting wages and benefits while omitting specifics. Olin Aluminum Co remains on strike from 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Alcoa to raise prices on most fabricated products by 6 percent in September due to higher labor costs. The union cites major gains in pension and vacation benefits.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union
The
Aluminum Co
Amavina+ Alamnaesid thanant
Olin Aluminum Co
Hannibal
Ohio
USW
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Reynolds Metals Co
Ormet Aluminum
Alcoa
Spocksman
Nixon
I. W. Abel
White House
Palestine Guerrillas Threaten Hussein Regime in Jordan
Jordan accuses Palestinian guerrillas of a sabotage and terror campaign to overthrow King Hussein and establish a Palestinian state. Clashes and bomb blasts followed three days of fighting. guerrilla leaders allegedly plan a government in exile with bases in Jerash area near Amman housing 3000 to 4000 commandos.
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Jordan
Hussein
Beirut
Jerahs
Amman
Mars Data Sharing Seen If US Soviet Missions Succeed
Cape Kennedy AP reports NASA officials optimistic about sharing Mars data with the Soviet Union if Mariner 9 and Mars 2 3 succeed. Dr George Low notes a 1969 framework for exchanging planetary data and Apollo lunar samples, with summer meetings planned to arrange detailed planetary science exchange.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Russia
Red Planet
U.S
George Low
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mars
Couetaneee
Low
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