Bomb blast at Bien Hoa kills 21 airmen in Vietnam
Stray high power ordnance from yesterday’s chain reaction explosion detonated during cleanup at Bien Hoa air base. Officials cite unstable bombs left on the field. fears rise of further blasts. Twenty-one Americans and one Vietnamese dead. 72 wounded. two in serious condition.
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Bien Hoa
U.S
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
U. S
Bien Hoa Base
Viet Nam
Thailand
Moore
Saigon
Tokyo
Explosions at Bien Hoa Air Base Kill and Injure U S Troops
A series of accidental blasts at Bien Hoa near Saigon devastate the base injuring and killing U S personnel. Investigators led by Lt Gen William K Martin arrive to probe while the Viet Cong have not commented.
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Saigon
U.S
Air Force
Washington
William K. Martin
Joseph H. Moore
Weekend On Area Highways Five Killed In Accidents
Five people died in weekend Troy area crashes with seventeen others injured. Raymond Butler 50 of Pine Plains died in a Route 22 collision near Route 3. Patricia Cox 21 of Albany was killed in a Delmar single vehicle crash. Russell Blair 24 of Pittsfield and George Ference of Shelton were killed while standing at a minor accident scene in Pittsfield. Edward J. Chapman Jr. 33 of Utica died on the Thruway at Rotterdam after hitting guard rails. Butler’s wife Bonnie May Butler 27 and others were hospitalized with serious injuries. Police noted no seat belts were used in the major crashes.
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Troy Area
Raymond Butler
Pine
Edward J. Chapman Jr
Utica
Rotterdam
Butler
Columbia County
Clavarack
Harrison Bassett
West Stockbridge
Mass
Crosier
Laurie Butler
Francis Butler
Doris Butler
Theodore Nelson
Pine Plains
Robert Brenzel
Frank Pesche
Cox
Kenwood Avenue
Delmar
Robert
Albany Medical Center
Pittsfield
Connecticut
Louis Diffany
St. Luke’s Hospital
Diffany
Ference
Rochester Dwelling Fire Kills Five In Genesee Street Flat
Five people including four children from the Seibert family died in a blaze at 707 Genesee Street Rochester. The mother Mrs Mary Seibert cried for her children as firefighters arrived to find two children in bed upstairs and the rest in other rooms. A friend, James DeBottis, 26, also perished and several apartments were damaged. Police said Mrs Seibert, 24, had separated from her husband Richard. Fire officials suspect a cigarette may have started the fire. About 20 others escaped unharmed.
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Rochester
James DeBottis
Seibert
Esther Latl
Mrs. Seibert
Genesee St
Richard
Accident Kills SLU Professor in Rideau River Curve
SLU psychology professor Phil lip Rossi, 50, of Donora Pennsylvania, was killed when his car lost control on a curve along a Rideau River highway near Kemptville Ontario. Rossi joined St. Lawrence University in 1947 after serving in the Army Air Corps as a clinical psychologist.
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Kemptville, Ont
Phillip Rossi
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N. Y
Rideau River
Kemptville
Ottawa
Rossi
Congo Rebels Attack Fails. Six Reported Dead
Six Congolese rebels were killed in a skirmish with the Congo national army at Nesolo about 20 miles west of Paulis. The clash occurred Saturday when an army patrol found around 150 rebels. No government casualties were reported.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Nesolo
Paulis
Stack declines Rensselaer County GOP chairmanship
County Clerk Martin Stack announces he cannot accept the role after consideration. He cites ongoing transition in the County Clerk’s Office and Motor Vehicle Bureau as requiring time and energy, and urges Douglas Hudson to remain or for a successor to lead. He pledges continued support to the party and its candidates.
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Martin B. Stack
Rensselaer County Republican Committee
GOP
Douglas Hudson
Stack
Rensselaer County
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Hudson
Republican
Dominican Crisis Junta Chief Faces Pressure to Quit
A White House mission met Gen Antonio Imbert Barreras to urge resignation of the civilian military junta in Santo Domingo. Imbert reportedly refused. A second meeting with Undersecretary Thomas C. Man was planned as the U S seeks an understanding with rebel constitutionalists for a peaceful solution. Tanks and mortars were used by junta forces in northern Santo Domingo, with heavy fighting near the Ozama River and at the University area where U S Marines are stationed.
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Santo Domingo
Domincan Republic
White House
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Imbert
Thomas C. Man
U. S
MccGeorge Bundy
Cyrus C. Vance
Jack H. Vaughn
Ozama River
82Nd Airborne Brigade
University of Santo Domingo
Polish Mission Chief Seeks Asylum in United States in Berlin
The Polish Military Mission chief in Berlin asked a U S sergeant for political asylum yesterday at a West Berlin delicatessen. He was handed to State Department officials and flown to West Germany. The defector was Wladislaw Tykocinski, about 44, tall and heavy, a diplomat with five years in Berlin.
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Berlin
United States
U. S. State Dept
U. S. Air Force
West Germany
Wladislaw Tykocinski
Tykocinski
Marion H. Tomlinson
U. S
West Berlin
Tomlinson
Mt. Vernon
Ind
U. S. Berlin
State Dept
Shastri Arrives in Leningrad With Kosygin
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri arrived in Leningrad with Premier Alexei Kosygin. They traveled by overnight train to the former Czarist capital as reported by Tass.
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Moscow
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Alexei Kosygin
Leningrad
Tass
Bishop Scully Dedicates St. Mary's Church
Local dignitary Bishop Scully dedicates St. Marys Church in a ceremony described in brief. Sports notes show Dick Mayer winning the New Orleans Open on page 16. Comics note mentions a beagle outshining others with a humorous line.
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Bishop Scully
St. Mary's Church
Dick Mayer
New Orleans
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North
Joseph Laitin
Yeature
Fresident Jobe
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Okinawa
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Viet Nam News Agency
VNA
Lumbia Memorial Hospital
Bonnie May Butler
Leon Crosier
Lee, Mass
Mary Seibert
Sherry
Jeanette
SLU
Congo
Ger. Imbert
Manel R. Montes Arache
Constitutionalist
Junta
Shastri
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