Woman Dies After Spectacular One Car Crash Near Hampton
Washington County coroner Dr John Glennon reports four people were killed in a high speed single vehicle crash on Route 21. Police reconstruct the sequence: a southbound car veered on a cresting hill, left the pavement and struck near Hampton, killing all aboard.
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Hampton
John Glennon
Washington County
Granville
Route 21
Trav
Mr. Smith
McKeighan
Smith
W. C. Kiernan
J. W. Lewis
E. F. Pratt
South Glnes Falls
A. D. Peterson
Whitehall
Naval Air and Ground Actions Across Vietnam and Southeast
Navy and Air Force fleets conducted daily raids aimed at disrupting the Laos to South Vietnam supply routes and troop movements. South Vietnamese forces in the northern Mekong Delta suffered heavy losses, while North Vietnamese pressure continued at Bu Prang and Duc Lap camps along the Cambodian border. A U.S. helicopter misfire incident wounded and killed several South Vietnamese soldiers amid ongoing engagement, with investigations ordered into civilian casualties from prior helicopter firings.
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Laos
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laird
Mekong
U.S. 9Th Division
Saigon
U.S
Nixon
Vietnam
Bu Prang
Duc Lap
Central Highlands
NAB Head Denies Agnew Fear of Broadcast Dissent
NAB chairman Willard Waldbridge rejected claims that a small eastern group opinions dominates media. He argued hundreds of reporters back major outlets and local stations also produce news, saying the press and government have a long history of mutual criticism.
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Washington (Ap
Willard Waldbridge
National Association of Broadcasters
Eastern Seaboard Radio-Tv
Spiro T. Agnew
Waldbridge
Asis
NAB
Agnew
CBS
East Meadow Teacher Named NYSUT President Nominee
Emmanuel Kafka, a 42 year old social studies and economics teacher at West Hempstead High School, was nominated to lead the New York State Teachers Association unopposed. He warned that state education budget cuts would force 20 to 25 percent tax increases outside NYC to preserve programs and urged funding restoration in Albany. He would push a political action program and community education on cuts affecting music art and physical education. Kafka has 16 years teaching experience, Navy veteran, married with two children.
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New York
Emanuel Kafka
East Meadow
Kafka
West Hempstead High School
Albany
Association
New York City
Fort Hamilton High School
Brooklyn College
New York University
Columbia
Rochester Man, 50, Dies In Campus Fall
Herbert Swan of Henrietta fell from the fourth to the second floor in the Frederick Douglass Building on the University of Rochester campus during a faculty dinner dance. Police said he died from the fall on Sunday.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPI
Herber Swan
Henrietta
University of Rochester
Swan
Frederick Douglas
Hildebrand Named World Labor Official
President Nixon named George H. Hildebrand, deputy undersecretary of labor, as U.S representative on the governing body of the International Labor Organization. Hildebrand, 56, from Oakland California, succeeds George Weaver on the ILO executive council.
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Washington
Nixon
George H. Hildebrand
U.S
International Labor Organization
Hildebrand
George Weaver
ILO
United Nations
Labor Department
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Oakland
Calif
Admiral Moorer Predicts Vietnam War Likely To Fade
U S Admiral Thomas H Moorer said in a U S News interview that the Vietnam conflict is more likely to fade away through a series of agreements than end in a single formal pact. He noted Hanoi has not admitted forces in the South and questioned clear battle lines. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield warned of a dangerous mood.
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Washington
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Europe
Japan
Moorer
U.S. News & World Report
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Smallest Of Quints Dies In Barcelona
In Barcelona the smallest of newborn quintuplets died at Francisco Franco Hospital. Attending physician Dr. Angel Ballabrida reported the infant suffered two cardiac arrests before death. The second-smallest baby remained in serious condition with breathing problems.
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Barcelona
Spain
Francisco Franco Hospital
Angel Ballabrida
Ballabrida
Sirhan Completes Six Months On San Quentin Death Row
Sirhan B. Sirhan the Kennedy assassin marks six months in isolation on San Quentin's death row. He stays in cell 33 on the condemned unit watching readings and listening to records with visits limited to guards and occasional conversations through mesh screens. His routine remains quiet with heavy reading on mysticism and psychology and he receives a monthly stream of family and attorney visits.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
South Side
James Park
Park
Playboy Magazine
Middle East
Quarterly
Crime Study Finds Urban Violence Dominates U.S.
The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence reports violent crime is mainly a city phenomenon. Cities over 250 000 have 11 times higher major violent offenses than rural areas and 5.5 times higher than cities with 50 000 to 100 000. Baltimore leads in risk, with one in 49 per year.
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Washington
United States
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention
Baltimore
PBA Leader Defends Police Union Plans
Edward J. Kiernan president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association says the public has little to fear from plans to form a national police union. He asserts officers uphold duty to protect life and property and can be union members while serving.
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New York
Edward J. Kiernan
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Kiernan
WINS
Omaha
Wallace Arrives for Korea Visit
Former Alabama governor George Wallace arrived in Seoul for a four day visit on an Asian trip. He landed at Kimpo International Airport from Bangkok and will depart for home on Wednesday.
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Seoul
UPI
George Wallace
Alabama
Republic of Korea
Wallace
Kimpo International
Bangkok
Apollo 12 Crew Hails Moon EVA and Calm First Press Stance
Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad Bean and Gordon answered questions on the moon and from space about their first EVA and the lunar landing. They described initial balance challenges, confidence gains after ten minutes, and the tense ascent. They discussed the camera failure and the idea of including a geologist on future missions.
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Space
Conrad
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Bean
Earth
Gordon
Moon
Cews
Hanoi Negotiator Says U.S. Rejected Private Talks
North Vietnamese negotiator Xuan Thuy said Hanoi is ready to meet privately with the United States on general issues including troop withdrawal and a coalition government. The New York Times, via a Paris dispatch, quoted Thuy claiming the U.S. rejected such talks and critiqued President Nixon’s handling of Ho Chi Minh’s letter. He cited possible talks with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam or the provisional revolutionary government as options.
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New York
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
United States
New York Times
Thuy
Paris
Harrison E. Salisbury
Nixon
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Times
the Times
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Lodge
South Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary
Democratic Republic
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Viet Cong
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
North Vietnam
Amityville Man Arrested in Massapequa Kidnapping
Nassau County police charged Walter Campbell, 33, with robbery of a car and kidnapping of 19 month old Kerri Ann Godfrey after he allegedly forced Patricia Godfrey from her vehicle in a May department store parking lot and drove off with the child.
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Mays Department Store
Massapequa
38 Car Train Derailment Blocks Mainline Tracks
A 38 car segment of a 110 car Penn Central freight train derailed at Evans Mills 17 miles north of Watertown blocking the St. Lawrence Division mainline. There were no injuries. Wreckage covered about three quarters of a mile of track as heavy crane equipment from Syracuse aided in clearing the line.
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Watertown
N.Y
Penn-Central
St. Lawrence
Evans Mills
Here
Montreal
de Witt
Syracuse
Veteran Ends 40 Mile Walk For Nixon Support
Army veteran John Melendez of Elmhurst Queens completed a 40 mile walk from Baltimore to the White House to deliver a letter to President Nixon. He chairs the Peace with Honor Committee which seeks honorable peace before withdrawal from Vietnam. He started in Baltimore, spent the night in College Park Maryland, and was told to use the mail room for his message.
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Washington
John Melendez
Baltimore
White House
Nixon
Executive Office
Melendez
Elmhurst
Queens
Vietnam
College Park
Last of six hijackers moved for trial
Three accused air pirates Thomas George Washington 29 Robert Lee Sardlin 19 and Thomas J Boynton Jr 32 were transferred from Clinton County Jail to await trial. They join three others sent from Cuba via Montreal after surrendering at the Champlain border crossing. Washington faces Miami, Boynton also linked to Miami, Sardlin to Savannah with others slated for trials in Indianapolis Baltimore and El Paso.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
Clinton County
U. S
Thomas George Washington
Robert Lee Sardlin
Thomas J. Boynton Jr
Cuba
Canada
Montreal
FBI
Champlain
Here
Washington
Jennifer
Gary
Ind
Boynton
Kalamazoo
Mich
Miami
Sandlin
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Kelly
Albany Medical Center
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John E. Clairmont
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