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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1965
Page
3
A carrierbound Phantom II broke, spilling jet fuel and triggering a fire that burned eleven flight deck crewmen and injured four. A helicopter rescued two uninjured men, a Phantom pilot continued to Oceania on one engine, and firefighters halted the blaze with foam.
The aircraft carrier Independence returned to Norfolk with Captain John E. Kennedy at the helm after seven months in combat operations near South Asia and Vietnam. A rain-soaked homecoming drew thousands of families to the pier for a 142-ship reunion as a midair fuel fire with 16 planes damaged the flight deck. The Navy Unit Commendation was awarded to the ship and air wing by Vice Admiral Walde mar Wendt, with congratulations from Virginia Governor Harrison and other naval leaders.
House majority leader John Haugh addressed Campus Young Republicans at the state convention in Tucson urging them to forget labels and embrace responsible government. He predicted action on creating a budget director by the next January legislative session, noting previous House approval but Senate rejection.
A Tucson Press Club forum featuring Mayor Lew Davis and former Mayor Don Hummel on nonpartisan city government was postponed until a later date.
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