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Newspaper
Waco Tribune Herald
Location
Waco, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1962
Page
11
The Civil Aeronautics Board announced a dynamite explosion ripped apart Continental Airlines 707 in May killing 45. FBI lab tests confirmed dynamite as the explosive. investigators say a saboteur used a soiled towel receptacle in the lavatory to mount the fuse.
Buenos Aires AP reports the federal court of appeals Saturday upheld the rejection of Arturo Frondizi's writ of habeas corpus. Frondizi is imprisoned by the current government after his deposition.
West Berliners lit bonfires along the wall and marched with torches to remember the anti Communist uprising of June 17 1953 when Soviet troops halted a workers revolt. A 1 000 person rally with Chancellor Adenauer was planned for Sunday before the city hall as a first mass meeting since the wall construction last August.
Dr. N M Atkins head of the Waco McLennan County Health Unit rejects plans to move public health services into Providence Hospital. He says the unit focuses on preventive work not treatment and remains a joint operation of Waco city McLennan County and the Texas Department of Public Health with annual state funding around $51 000. The unit runs immunization prenatal and well baby clinics and inspects nursing homes while eyeing a separate modern building funded by matching funds tied to civic center development.
Two unions representing workers in nationalized industries approved twelve hour gas and electricity strikes for next Tuesday and Wednesday. The action aims to secure higher pay and additional benefits.
The article notes estimates of 133 physicians and 57 dentists per 100000 persons in the U S population highlighting distribution of medical professionals.
Two young South Carolina National Guardsmen died when a truck and a following car struck them along U S Highway 1 near Vonore Tennessee in the early hours. The truck driver Lee Foster Freels, 48, Knoxville, mistook the men for a box and ran over them. Victims identified by papers in their wallets were taken to a Madisonville funeral home.
William G Cochrane 19 and Daniel B Scruggs 20 of Clover are killed in a highway crash near a roadside restaurant. C Burris reports the vehicle may have been struck by another car before a truck hit them. No marks found to confirm the sequence. Jin Boyd 2 of Fort Worth, student of Tene Tee SEND F Brown of Lubbock, was in the car with Rucker who was captain of the 1960 Lubbock High basketball team. Brown was a passenger in Mack Taylor 50 of Lubbock’s car. Taylor and another occupant are in critical condition.
AP report from Lubbock states three people died in a two car collision on a farm road east of the city. The patrol identified the deceased as Don Gene Rucker, 21, of Lubbock and James Frank, among others, with two of the victims reportedly Texas Tech students.
Burmese ruby production centers on the country’s famed deposit. The site is renowned for its value and long history of supplying gemstones to global markets. Local miners and traders navigate supply, pricing, and export dynamics amid international demand.
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