Tape clues sought after Braniff crash near Falls City Neb
Federal investigators said one flight recorder was too badly damaged to decipher while a second tape from the cockpit was sent to CAB headquarters for analysis. The crash near Falls City killed 42. Witnesses reported an explosion. a violent squall may have torn apart the plane. Investigators set up a tent on the Schwange farm as Braniff and British Aircraft Corp. teams joined FBI agents at the scene.
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Falls City
Neb
UPI
Braniff International
Nebraska
Donald G. Pauly
Ward E. Slattery Jr
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Washington
Kansas City
Antone Schwange
Braniff
British Aircraft Corp
Rolls Royce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
McNamara warns on Red China nuclear blackmail and expansion aim
UPI report quotes U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara in a Japanese interview. He says China is developing nuclear weapons not for defense but to support potential aggression, warning neighboring nations to recognize the risk of nuclear blackmail and consider their responses.
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Tokyo
UPI
U.S
Robert McNamara
China
Kei Wakaizumi
Chuokoron
McNamara Sai
United States
Mcamara
Red China
McNamara
Chicago white protest erupts in Belmont Cragin riot
Police arrest 20 whites on disorderly conduct as civil rights marchers press into all white Belmont Cragin. Crowds of about 4,000 march through rain while hecklers cry insults and bottles are hurled, as authorities block streets and maintain a tense standoff. King’s aide leads planning for next week’s protests. King himself at a SCLC meeting in Mississippi.
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Chicago
UPL
Belmont-Cragin
Sunda
Gage Park
Martin Luthering
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Mississippi
Belmont - Cragin
U.S. Foray Takes 800 Toll of Viet Cong
U.S. military spokesmen summarized three operations from the past week. Hastings, a joint Marine and ARVN action near the DMZ, began July 7 and ended August 3 with 802 enemy killed and 15 captured. Casualties were moderate for this multi battalion fight.
Scherle Calls Freeman a GOP Votegetter in Iowa
Stanton Iowa UPI William Scherle a Republican hopeful called Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman the most effective votegetter the GOP has He criticized the administration for political moves amid farm policy doubts arguing inflation measures backfired and wheat and feed grain sales worsened supply concerns He warned the Soviet Union could corner world wheat if such trends continue and said Freeman’s Midwest yo-yo campaigning fails to reassure farmers who know farming problems.
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Scherle
Soviet Union
Mr. Freeman
Midwest
Sioux City wreck claims three family lives in Iowa crash
A one car crash one mile west of Turin on Iowa 175 Sunday evening killed Ardith Allen 35 and two of her children Carol Allen 9 and Gail Pauley 9, all members of the Allen family from Onawa. Father George William Allen 26 and four other relatives were hospitalized in fair condition. The car struck a bridge and the family were among eight aboard, with John Pauley 11 in critical condition.
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Turin
Iowa
UPD
Ardith Allen
Carol Allen
Gail Pauley
Fair Canion
Glen Pauley
Alice Pauley
Philip Allen
John Pauley
Sioux City
Allen
Onawa
Grad student nabbed for entry at Iowa Falls auto agency
ELDORA Iowa UP I A year old Iowa State University graduate student David Bronson was in Hardin County jail today after a break in at an Iowa Falls auto agency. Police found him Saturday night when a burglar alarm sounded and officers investigated.
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Eldora, Iowa
UPI
Iowa State University
Hardin County
Iowa Falls
David Bronson
Two Iowans die in Braniff crash near Falls City Neb
After a Braniff International jetliner crashed into a soybean field near Falls City Nebraska, two Iowans among 42 dead were identified as airman Robert D. Welter of Des Moines and former Mason City resident Gary F. Redington. Welter, 19, on furlough from the Air Force, had just completed electronics training at Keesler AFB and was en route to a new assignment when the crash occurred. Redington, 31, a Mason City native and St. Joseph High School graduate, was returning to Omaha from Dallas via Kansas City.
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Braniff International
Falls City
Nebraska
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Neb
Robert D. Welter
Grace
Welter
Gary F. Redington
Omaha
Mason City
Air Force
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Topeka
Kan
Airline Strike Dragging Into Second Month
The airline walkout by 35,400 machinists and ground crewmen stretched into a second month with no end in sight. The House Commerce Committee heard testimony on a Senate bill ordering workers back to work as AFL CIO and IAM reps testified. Labor officials and the vice president urged renewed negotiations while both sides showed little movement.
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Eastern
National
Northwest
United
Trans World Airlines
Harley O. Staggers
Dva
Labor
W.chard Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Staggers
Hubert H. Humphrey
Depose Millionaire King of Abu Dhabi
British officials report that Shakbat, an oil rich ruler of Abu Dhabi, has been ousted by his younger brother Zaid Bin Sultan Zaid. The despot kept oil funds under his bed and resisted sharing the revenue, yielding a 30.8 million dollar annual income with projections to top 67 million in 1966. The 20 000 inhabitants largely live in poverty while Shakbat governed a one man fief since 1972.
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Kuwait
APS
Abu Dhabi
Persian Gulf
Sun
Sheik Shakbat
Zaid bin Sultan Zaid
Shakbat
Blood Bath Ends in Fire After Razor Attack in Waterbury
Connecticut man Samuel Sepulveda killed five with a straight razor in a violent spree after a family quarrel. His wife Iris, 22 weeks pregnant, survives with severe neck and shoulder wounds. The home burned while three daughters perished. a sixth child Wanda lay dead outside. Neighbors described him as jealous and in financial trouble. he faced a breach of peace arrest last week. Police report his landlord claimed $300 in unpaid rent.
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Waterbury
Conn
Samuel Sepulveda
Sepulveda
Iris
Alma
Helen
Sonia
Wanda
Dld
Joseph Maloney
Baldwin
Wilson Faces New Parliament Test In Britain
Prime Minister Harold Wilson pursues wage and price controls as a 12 month freeze to trim 14 billion dollars from the economy faces a final House debate. With a 96 vote Labor holds a strong majority to override opposition motions and push passage likely by Wednesday.
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Longon
UPI
Harold Wilson
Association of British Chambers of Commerce
Wilson
House of Commons
Labor Party
Train derails near Marion injuring three in vandalism incident
A Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight train derailed at the north edge of Marion in Williamson County after hitting an opened switch reportedly forced by vandals. Three crewmen were injured, including engineer Frank Cruzen trapped for over two hours. Conductor George Fields and brakeman Joe Bookout sustained minor injuries. The diesel units and five freight cars left the tracks and overturned into an eight foot ditch. Brakeman Don Houston was unhurt.
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Marion
Ill
UPA
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Williamson County
Frank Cruzen
Walnut Hill
George Fields
Salem
Joe Bookout
Don Houston
Eight guards die as truck brakes fail
CHUCKEY Tenn. Eight Army National Guards men were killed and eight more injured when a canvas topped six by truck they rode in apparently lost brakes and crashed into a car then tumbled down a 10 foot embankment near Chuckey elementary school on US 11. Authorities said the highway patrol noted brake failure.
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Chuckey, Tenn
UPI
Army National
Teen sniper Whitman deaths raise total to 16
Austin Texas reports that Karen Griffith 17 died at Brackenridge Hospital after a 80 minute gun rampage from the University of Texas tower. Whitman killed his wife and mother earlier and wounded many others. Police found dexedrine among his belongings as investigators seek motive.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Charles J. Whitman
Karen Griffith
Mary Gabour
Texarkana
Tex
Miss Griffith
Austin
Gabour
Whitman
Mark
Marguerite Lamport
Weather summary for Iowa from United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight with clearing Tuesday. Cooler tonight and Tuesday. Lows tonight between 55 and upper 50s, higher in the southeast. Tuesday highs in the 70s. Wednesday outlook mostly fair and continued cool.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Lake Drive
Ottumwa
Jeffrey W. Waymack
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