Tail section found after Braniff Electra crash in Texas field
National Guardsmen and sheriff's officers on horseback located the tail section of Braniff International Electra near Dawson Texas. An 11 man NTSB go team led by Ed Slattery prepared to inspect wreckage and determine in flight breakup. The crash, with 84 dead, occurred in a storm as the jet vanished from radar at 5 41 p m EDT en route from Houston to Dallas.
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National Transportation Safety Board
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Texas
Slattery
Washington
James Connally Air Force Base
Waco
Corsicana
Ment
United States
Houston
Dallas
Tulsa
Okla
Memphis Tenn
Federal
FBI
Lees
Cloyce Floyd
Dawsons
Paris Talks Drag On as Vietnam Talks Expected Delayed
Western diplomats warn a hot, extended Paris talks phase is likely for Vietnam despite U.S. election timing. Hanoi demands unconditional bombing halt with no pledge to open full peace talks, creating a trap scenario if Washington accepts or rejects the pitch. Agenda agreement looms as a major hurdle.
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UPI
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Paris
U.S
Hanoi
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United States
Washington
Largest Assault Of The War At Dong Ha Stalled By Allied Forces
North Vietnamese forces suffered heavy losses in a four day battle at Dong Ha as U S Army Marines Sailors and South Vietnamese troops repelled the largest single Communist strike of the war. Casualties included 75 U S KIA and 394 WIA with South Vietnamese losses of 27 KIA and 99 WIA while 856 of 8000 attackers were killed.
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Dong Ha
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Bai Do
Gam Linh
World’s 8th 9th 10th heart transplant patients
Three men received new hearts within two days at sites in the United States and Britain. Everett C. Thomas Jr. 47 of Phoenix, a Houston hospital patient, and Joseph Riot 40 at Palo Alto Stanford Hospital were reported in excellent condition while a third patient in London faced a very critical period amid the still rare operation.
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United Press International
United States
Britain
Everett Clare Thomas Jr
Phoenix, Ann
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Houston
Tex
London
National Heart Hospital
Joseph Riot
Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital
California
Norman E. Shumway
Thomas
Denton Cooley
Rockefeller seeks delegates in Iowa political game
Des Moines reports show Governor Nelson Rockefeller pressing Iowa delegates at a Des Moines news conference with a steak luncheon and one-on-one questioning. He outlined farm policy while steering away from Vietnam, pledged a major farm address, and floated Reagan as a potential candidate. Iowa delegates remain split with Nixon leaders signaling strong support.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rocky
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
America
Vietnam
Philadelphia
California
Ronald Reagan
Miami Beach
Jack Schroeder
Davenport
Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Sen
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Nixon Forces
Nixon
UPI
Fred R. McLain
Iowa Agricultural Stabilization Conservation
ASC
McLain
Iowa Ascs
Iowa City gets $100,000 Kresge grant for library
The University of Iowa will receive a $100,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to aid the Health Sciences Library campaign. University President Howard R. Bowen said it is the largest single grant for the project and the funds will endow a Twenty-Four Hour Study Room on the library’s main floor.
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UPI
University of Iowa
Kresge Foundation
University
Howard R. Bowen
Kresge
Woman faces reckless killing by auto in Cape May crash
Four hours after being freed on bail for drunken driving a 62 year old Mansfield Pennsylvania woman was arrested for reckless killing by auto after allegedly striking three girls on Route 9 near Avalon. She also faces drunken driving charges. The incident involved 12 year old victims. Police identified the suspect as Helen Rose.
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Cape May N.J
UPI
Helen Rose
Mansfield
Avalon
Pact signed by Soviet U.S. consular treaty ratified
The Soviet Union announced ratification of a Soviet U.S. consular treaty allowing more consulates and granting full immunity to consular staff. Signed June 1 1964 approved by Congress in 1967, effect starts 30 days after documents exchange. observers cite Vietnam War as delaying ratification.
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UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Johnson
Congress
U.S
Weather IOWA: Fair spells ahead through Sunday
Iowa forecast calls for generally fair skies through Sunday. Cooler today and tonight with low temperatures in the 30s to 40s. Sunday will bring warmer highs from the 60s in the north to near 70 in the south.
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