Pilot Dies After Bomber Crashes Near Nantucket
A U S Air Force four engine radar plane crashed into the Atlantic ten miles south of Nantucket after a last minute ditching attempt by Col James P Lyle 47 and eight other crewmen were missing with one survivor Lt Joseph L H Guenet 29 Montreal navigator rescued in fair condition The crash was the third fatal radar plane incident at Otis Air Force Base in two years with a large oil slick noted and an investigation board headed by Col Albert Evans appointed to probe the crash
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Nantucket
Mass
U.S. Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
James P. Lyle
Lyle
Joseph L. H. Guenet
Montreal
Que
Albert L. Manning
Otis Air Force Base
Falmouth
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Air Force
Atlantic
Charleston
S.C
Albert Evans
21St Air Division
McGuire Afb
N.J
551St Airborne Early Warning and Control
Otis
Rene A. Orleans
John M. Konosky
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Manning
Orleans
Michael Lamb
Islad
Preservation group seeks lease on former Health Building
Historic Winchester forms Preservation of Historic Winchester and authorizes William Mote to incorporate. A lease negotiation committee will be created if the City Council does not use the building. Regular meetings set for May October and January with the annual meeting May 16. Mrs. C Ridgely White is president.
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Last Night
Public Health
Braddock and
Amherst Sts
Historic
Winchester
William Mote
Julian Glass
Ben Belchie
Winchester-Frederick
C. Ridgely White
Offshore oil slicks threaten Southwest England shores
Southwest England beach resorts faced renewed oil slicks possibly from the wreck of the Torrey Canyon. Local officials urged Britain to blow up the near submerged Torrey Canyon remains on the Seven Stones reef seven miles off the southwest tip. A helicopter survey found 30 miles of slicks drifting toward the coast with oil as close as 50 yards offshore.
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Land’s End
England
Seven Stones Reef
Town Crier Seeks Owner of Misplaced Grocery Cart
Mrs. William Fraula of Apple Pie Ridge reports a wire grocery cart left on her terrace around 11 30 Friday night. She suspects the cart is from a local supermarket and asks the owner to claim it.
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William Fraula
Apple Pie Ridge
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Sunday
Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday at 2 a.m. clocks move forward one hour. Most states observe DST this year with Virginia fully on fast time and a federal act guiding exemptions. Indiana will adjust only in government buildings while residents may follow local ordinances.
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Virginia
Congress
Bce
Michigan
Hawaii
Kentucky
Indiana
Soviet Gives Cosmonaut Hero's Burial in Red Square
Moscow AP report says cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov received a hero's burial in Red Square with 5,000 mourners. Officials disclosed that his new Soyuz 1 spacecraft had flown unmanned before the manned mission, and his ashes were to be placed in the Kremlin wall.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Square
Earth
Keldysh
Johnson Kiesinger Agree On Advance Consultations
Bonn, Germany AP Johnson and West German Chancellor Kiesinger agreed on constant, complete and full consultations before decisions on issues of mutual interest. They spoke after Adenauer's funeral and outlined topics including a nuclear weapons treaty trade troop deployment and broader security. Johnson and Kiesinger expect further talks when Kiesinger visits the United States.
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Johnson
Kiesinger
Bonn
Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Coun
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Soviet Union
Federal Republic of Germany
United States of America
Senate Erupts Into Bitter Vietnam War Debate
Senate clashed over Vietnam policy as Gen. Westmoreland prepared to address Congress. Critics alleged the general was used as Johnson administration propaganda while backers warned dissent harms morale and may aid enemy strategy. Russell defended Westmoreland as offering a well reasoned assessment and anticipated troop discussions.
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Washington
Senate
William C. Westmoreland
Congress
U.S
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Johnson
Richard B. Russell
D.ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
White House
Associated Press
New York
Gen. Westmoreland
Stephen M. Young
D-Ohio
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D.ark
U S Bombs Mount to 3000 Pounds a Minute
United States air forces pound North and South Vietnam at a record rate with March deliveries totaling 77 000 tons. The campaign targets roads bridges railways trucks and fuel storage as McNamara cites the vast tonnage to illustrate the scale of operations.
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Washington
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
Southeast Asia
Pacific
North Vietnam
South
Tormented Teenager Is Committed After LSD Ordeal
A 19 year old in Los Angeles was committed to a state mental hospital after LSD use left him semiconscious and erratic. He described seeing a thousand faces in a mirror as doctors cited schizoid reaction possibly induced by LSD. His mother, a nurse, recounted repeated self harm and efforts to die.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Allen Miller
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Ucla Medical Center
Mark D. Sanders
Sanders
Virginia Rain Then Thunder Expected Today
A low pressure system approaches Virginia bringing showers and a few thundershowers to the state today.
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Richmond
Virginia
Key Rail and Bridge Hit in Hanoi Area Air Raids
U S Air Force pilots bombed a key railway and highway bridge over the Red River near Hanoi. The five span steel and concrete structure carries the sole rail link between Red China and Hanoi. Fifty-two hours of raids included an electrical transformer site north of Hanoi. Marine units in Quang Tri Province reported 14 Marines killed and 38 wounded in three engagements after ambushes in the mountain pass.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
Red River
Red China
U.S
Thailand
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Tass
Haiphong
MI6
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
Artist Gemmill to Meet Merchants in Winchester Dinner
Mel Gemmill of Chambersburg will join the Winchester Retail Merchants Association dinner at the Winchester Golf Club to discuss drawings for new storefronts. He prepared sketches for Loudoun Street downtown and will collaborate on bridge and street designs for theDevelopment Committee proposals. Dinner starts at 6 30 with RMA President Robert Miller inviting interested merchants.
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Mel Gemmill
Chambersburg, Pa
Loudoun St
Winchester
Gemmill
RMA
Winchester Golf Club
Star
Robert Miller
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Old Friendship Fire Hall
Howard Johnson
Soviet
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
Adenauer
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Charles de Gaulle
Europe
Denny’s
Margaret L. Hodgson
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