Fate and Courage Cause Navy Pilot's Fatal Fall in Fremont
Navy Cmdr. Henry T. Stanley 39 stayed with his T33 jet as it developed trouble over Fremont, aiming for Mission Peak to spare homes. He died as the jet crashed in a vacant lot near a busy residential area and a school. copilot Lt. Cmdr. Harford Field ejected safely.
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Fremont
Calif
Navy
Henry T. ‘Stanley
Cmdr
Stanley
Lou Ann Endicott
Harford Field
Mobile
Ala
Field
Mission Peak
Lyle Nevels
Nevels
William Ehlen
Mission San Jose High School
Ehlen
Mary
Henry T. III
William J
Barbara
Alameda
Navy Enacts 20 Sub Safety Reforms After Thresher Loss
The Navy announced it has implemented 20 safety recommendations from a court inquiry into the 1963 Thresher disaster that killed 129. The measures tighten piping and welding standards and require ultrasonic testing for critical joints on new and existing submarines.
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Navy
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Portsmouth
N.H
Energy Committee
Congressional
Virginia rights leaders push ambitious 1965 civil rights program
NAACP leaders in Virginia outline a 1965 push to end discrimination in housing and employment and to help Negroes qualify to vote through church and fraternal support. They expect a key federal court ruling on tuition grants in school desegregation and note poll tax issues affect voter eligibility for this year.
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W. Lester Banks
State National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert E., Lee
Banks
L. Francis Griffin
Farmville
NAACP
Virginia
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
S. W. Tucker
Emporia
Twe
Virginia Highway Toll Rises to 28 With Fatal Chain Crash
The Virginia highway death toll reached 28 with six new deaths reported, including a Livingston County chain reaction after a flaming crash. James Wilson Martin, 16, died when a teen car failed to negotiate a curve and ignited a parked vehicle, triggering a multi-vehicle collision on U S 29. Walter Rufus Scott, 82, of Huguenot New York, was fatally struck by a car on U S 1 in Chesterfield County near Richmond.
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Associated Press
Nelson County
Livingston
Chesterfield County
Walter Rufus Scott
Huguenot
N.Y
U.S. 1
Richmond
Death Car Driver Indicted in Fatal Highway Crash
Robert Milton Chaffin, 47, of Rustburg, indicted on four counts of manslaughter for a November crash that killed sisters Gracie Gertrude Campbell 14 Julia Campbell 12 Frances Campbell 8 and Sandra Kay Downey 14 as they walked along a Campbell County highway. He faces trial set for next week with bond at 5000.
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Rustburg
Robert Milton Chaffin
Chaffin
Campbell County
Paul A.holstein
Lynch.urg
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