Navy Secretary among plane victims in NC crash
The newly named secretary of the Navy John T. McNaughton and his wife and son perished in a midair collision with a private Cessna 310 over Hendersonville North Carolina. The Piedmont Airlines 727 carrying 74 passengers and crew of five also went down with 82 total dead. Many aboard were food brokers en route to a Stokely Van Camp convention in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia.
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Hendersonville
N.C
Piedmont Airlines
Asheville
Atlanta
Washington
Missouri
John T. McNaughton
Toothache Saved His Life
Birmingham man R B Clarke dodged a fatal fate by canceling a Stokely Van Camp meeting trip after an abscessed tooth flared. He lamented the flight’s deadly crash that killed 82. Clarke credited luck and divine aid for his survival.
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Birmingham
Ala
R.B. Clarke
White Sulphur Springs
Jetliner In Previous Collision
Piedmont Airlines 727 involved in an earlier crash and tow incident near Winston Salem. The $5.5 million Manhattan Pacemaker was struck May 25 by a car while being moved to a maintenance site. a woman driver was hospitalized and damage was $25,000. The plane later showed nose gear issues and a pilot warning light indicated a possible problem.
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Winston.salem
N.C
Piedmont Airlines
Hendersonville
Smith Reynolds
Winston, Salem
Work Schedule Change Saved 3 Georgians
An Atlanta mother and her two children narrowly avoided disaster when a change in an airline work schedule kept them from flying Piedmont Airlines jet that crashed near Hendersonville North Carolina killing seven Georgians. Betsy Cooper, a Piedmont clerk, shifted to help two trainees on her off day and delayed her trip to Roanoke Virginia with her children aged 11 and 15, sparing them from the fatal flight.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Piedmont Airlines
Hendersonville
N.C
Betsy Cooper
Piedmont
Roanoke
Stokely van “Camp Co
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Town Crier Forecast Sees Showers Skirting The City
The forecast notes showers staying away from the area. Tomorrow and Saturday are expected sunny with temperatures in the 80s.
Nine Virginians Among Plane Crash Victims
Roanoke reports nine Virginia residents among the Piedmont Airlines jet crash victims near Hendersonville North Carolina. Names include Preston and Mrs. Brown of Lexington and Airman Jeffrey Lynn Leffel from Bluefield along with insurance men from Roanoke and Radford. Other near relations tied to Roanoke include pilots Capt. Raymond Schulte and Lawrence Wilson both of Norfolk.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Piedmont Airlines
Hendersonville
N.C
Preston Brown
Lexington
Brown
Washington and Lee University
Jeffrey Lynn Leffel
Bluefield
Amarillo
Tex
Air Force Base
Air Force
C. O. Leffel
Woodrum Field
The
Life Insurance Co
William J. Boone
Roger W. Little
James Farmer
Radford
Raymond F. Schulte
Lawrence C. Wilson
Norfolk
Winston Salem
Schulte
Wilson
Percy Mayo
Clyde
Newport News
Rector
Warwick High School
Cynthia Farr Williamson
Los Altos Hills
Calif
John
Lee
Williamson
John Farr
Helen Tergeon
Houston
Charles Caravall
Richmond
Kilda
Piedmont
Michigan
Love
Brewster Freeman
UN Assembly to End Session Sends Peace Issue Back to Council
The U N General Assembly moved to end its emergency session by referring the unresolved Middle East peace problem to the Security Council. Cease-fire lines around Arab territories held by Israel remained quiet, but there was clear doubt about a permanent settlement and to withdraw without parallel Arab action, warned Israeli U N ambassador Gideon Rafael in a note to council and assembly presidents.
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United Nations
Nea
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Security Council
Israel
Council
U.N
Gideon Rafael
Assembly
Berryville Adopts 140000 Budget For 1967-68
Berryville Town Council unanimously approves a 140,260 dollar budget for 1967 68 with 73 750 in General Fund Revenue 50 200 Water Fund Revenue 16 310 Sewer Fund Revenue. General Fund allocations cover Town Administration Records Attorney Policing Welfare Recreation Maintenance of Streets Fire Dept Elections and more. Hearing ends after brief adjournment with no protests and no tax increase over last year.
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Berryville
Conference Aims to Build Negro Power in Newark
In Newark New Jersey a four day national black power conference opens with Dr Nathan Wright Jr predicting a movement to develop economic political and cultural resources for Negroes The conference will address improving conditions through the ballot jobs churches homes and society and will explore roles for Negro artists writers and scholars.
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Newark
Nathan W. Wright Jr
Episcopal Diocese
Wright
Tims
N.J
California
Ronald Reagan
Washington
House
Plainfield
Col
D.B. Kelly
Polic
Luray Pedestrian Killed After Collision on Main Street
A Luray man identified as George Chase Campbell, 53, died Wednesday night after walking into a moving car on Main Street. He is the 106th pedestrian killed on Virginia roads this year, following shortly after the death of John Thomas Goodman, 69, struck on North Church Street in Smithfield.
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Associated Press
George Chase Campbell
Virginia
John Thomas Goodman
Smithfield
North Church Street
Violence Flareups Across Cities Prompt Riots and Truces
Early today riots erupted on Minneapolis North Side with injuries and arrests as fire crews faced bricks and rocks from rioters. In Erie and Cairo truces promised jobs and reform amid ongoing racial tensions. Authorities investigated a fatal shooting in Erie and a housing project skirmish in Cairo.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Erie
Cairo
Ill
Louis J. Tullio
Pennsylvania
South Koreans ambush Viet Cong in Quang Ngai jungle
Ten South Korean Marines attacked a Viet Cong company eight miles north of Quang Ngai City, killing 32 and capturing four. A U.S. paratrooper unit freed 22 Vietnamese prisoners at a jungle camp in Quang Ngai Province, with no American casualties reported. Air operations continued with new raids on Hanoi lines and coastal targets. 142 missions flown and a brief clash with MIGs occurred near Hanoi.
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Saigon
Quang Neat
Quang Ngai City
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Red China
Quang Ngai
1St Corps
101St Airborne Division
Ha ‘Noi
Antiriot Bill Moves Toward Senate Consideration
The antiriot bill cleared the House 347 to 70 and could become a vehicle for civil rights legislation in the Senate. It would set a five year jail term and a 10000 dollar fine for using interstate facilities to incite organize or carry out a riot. Pro civil rights supporters plan to offer amendments from the failed civil rights package.
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Washington
House
Senate
William M. Cramer
R-Fla
Stokely Carmichael
Robert Shelton
Ku Klux Klan
George Lincoln Rockwell
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Newark
Plainfield
N.J
Taylor to lead briefing mission for Viet allies
General Maxwell D. Taylor will head a special mission to allied nations with troops in Vietnam to brief them on Defense Secretary McNamara’s findings. The itinerary includes South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand as White House and State and Defense Department officials join.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Vietnam
Taylor
U.S
South Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
White House
State and
Defense Departments
South Korea
Philippines
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
North Vietnam
Mark W. Woods Jr
Golightly Seeks Shawnee District Board Seat
D B Golightly, of Millwood Pike, announces as an Independent candidate for the Shawnee District seat on the Frederick County Board of Supervisors. He will face incumbent Donald L Baughman, a Republican seeking reelection. Golightly, 55, a Frederick County native, veteran of World War II, and former Virginia Highways worker, lists three children and current work as a drywall hanger.
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Douglas B. Golightly
Millwood Pike
Frederick County
U.S. Army
Mars Task Force
VFW
Virginia Sees Stagnant Weather With Showers
A low pressure area over the Carolinas and a high pressure area off New England create a stagnant pattern over Virginia. Expect partly to mostly cloudy skies with some afternoon showers.
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Richmond
Carolinas
New England
Virginia
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International
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Free City Delivery
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