Disaster at Kennedy Crash Draws Crowds and Outline of Loss
At Kennedy Airport a jetliner crash killed 110 and left 14 hospitalized. Prominent passengers included Episcopal Bishop Iveson B. Noland, Nets star Wendell Ladner, and Edgar G. Bright of New Orleans. Norwegian seamen and various well known figures also aboard. Survivors spoken of included two flight attendants Mary Mooney and Robert Hoesler. The scene drew thousands, with bodies covered by plastic sheets and an improvised morgue.
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FBI produced flurry of anonymous letters to disrupt activists
Declassified FBI COINTELPRO documents reveal late 1960s efforts to harass antiwar activists by sending anonymous letters and publications to employers and family, aiming to get people fired or isolated. The files tie to the New Left and Socialist Workers party campaigns and show continuing disruption beyond 1971.
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Lightning May Have Caused Plane Crash Near JFK
Officials investigate a Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crash near Kennedy Airport after a lightning strike during storms. 110 aboard were killed with 14 survivors hospitalized. flight from New Orleans, nonstop 66, numbers aboard vary, and eyewitnesses report lightning moments before the disaster.
Laos Warns U S To Close Aid Mission By Monday
The Pathet Lao demanded the U S shut down its aid mission by Monday or face responsibility for consequences. Four AID officials will depart by Monday though asset transfer may delay. No projects have yet been signed over to Lao control.
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Ford May Visit East Europe After Helsinki Talks
President Ford contemplates a three country East European swing in late July after the Helsinki summit, stopping in Poland Romania and Yugoslavia before a short visit to West Germany en route home. Final trip timing to await 35 nation security talks and the Helsinki conference document progress.
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Grain Export Trade Probe Broadens Involving Major Firms
Washington sources say two top grain companies Bunger Corporation and Cook Industries along with Mississippi River Grain Elevator Inc are subjects in a widening U S investigation. The probe examines weighing grading and possible overstatement of grain shipments and may target corporate responsibility and officials. IRS and Agriculture Department investigators audit the New Orleans operation and have heard from employees about higher level involvement.
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