London Airport Crash Kills 36 on BEA Flight
An airliner exploded in fog while attempting a landing at London Airport, killing all 36 aboard. BEA said the Vanguard carried 30 passengers and 6 crew from Edinburgh with three landing attempts before disaster. Fire and fog hampered rescue as an inquiry was ordered by the Ministry of Aviation.
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London
London Airport
Vanguard
Edinburgh
Scotland
British European Airways
BEA
Viking
Paris
John Dobbs
Ministry of Aviation
County to Join Winchester in New Public Health Center Plan
Frederick County moves to join the City of Winchester in a public health center project pending City Council approval. A negotiating committee was formed to draft a contract as lease on the current facility expires in February 1966. The Hill Burton Fund would cover 55 percent of construction costs with the city and county underwriting the rest.
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Winchester
County Board of Supervisors
Grover Teets
Donald Baughman
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
N. Braddock St
Hill-Burton Fund
Hil Burton Fund
Hill Burton
B. O. Brumback
Baughman
George Whitacre
Harry L. McCann
Paul Luttrell
Mother of seven accused in torture death case
In Indianapolis a mother of seven and a 15 year old neighbor boy face preliminary murder charges in the torture death of 16 year old Sylvain Likens. Detective Kaiser described extensive abuse including branding on the abdomen and repeated beatings leading to death.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Kaiser
Sylvain Marie Likens
Gertrude Wright
Wright
Sgt. Kaiser
Richard Hobbs
Miss Likens
Arthur P. Rebel
Lester Likens
Florida
Police Quell 200 Rioters In Phoenix
About 200 shouting youths, mainly Negro and Spanish American, rioted near downtown Phoenix late Tuesday. Police quelled the disturbance in two hours, smashing shop windows and damaging six police cars. Two white individuals, including a policeman, were struck by rocks. no racial overtones were noted. Two 17-year-olds fighting near a dance were involved. one detained, the other released to parents.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Kennedy Hopes for Long Viet Nam Struggle Support
In Saigon Sen. Edward M Kennedy told a news conference that he and three other U S lawmakers are hopeful about the Viet Nam situation though the fight will be long. He said the Vietnamese people could not have a firmer ally than the United States.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Kennedy
Town Sees Cooler Weather Tonight With Light Frost Potential
Forecast calls for a low in the 30s after a 43 degree day. Tomorrow promises fair and cool conditions with a high between 56 and 62 degrees.
Bad Weather Threatens 80 Kiloton Amchitka H-Test
Anchorage reports weather hampering an underground 80 kiloton hydrogen bomb test on Amchitka Island. A Defense Department spokesman said only a two percent chance remained to initiate the thermonuclear explosion.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Defense Department
Atomic Support Agency
Amchitka Island
Aleutian
Draft over 26 shows little risk due to postwar birth surge
Washington AP with deputy Selective Service saying men over 26 face low risk as large postwar births fill the pool. About 150k to 160k youths turn 19 monthly, and Marine Corps aims to cut draft calls by adding volunteers. The marriage-based childless-draft ban was lifted to meet higher manpower quotas.
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Washington
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Selective Service
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Defense Department
Local Board Sends 33 Men For Physicals
Twenty eight married men from Winchester and Frederick County have been ordered to report for Armed Forces physicals on November 2. Five single men are also called. Fifteen men are slated for the Winchester and Frederick County draft call, per the Selective Service Board.
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Local Board
Winchester
Frederick County
Armed Forces
Selective Service Board
Draft eligibility and enlistment trends in youth calls
Omer estimates 30 percent of 18-year-olds, about 600000 of 2 million, will be eligible for induction next year under current law allowing 19-year-olds exemption. About 40 percent will be excused for school. He notes many 19-year-olds will enlist, saying enlistments rise when draft calls are high. Last month calls were strong.
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Omer
Rusk Visit Valued Alongside Rivers and Harbors Bill at LBJ Ranch
Secretary of State Dean Rusk visited President Johnson at the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City Texas where the $2 billion rivers and harbors bill loomed. Johnson had already signed the measure into law amid a prior White House mix up and a Viet Nam unit citation highlighted in a day of official acts.
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Rivers and
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LBJ Ranch
Johnson City
Tex
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Dean Rusk
Texas White House
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Joseph Laitin
Moyers
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42Nd Ranger
South Viet Nam
Bac Lieu
Would-Be Hijacker Disarmed by Pilot
National Airlines Flight 209 from Miami to Key West diverted neither to Havana nor caused panic. Captain Carlile and crew overpowered Luis Medina Perez, 20, a Cuban exile, who was armed with a BB pistol and sought to reach Cuba. Perez later pleaded guilty to attempted piracy. The plane landed at Key West at 1 09 p.m. Perez, among 60 prisoners released in 1962, was guarded by Navy personnel aboard.
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Fla
Florida Keys
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National Airlines
Miami
Havana
Carlile
iKey West
Luis Medina Perez
Cuba
United States
Perez
Medina
Miami International Airport
D.S. Moe Daniel
FBI
Ralph Jensen
John W. Wiedenmann
U S Troops In Mop Up At Plei Me
U S forces reported heavy Viet Cong losses near Duc Lap and at Plei Me as fighting ended in the Duc Lap complex and a relief column reached the Special Forces camp. The clash involved two Viet Cong battalions and an estimated total of 101 dead.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Plei Me
Duc Lap
Duc Lao
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Stage Set for New Racial Demonstrations in South
In Atlanta closed-door talks shape possible protests over school desegregation in Taliaferro County. King cuts short European tour to press for justice after Wilkins and Liuzzo verdicts. SCLC plans intensified actions while lawyers challenge state bus plan to move Crawfordville pupils and seek reopening of a white school on a desegregated basis.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
South
Georgia
Taliaferro County
Martin Luther King Jr
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Hayneville
Ala
Europe
Viola Liuzzo
King
Haynevill
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Crawfordville
Howard Moore Jr
Donald L. Hollowell
U.S. Circuit Court
Griffin B. Bell inAtlanta
Neegroes
Claude Purcell
Bell
Augusta
Purcell
Halloween Street Celebration Planned by Winchester Merchants
The Winchester Retail Merchants Association will stage a downtown Halloween celebration on Saturday night with a block party on Loudoun Street from Piccadilly to Boscawen. Three legal bands on decorated flatbed trucks will perform while two rock bands and a country act play for the street dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Contests for best costume apple bobbing and window painting, plus free cider and candy, are planned. Street will close from 5 p.m. and most shops stay open until 9 p.m. Radio stations will coordinate via PA systems at each end of the street. Mayor Battaile announced Halloween observance for Saturday. Irvin Sheridan chairs the promotional committee.
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Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Boscawen St
William M. Battaile
Irvin Sheridon
Retail Merchants Association
Motor Service Burglarized on Route 5
The Winchester Motor Service on Route 5 was burglarized last night with over 160 dollars taken. James Franklin reported the break in. Deputy Osborne Renner said the thief gained entry by cutting the door lock on the north side and several vending machines were pried open.
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Winchester Motor Service
Route 5
Frederick County
Weather outlook brings clear skies and mild temps to Virginia
A large high pressure system over the Midwest extends into Virginia, delivering clear skies and near sixty degree temperatures across the state today.
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Richmond
Midwest
Virginia
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